Here’s a Remaster update: The third batch of remasters has been released. For some reason, Castle has held back Live at Last until the middle of May. On a personal note, I don’t care if they ever release that, I think it’s crap. However, it should be released in May. BATCH 3: Live Evil, Born […]
Rob Halford NOT in Black Sabbath
April 23, 1996 by
Band management, plus Pete Scott and Alexander Rack all say that Rob Halford is not joining Black Sabbath. The Halford involvement is for either an Iommi solo album, or some sort of Iommi/Halford project (like the Coverdale/Page project). I’m told that Iommi is in the pre demo stage now for new material for both a […]
Black Sabbath & Rob Halford
March 25, 1996 by
This is what I’ve found out about the two current situations with Black Sabbath. Regarding Rob Halford.. Sabbath management has said that Tony Iommi has spoken with Rob Halford (and Glenn Hughes for that matter) in regards to working together. The same person who told me this also has said that Tony Iommi is very […]
Random News Bits
March 1, 1996 by
Sabbath Management confirms that Tony Iommi has spoken to both Rob Halford & Glenn Hughes in regards to working together. It is not known whether this is for Black Sabbath, or a Tony Iommi solo project, which the statement also says Tony is keen on doing. IRS Records has asked Black Sabbath not to renew […]
Misc Solo Project Info
February 10, 1996 by
More on the Shadows Tribute. Apparently, Iommi is playing with Bev Bevan, Don Airey, Neil Murray, and Gordon Giltrap. Shadows were an instrumental band, there is no vocalist. This lineup is for the tribute only. Geezer Butler has left Ozzy’s band. Apparently, the recent Philadelphia gig was the last date. He was replaced by Mike […]
Various Black Sabbath Updates
January 24, 1996 by
A few random news items I picked up. The Forbidden tour is definitely over, and no new dates are planned for the Forbidden tour. The word I get is that the band will return shortly to the studio to begin work on a new album. More info when I get it. Tony Iommi is doing […]
Forbidden Tour Over
December 27, 1995 by
Well, the Forbidden tour is over now. I’m trying to find out what’s going to happen now that the tour is done. I’ve heard that there may be more dates added (but I don’t know where) in March. However, it makes me wonder what they’re going to be doing between now and then. I hope […]
Plastic Planet
November 8, 1995 by
Well, I noticed that Geezer Butler’s Plastic Planet is now available for sale on CD-Now! If you want to buy it online (I did), click here.
Plastic Planet Information
October 25, 1995 by
Here’s some more information on Geezer Butler’s (G//Z/R) Plastic Planet album. I’ve spoken to the record dealer I deal with locally in regards to getting this in, and I should be getting a Japanese import of Plastic Planet possibly as early as late next week. In the meantime, here’s some info you need it: It […]
Ozzmosis Released
October 24, 1995 by
Well, Ozzy’s new album, Ozzmosis was released in the US today. It’s available pretty much everywhere now, and if you’re an Ozzy fan, you should pick it up. From what I’ve seen so far, it’s got mostly good reviews. I’ve seen one or two comments along the line of “After 4 years, you should have […]
