Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Morrison have shared the re-recording of their new single “Gods of Rock N Roll” (featuring Steve Stevens), an orchestral reworking of the song “Gods” from Morrison’s 2015 album God Shaped Hole. In addition to the 61-piece Budapest Scoring Orchestra and lead guitar performance from Steve Stevens, ‘Gods of Rock N Roll’ features the John Burroughs High School choir.
‘Gods of Rock N Roll” appears on the deluxe edition of Morrison’s 2024 album, The Morrison Project. Morrison stated, “Ozzy and I have breathed new life into what we always felt was a huge song. ‘Gods of Rock N Roll’ was written ten years ago in a South American hotel room, but with this re-recording we both feel we have finally made the song what it was always meant to be – a huge emotive ballad. A huge portion of the song was completely re-recorded, the 61 piece Budapest Scoring Orchestra recorded the orchestral score composed by Fred Coury, and then the John Burroughs High School choir were added. Barry Pointer had the unenviable task of mixing 132 tracks and he did an incredible job. The end result is what happens when Ozzy Osbourne makes some suggestions, and Billy Morrison listens!”
Ozzy told Kerrang! of the new track, “Billy and I wrote ‘Gods of Rock N Roll’ together in a hotel room while I was touring in South America about 10 years ago. This re-recorded version of the song finally has all the bells and whistles. I told Billy then that it needed an orchestra and a choir, but it took 10 f*cking years for him to listen to me.”
Watch the video for “Gods of Rock N Roll” – HERE.
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