Zakk Wylde wasn't involved with Ozzy Osbourne's 2020 album Ordinary Man, and he's not involved with the new one either. Wylde revealed the news in an interview with Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, adding that the relationship with Ozzy is still good! They're just not musically hanging out right now is all.
"I always support the boss," he said. "My relationship with him's bigger than the music. If Barb [Zakk's wife Barbaranne] just said, 'Zakk, [Ozzy] and Sharon are gonna go out and have dinner with friends or whatever.' If he said, 'Zakk, can you do me a favor? Come over here and feed the dogs. I'm gonna be gone for three days.' [I would say] 'Yeah, whatever you want. And I'll bring some milk and eggs on the way over as well.'
"Yeah, that's my relationship with him. We're still talking and everything like that — texting each other. It's all good."
Ordinary Man featured producer Andrew Watt playing a variety of instruments, as well as Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. The album also featured guest spots from Tom Morello, Slash, Elton John, Charlie Puth, and Post Malone.
Ozzy offered some details on the new record in an interview with Radio.com last year. "I'm doing another record right now. I just started to work with Andrew again.
"It's what gets me up in the morning, and it's what I'm here to do. It saved my life, doing that last album. [It's better than] sitting on my ass all day waiting for the fucking pandemic to be over. And then you go, 'Oh, yeah, I am a rock and roller. I'd better do an album.' You've got all the fucking time in the world to make the best album possible."
