Quartz is back! Who is Quartz? They’re a band from the late 70’s that Tony Iommi produced, and their most notable member (to Black Sabbath fans anyway), is Geoff Nicholls. The guy who played keyboards on 10 studio and 3 live Black Sabbath albums from 1980 through 2004. When he was brought in in 1979 […]
The Cage 3 Details!
November 16, 2011 by
Back in 1999, Tony Martin hooked up with Italian guitarist Dario Mollo to produce a project called “The Cage”. It proved popular, so a second Cage album came out a few years later in 2002. But that was it. Until now. Announced today is a third Cage album from the Martin / Mollo combination, entited […]
Facebook Screwed Me
November 15, 2011 by
Yesterday, Facebook jacked me pretty hard. I had set up a few months back a Facebook page as a companion to this site. I used it to post news there, strike conversation, pretty much that was it. There was less than a dozen pictures, and no video. However, yesterday morning I woke up to find […]
Black Sabbath Reunites!
November 11, 2011 by
Mk I is back. Again. There you go. All apologies to Kiss… You wanted it. You got it. The best band in the world… At a press conference in Los Angeles this morning at 11:11AM on 11/11/11, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, & Ozzy Osbourne appeared to announce that Black Sabbath Mk […]
11 – 11 – 11
November 7, 2011 by
On Friday November 4th, blacksabbath.com’s front page was replaced with the graphic above. There’s been widespread speculation over the last few months about the original getting back together. That announcement seems to be a verification of that, but I can’t get any of the relevant managers and whatnot to talk to me about it. Not […]
Tony Iommi Book Review & News Report
November 2, 2011 by
“I will never set fire to Bill Ward again.” You’ve got to love a book whose last line of text is that, don’t you? I’ve been a Black Sabbath fan since 1981 (30 years, man). Anyway, over the years, I’ve read a ton of interviews, heard a lot of video, listened to many an […]
Born Again Vinyl to be Re-Released
August 22, 2011 by
Just got word that a “special edition” of the Born Again album on double vinyl will be released shortly. While I don’t have a proper release date yet, I’m told it will be 180gsm special vinyl, and will be culled from the recent remastering sessions for the Universal 2 CD Born Again Deluxe Edition CD […]
Tony Iommi Denies Reunion Talk
August 16, 2011 by
Tony Iommi Denies Reunion Talk, calling it “absolute nonsense”. The net has been abuzz the last 24 hours with a ton of reunion talk of Mk I Black Sabbath. It’s all mostly fueled on an article from the Birmingham Mail newspaper where Tony Iommi reported to have talked about a reunion, etc… There were no […]
New Career Dio Compilation
July 27, 2011 by
I followed the career of “Dio” the band since it started after the downfall of the Mob Rules incarnation of Black Sabbath. Followed it through Ronnie’s return to Black Sabbath in 1992, back to Dio, and through the third Sabbath stint, Heaven & Hell. Through all that time, there’s been a few Dio compilations that […]
Martin Popoff’s “Black Sabbath FAQ”
June 17, 2011 by
One of the things I get asked from time to time (usually after people read my timeline page) is why I don’t write a book. The reason I usually give them is “What’s the point? – There’s a ton of books out there, and I’m not sure what unique perspective I could bring”. So it […]
