Ozzy confirms that he was close to recording an album with Van Halen. Alex Van Halen: Ozzy Osbourne and Chris Cornell Were in Running to Front Van Halen

Alex Van Halen’s memoir Brothers is out next week. To promote it, the Van Halen drummer sat down with Rolling Stone for his first interview since the death of his brother and bandmate, guitar god Eddie Van Halen.

Alex Van Halen says both Ozzy Osbourne and Chris Cornell were considered to join Van Halen as singer, in a new interview with 'Rolling Stone' in October 2024.

“It’s a regret of mine that we never got it together,” Ozzy Osbourne said about almost fronting a Van Halen album. REUTERS Another legendary rocker — Chris Cornell — was also once a potential VH frontman after he jammed with the Van Halen brother

Alex Van Halen confirms that a Van Halen album fronted by Ozzy Osbourne was almost a reality in the early 2000s.

In his first interview since Eddie Van Halen's death, Alex Van Halen tells all – including the story behind a cancelled tour with David Lee Roth

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Discover how Ozzy Osbourne almost became Van Halen's lead singer for one album, as revealed by Alex Van Halen. Learn about missed opportunities with Chris Cornell, Eddie's tribute, and more.

"It is something that if it had come to fruition, would have been phenomenal," said Osbourne in a new interview with 'Rolling Stone'

Alex Van Halen reveals that Ozzy Osbourne was in the frame to front a new look Van Halen at the start of the millennium, and Ozzy says that he was up for it