ZAKK WYLDE Is Open To Making New Studio Album With OZZY OSBOURNE

Zakk Wylde says that he is open to making another studio album with Ozzy Osbourne, less than two months after it was announced that the guitarist would be rejoining Ozzy‘s backing group for all the singer’s upcoming 2017 solo show dates.

Wylde will reunite with the iconic BLACK SABBATH frontman for a summer tour that marks the thirtieth anniversary of when the two first collaborated together. Osbourne‘s touring lineup will also include Rob “Blasko” Nicholson on bass, Tommy Clufetos on drums and Adam Wakeman on keyboards.

Wylde‘s return to Ozzy‘s band marks the end of Osbourne‘s collaboration with Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., who joined the singer’s solo group just under a decade ago.

Speaking to the Chicago Tribune about the possibility of collaborating with Ozzy on a new studio album, Zakk said: “My relationship with Ozzy and Mrs. O [Ozzy‘s wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne] is if they call me up and say, ‘Bring eggs and milk over and clean the dog run,’ I do it. If Oz wants to do another record, then we knock it out. We haven’t spoken yet about a record. Basically, right now it’s about the shows.”

Wylde originally joined Osbourne‘s band three decades ago and backed the legendary frontman from 1987 to 1995, then again in 1998, from 2001 to 2004 and also from 2006 to 2009. His guitar playing can be heard on Osbourne‘s studio albums “No Rest For The Wicked”, “No More Tears”, “Ozzmosis”, “Down To Earth”, “Under Cover” and “Black Rain”. The first album with Wylde went double platinum and “No More Tears” remains Ozzy‘s most successful album, going four times platinum in the United States with four Top 10 songs on the U.S. Billboard chart. Wylde also appeared with Ozzy on three live albums.