Ozzy Osbourne Plans 'Killer Black Sabbath Album' Before Retiring

[Nickdfresh]

Ozzy Osbourne has hinted he'll retire after recording one more Black Sabbath album.

The rocker has revealed he's in talks with drummer Bill Ward about the possibility of another reunion and he's hoping to get Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler on board for a get together.

He says, "We're talking and that's a good sign. We're not at war with each other... I was speaking to Bill Ward last night. I've got to speak to the other two." And he has plans to record one final album with his old bandmates.

He tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "I'm trying to get things done right... I would love to do a killer Black Sabbath album. It would make my life, my whole thing, round up perfectly for me."
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Published: 2010-08-20 13:32:56

[Seshmeister]

I'd be really interested in an actuarist from an insurance company working out the exact percentage chance that all four of them are still alive.

It's nuts.

[FORD]

I still can't believe Ozzy outlived Dio, for fucks sake. :(

[Seshmeister]

Ozzy is 6 years younger.

[Satan]

Yeah, but he did a lot more drugs. And he's been with Sharon for 30 fucking years. That combination alone should have killed him.

[GAR]

Sharon's planning on rerecording Bill's tracks before this even makes it thru the mastering stage..

[Terry]

Yeah, well, it's easy for Ozzy to say that. Tony will write the music. Geezer will write the lyrics. All Ozzy has to do is show up and sing whatever is put in front of him, as per usual.

[Green Manalishi]

Yeah, well, it's easy for Ozzy to say that. Tony will write the music. Geezer will write the lyrics. All Ozzy has to do is show up and sing whatever is put in front of him, as per usual.

This is all too true . From what I have gathered about Sabbaths traditional functionality over their existence . Ozzy might get a melody or riff in his head and try to hum it out to the other three while they actually translate it to a musical structure .

Unfortunately , the status of Ozzy Osbourne the celebrity has far outmatched Ozzy Osbourne the singer/musician .

Truthfully , I would love to see them pull this off succesfully 'cause I love this band to death . I would love to see just one more live show of this classic line-up . They ain't gettin' any younger or healthier .

[bueno bob]

Well...here's the thing of it.

Black Sabbath 2004-2006 was a fucking train wreck. They were doing various one-off and Ozzfest appearances, playing the same 6 songs or so over and over while Ozzy fumbled his way through them. Tony and Geezer were VISIBLY bored out of their wits doing it. Thus, enter Ronnie James Dio (again) to do the three new songs on the Dio Years album.

Those songs were FAR AND AWAY better than anything Sabbath had done since Dehumanizer. The songs Psycho Man and Selling My Soul were both extraordinarily bad, and while Scary Dreams had some promise, it was also kind of plodding and not very exciting. So what happened? Ronnie James Dio again saved Black Sabbath from themselves, for the 3rd time - first was 1979, second being 1991. On top of that, we got the Rhino issue of Live at Hammersmith from '81 (a far better mixed album than Live Evil), the outstanding Radio City Music Hall live album, and of course The Devil You Know, easily the strongest BLACK SABBATH album since Dehumanizer.

And then, of course, we lost Ronnie and the whole thing won't ever be the same, not now.

I think I'm just a little fed up of Ozzy Osbourne and his on again-off again relationship with Black Sabbath, frankly. He had a WONDERFUL opportunity in front of him in 1993 to return to the band, do a tour (when he was still in remotely good shape) and record a great new album - he didn't do it for whatever reason. He had an opportunity after the Reunion live album was released to rejoin Sabbath on a full time basis and record an album, tour, all that - and he didn't do it, for whatever reason. Over the years since 1997, he's constantly threatened to do another album with Black Sabbath, and since 1997 what do we have to show for it?

Psycho Man, Selling My Soul and a live bootleg of Scary Dreams. Three songs, one of which isn't really official at all.

This is not a man that wants to work with Black Sabbath or do a Black Sabbath album. I think it's entirely more likely that Scream probably isn't moving as well as Sony executives and Sharon Osbourne would have hoped (yep, MTV's over), so they probably figure that since neither Geezer nor Tony have anything realistic to do at this point (Tony Martin? Solo albums?), now it's alright since all other options have failed and they need more cash.

I don't sense that Ozzy really cares at all whether or not he does another Black Sabbath album, personally. I honestly feel that this is more of a cash grab/opportunistic move in the light of Ronnie recently passing away and it's driven by little else but Sharon's greed and Ozzy's inability to let Ronnie have the last word as far as Black Sabbath is concerned, musically. I think it was that same inability to let another singer have the last word with Sabbath (in that case, Tony Martin) that originally fueled the initial 1997 dates with Mike Bordin on drums.

Tony and Geezer will ALWAYS write good music together, that goes without saying. Ozzy's only real contribution is going to be to show up in the studio, sing whatever Geezer gives him lyrically and call it a day, same as it ever was.

Honestly, as far as I'm concerned, it's all a bit after the fact. Doing an album that tops Never Say Die won't be too difficult, so I don't think it's really going to ruin any legacy they have. I just hate to see Geezer and Tony turning into part of Sharon's Ozzyco(c) money making machine in the process and I would rather see it happen on honest terms.

[Terry]

The Heaven And Hell show I saw in 2007 was fucking ASTOUNDING.

Ain't nothing Ozzy could do with the band now live that is gonna approach that, so why bother...other than a cash grab?

[Diamondjimi]

The Heaven And Hell show I saw in 2007 was fucking ASTOUNDING.

Ain't nothing Ozzy could do with the band now live that is gonna approach that, so why bother...other than a cash grab?

I saw that tour as well. They kicked serious ass. Another tour/album run with Ozzy will def. pale in comparison .....

[Terry]

I saw that tour as well. They kicked serious ass. Another tour/album run with Ozzy will def. pale in comparison .....

Personally, I couldn't muster much enthusiasm for seeing the Ozzy-era lineup plod through a set of "Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne's Greatest Hits" again. Not to disparage those who would want to see that, but it's been done already.

[kissfan1976]

yeah, but he did a lot more drugs. And he's been with sharon for 30 fucking years. That combination alone should have killed him.
no shit!
Lmao!

[78/84 guy]

Ozzy sounds like a computer on his last few disc's !! I'll pass !!