Last night was the “Bonzo Bash” Jam at the NAMM show in Santa Ana, California. It’s a collection of drummers who get together for a theme – that being to celebrate the late John Bonham. However, that’s not all that happened. They also gave Bill Ward a “Legend Award” at the show, too.
Ozzy Era on US iTunes – FINALLY!
January 14, 2014 by 15 Comments
I’ve been doing this site for a long time, and one of the biggest complaints I’ve seen is “Why isn’t the 70’s Ozzy era available on iTunes?” Well, it actually has been in the UK/Europe for awhile, but not in the United States/North America. I’ll have a sidenote on the US vs UK stuff later […]
New Tony Martin in 2014?
January 12, 2014 by 4 Comments
Something I’ve been wanting for ages.. A new Tony Martin album. Tony’s quite prolific, but appears on everyone else’s projects. His actual solo output has been just two albums. One in 1992, when Sabbath was doing the Dehumanizer album. The other in 2005. He’s approaching Tom Scholz/Boston level of delays for new material. :) […]
Neil Murray & Space Elevator
January 3, 2014 by 5 Comments
Neil Murray, the man who has been in so many projects, has a new one to add to his ever larger list of them. This one is called “Space Elevator”, and they have a debut album out in March. I don’t know a whole lot about it, I just found out about it myself recently. […]
Off the Road with Tony Martin
December 28, 2013 by 8 Comments
Off the Road with Tony Martin – A Concert Review by Christopher Alo On Friday November 29th, 2013, ex-Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin played a rare concert appearance in the United States in Middletown, NY, but nobody seems to have heard about it. It started for me with a phone call from a good friend […]
Last gig of 2013 is over
December 22, 2013 by 62 Comments
Tonight was the last gig for 2013, in Birmingham. It’s been a cool tour. I saw it myself last summer, but I’m here to ask you. If you saw the tour, what did you think? Leave a comment below! Other than Andrew WK who sucked, it also appears that the opening bands were […]
Charles Bradley Cover of Changes
December 19, 2013 by 16 Comments
The song “Changes” from the Vol 4 album in 1972 was a turning point. It was a slow, ballady song, something that the band had not done up to that point. The band (in its 1995 incarnation) brought it back live at a gig in Tokyo, but has mostly remained unplayed since that time. […]
Black Sabbath – Methademic Man
December 12, 2013 by 4 Comments
Check this out! A 20 minute video review / film / photo gallery as taken by one of the photographers (Gustavo Vara) who you see in the front row early on in the show. Very VERY cool – one of the more unique things like this I’ve seen. It’s hard to know what to […]
Tony Iommi Awarded Honorary Degree
November 19, 2013 by 15 Comments
Today Tony Iommi was given an honorary doctorate from Coventry University. The degree was, in the words of the university, “in recognition of his contribution to the world of popular music”. Tony left from the school and went straight to the airport to head for Helsinki for the European Black Sabbath tour. Tony himself […]
Santiago Dufour Strikes Again
October 15, 2013 by 9 Comments
If you’ve been a fan of my site for some time now, then you’ve probably seen art by Santiago Dufour before. He’s an artist from Argentina who does all kinds of drawings for many different musicians. But he’s done several on Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell. Today I discovered he’d done a new one for the […]
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