Jazz Sabbath will release their self-titled debut album on April 10th. The jazz trio, formed in 1968, were considered to be at the forefront of the new English jazz movement. Their self-titled debut album would be released on 13 Feb 1970, but on Feb 12th founding member and pianist Milton Keanes was hospitalised with a […]
Ozzy Announces Parkinsons
January 21, 2020 by 2 Comments
In a bit of news that doesn’t seem terribly surprising, Ozzy Osbourne this morning announced on US television that he has Parkinson’s Disease. I think most long time fans suspected this, but it was never announced until this morning. There’s a video clip of this available here from the Good Morning America show: Ozzy […]
Phenomena Anthology
January 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Does anyone remember the Phenomena project? That’s a band/project put together by producer Tom Galley (and his brother, Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley). They’re of note to Sabbath fans, because several former Sabbath members appeared on the releases (Cozy Powell, Don Airey, Ray Gillen, Neil Murray, etc)…. I’m writing to make you aware of a […]
Sabbath Survivor Rises
November 12, 2019 by 1 Comment
If you’ve been around my site for awhile, you’ll remember a poll I did called “Black Sabbath Survivor”. It basically was the kind of poll you normally see of “what song is your favorite”… EXCEPT… this is modeled after the show Survivor, and you vote people “off the island”. So basically, instead of voting for […]
Dio: The Studio Album Collection: 1996 – 2004
November 8, 2019 by 7 Comments
Earlier this morning, I got a press release sent to me about an upcoming Dio box set. It’s called “Dio: The Studio Album Collection: 1996 – 2004″. This set was mentioned some time ago about Wendy Dio, and is basically a remastered set of the Dio studio albums “Angry Machines”, “Magica”, “Killing the Dragon”, & […]
Ronnie’s Last Stand
August 10, 2019 by 3 Comments
10 years ago today, was the last time that Ronnie James Dio took the stage for a concert. I was fortunate to be able to send a couple of guys to film video of the last show on that tour (in my name – I wasn’t there), and y’all have seen the product of that […]
‘Black Sabbath Bridge’ to be named at event in Birmingham
June 5, 2019 by 2 Comments
The official naming of the ‘Black Sabbath Bridge’ in honour of Birmingham’s legendary heavy metal rockers is taking place in the heart of the city’s entertainment district later this month. Two Black Sabbath founder members will be attending the extraordinary event at the road bridge which crosses the canal on Broad Street at 3pm on […]
Bridge on Broad Street
November 18, 2018 by 2 Comments
Black Sabbath—they invented heavy metal, and we should all thank them for doing it. They should be proud of what they have achieved. In metal, it all began with them, and no one hasever done it better.” – Sir Christopher Lee “Black Sabbath developed an incredibly unique style; these men invented heavy metal. They have […]
Going Through Changes Book
September 22, 2018 by
This coming week on the 28th of September a new photo book about Black Sabbath is going to be released. It is called “Going through Changes”, and it’s quite a nice looking book. I’ll have a full review later, but I wanted to get the word out there now before it’s released so you can […]
Looking back on Cozy Powell
April 5, 2018 by 5 Comments
20 years ago today I was sitting at my desk at work, and got a phone call with a really strange looking caller ID number. Given it was work, I was compelled to pick it up. So I did, and it was Neil Murray on the other side of the line. Now I had never […]
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