In addition to the Geezer Butler cover below, the current (September) issue of Guitar World is Black Sabbath related. It’s about Ozzfest, and there are actually two covers to this one. One about Judas Priest, and one about Black Sabbath. They’re both pictured here, and you can get them now at your local newsstands. Click […]
Geezer in Bass Player Magazine!
July 15, 2004 by
Geezer Butler is the cover model for this month’s Bass Player magazine. It’s a pretty long interview, mostly about playing the bass, and various musical things that a musician would appreciate more than most people. He also talks about Sabbath (duh), the recording process, and drops a small piece of news about his third solo […]
Ronnie Dio to work with Tony Iommi Again?
July 13, 2004 by
That’s a possible event in the future, if what Ronnie said in this interview with Electric Basement is true. In the article, Ronnie talks about a bunch of things, amongst them are Ritchie Blackmore, the new Dio album (Master of the Moon), the legacy of Dio the band, and of course Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath, […]
Sabbath is on the Road Again – Concert Reports Coming In
July 12, 2004 by
Saturday night was the first gig on Sabbath’s current trek, which is Ozzfest 2004. And because of that, a few concert reviews have started coming in. You can visit the Ozzfest 2004 page for a listing of all the dates, with reviews where they exist. However, I’ll post this here, as I’ve gotten asked this […]
New Sabbath Tribute CD on the Way
July 12, 2004 by
Got word recently about a new Black Sabbath tribute CD on the way. It’s from Argentina, and features a few things not seen in some previous Black Sabbath tribute albums.. A Spanish language cover Songs from every era of Sabbath’s history (Ozzy, Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Tony Martin) Glenn Hughes appears on the tribute […]
Black Sabbath / Depeche Mode Connection?
June 21, 2004 by
This past week, I got an email asking me something I had never seen before. It was in relation to the Born Again cover art. They had asked me if I knew anything, because the cover art for Black Sabbath’s Born Again and the Depeche mode single “New Life”. Let’s get right to the pictures […]
Sabbath plays a kids school dance
June 17, 2004 by
a story told to Joe Siegler by Phil Oswald I got an email back in April from Phil Oswald telling me he had a rather unique story to tell about Black Sabbath in the early days. I asked him to tell me what the story was, so here is his reply below. Dear Joe, Hi, […]
Iommi to Judge a Guitar
June 16, 2004 by
GUITAR WORLD INVITES YOU TO DESIGN YOUR DREAM GUITAR Contest To Be Judged By Guitar Greats Tony Iommi, Joe Perry And Tom Morello; Fender To Build Winning Design New York, NY (May 10, 2004) Every guitarist dreams of designing his own guitar. But unless you’re blessed with the fame, talent or money of a rock […]
Bob Daisley Update
June 16, 2004 by
In going through my email this morning, I ran across one from one of my site visitors, Annette Smith from Victoria, Australia. She had quite a few updates on what’s going on with Bob Daisley. Instead of me just translating her email, I’ll just post it as is. Check it out. Joe, I’ve just been […]
We’re Back on a New Server!!
June 16, 2004 by
Well, I’m back. It was really scary there for a bit, but I’m back online with my new host, as you can see by this news item. It’s actually a copy of something I wrote for next issue of my newsletter, so that’s why some of it talks about the newsletter. First off, I wanted […]
