Alex Van Halen is opening up about the time Ozzy Osbourne was approached to front a Van Halen album, but it never happened. "It is something that if it had come to fruition, would have been phenomenal,

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

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