Archives for 1997

COZY POWELL SITE NOW ONLINE!

Just a quick note to let y’all know that I have put a site online for Cozy Powell. It’s available now at http://www.cozypowell.com. The site is extremely new, so it’s possible that if you try going there, you might get a "not found". Don’t worry about it, it usually takes new sites a day or […]

BLACK SABBATH LIVE RECORD COMING!

Sabbath are wasting no time, the reunion shows at the Birmingham NEC on Dec 4th and 5th were recorded for a live album release; the band will all be present at the mixing which starts on Monday the 8th! A photo shoot for the album artwork took place on Saturday the 6th at the Law […]

FULL MK I BLACK SABBATH REUNION IS ON!

After speaking with Bill Ward’s people today, I can pass on the news that Bill Ward will be playing with his Black Sabbath bandmates in the two December reunion shows. Here is what Mark Jones had to say about this (and the rumour that Bill had hurt his hand): It can now be announced that […]

BILL WARD IN ENGLAND REHEARSING WITH SABBATH

Tony, Ozzy, Geezer and Bill have been practicing this week for the two reunion shows in December. Everything is coming together extremely well. Tony and Geezer have been writing together, with a view to maybe producing a couple of ‘new’ Black Sabbath songs which could be played at the Birmingham gigs. Both shows at the […]

BILL WARD INTERVIEW (IN REAL AUDIO) ON UPCOMING "AUDITION" AND POSSIBLE REUNION

The original Black Sabbath drummer, Bill Ward, leaves for England this week to "audition" for two upcoming shows to be held in England in December. If Bill passes his "try out" these shows will be the first shows with the original Sabbath lineup since ’92 and will likely be recorded for a live cd and […]

TONY IOMMI IN LA WITH HIS NEW PICKUP!

I was sent a piece of email by Scott Johnson of Gibson. It’s in regards to a recent Tony Iommi appearance in Los Angeles to promote his new pickups. Here’s Scott’s email, along with the two pictures he sent me of Iommi appearing at this event! As Tony Iommi has been in the U.S. working […]

OFFICIAL TONY MARTIN PAGE NOW ONLINE!

Daniela P has put a web page online about Tony Martin, with Tony’s cooperation, so it could more or less be called the "Official Tony Martin Web Page". You can get to it http://user.tninet.se/~cxq849j/TonyH.html.

MODIFICATION TO THIS PAGE

As you can see, I’ve revamped the look of this page a bit. I’ve not been happy with the way it looked for some time, but finally got around to making it look a bit better. :) I’ve also added a byline to the date entries. I’ve written most of them here, but Pete Scott […]

TONY, OZZY, GEEZER AND BILL – REUNION SHOWS ANNOUNCED

After the success of the recent Ozzfest tour, the original Black Sabbath will play two full-length shows at the NEC in Birmingham on December 4th and 5th. Bill Ward wasn’t involved in Ozzfest, but if all goes well he will be playing these two shows in Birmingham. Tony Iommi enjoyed Ozzfest immensely: "It was really […]

BEYOND OZZFEST

OzzFest is over, everyone has gone back home. Will they do it again? Only time will tell. In other news, Tony Iommi has gone back to work on his solo album, and Ozzy has his Greatest Hits album due out before the end of the year with "rare material" on it. Whatever that means, who […]