Sure, you can take Billy Morrison at his word and read the lyrics to “Crack Cocaine” as a metaphor for a toxic love affair — but only if you can divorce the track from Ozzy Osbourne’s legendarily debauched history. However you interpret it, the song is a classic Ozzman stomper, full of chugging, Zakk Wylde-approved riffs and a furious solo from Morrison’s Billy Idol bandmate Steve Stevens. Osbourne sounds fierce and lucid as he bellows about a pastime that often made him behave in a less-than-dignified manner.
Billy Morrison, Billy Idol’s rhythm guitar player for the past 15 years, joins forces with Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Idol’s lead guitarist Steve Stevens for a seismic collaboration: “Crack Cocaine”, The single is produced by Billy Morrison and Steve Stevens.
“Crack Cocaine” was the second single from Morrison’s new solo album, “The Morrison Project“, which came out last April via the Label Group’s partnership with TLG|ZOID through Virgin Music Group.
The single was co-written by Morrison, Osbourne, and Stevens who all appear in the music video which spotlights Paris Jackson playing the glamorous/romantic interest. There are also cameos from visual artist Risk and actor Jeff Hilliard.
“Crack Cocaine” marks the first new song with Ozzy Osbourne on vocals since Osbourne’s 2022 double Grammy Award-winning album “Patient Number 9”. “I was in the same room as Billy and Steve,” says Ozzy about co-writing the song. “The lyrics just came out of the blue. It was written in about 20 minutes.”
“The music was a direct result of sitting in a room with Steve, both with de-tuned guitars,” Billy Morrison explains, “and writing what we felt was an ultimate Ozzy riff. From there we brought Ozzy over and 90% of the lyrics came from him. Ozzy suddenly stood up and sang ‘Like Crack Cocaine!’ We looked at each other and knew we had the title!, “The song is 100% about how certain relationships can FEEL like an addiction. It’s nothing whatsoever to do with the drug! It’s a comparison – it’s exactly like a drug addiction.”
“The Morrison Project” is Billy Morrison’s third solo album and his first since 2015.
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