Bill Ward & Black Sabbath Update

Bill has sent in the the 12th edition of his Audio Diary series. This long delayed newest edition (the first in 2006), totaling 29:35 in length is available right now. Here’s some of what Bill had to say in this edition – there’s a few small tidbits specifically about Black Sabbath. Some friends of his […]

Black Sabbath Radio Shows

As has been previously announced several times, Bill Ward does a monthly radio show out of Cerritas College in California called “Rock 50“. It was also recently announced that Tony Iommi will start doing a weekly radio show in England at Planet Rock. I was also just informed that there’s another one. Former Black Sabbath […]

New Bill Ward Interview Online

There’s a new interview with Bill Ward online now. It’s with the website allaboutjazz.com, and you should definitely check it out, as Bill talks about his career playing the drums and how it felt to be influenced by the blues growing up in Birmingham, England. Here’s a few quotes from the article: AAJ: At what […]

Bill Ward’s 2005 Drum Kit Information

A small piece of information that drummers might be interested in. Bill Ward has posted the layout of his Black Sabbath 2005 drum kit online at his website. There is a diagram there from his drum tech with details of all the gear in his kit. Check it out! http://www.billward.com/gallery/billsolo/wardkit2005

Latest Bill Ward Diary is available

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 […]

Bill Ward’s Audio Diaries now as a podcast

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 […]

Bill Ward Checks in with another audio Diary Entry

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has checked in with another entry in his 2005 Audio Diary series. Available now over at his Official Website, this latest entry covers such topics as: * – Touring in Germany, and the hospitality there * – Thoughts on his own drumming – and some problems he had playing the […]

Bill Ward’s Second Audio Diary Available

Over at Bill Ward’s Official site, the second in his audio diary series has been posted! Bill has phoned in from England with the latest entry. Recorded today the 10th of June, this new diary touches on several topics, including.. * – Tour rehearsals, the start of tour, and Bill’s recalls of the gigs that […]

Bill Ward’s Audio Diary available

Bill Ward has left the States to head to England for rehearsals for the European Black Sabbath shows and Ozzfest. As a present, Bill has recorded an audio diary for you, his website visitor. The diary talks about a bevy of topics. Some of the topics he talks about are: Bill’s radio show Rock 50, […]

Bill Ward wants your questions!

As regular Bill Ward site visitors know, Bill has been doing a monthly radio programme over the Internet. Well, with 2005 being the 35th anniversary of Black Sabbath’s first album release, Bill wants to do something special with his programme. To this, he wants to collect your questions via email and will read and answer […]