Ozzy Osbourne Wanted a Final Black Sabbath Album, Producer Claims
Watt said Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler backed the plan, but Bill Ward’s inability to commit ended it.
- Producer Andrew Watt claims he approached Black Sabbath members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler in the early 2020s to record a final album with the original lineup.
- Following his work on Osbourne's solo albums 'Ordinary Man' and 'Patient Number 9,' Watt found members willing to reunite if drummer Bill Ward participated; Ward's inability to commit halted the collaboration.
- Describing the interaction as 'one of the weirdest and funniest phone calls just ever,' Watt noted that Ward could not participate for 'a multitude of different reasons,' effectively ending the reunion.
- Guitarist Tony Iommi disputes this account, recently telling Classic Rock magazine he personally was not interested in another album after 2013's '13,' recalling Watt was 'a bit too excited.'
- Although a final studio album never materialized, the original lineup performed together for the first time in over 20 years in July 2025 at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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OZZY OSBOURNE, TONY IOMMI And GEEZER BUTLER Were 'All Into' Making Another BLACK SABBATH Album But BILL WARD 'Wasn't Able To Do It', Says ANDREW WATT
Producer Andrew Watt claims that Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler all wanted to make one more BLACK SABBATH album with the group's original lineup as a follow-up to 2013's "13" LP, but that the LP never materialized because Bill Ward "wasn't able to do it". "13" didn't feature original BL...
Andrew Watt says final Sabbath album didn’t happen because Bill Ward said he couldn’t do it
During his final years, Ozzy Osbourne released two albums: "Ordinary Man" (2020) and "Patient Number 9" (2022), both produced by Andrew Watt, who had also recently worked with The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney. In an interview with Lipps Service, Andrew talked about the final Black Sabbath album that Ozzy wanted to make but that ultimately never happened. Although guitarist Tony Iommi previously said in another interview that he didn't think…
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