Archives for August 2003

Bill Ward Update

I totally neglected to mention this the other day when I had my big update, but Bill Ward’s web site now has online ordering for selected merchandise items. You can purchase his second CD “When the Bough Breaks” (with correct album cover art), as well as a couple of posters. Head on over to the […]

A Strange Journey

Within the last 3 days or so, I’ve gotten about half a dozen emails about a rumour that Steve Perry, the former lead singer of Journey was to be the new singer in Black Sabbath. Here’s the text I was sent… In a move that has some fans excited, and many dismayed, Sharon Osbourne has […]

Ozzy Sings at a Cubs Game

Somewhere, Harry Caray was looking for an extra long, extra tall, extra cold beverage this week, because on Sunday, a man sang what music experts have identified as a rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” that made Caray sound like Frank Sinatra. That man was Ozzy Osbourne. And on Sunday, August 17th, […]

Bill Ward Back on the Radio

Saturday, August 30, Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward will, once again, be the “in studio” co-host with Mike Stark for “Rock 50,” heard exclusively on WPMD Radio, Cerritos College from 11am to 1pm Pacific Time. Bill returns after an emotional July show that was dedicated to the memory of Black Sabbath’s road manager – Bobby […]

9 Disc Black Sabbath Set coming this fall

The long rumoured 9 Disc Black Sabbath box set looks like it’s being released this fall. After speaking with one of my contacts yesterday, he informed me that a box set containing new remasters of the Ozzy era Black Sabbath albums (Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality, Volume 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy, […]