By Music News
Did you know that
Ozzy Osbourne song? During an interview with
Guitar World, Weezer frontman
Rivers Cuomo said, “Once, I think it was in 2000, he Osbourne asked if I had any songs for him and I just happened to have written Hash Pipe. ”
He added, “I sent it to him, but he didn t end up using it. In another reality, it might be interesting to hear him singing that song.” ); } return false; }); $( #comments .commentlist .comment-content a ).attr( target , blank );
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Rivers Cuomo details how he first offered the hard-riffing anthem to Ozzy – and explains how new track Blue Dream developed its uncanny similarity to Crazy Train
Weezer song âHash Pipeâ to the Prince of Darkness.
âOnce, I think it was in 2000, [Ozzy] asked if I had any songs for him, and I just happened to have written âHash Pipe, â Cuomo recalls. âI sent it to him, but he didnât end up using it. In another reality, it might be interesting to hear him singing that song.â
Instead, Cuomo and Weezer ended up recording the riff-heavy, lyrically-counfounding tune for their 2001 effort,
The Green Album.
Interestingly, now 20 years later, Osbourne has a writing credit on Weezerâs newest album,
Van Weezer. The track âBlue Dreamâ features a riff pretty much identical to Ozzyâs classic solo tune âCrazy Train,â so Weezer credited him, guitarist