Archives for October 2002

WIN A TONY IOMMI GUITAR!

The folks who put out the new Rhino 2 CD set are sponsoring a contest where you can enter and win a Tony Iommi Gibson SG Guitar! Check it out: Bow down and observe the Sabbath with the just released 2-CD, 29 track anthology Symptom Of The Universe: The Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978), celebrating Ozzy’s […]

BILL WARD ON RADIO THIS WEEKEND

On Saturday, November 2nd, Black Sabbath Drummer, Bill Ward will, once again, be the "in studio" co-host with Mike Stark for "Rock 50," ( http://www.mikestark.net/wpmd.html) heard exclusively on WPMD Radio, Cerritos College ( http://www.cerritos.edu/wpmd/) from 11am to 1pm Pacific Time. Following the release of his latest single "Straws" and a new Black Sabbath compilation – […]

TONY MARTIN UPDATE

Tony Martin seems to be the busiest former member of Black Sabbath out there right now. In addition to the album "The Cage II" which was released earlier this year – he’s also on the newly released "Our Cross Our Sins" disc from the band Rondinelli. This album also features former Sabbath member Neil Murray, […]

CONTEST WINNERS

It’s been brought to my attention that I neglected to post the winners for the Dio giveaway. Yes, that’s correct, I’m sorry about that. I can’t tell you here, because I no longer have the emails! As I always say, I don’t save emails from contests, so after I sent out the prizes, I delete […]

BILL WARD WEB SITE

Quick comment about the Bill Ward Web site. It now has some web forums on it. Head on over there to check ’em out, and leave your comments about Bill and his music!

IOMMI/ANSELMO & NEW SABBATH ALBUM

I’ve gotten NUMEROUS emails over the past week with a link to a story at billboard.com (and elsewhere) that quotes Tony Iommi talking about his next solo album and a Sabbath album. Folks are sending it to me like it’s a major news break. Quick personal comment. It’s not new news, folks. The knowledge of […]

THE STRING QUARTET TRIBUTE TO BLACK SABBATH GIVEAWAY

Today I’m here to announce another giveaway on my Sabbath site. This time I’ve got five copies of the String Quartet Tribute to Black Sabbath to give away. There’s no trivia contest this time, just send an email with your name and address to stringquartet@black-sabbath.com. Please note that ANY EMAILS SENT ANYWHERE ELSE THAN STRINGQUARTET@BLACKSABBATH.COM […]

BLACK & BLUE DVD DELAYED

Over the weekend, I got a few emails asking me what happened to the Black & Blue DVD release that was supposed to happen recently (Sep 23rd in the UK, and Oct 8th in the US). That obviously did not occur. I wrote to the distributor, and this is what I was told: PRESS RELEASE […]

NEW BILL WARD MUSIC AVAILABLE!

Check it out – Bill Ward has released a new single entitled "Straws". You can download the mp3 over at his official site at http://www.billward.com. UPDATE: On Oct 10th, Bill’s site was updated with a quote from Bill about the song, and it’s meaning.