The legendary rock vocalist on whether he would work with his former Black Sabbath bandmates again, where he keeps his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame trophy and his new album Chosen.
At 73 years old, rocker Glenn Hughes has done it all. He’s been the lead singer of Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and, briefly, dance-pop outfit The KLF. With Deep Purple he played in front of 300,000 people at the legendary California Jam concert. He’s been bassist and singer in supergroups Dead Daisies, Black Country Communion and California Breed. And with a new solo collection on the way, Hughes shows no signs of slowing down, let alone stopping.
We caught up with the always positive Hughes in these less than positive times to discuss his storied history, the death of Ozzy Osbourne, working with British pop singer Robbie Willaims, Buddhism and his upcoming solo album Chosen.
HUSTLERMagazine.com: Do you have any history with HUSTLER or Larry Flynt?
Glenn Hughes: All our interviews, and I have been reading the magazine for close to 35 years. It’s part of my life.
As a former lead singer of Black Sabbath, what did you think of their farewell concert in July?
I’m glad it happened for all of them. No one really knew it would be the final show and the final time we would see Ozzy. He talked about wanting to die onstage, but it was very tongue in cheek. Bless him. He went out with a bang. He genuinely wanted to give everything to that last performance. And he did.
