Just a few hours before Black Sabbath’s Ozzfest show in Tampa (Sept. 2), guitarist Tony Iommi’s thoughts were on the weather – and it wasn’t just because hurricane Frances had caused their scheduled tour finale in Miami to be cancelled. Weather had made the entire Ozzfest tour a different experience for him. “It’s been going […]
Black Sabbath Book Update
September 18, 2004 by
www.rockdetector.com executive editor Garry Sharpe-Young has been working on a leviathan account of Black Sabbath’s complete recording history from the earliest demos through to the ‘Reunion’ album and, possibly, beyond. Already having two highly praised Sabbath related titles under his belt, ‘The story of the Ozzy Osbourne band’ and ‘Black Sabbath – Never Say Die’, […]
More Book Stuff
September 18, 2004 by
It’s also been brought to my attention that I have not posted a review of the book “How Black was our Sabbath: A View from the Crew”. One of the authors (David Tangye) was kind enough to send me a copy of his book awhile back, and I read it. And loved it. It’s a […]
Master of the Moon Availability Problems
September 18, 2004 by
The new album from Dio (Master of the Moon) is out now. It came out about 3 weeks ago. However, I’ve been getting some emails from folks saying it’s hard to find. I personally went and looked for it on the day of release. My first visit was to Best Buy in Mesquite Texas (I […]
Ozzy Out – Rob Halford back in Sabbath
August 27, 2004 by
Yup, this morning when I checked my email, I got quite a surprise. About 20 or 30 people who had attended the Philadelphia Ozzfest gig wrote me to say that Ozzy did not sing with Black Sabbath. Rob Halford of Judas Priest handled the vocal duties for this gig. This wasn’t the first time Rob […]
Release Date for Ohmwork
August 27, 2004 by
Ohmwork is the name of the new solo album from Geezer Butler. There’s little information available on it (as Geezer’s website is in a perpetual state of “Coming Soon”). Website vtue.com is reporting the release date as Tuesday, January 18, 2005. More info as I get it.
Master of the Moon Out Next Week
August 27, 2004 by
The new album from Dio (Master of the Moon) is due out next week. To that, there’s a very good and lengthy review of the album you should read. It’s online here at Electric Basement. His review pretty much sums up mine. I’ll write a full review later, but I have to say the album […]
Another Eighth Star Update
August 26, 2004 by
First off, before I post the update, I wanted to say why I haven’t had any update in a couple fo weeks. Last week was my birthday, and I also found out a week ago that I’m going to be a father for the first time. I’ve had a few othe things on my mind […]
Another Eighth Star Update
August 10, 2004 by
Another Eighth Star update was posted over the weekend on Blabbermouth. Here’s what they had to say about it. The Tony Iommi/Glenn Hughes album recorded in 1996, heavily bootlegged as the much in demand “Eighth Star” (not the project’s official title), will be quite markedly different to the version currently on the underground market when […]
Another Eighth Star Update
August 7, 2004 by
There was a short update regarding the release of the Tony Iommi “bootleg” album “8th Star”. It appeared on the official Glenn Hughes website, and it says this.. I had dinner with Tony Iommi on Sunday night. We are pleased to announce that the album which was originally bootlegged (ele tá falando do 8th Star) […]
