Guitarist Tony Iommi shares stage with saxophonist Soweto Kinch On July 28 Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi opened the XXII Commonwealth Games in his hometown of Birmingham, England. Iommi played a song called “Hear My Voice” with alto-saxophonist, MC and BBC presenter Soweto Kinch. The song is designed as a dream sequence and is based…
On Sept. 29, 2014 news spread like wildfire that Black Sabbath are to finish their career with one last final album and tour, likely to be produced by Rick Rubin. The story seemed to appear first as a “world exclusive” on Classic Rock, then was picked up by music news sites around the world. Joe Siegler’s Black Sabbath online page, an…
On April 19 the original line-up of Black Sabbath digitally released “God Is Dead?” on iTunes and Amazon, their first proper single in 35 years and the first since 1978’s Never Say Die album. Well, perhaps it’s a bit misleading to say “original line-up”, since drummer Bill Ward is nowhere to be found. But still, pretty darn close.…
Bastard of Reality are a Seattle-based Black Sabbath tribute act. Bastard of Reality strive for an authentic Sabbath sound and performance, with much of their set focused on the first two studio albums. Singer David Hillman, who sounds uncannily like Ozzy Osbourne, was kind enough to answer some questions about Bastard of Reality, of course…
The last six months have been nerve racking for Black Sabbath fans, to say the least. First, on Nov. 11 the band announced a world tour and a new studio album, the first in 33 years, to be produced by legendary producer Rick Rubin (for full story, see Black Sabbath reform for new album, world tour.) Fans were…
After months of speculation, the Apr. 14 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction in Cleveland, Ohio proved to be bittersweet fodder for fans of Guns N’ Roses. On the plus side, three-fifths of the original lineup was present, including guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. Also present was drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Adler after he was ousted…
Monday brought sobering news to metalheads across the globe with the announcement that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, 63, has been diagnosed with lymphoma cancer. The news came as a shock to fans who were understandably excited about the Nov. 11 announcement of a new Black Sabbath studio album and world tour (for coverage of the Nov. 11 announcement, please see Black Sabbath…
To help celebrate the news of the original line-up of Black Sabbath reuniting for a world tour and new studio album, I decided to provide coverage of local Seattle Black Sabbath tribute band, Bastard of Reality. Bastard of Reality last played on Dec. 3, 2011 at The Mix in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. Originally scheduled to open, they…
Heavy metal legends Black Sabbath announced on Nov. 11, 2011 at 11:11 am (PST) plans for a 2012 world tour and a new studio album to be produced by Rick Rubin. The news was announced at a special press conference at L.A.’s Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles, 41 years to the date after their Los Angeles…
15 years the release of the perplexing punk rock cover album Spaghetti Incident, Guns N’ Roses have returned with the long-overdue Chinese Democracy. Or rather, Axl Rose has returned with an album featuring no original members, except for Dizzy Reed who joined in 1990, five years after the band’s inception. And just as the original members have all gone their various ways…