Purple Scorching Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith revealed that the crew engaged on Ozzy Osbourne’s subsequent album unsuccessfully tried to recruit Jimmy Web page for the venture.
Web page stated on a variety of events following Led Zeppelin’s 2007 reunion present that he wished to “be seen” taking part in guitar once more, noting in 2014 that he was forming a brand new band. Nevertheless, asides from a handful of visitor appearances, his deliberate return to motion hasn’t amounted to a lot.
Smith appeared on Osbourne’s final album, 2020’s Odd Man, and returned for the brand new LP alongside producer Andrew Watt. He mentioned the venture in a current episode of Discuss Is Jericho (accessible under). “Tony Iommi and Ozzy have by no means collaborated exterior of Black Sabbath,” he stated of that beforehand confirmed collaboration. “Tony despatched us a bunch of riffs, and we took what we thought was one of the best of them, which was fucking nice. … It’s fucking bought every little thing. It’s bought all of the stuff that you’d need.”
He continued: “Then Eric Clapton performs a fucking wah-wah Cream-type solo. We’re like, ‘Eric, are you able to solo on this music? Wah-wah, please.’ … As a result of that is his fucking factor. And so he is soloing throughout this different observe. Then Jeff Beck is on two songs. We tried to get Jimmy Web page — we tried to get the holy trinity — however I do not assume Web page performs anymore an excessive amount of, sadly.”
Smith additionally confirmed that Metallica’s Robert Trujillo, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme seem alongside Zakk Wylde, noting: “So it is like, when you’re a guitar participant, [the album is] fairly fucking good.” He reported that the venture had reached the mastering stage, though no launch date has but been confirmed.
