The late Black Sabbath singer Ray Gillen wasn’t in Sabbath long. He wasn’t on any officially released albums as the lead singer, and he is an unknown to most Sabbath fans. However, those who knew him and knew his work will appreciate this new interview that’s online with Ray. It’s over at rockdetector, and talks […]

Back in late July, Blackstar Productions in Argentina sent me a copy of their Black Sabbath tribute CD called “Sabbath Crosses”. I haven’t had a chance to give it a proper listen until now (for that Fernando, I’m sorry). I shouldn’t have waited so long, it’s a wonderful CD! I’m here with a track by […]

Back in 1969 befre Sabbath released their first album, Tony Iommi was briefly in Jethro Tull. It didn’t work out, but during that time, Tony made an appearance that was recorded and was used in the “Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus”. Well, that has been released on DVD now. If you’re interested, Amazon.com has […]

Got a pretty good link via email today. It’s the tour rider information for Black Sabbath. You can see what each of the Sabs had for their dinner order, as well as what drinks were in their rooms. Ozzy has more than one dressing room (including provisions for his kids). You also find out how […]

All of a sudden, I got a bunch of interviews sent to me all at the same time. I’ve read all of them, and I have to say, there’s some really good stuff here. Make sure and check them all out: Rock Confidential interview with Ronnie James Dio Metal Shrine.se interview with Tony Martin Kerrang […]

Just a few hours before Black Sabbath’s Ozzfest show in Tampa (Sept. 2), guitarist Tony Iommi’s thoughts were on the weather – and it wasn’t just because hurricane Frances had caused their scheduled tour finale in Miami to be cancelled. Weather had made the entire Ozzfest tour a different experience for him. “It’s been going […]

US cable music channel VH1 recently ran a program called “The Top 100 Metal Moments”. Of the top 20, some of our boys from Sabbath made the list. Here’s what’s in the top 20: Ozzy plays Moscow Music Festival Ozzy & Nikki Sixx have a “gross a thon” Dio popularizes “Devil’s Horns” Tony Iommi loses […]

On July 23rd, the Rocky Mountain News website posted an interview with Tony Iommi in which they talk about a variety of subjects. But is what most interesting is that Tony talks about the attempt to record a new Sabbath album in 2001. Here’s what Tony said about that. The band took a run at […]

Recieved this email about an interesting review of Black Box. I don’t personally get/read the magazine, so I can’t comment beyond the email. Joe: I just noticed that the Black Box was on Stereophile Magazine record reviews section (page 117, August 2004 issue) . It is an OK article. The amazing thing is that they […]

In addition to the Geezer Butler cover below, the current (September) issue of Guitar World is Black Sabbath related. It’s about Ozzfest, and there are actually two covers to this one. One about Judas Priest, and one about Black Sabbath. They’re both pictured here, and you can get them now at your local newsstands. Click […]