Back in 1984 after Ian Gillan left Black Sabbath to go reform Deep Purple, that left Black Sabbath in a quandry. Tony & Geezer were back at square one basically with no singer, and no drummer, as Bev Bevan was only on board for the Born Again tour. So Bill Ward was coaxed back again, […]
Iron Man best Metal Song of all Time
May 3, 2006 by
According to VH1, Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” has been voted best metal song of all time. However, their list is incorrect, as they say the song came out in 1971, it didn’t; it was 1970. Here’s VH1’s Top 10 list of metal songs. 01. BLACK SABBATH – “Iron Man” (1971) 02. GUNS N’ ROSES – […]
Dio & Iommi 2006
April 12, 2006 by
A few times over the last few months, I’ve seen reports that Ronnie Dio is rejoining Black Sabbath, or is working with Tony Iommi again, or they’re doing a new project, etc, etc, etc.. This report has cropped up again at Blabbermouth today. It’s definitely NOT new news, as this has come up before. However, […]
It’s giveaway time again!
April 11, 2006 by
Today I get moving on the news page again with not one, but TWO giveaways. First is the newest Greatest Hits album by Black Sabbath, and the other is Dio’s new double CD “Holy Diver Live”. With both I’m going to have a trivia contest like I’ve done with giveaways in the past. First off, […]
Bill Ward suffers a big loss
March 29, 2006 by
Bill has sent in the the March 2006 edition of his Audio Diary series (the 13th overall entry). This new edition totals 32:29 in length. The subjects discussed in this edition Bill speaks at length on, so there’s not as many different subjects as he normally talks about, but what is talked about is talked […]
Black Sabbath Inducted into US Hall of Fame
March 14, 2006 by
The US HOF ceremony was last night, and Black Sabbath was inducted. Long time visitors to my site know my feelings on the Hall of Fame, but it is still nice to see them get some recognition. Although my gut feeling is that this is the last time we’ll see the four of ’em together […]
Sabbath’s Induction into Hall of Fame to be on VH1
March 2, 2006 by
VH1’s website for the 2006 HOF Induction has some details up on the show. It will air on Tuesday Mar. 21 at 9PM Eastern Time. Here’s a blurb from their site about the show: Join Blondie, Black Sabbath, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Synyrd, Sex Pistols and celebrity presenters for the 2006 Rock And Roll Hall Of […]
Where the hell have you been, Siegler?
February 24, 2006 by
I wrote this for the issue of my site’s newsletter that went out today. Here we are on Friday, February 24th, 2006. The last issue of the newsletter was sent out on December 23rd, 2005. That’s two months since the last issue. So where have I been? Nowhere, actually. To be honest, right after the […]
Tony Martin & Neil Murray on new Empire Album
February 24, 2006 by
Those of you who follow Tony Martin’s career will be interested in this one. As you know, Tony has been one of the more active Sabbath members in terms of recording and releasing. Outside of his own second solo album Scream which was released last year, he’s kept going elsewhere. His latest is the new […]
Iommi & Bevan’s Belch?
February 24, 2006 by
I was looking around for some info on Bev Bevan a little while ago, and ran across this link. It talks about a side project that Tony Iommi was in with Bev Bevan simply called “Belch!”. Here’s the relevant bits: Bev has also admitted to being a partner-in-crime with Jasper Carrott and Tony Iommi in […]
