An article from the January 2, 1988 Kerrang! Magazine – By Malcolm Dome Cancelled shows. Sun City controversy. Management disasters. Flnanclal problem. The past few months seem to have been nothing but a nightmare for Tony Iommi and his shock troops. So Is there a future for one ot Metal’s tounding fathers? In an exclusive […]
Black Sabbath in Germany on December 2, 1987
December 2, 1987 by
From Garry Sharpe-Young’s NEVER SAY DIE! 1986-1997 [pg. #265]: Having wrapped up the German leg, (Jo) Burt’s Birthday of 2nd December, a last German gig, “in the middle of nowhere with no facilities”, offered another prime opportunity for tomfoolery at his expense. As Burt remembers, upon arrival the band personnel were dismayed to discover their […]
Black Sabbath in Athens on July 21, 1987
July 21, 1987 by
A review by Konstantine Sasma Hey Joe, Well, you’ll be happy to know that I just dug-up from my Sab archive an article that I saved 13 years ago from my first concert experience with Sabbath. This was in my hometown in Athens, Greece on the 20th of July 1987 at the Panathenaikos stadium in […]
Black Sabbath: Birth-day Boys!
September 1, 1983 by
An article about Born Again’s release from Kerrang Magazine #50 – Sep 1983 Well, it may be true that success hasn’t gone to Ian Gillan’s head, but something sure as hell has! Either that or he’s modeling the new range of in Kerrang! cake style caps!! No, seriously folks, the new Sabs vocalist became the […]
Winds of Change
August 1, 1983 by
an interview with Black Sabbath at the start of the Born Again Tour The guys of Black Sabbath in the bar of a sophisticated hotel in Helsinki were something of an astonishing sight. Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler had not changed at all during all these years. The huge silver cross was still hanging around […]
