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 Nov. 26 Subpop reissued the Soundgarden collection Screaming Life/Fopp, comprised of the EPs Screaming Life (1987) and Fopp (1988). The collection had gone out of print in recent years, and Soundgarden felt it was time to make it available again, this time with a fresh remaster and the addition of the bonus track “Sub Pop Rock City” from the Sub Pop 200 compilation. The…
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…
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…