Ozzy Osbourne Feels Another Album Would Be a Waste of Money

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Ever since Black Sabbath wrapped up their final tour, front man Ozzy Osbourne has been a fairly busy man by jumping back into his dormant solo career. In fact, he even got long time guitarist Zakk Wylde back into the mix. However, fans shouldn't get their hopes up for another album.

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Osbourne talks about where he is in his solo career, saying:

“I would like to do another record. But it's wasting money. Nobody's buying. You don't have to sell that many records any more to get a no.1. Depending how many records you've sold. You can have 30 or 40! Nobody buys them.

Live, good rock music is not dead. But I think the record industry is really suffering now. There are only about two fucking record companies left.

When I went to the Grammys a couple of years ago, there'd be artists who'd go from a fucking laptop straight to the charts and release a record.

It's really a sad thing for me. It's just changed so much. I said to Sharon, ‘It's like when vaudeville ended and fucking modern music began. We're the history now.’

And no matter what gimmick – what colour album, vinyl, whatever, the fact of the matter is people don't want it. Why should people buy records when they can download it? You can get anything now online. And at the same time, I don't know how to turn the fucking light on the monitor.”

Personally I get where Ozzy is coming from on this. As much as I crave another album from him and would not like Scream to be his swan song I understand why he wouldn't want to make one. Why spend thousands, if not millions of dollars to make something and tire yourself out and spend even more money promoting it if you're going to lose a bunch of money from it because people feel entitled to get everything online for free? It just wouldn't be a smart decision even though he is incredibly loaded.