Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age has in contrast Ozzy Osbourne‘s dying to David Bowie‘s, saying they had been each “poetic”.
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The heavy metallic pioneer frontman died final month (July 22) at age 76. In an announcement, his household shared that he was “surrounded by love” on the time of his passing. His dying got here simply weeks after he performed a ultimate dwell present with Black Sabbath in his hometown of Birmingham, and raised “a ton” of cash for charity alongside the best way.
Throughout a latest interview on Radio X, Homme commented on Osbourne dying so quickly after his ultimate live performance, saying: “I believe it was such a poetic ending to a profession that you simply simply can’t take your eyes and ears off of.
“I imply, I might watch Ozzy do something. Effectively, virtually something. However, you already know, if he was squeezing orange juice, I’d be like, ‘We must always watch this. One thing past juice is coming,’ you already know? I simply suppose he’s a traditional.”
Homme continued: “I believe his passing was poetic, and I really feel for the household, as a result of that’s such a loss. However I additionally suppose that I imagine that they see the poetry in that too. You recognize, I believe David Bowie’s passing was that these are two poetic methods to go.”
The musician is probably going referring to the truth that Bowie died from most cancers in January 2016, solely two days after the discharge of his ultimate album, ‘Blackstar’.
Since then, the album has broadly been interpreted as a farewell report, with many followers claiming that its lyrics will be interpreted because the singer tackling his personal mortality – a concept his collaborator Donny McCaslin has dismissed.
After Osbourne’s passing, hundreds of followers took to the streets of Birmingham to depart flowers and emotional tributes to the Black Sabbath icon, and hundreds extra lined the streets on July 31 for the funeral procession. Ozzy was laid to relaxation at a personal ceremony in Buckinghamshire, which was attended by Elton John, members of Metallica and extra.
Numerous names have come ahead to pay tribute to Ozzy, together with Zak Starkey, Adam Sandler, Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Alice Cooper, Elton John, Yungblud, Billie Joe Armstrong, Jack White, Coldplay, and Jake E Lee. Touching messages have additionally been shared by his Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Invoice Ward and Geezer Butler.
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford additionally just lately revealed his response to the information, admitting that he “simply curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out for hours. I simply couldn’t imagine it. I nonetheless can’t imagine it now. I’m nonetheless grieving, like so many individuals.”
Ozzy’s dying certificates lists his reason for dying as a coronary heart assault, whereas additionally mentioning that he was affected by coronary coronary heart illness and Parkinson’s. It additionally listed his occupation as “Songwriter, Performer and Rock Legend”.
In the meantime, Gary Oldman has regarded again at his friendship with Bowie and mentioned that the “world’s gone to shit” since his dying.
In different information, Kate Moss is ready to current a brand new podcast for BBC Radio 6 Music on the “creative evolution” of Bowie.
As for Queens Of The Stone Age, earlier this summer time, they shared a brand new live performance movie titled Alive In The Catacombs. The undertaking earned a four-star evaluation from NME, hailing it as “transferring and meditative”.
The band are additionally set to play gigs in Sheffield and London later this month (yow will discover any remaining tickets right here), and Homme has mentioned he hopes to go to Arctic Monkeys‘ childhood properties whereas within the former.
