In the last couple of days both the Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler websites have made announcements about meeting Tony & Geezer at Ozzfest shows. They will be signing copies of their new respective solo albums at a special booth on the Ozzfest grounds during an hour block each day on Ozzfest in the “FYE” […]
Winners of Fused Giveaway
July 13, 2005 by
Last week I posted a contest where folks could win a copy of Fused, which was released yesterday. Today I picked the winners, and here they are: 1) Eric Goldberg of Shrewsbury, MA 2) Leo Scheben of Anchorage, AK 3) Lev Kalman of Philadelphia, PA 4) Timo Peterse of The Netherlands 5) Michelle Davies of […]
Tony Iommi’s Fused is now available on iTunes
July 12, 2005 by
Tony Iommi’s new album Fused is out today. You’ve read about it (read my review of Fused). Now you can go get it. Head on over to your local record store today (in the US/Canada), and pick it up (our UK bretheren got it yesterday). However, it’s available now on iTunes. If you just can’t […]
Iommi Fused Update – Extra Track Information
July 8, 2005 by
Since I posted my review of Fused yesterday, I’ve since been made aware of some additional “bonus” tracks that will appear in relation to this release. There is the already mentioned Let it Down Easy, which will be on the Japanese version of the album. That one I’ve already heard and reviewed. This track is […]
Tony Iommi’s Fused comes out next week – My review & a giveaway are up!
July 6, 2005 by
Next week Tony Iommi’s third solo album, “Fused” comes out. This is a masterful work, and I’m here to discuss a few things about the album. ALBUM PRE-ORDER: First are some links you can use to pre-order the album. In the US: Amazon.com’s Fused Page In the UK: Amazon.co.uk’s Fused Page WIN A FREE COPY […]
Latest Bill Ward Diary is available
July 5, 2005 by
Bill Ward phoned in from Sweden with the fifth in his 2005 Audio Diary series. There was a little bit of a bad phone connection on this and it generated some technical issues so the sound quality is a little scratchy, but is still pretty good. This new edition, totaling exactly 30:00 in length has […]
Geezer Butler Journal Update
July 5, 2005 by
Geezer Butler has sent in a journal update from the Sabbath tour in Europe! You won’t want to miss this one, as he has a few words about the Sabbath tour. He also talks about Ohmwork sales, his journal, some castles he visited while on tour, and in a surprise announcement, a pending release of […]
Black Sabbath News Tidbits
July 1, 2005 by
Here’s several Black Sabbath related news tidbits to pass along.. 1) The Download Festival on June 11th at Donington was filmed, and will be released on DVD at an as of yet unannounced date. This comes from a recent interview with Tony Iommi. 2) The Japanese version of Fused will be released on July 21st, […]
When the Tigers Broke Free
June 30, 2005 by
I’ve been a Pink Floyd fan for a very long time. I bought the Wall when it was new, which was right around the time I started High School. As a kid when this was new, that album was very influential in my musical landscape. I’d heard of Pink Floyd before, but it wasn’t until […]
Bill Ward’s Audio Diaries now as a podcast
June 21, 2005 by
A recent trend in online audio publication is that of podcasting. Podcasting is where you subscribe to an rss feed like you would any other rss news feed. The difference with a podcast feed is that it will pull down media – in this case Bill’s audio diaries! It’s called podcasting, as it originted with […]
