Post by Jolie on Apr 26, 2005 7:54:10 GMT -5
Kelly Osbourne's Back
Second album reflects rehab, Kraftwerk
Kelly Osbourne, the tiniest member of reality TV's most rock & roll family, will release her second album, Sleeping in the Nothing, June 7th on Sanctuary Records.
Written during breaks from her stay in a Southern California rehab facility last spring, the dance record draws on the pint-sized singer's love of Kraftwerk, Blondie and Madonna -- a departure from her punky pop 2002 debut, Shut Up.
Osbourne made a conscious decision to rebel against the type of material her peers were presenting. "If you look at every single twenty-year-old female who is in the music industry -- Avril Lavigne, Ashlee Simpson, Fefe Dobson -- they're all really talented girls, but the way they are marketed is very, very contrived," she says. "I don't want to be a part of that. With dance music, there's no competition, and everyone is just there to have a good time. There's nothing more appealing."
She credits the writing sessions with Linda Perry (Pink, Gwen Stefani), which yielded songs like the first single "One Word" (currently on heavy rotation in the clubs), as being integral to her recovery process. "It definitely was like therapy for me," she says. "It was a time in my life where I was awakened to what a nutsty person I was and how close I came to killing myself . . . and how I could have ended up like Courtney Love."
Sleeping took almost a year to complete, with Osbourne waiting until she had a finished album to play it for her family. Filled with synthesized scores and digital beats, Sleeping may tread a path far from the world of rock, but Kelly says her head-banging father Ozzy is definitely a fan. "My dad is driving me nuts because he really, really likes it," she says with a laugh. "He's like, 'I'm telling you, Kelly, that's one of the best albums I've ever heard -- and I hate pop music.' It's very flattering."
Osbourne will perform a handful of dates before the summer, including one this Saturday at New York's Roxy and one at London's famous GAY club. She's also planning a U.S. club tour, set to kick off August. "I want it to be more than a totally standard tour," she says. "I hate to use the word 'circus,' but it'll be something to come see."
JOLIE LASH
(Posted Apr 22, 2005)
Second album reflects rehab, Kraftwerk
Kelly Osbourne, the tiniest member of reality TV's most rock & roll family, will release her second album, Sleeping in the Nothing, June 7th on Sanctuary Records.
Written during breaks from her stay in a Southern California rehab facility last spring, the dance record draws on the pint-sized singer's love of Kraftwerk, Blondie and Madonna -- a departure from her punky pop 2002 debut, Shut Up.
Osbourne made a conscious decision to rebel against the type of material her peers were presenting. "If you look at every single twenty-year-old female who is in the music industry -- Avril Lavigne, Ashlee Simpson, Fefe Dobson -- they're all really talented girls, but the way they are marketed is very, very contrived," she says. "I don't want to be a part of that. With dance music, there's no competition, and everyone is just there to have a good time. There's nothing more appealing."
She credits the writing sessions with Linda Perry (Pink, Gwen Stefani), which yielded songs like the first single "One Word" (currently on heavy rotation in the clubs), as being integral to her recovery process. "It definitely was like therapy for me," she says. "It was a time in my life where I was awakened to what a nutsty person I was and how close I came to killing myself . . . and how I could have ended up like Courtney Love."
Sleeping took almost a year to complete, with Osbourne waiting until she had a finished album to play it for her family. Filled with synthesized scores and digital beats, Sleeping may tread a path far from the world of rock, but Kelly says her head-banging father Ozzy is definitely a fan. "My dad is driving me nuts because he really, really likes it," she says with a laugh. "He's like, 'I'm telling you, Kelly, that's one of the best albums I've ever heard -- and I hate pop music.' It's very flattering."
Osbourne will perform a handful of dates before the summer, including one this Saturday at New York's Roxy and one at London's famous GAY club. She's also planning a U.S. club tour, set to kick off August. "I want it to be more than a totally standard tour," she says. "I hate to use the word 'circus,' but it'll be something to come see."
JOLIE LASH
(Posted Apr 22, 2005)