During a recent appearance on “Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern,” Judas Priest drummer Scott Travis discussed the band’s cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs.” Notably, he also revealed that the band may re-release the track with additional vocals from Black Sabbath’s late frontman Ozzy Osbourne.
Travis said the following when asked about Judas Priest being unable to make Black Sabbath’s final show:
“We knew about the SABBATH reunion or the SABBATH final show that was coming up in the U.K., but as I’m sure you’re aware, we had already contracted and agreed to do the SCORPIONS, their 60th-anniversary show in Germany [on the same day]. So we couldn’t do the Ozzy thing.
But we thought it’d be cool to [record a cover version of] a SABBATH song [as a tribute to Ozzy]. And, of course, we got the blessing from [Ozzy’s wife and manager] Sharon Osbourne. So we did our version of ‘War Pigs’. But we did that well before — not only before the BLACK SABBATH show but before Ozzy passed. So that was kind of weird that we were able to do that.
And then I think we’re trying to — I think there’s a version coming out with Ozzy actually singing on that version. In other words, Rob will sing a verse and then Ozzy sings a verse. I think that’s coming out. But anyways, we did our version and a video, so that’s out there. And then, obviously, yeah, we were in the middle of our tour [when we got the news that Ozzy had died], and it was devastating.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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