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I mean, there's very, very few times where he's actually said, 'No, let me come back to that. With OZZY, whenever we're playing riffs, he would be like 'keep playing that riff.' Pretty much every time he just gets up there and starts singing what comes to him naturally, he knocks it out of the park all the time. You got to come up with some cool stuff.' On NO MORE TEARS, I guess I was more relaxed.

I had definitely crawled into the fire and kept thinking.

Zakk Wylde adds, "On the first record, 'It was like I can't believe I'm here. And Zakk's playing on it is spectacular." But there was also lots of goofing around and we had a good time making it. Every song was worked on for a long time and we spent extra time trying to get things right. Sometimes you're surprised for the better, but other times you're disappointed, but John and Duane did an extraordinary job on the album. It's so nice when you get a producer who's more like a part of the band than them saying, 'nah, you do it this way.' Because we write them and when you write the songs, you have a mental picture of how you think you want it to sound. Before we went into the studio, we discussed what we were going to do-everything was planned. "We worked hard on the record with John Purdell and Duane Baron, who became extra two members of the band. "I have a lot of great memories of making the album," OZZY says. The Grammy-winning track was one of the album's four songs co-written with OZZY's longtime friend and colleague Lemmy Kilmister the others include "Mama, I'm Coming Home," "Desire," and "Hellraiser." The album has remained an OZZY classic, earning a spot (#22) on Loudwire's "Top 90 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the '90s" with Ultimate Classic Rock including No More Tears on their list "Top 100 '90s Rock Albums." In addition, the album's "I Don't Want to Change the World" earned OZZY his first Grammy for a live version of the track that was featured on his 1993 LIVE AND LOUD album. In its release, NO MORE TEARS yielded four top ten singles on the Billboard Rock Tracks chart, "Mama, I'm Coming Home" (#2), "Road To Nowhere" (#3), " Time After Time" (#6) and the title track (#10). Two special editions - a 2LP black vinyl version and a special yellow and red 2LP vinyl version with a specially created booklet (exclusively at - will be released simultaneously. New York, NY (Top40 Charts) More than 30 years after its release, OZZY OSBOURNE's sixth solo album-the Top 10 (#7) and quadruple platinum NO MORE TEARS will be celebrated with an expanded digital audio album due out September 17 (Sony).

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I think his marriage was on the rocks and he ultimately realized he had to get better or he was going to lose Sharon.Īgain, similar in theme to "The Wall" and also to the Beatles' song "Nowhere Man". It's like Pink Floyd's "The Wall", he's building a psychological wall around himself.Īt the end, he finally tears down the wall and decides the depression will pass. In other words, he isn't saying "I wish I had never been born".Īs for the 'road to nowhere' part, I think he's saying he's trapped by his old habits.he isn't making any progress because his past keeps coming back to haunt him. His alcoholism, drug abuse, and depression still haunt him.he can't forgive himself and move on with his life.he hasn't learned to "live for today and not tomorrow".ĭespite that, he decides life has been worth the ride and he would do it all again if he had the choice. In the second verse ("the wreckage of my past keeps haunting me"), he can't let go of his past. He still finds life a mystery.still looking for "the meaning of life". I love the guitar work on it.Īs coconut said, Ozzy is looking back on his life and the mistakes he's made. General CommentI can't believe more people haven't commented on this song. I never want to live without you (oh yeah) The wreckage of my past keeps haunting meĪh ah, the road to nowhere's gonna pass me byĪh ah, I hope we never have to say goodbye