UNDATED (AP) – The key to getting drummer Bill Ward working with Black Sabbath again: Ozzy Osbourne has to make nice.

Ward writes on his website Osbourne has said false things about him, and because Osbourne has said them publicly, he wants Osbourne to amend his words publicly.

Ward says he doesn’t want an apology through a representative or for Osbourne to say something like, “Oh, that’s all over now.”

Ward and Black Sabbath had a falling-out in 2012 over what Ward called an unsignable contract.

Ward says he still wants a contract he can approve.

In the meantime, the Bill Ward Band is preparing to release an album called “Accountable Beasts.”

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