Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Stevens, and Billy Morrison team up on the new song “Crack Cocaine” from the latter’s upcoming album, The Morrision Project. The single is out now, along with a music video starring Paris Jackson.
Morrison — longtime rhythm guitarist in Billy Idol’s band and former bassist for The Cult — previously premiered the video for the album’s lead single, “Drowning,” right here at Heavy Consequence. His guest-filled LP also features contributions from Idol, Corey Taylor, Al Jourgensen, John 5, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and Linda Perry, among others.
Morrison and fellow Billy Idol guitarist Stevens trade licks on “Crack Cocaine” as Ozzy delivers his haunting vocals on lines like, “Loving you is driving me insane/ I put you down and pick you up again … like crack cocaine.”
“The music was a direct result of sitting in a room with Steve, both with de-tuned guitars, and writing what we felt was an ultimate Ozzy riff,” stated Morrison of the song. “From there, we brought Ozzy over, and we all sat around working on the lyrics, but 90% of those came from Ozzy himself. He’s the one that suddenly stood up and sang ‘Like Crack Cocaine’!! We looked at each other and knew we had the title!!”
The music video depicts Morrison and Stevens performing the track in a graffiti-laden industrial setting, interspersed with clips of a seated Ozzy singing the song. Additionally, Paris Jackson stars as a young woman battling demons in a series of scenes shot in black & white.
“Paris was so sweet to even agree to do the video,” said Morrison. “We wanted someone to play the woman that Ozzy is singing about, and we had a mutual friend who facilitated the introduction. I was honest with her and said that we were doing the whole thing homegrown, no huge record company budget and luckily she’s a huge rock fan and wanted to be a part of it. She brought the sense of glamour and beauty to the video that we wanted.”
The song marks the first new music with Ozzy’s vocals since the metal icon’s 2022 album, Patient Number 9. Revisit our Consequence Cover Story featuring Ozzy discussing that album and more.
Fans can catch Morrison and Stevens onstage when Billy Idol hits the road for a US jaunt in May. Tickets for those shows are available here.
The Morrison Project arrives April 19th, with pre-orders available at this location. Watch the video for “Crack Cocaine” — which also features appearances by visual artist Kelly “RISK” Graval and actor-musician Jeff Hilliard –below.
