Over on the Official Geezer Butler Website, Geezer has released “a special Christmas Present” for everyone. It’s an mp3 of a track recorded originally back in 1986 as “The Geezer Butler Band”. The track name is ‘Computer God’ which should be familiar to Black Sabbath fans. Here’s a few factoids about the song: The band […]
Jamie Mallender’s Tony Martin Tour Diary
December 16, 2005 by
A few weeks ago I posted a concert review, some remarks by Tony Martin, and some great pictures of a Tony Martin live gig. I’m here with a followup piece of news. Jamie Mallender, the bassist in Tony Martin’s solo band, as a tour diary online from the recent Tony Martin tour that was completed. […]
Black Sabbath Radio Shows
December 16, 2005 by
As has been previously announced several times, Bill Ward does a monthly radio show out of Cerritas College in California called “Rock 50“. It was also recently announced that Tony Iommi will start doing a weekly radio show in England at Planet Rock. I was also just informed that there’s another one. Former Black Sabbath […]
Ronnie James Dio is Dr. X!
December 16, 2005 by
You know, everyone has their list of “desert island” albums. Ones they’d take with them if they could only have them and no others. Back in 1988, one of these albums came out. It’s called Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche. This album is by far one of the best things I’ve ever heard. I knew it […]
Brian May on Black Sabbath
December 13, 2005 by
Back when Black Sabbath was inducted into the UK Hallf of Fame, they were introduced by Brian May of Queen. Brian is a long time friend of Tony Iommi’s, and Brian is the only other guitarist to ever appear on a Black Sabbath record (Brian does the guitar solo on When Death Calls from 1989’s […]
Winners of the Tony Martin Giveaway
December 12, 2005 by
I’m here to post the winners of the Tony Martin giveaway. These two folks have won a copy of Tony Martin’s Scream album. They are: William Devine of Arnold, MD Chris Lawless of Saugerties, NY The answers to the trivia questions: 1) Which Black Sabbath song did Tony cover on his first solo album? That […]
Tony Martin Tour
December 1, 2005 by
Over at Tony Martin’s Official Website, he had a tour report. This is what he had to say about his short tour having finished.. I’M BACK!!!!!!!!! What a tour!!!!! I gotta tell you this band is really cool!!! I know some seasoned musicians that would have CRUMBLED under the pressure!!!! But everyone pulled to-gether and […]
Tony Martin’s Scream Update & Giveaway
November 30, 2005 by
Tony Martin, who was the vocalist on six Black Sabbath albums (5 studio, 1 live) has a new solo album out. It’s called “Scream“, and if you haven’t already gotten a copy then you should. It’s out in Europe now, and is due to be out in the US right about now as well. It’s […]
Tony Iommi to host a weekly radio show
November 29, 2005 by
Here’s some text from Tony’s official website: Tony Iommi joins Planet Rock next month to present Black Sunday on the nation’s favourite classic rock radio station. Beginning on 18 December at 7pm, the launch of the two-hour programme coincides with Tony’s induction into the UK Music Hall of Fame, confirming his status as one of […]
Black Sabbath to be inducted into US Hall of Fame
November 29, 2005 by
See subject. I don’t have much else to say about that at this time, read my remarks on the UK Hall of Fame as to why. You all can stop emailing me about it, I am aware of it happening. :)
