Steve Vai Clarifies Previous Statement About Potential Ozzy Osbourne Record

After rumors about a potential new album from Ozzy Osbourne became widespread based on Steve Vai‘s statements, the guitarist had to clarify what he previously meant. In a Facebook post, he explained his expressions in detail.

In an interview with Eonmusic, Vai stated that he was sitting on a whole Ozzy record.’ After his words, talks about an unreleased Ozzy Osbourne album began to spread, and his excited fans started anticipating new material from the musician after he retired from touring a little while ago. But apparently, there has been a misunderstanding.

With a new post on Facebook, Steve Vai disclosed the point he made in the interview by apologizing for the confusion. The guitarist explained that he was not talking about a ready-to-release kind of record, but a pile of demos kept in safety when he made that statement. He mentioned that many pieces came out when he and Osbourne worked together to create a song for ‘Ozzmosis’ in 1996; however, they are ‘bumpy road maps but not the goal.’ So, according to him, if Ozzy were to release new songs, they would not be from ‘those sessions.’

Vai’s explanation on Facebook read:

“In a recent interview I spoke a bit carelessly about ‘Sitting on an entire Ozzy album’ and then the clickbait headlines went viral.

To clarify, Ozzy and I got together back around 96 and spent some time trying to develop some potential songs for an album he already had half recorded. That record later came out as ‘Ozzmosis.’ We demoed a handful of tracks and then I built a bunch of tracks for him to check out. He ended up picking one song to use on his album, ‘My Little Man.’ It was re-recorded with his band, and it came out great. Only one other demoed track from those sessions had an Ozzy scratch vocal on it and I handed in all the Master demo tapes to the label and kept safety tapes of the tracks I personally built. All in all, there was (is) enough music for a whole record, but those songs would require re-recording. The demos are bumpy road maps but not the goal.

Like many Ozzy fans, I would love if there was a secret hidden Ozzy album somewhere, only to be revealed to our surprised ears at a future time, but it wouldn’t come from those sessions. So sorry for the confusion.”

Apparently, there is not an Ozzy Osbourne album that is ready to be released. When he mentioned ‘a whole Ozzy record,’ Steve Vai meant that some demo tracks were created on the way while working on a song for Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Ozzmosis.’ He clarified the misunderstanding and apologized for the confusion. If new material comes from Osbourne, it probably will not be related to the old tracks he and Vai recorded.