I also picked the winners for the previous giveaway today, too. First, here are the answers to the questions… Who was the primary opening act for the US Never Say Die Tour? (Answer: Van Halen) Bill Ward sung the final track on the Never Say Die album. What is the one other Black Sabbath song […]

And the giveaways keep rolling on… :) This time we’re giving away three copies of the Mike Stark book "Black Sabbath: An Oral History", which chronicles the history of the band from the start up until the 1997 Ozzfest "reunion" shows. It’s got a bunch of cool things about it, you can read my write-up […]

This isn’t Black Sabbath related, but I thought it was a cool story, so I’m passing it along. It’s about a movement to make live concert CD’s available 5 minutes after the show is over – so you could purchase the show you just attended. Check out the news story here (it originally appeared online […]

Well, not really. :) One of the bands inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year is the Clash. One of the former members of the Clash is Terry Chimes who played with Sabbath for a bit in late 1987 to early 1988. Unless I’m mistaken, this is the first person to […]

This isn’t a new interview, but someone sent me a link to a Tony Martin interview he did about a various collection of subjects – and talks a lot about the Bailey’s Comet tour he was involved in during 1992. I have a local copy here. Tony speaks on Black Sabbath and why he thinks […]

Set for release this coming May is a Dio compilation called "Stand Up & Shout: The Dio Anthology". It’s going to cover (most of) his career, with tunes from Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, & Dio. Don’t have a track listing or anything like that yet – I just found out about this yesterday, and I’ve […]

Since Tony Martin and Black Sabbath parted ways back in the mid 90’s, Sabbath has put out two live and one compilation album. Tony Martin, however – has sung on a good number of albums (right at the moment, I don’t have a count, but I can think of about 4 or so – there […]

I’ve picked the winners of the previous giveaway for the free Ozzy Biography Book. Here’s the answers I was looking for, as well as the winners: What former member of UFO played briefly with Ozzy’s band? (Answer: Pete Way) What members of Black Sabbath (besides Ozzy) played in the Ozzy band? (Answer: Bob Daisley, Geezer […]

Our latest contest has been started! This time we have five copies of the Black Sabbath concert DVD, "Black Sabbath – Never Say Die". This is the 1978 Never Say Die concert footage – check a few entries down for more details on the DVD. Here’s a few questions you need to answer correctly to […]

Our latest contest has been started! This time we have two copies of the Ozzy Osbourne book "Ozzy Osbourne: The Story of the Ozzy Osbourne Band". This is a very detailed book on the history of the Ozzy Osbourne solo band – including some info I had never been aware of before (like Randy Rhoads […]