Here are the winners from the Dio DVD giveaway I recently ran. * Gene Abrego (Clearfield, UT) * Charles Fleming (Cocoa, FL) * Ed Bode (Plainfield, IL) * Joe Hund (West Chicago, IL) * Michael Youwe (Lund, Sweden)
Bill Ward on the Radio Again – This time with a Guest
September 24, 2003 by
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee, Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward will be returning to “Rock 50” this Saturday, September 27, 11am to 1pm (Pacific Time) on WPMD.org. (More details here). Joining Bill, for his monthly radio session, will be Slipknot percussionist Chris Fehn. Also, Bill will be joined by members of The Bill Ward […]
Music from the Black Box – 9 Disc Set Update
September 6, 2003 by
Yesterday I was sent a press release regarding the 9 Disc Black Sabbath set. We now have some more solid information about the set. It’s name is “Black Box”, the only “extra” song on the discs is Evil Woman, and aw hell. Just read the press release. As of yet, there is no cover art […]
Spinal Henge
September 1, 2003 by
by Garry Sharpe-Young A site exclusive from the book “Black Sabbath: Never Say Die 1979-1997“. A black-sabbath.com site EXCLUSIVE! Dio stepped out onstage for the ‘Mob Rules’ tour’s final gasp at the Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Illinois on 31st August 1982. A full decade would elapse before he was to share the stage […]
Bill Ward Update
August 29, 2003 by
I totally neglected to mention this the other day when I had my big update, but Bill Ward’s web site now has online ordering for selected merchandise items. You can purchase his second CD “When the Bough Breaks” (with correct album cover art), as well as a couple of posters. Head on over to the […]
A Strange Journey
August 27, 2003 by
Within the last 3 days or so, I’ve gotten about half a dozen emails about a rumour that Steve Perry, the former lead singer of Journey was to be the new singer in Black Sabbath. Here’s the text I was sent… In a move that has some fans excited, and many dismayed, Sharon Osbourne has […]
Ozzy Sings at a Cubs Game
August 27, 2003 by
Somewhere, Harry Caray was looking for an extra long, extra tall, extra cold beverage this week, because on Sunday, a man sang what music experts have identified as a rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” that made Caray sound like Frank Sinatra. That man was Ozzy Osbourne. And on Sunday, August 17th, […]
Bill Ward Back on the Radio
August 27, 2003 by
Saturday, August 30, Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward will, once again, be the “in studio” co-host with Mike Stark for “Rock 50,” heard exclusively on WPMD Radio, Cerritos College from 11am to 1pm Pacific Time. Bill returns after an emotional July show that was dedicated to the memory of Black Sabbath’s road manager – Bobby […]
9 Disc Black Sabbath Set coming this fall
August 27, 2003 by
The long rumoured 9 Disc Black Sabbath box set looks like it’s being released this fall. After speaking with one of my contacts yesterday, he informed me that a box set containing new remasters of the Ozzy era Black Sabbath albums (Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality, Volume 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy, […]
Ozzy Re-Recording Changes
July 8, 2003 by
Several folks have alerted me to this news story which is making the rounds at the moment. Ozzy Osbourne apparently has re-recorded the classic Sabbath tune “Changes” (from Volume 4) with his daughter Kelly – it’s to be on his next record, apparently. When that will show up, who knows – or more to the […]
