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At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: MrBump on October 12, 2010, 06:32:12 PM

Title: How Effing Great Is Bill Ward? !?!
Post by: MrBump on October 12, 2010, 06:32:12 PM

Listening to a load of early Sabbath on the commute home... don't think I've ever appreciated how awesome he is...

Title: Re: How Effing Great Is Bill Ward? !?!
Post by: gwEm on October 12, 2010, 10:34:53 PM

i can never decide if him or keith moon is my favourite drummer.

some amazingly jazzy fills and drum breaks on the first album (the wizard for example)

Title: Re: How Effing Great Is Bill Ward? !?!
Post by: shobet on October 12, 2010, 10:39:06 PM

The cowbell in 'The Wizard' gets me every time.

Title: Re: How Effing Great Is Bill Ward? !?!
Post by: MrBump on October 12, 2010, 10:43:17 PM

Exactly!!! It was The Wizard that prompted my post!

LOVE that couwbell!!!  But also all that ambient, jazzy stuff on Black Sabbath.  Awesome.

Title: Re: How Effing Great Is Bill Ward? !?!
Post by: Afghan Dave on October 12, 2010, 11:01:56 PM

Ok, who's gonna say it?

I know we're all thinking it...

Title: Re: How Effing Great Is Bill Ward? !?!
Post by: mikeluke on October 12, 2010, 11:09:41 PM

As in...

"We need more cowbell!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZOHY7Z5eaQ

Title: Re: How Effing Great Is Bill Ward? !?!
Post by: Johnny Mac on October 13, 2010, 09:22:13 PM

He is a great drummer. Some drummers just have a thing that maybe us guitar players can't quite put in to words.
Clem Burke from Blondie was a great drummer, Topper Headon from The Clash & Jet Black of The Stranglers are fav's of mine too.

Title: Re: How Effing Great Is Bill Ward? !?!
Post by: Telerocker on October 14, 2010, 11:36:52 PM

I like early Sabbath. Rediscovered Sabotage lately.