John Michael " Ozzy " Osbourne (3 December 1948 – 22 July 2025) was an English singer, songwriter and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname " Prince of Darkness ". [5] Osbourne became a founding member of Black Sabbath in 1968, providing lead vocals from their eponymous Steve Vai has revealed that he once recorded a whole album with Ozzy Osbourne which has yet to see the light of day. The record, which is still very much "sitting on the shelf", was recorded in 1995 during the pair's collaboration on Ozzy's Ozzmosis, which features the Osbourne/Vai co-write My In 1995, Ozzy Osbourne and Steve Vai were tasked with collaborating on a song for Osbourne's seventh album 'Ozzmosis.' Back in the early-to-mid-1990s, guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and metal legend Ozzy Osbourne almost did an album together. There's been some talk about it on Vai's end earlier this year, but the truth Steve Vai was confirmed to do an album and tour with Ozzy until Sharon Osbourne canned it. This is what Bob Daisley had to say on the matter in an interview on the Classic Rock Revisited website; "In 1994 Ozzy got hooked up with Steve Vai. Steve came in and played guitar and co-wrote everything The rest remained as demos, with Vai concluding that, though there is enough raw material for an album, they would require re-recording. “In a recent interview I spoke a bit carelessly about 'Sitting on an entire Ozzy album' and then the clickbait headlines went viral,” Vai wrote. Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76. Osbourne’s family announced the rock legend’s passing in a statement to The Sun on Tuesday: “It is with more sadness than mere words Guitarists “I would hear Randy pick up the classical guitar. I’d say, ‘You can play that!?’ He said, ‘Yeah, that’s my first instrument.’” Rudy Sarzo on Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai and other guitar greats he’s played with Steve Vai revealed that he and Ozzy Osbourne recorded an as-yet unreleased album together in 1995 during a February 2023 interview. UPDATE: Steve Vai has clarified his comments surrounding his previous work with Ozzy Osbourne, revealing that while there was enough material for a full album, the songs were never completed. He Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary heavy metal singer who pioneered the genre with Black Sabbath, has died at age 76, his family confirmed. However, Vai has maintained that a whole Ozzy record exists, which remains shelved to this day. Ozzy Osbourne’s broad musical reach is not just confined to heavy metal. His collaboration with Joe Bonamossa, widely considered as a top blues guitarist, introduced mature blues-rock as a perfect balance to Ozzy’s usual heavy-metal canvas. Reunião de Ozzy Osbourne com a banda Black Sabbath em show no dia 5 de julho, na Inglaterra, o último da vida do artista, vai virar filme, confirma a Variety. Lenda do rock, Ozzy faleceu na Steve Vai says that he and Ozzy Osbourne wrote and recorded an entire album together during the mid ‘90s that never got released, and that sadly will most likely never be released owing to rights issues. Vai was speaking to Eonmusic about the newly released Vai/Gash album when the conversation turned to Ozzy. Steve Vai has issued a clarification regarding his recent comments about an unreleased album with Ozzy Osbourne in the vault. Ozzy Osbourne and Steve Vai recorded some material together in the 1990s, accidentally creating enough for an entire record that was never released. Ozzy Osbourne and Steve Vai secretly recorded a full album in the ’90s. Only one song made it out. What happened to the rest? Guitar virtuoso Steve Vai supposedly recorded an entire album with Ozzy Osbourne that the world may never hear. In a new interview with Eonmusic, Vai revealed that he and the Prince of Darkness banged out a full record back in the mid-Nineties, when the two musicians were paired up together to write Tributes have been pouring in from Elton John, Iron Maiden, and more for Ozzy Osbourne, who died on Tuesday at 76
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