Local Ozzy Osbourne tribute Crazy Babies in E! competition
Michael “Boyd” Quinton says the success of his band Crazy Babies — Ozzy Rebourne has been something of an “accident.”
“If you had told me 10 years ago I'm going to be Ozzy Osbourne one day, I'd have gone, ‘What?'” Quinton, who plays the part of the notorious heavy metal singer, says from his home in the Brownstown area. But what might seem like a shot in the dark has taken Quinton and Crazy Babies over the mountain, and possibly beyond.
The Detroit metro area-based quartet, formed in 2015, will be featured on the Dec. 15 episode of “Clash of the Cover Bands,” an E! network reality show produced by Jimmy Fallon. Hosted by Stephen “tWitch” Boss and judged by Adam Lambert, Meghan Trainor and Ester Dean, each episode features cover and tribute bands from around the country competing head-to-head for a first prize of $25,000 and an appearance on Fallon's “The Tonight Show” on NBC.
Crazy Babies compete against Atlanta's Slippery When Wet: The Ultimate Bon Jovi Tribute. Quinton, of course, can't reveal anything about what happens, but he does say that he and his mates — who were discovered online by the show's producers — had a good time taking part in the filming in Los Angeles.
“The experience was great,” Quinton, 56, recalls. The best part, he adds, was meeting other bands engaged in the same kind of pursuit as Crazy Babies.
“I don't know how they did it, but they found all these bands that look and sound just like the original — to me that was amazing,” he says. “There was an Elton John who had the slot between his teeth and the glittery outfits. I actually felt like I was meeting Elton John. Same with the Britney Spears. It really felt like you were meeting them.”