Yeah, yeah, yeah, they’re calling themselves “Heaven & Hell”. Sod that – it’s “Black Fucking Sabbath”, and they’re putting out new studio tracks. I’m all over that shit, especially considering this is the incarnation of Black Sabbath that was current when I started listening to them in 1981. Anyway, now that my excitement (and swearing) […]
Bill Ward Shoulda Changed the World
December 13, 2006 by
I’ve just posted an excerpt from a seriously good interview with Bill Ward sent to me by Joel Gausten. Joel has a book coming out in the fall of 2007 entitled “Albums that Shoulda Changed the World”. He has a very lengthy interview with Bill Ward in the book, but he’s been very gracious and […]
Old Born Again MTV Interview
December 13, 2006 by
Here’s some old footage – I remember seeing this when it was new. I was so excited for Born Again to come out at the time – it was the first “new” record Black Sabbath released after I started listening to ’em.
Bill Ward Speaks (sort of) on Heaven & Hell
December 5, 2006 by
A day or so ago, I was forwarded an email from a fan (thanks Stephan) which purported to be from Bill Ward talking about (or more to the point badmouthing) the Heaven & Hell reunion. Here is the text that appeared in said posting, which had appeared on the Dio Message Board, and the forum […]
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years in April?
December 4, 2006 by
Over the weekend, rumour started to spread that a release date has been chosen for the forthcoming Dio Years disc (now downgraded from a box set). That date is supposedly April 3, 2007 – roughly four months from now. I’ve tried to confirm that date with Iommi’s management, but cannot. I also cannot find solid […]
Alan “Fluff” Freeman Dies
November 29, 2006 by
In all my time running this site, I’ve gotten a lot of fan mail – some of it from Sab fans who have been around since the beginning. If you’re one of those fans, then you might find interest in this story. As you may have read, long time popular British Radio DJ Alan Freeman […]
Bill Ward is officially out of the Heaven & Hell project
November 26, 2006 by
I got an email from Bill Ward’s people to place on Bill’s site, and I wanted to alert people to it here as well. Bill Ward will not be on the new tracks for the Black Sabbath: The Dio years disc, nor will he participate in the “Heaven & Hell” tour next year. It looks […]
Roundup of Heaven & Hell stuff
November 25, 2006 by
In the last 24 hours, there was a major piece of “news” released by Eddie Trunk. Eddie is a pretty respected rock journalist. He’s seen on VH1 Classic, has his own radio show, website, etc, etc, etc. What’s cool is that he appears to have access to info that most of us do not, and […]
Heaven & Hell
November 23, 2006 by
Do we need to call the Heaven & Hell reunion the “Mob Rules” reunion now? Or Dehumanizer 2? Blabbermouth has posted a story saying that Bill Ward is out, and Vinny Appice is in – effectively replacing Bill on the tour and on the new tracks for the Dio years Sabbath box set. I have […]
Some potentially seriously cool news. Oh yeah, and another re-re-re-re-release?
November 15, 2006 by
This story has been floating around a bit, and I didn’t want to say anything until I checked into it myself. Here’s what’s been going around: According to BW&BK sources, Sanctuary UK are putting together a full reissue program on BLACK SABBATH next year starting in March. The first three albums (1970’s Black Sabbath, 1970’s […]
