“If it had come to fruition, it would have been phenomenal.” Eddie and Alex Van Halen wanted Ozzy Osbourne to front a new-look Van Halen, and Ozzy would have joined if his family's MTV show hadn't got in the way

Ozzy Osbourne, Alex and Eddie Van Halen.

Ozzy Osbourne was in discussions about joining Van Halen at the start of the millennium, and the unlikely hard rock supergroup might have come together if MTV's The Osbournes series hadn't proved so successful.

In a major new interview with Rolling Stone, Alex Van Halen reveals that, circa 2001, he and his brother Eddie sat down with Sharon Osbourne and seriously discussed the idea of an Ozzy-fronted Van Halen album.