ALEX VAN HALEN: JASON LAVERIS/GETTY; BILLY MORRISON: JANE STUART/PRESS; BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION: ROB BONDURANT/PRESS
BILLY MORRISON IS an ex-pat Brit living the American Dream. After leaving both his band, London industrial-punks Stimulator, and the UK at the end of the 1990s and heading to Los Angeles, he’s become a self-made success story, playing with The Cult, Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Idol and all-star covers band Royal Machines (formerly Camp Freddy). His third solo album, The Morrison Project, mashes up metal, punk, EDM and hip-hop, and features guest vocals from Corey Taylor, rapper DMC, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen, Linda Perry and, on Crack Cocaine, Ozzy Osbourne.
You’ve hit the contact book hard for this album. That’s an impressive line-up of guests.