A few weeks ago, I posted a Tony Iommi tribute video, and I was asked what the song on there was. As was noted in the comments, the track is called “Miranha”, and it was recorded around 1990 during the time of the Tyr sessions. It’s a track that was created for a compilation […]
1986 Metal Mix Tape
April 11, 2012 by
When I started this new site format, one of the things I intended on doing was putting a few more personal kinds of posts on here. Ones that have some sort of relevance to the site. That’s what this is. A non Sabbath post that I thought would be of interest. Anyway, tonight I […]
The “one” US Date has been announced
April 11, 2012 by
..at least I’m pretty sure it’s that one. When Tony got sick, and they had to cancel the European dates, they said they’d still play the Download Festival, and one (then) unannounced US date. About an hour ago from this post, it was announced that Black Sabbath will play the Lollapolooza (WTF) festival on August 3-5 in […]
Tony Iommi Issues a Health Update
March 26, 2012 by
Just a day or so after I posted my “non update update”, Tony Iommi goes and issues an update on his situation over on his own website. Just posted tonight (or tomorrow morning in the UK), there’s this message from Tony, which sounds promising. As someone who has had a family member go through the EXACT […]
A Non Update Update
March 22, 2012 by
I’ve seen a lot of posts and messages asking for some sort of update on Tony Iommi. Some of them beliggerant – that he “owes” Sabbath fans an update. Bah. I wanted to post this in response to all of that. There is no update. If you know anyone who has ever gone through […]
Bill Ward’s Tribute to Tony Iommi
February 27, 2012 by
This past Saturday was the most recent episode of “Rock 50” with Bill Ward. Rock 50 is a show on college radio station WPMD in Cerritos, CA. Once a month, Bill comes in and is the DJ, picks the tunes, and occasionally dispenses some nuggets from his past. Most of the tunes he plays are […]
Fans irritate me sometimes
February 24, 2012 by
Generally, I don’t go off on stupid things people say, but sometimes it just irritates the heck out of me. Take this for example. About half an hour ago or so, I posted the story about Sabbath playing a lone gig in the US in August. Given the state of Tony Iommi’s health, one would […]
Sabbath to play US in August?
February 24, 2012 by
The “will he or won’t he” saga with Bill Ward carries on. Tony Iommi’s cancer treatments carry on.. Yet the business of Black Sabbath doesn’t. Word popped up today that Black Sabbath might be playing a lone date in the US in August. Where? Who knows? Who’s on drums? Who knows? But a […]
Black Sabbath 2012 Update
February 17, 2012 by
Well, today’s been an interesting day. Earlier this morning, we got another statement from Bill Ward about his drumming situation with Black Sabbath. Which appeared to be good news, that they’re still talking. Then a few hours after that, we got a rather large and somewhat ominous update from Black Sabbath regarding the European […]
A Message from Bill Ward
February 17, 2012 by
Bill posted another update today over on his site regarding his contract situation with Black Sabbath. I’ll get right to the point – here’s what he had to say. In case the server is down when you go to look at it, here’s the text. I particularly like the bit where he calls out the […]
