Guitarist ZAKK WYLDE Says OZZY OSBOURNE And Band Have Written 15/16 Songs For New Studio Album
March 16, 2009, 15 years ago
As previously reported, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY hit the road this month on the first Black Label Bash with DOPE and SEVENDUST as openers. After the tour, BLS leader ZAKK WYLDE will jump in the studio again with OZZY OSBOURNE to work on his new album, according to a new interview at Livedaily.com.
"We started working on it already," Wylde said of Osbourne's forthcoming album, which, he added, is due out early next year. "When we got off the road, everybody went home and decompressed a little bit - we did, like, 16 months or something like that on the road--and went home."The kids all call me Uncle Frank again. Nobody knows who the hell I am. 'Uncle Frank?' 'No it's dada.' 'Whatever. Did you bring any presents?' 'Santa's beard isn't gray yet.' But that's how they know me."
At any rate, he said, Osbourne and his band went in the studio and wrote about 15-16 tunes.
"After we get done with the bash, we're going to go in the studio with Ozz and knock out a couple more songs and the album should be done. Then Ozz has to sing on it," Wylde said.In early 2010, Wylde said, Black Label Society will head out on an arena tour with Osbourne and another band to be named later.
"That's what we're talking about. We'll see if it happens."
In between Osbourne's album and heading out on the arena jaunt, Black Label Society will record its follow-up to 2006's Shot To Hell. To tide over fans, a compilation CD will be released later this year. Wylde said he mainly writes in the studio.
"You always get inspired when you get in the studio because the bottom line is, everything sounds good, the sky's the limit, man," Wylde said. "When you get in the studio, it's like a Cracker Jack box--you never know what you're going to get until you hit the bottom."
