Ozzy on Black Sabbath
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Do you remember the song “Psycho Man”? It was one of two new tracks the members of Black Sabbath recorded for their 1998 live reunion album “Reunion” (brilliant title, that one). I really dug the song at the time - cool riff, Ozzy sounding ominous. If that was any sign of what a reunited Sabbath could do in the studio, I was optimistic for a new album. Which never happened. There were a few more tours, some with drummer Bill Ward, a few without. There were lots of hints that there could be more Sabbath material, but nothing ever happened. Instead, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler reunited with drummer Vinnie Appice and Ronnie James Dio to reform the Heaven and Hell line-up of Sabbath, hitting the road under the H & H name for a hugely successful tour. Those guys are now in the studio working on a new album.
But what about Ozzy? Will we ever hear him with Black Sabbath again? Here’s what he told the Sydney Morning Herald:
You know what, if it happens, it happens, if it don’t, it don’t,” he says wearily. “They’re [saying], ‘I’ll be able to do it’, then a week after, you get a phone call: it’s off; then it’s back on again - tellin’ ya.”
Regardless, after the band’s nasty split, “I’m glad at the end of the day we all made friends again.” Osbourne’s fine with the group doing their own nostalgia tour recently with the singer who replaced him, Ronnie James Dio. “I’m too old to f—in’ have a fly up my arse any more about it. I just hope they’re all having fun.
Good attitude, Ozzy. Though I think it would be interesting to hear what, if anything, the original Black Sabbath could come up with today.
Here’s that song “Psycho Man” I was talking about. It’s a remix, but I still think it sounds pretty good. In fact, lets make PSYCHOMAN the bonus word for today.