Given the events of earlier today, this old set of lyrics seems suddenly appporiate. They come from the track “Swinging the Chain” from the Never Say Die! album. Which, ironically, was sung by Bill Ward. Yes we’re sad and sorry Really sorry that it happened that way Yes we’re sad and sorry We cannot go […]
Archives for May 2012
Bill Ward is out of 2012 Live Shows
May 15, 2012 by 104 Comments
Bill Ward just issued a lengthy statement on his situation with Black Sabbath. The short of it is that he’s not playing the three announced live dates. No mention was made about the new album, but if he’s not playing any of the live dates, I can’t imagine he’s working with them on the […]
Iommi Interview Wins Award
May 10, 2012 by 10 Comments
As some of you might remember, last November, Tony Iommi released his autobiography, “Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath”, and this site dispatched our intrepid reporter Damian to the sleepy little hamlet of Ridgewood, New Jersey to cover the signing. Damian produced a three and a half minute video which had […]
Ozzy to release Speak of the Devil DVD
May 9, 2012 by 21 Comments
In the early 80’s, Ozzy released a live album titled “Speak of the Devil”. This was done in the aftermath of the death of Randy Rhoads. It was supposed to be a live album with him, but as legend goes, Oz didn’t want Randy’s name on an album called “Speak of the Devil” (Talk of […]
Happy Birthday Bill Ward!
May 5, 2012 by 33 Comments
Happy Birthday to the founding (and hopefully still future) drummer in Black Sabbath.
Children Killing Children
May 4, 2012 by 9 Comments
Wanted to point out a criminally under appreciated song in the Black Sabbath family. It’s the song “Children Killing Children” from Bill Ward’s 1997 solo album, “When the Bough Breaks“. The album was quite good when new, and has held up well, I think. As today is Bill’s birthday, I thought I’d throw something […]
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