Ozzy Osbourne Ozzmosis Album

: Produced by Michael Beinhorn in Paris and New York.

Twenty-nine years later, Ozzmosis holds up as a dark, brooding gem. It’s not the album for the "Crazy Train" crowd. It’s the album for the 3 AM drive home, the rainy Sunday, the moment you realize that even rock stars grow old, get tired, and learn to say goodbye. It is Ozzy Osbourne at his most human—and sometimes, that’s heavier than any riff. ozzy osbourne ozzmosis album

A deep cut gem. The verse has a haunting, grunge-inspired stop-start rhythm that sounds closer to Alice in Chains than Black Sabbath. It’s paranoid and claustrophobic, with Ozzy whispering about a “ghost” that could be substance abuse, depression, or the demons of his past. The wah-heavy solo is vintage Wylde. : Produced by Michael Beinhorn in Paris and New York

Desperate and on a ticking clock with Epic Records, Ozzy did something drastic. He fired everyone and called in the one man who could impose order on chaos: his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne. Sharon brought in legendary producer Michael Wagener (Dokken, Skid Row, Metallica’s Master of Puppets as engineer) and a new guitarist: a young Irish firebrand named Geezer Butler? No—a relatively unknown session player named ? Wait. Correction: The secret weapon was actually the return of Geezer Butler – the legendary Black Sabbath bassist—on bass and co-writing duties, and a guitarist named Steve Vai ? No, that failed. The final hero was Zakk Wylde returning to lay down the heavy riffs, but the melodic secret weapon was guitarist Joe Holmes ? Actually, the record features Wylde on all six-string duties, with additional writing by Butler, Wylde, and producer Michael Wagener. It’s the album for the 3 AM drive