TONY MARTIN EMAIL INTERVIEW

Tony Martin has graciously decided to participate in a fan email interview through this web site and my mailing list. Tony as you know spent many a year in Black Sabbath, and has recorded many songs that some people consider some of Sabbath’s best material. Ever had a question for Tony? Now you can get […]

OZZY GETS STAR ON WALK OF FAME

Heavy metal superstar Ozzy Osbourne, infamous for biting the head off a bat in his younger days, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday for his dark brand of showmanship. Wearing a black suit, a large gold cross and round, blue glasses, with bright red streaks in his brown hair, Osbourne […]

OZZY’S DAUGHTER TO RECORD SINGLE

Ozzy Osbourne’s teen-age daughter is following in her father’s musical footsteps, but don’t expect her to bark at the moon. Kelly Osbourne is recording a cover of "Papa Don’t Preach," a No. 1 hit for Madonna (news – web sites) in 1986, with Incubus members Mike Einziger and Jose Pasillas II. The guys in Incubus […]

THE CAGE II COMING IN MAY

A couple of years ago, the most excellent album "The Cage" by Dario Mollo & Tony Martin came out. Those who have heard it have had nothing but praise for it. Tony Martin had told me a few months ago that he had laid down tracks for a Cage II CD, so yesterday I inquired […]

OZZFEST TOUR DATES

Ozzfest 2002 tour dates are available now – along with dates when tickets will go on sale. Here they are.. You can get the latest from http://www.ozzy.com ALL DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE July 6 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion ON SALE APRIL 13 July 7 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion ON SALE APRIL 12 July 10 New […]

RANDY CASTILLO DIES

Randy Castillo died Tuesday due to complications from his bout with cancer. Randy was never a Sabbath member, but did play with Ozzy for quite a long period of time. He was also the drummer for Lita Ford, who was briefly engaged to Tony Iommi for awhile in the mid 80’s, as well as playing […]

POSSIBLE VH1 BEHIND THE MUSIC FOR BLACK SABBATH?

In preparing today’s issue of the Black Sabbath Newsletter, I came across a submission from one of the readers saying that the new issue of Metal Edge Magazine is reporting that there will be a VH-1 Behind the Music for Black Sabbath. I’ve been hearing rumors of this happening for quite some time, but I’ve […]

SABBATUM WINNERS

Here are the winners of the Sabbatum CD giveaway from last week. Thanks to everyone who entered – keep an eye here, we’ll be giving away the new CD from Black Label Soceity (Zakk Wylde’s band) later this week. Justin Wolz of North Carolina, USA Steve Beach of England Jean-Marc Paille of Canada Oliver Garus […]

DON AIREY NEW KEYBOARDIST FOR DEEP PURPLE

The circle of Sabbath / Purple / Rainbow / Ozzy / etc band members grows closer yet again with the announcement that former Sabbath & Ozzy band member Don Airey has been named the new keyboardist for Deep Purple. He replaces Jon Lord, who has retired, presumably due to the fact that he’s getting on, […]

SABBATUM – BLACK SABBATH IN THE MEDIEVAL TIMES!

Some of you have mentioned the Sabbatum disc on the last issue or two of the newsletter. I haven’t covered it yet, because I was waiting on something to come in from the folks who made this disc. For those of you who haven’t checked it out, Sabbatum is a disc of Sabbath covers unlike […]