Interesting Sabbath Speculation...

[MrBump]

http://www.blacksabbath.com/

... and...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/07/black-sabbath-reform-remembrance-day?newsfeed=true

I love Sabbath.  But I have a dark sense of foreboding...  If the four of them get together again, there'll be a death involved, you mark my words.

[shobet]

Hmmm

[Philly Q]

Interesting.... but it's not going to be anything long-term, I'm sure.

[Sancho]

At this point, I can't get excited about anything Ozzy is involved with...

[juansolo]

Ozzy is just too toasted to bring anything new to Sabbath. Shame, but the dude really is broken now. Personally I'd like to see H&H move on with a new front man in the form of Jorn Lande (who as far as I can tell was the result of some demonic cloning ritual involving David Coverdale and Ronnie James Dio). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9BmH1v6vHw Wind it forward to 35m for some Dio, 52m for some Purple and 1h:09m for some Whitesnake. Bit of Lizzy early on too at 18m 30s

[Loomer]

At this point, I can't get excited about anything Ozzy is involved with...

plus mother-lovin' one... I never really liked his vocals to begin with, and age has NOT been kind to him. I too wish they'd just soldier on with Heaven & Hell.

[Philly Q]

Presumably this is just going to some sort of one-off gig or mini tour.

But long-term, I agree they'd be better off just plugging on with Heaven & Hell.  Find a new singer - not a big name with another full-time gig to juggle - and make it a proper, permanent band.

Even if there was a Sabbath reunion, Bill would soon bail out and Ozzy would be disappearing periodically to do his solo stuff, leaving Tony and Geezer to twiddle their thumbs.  And let's not forget Sharon sticking her bloody nose in and stirring things up...

[MrBump]

Bill Ward is too unwell to do any touring, I suspect.

I hope that they manage to record; I think that a final album with the original lineup would be fitting.

[Philly Q]

Bill Ward is too unwell to do any touring, I suspect.

Ah, you've been reading the Iommi bigraphy, haven't you?  :)

What is wrong with Bill, health-wise?  I don't recall actually reading about it anywhere, but I got the impression it was mostly a case of him not wanting to deal with the stress.  

It's a shame he's not able to be involved much, whenever I've seen documentaries about the band he always seems like a really nice, intelligent guy with something interesting to say.

[MrBump]

Bill Ward is too unwell to do any touring, I suspect.

Ah, you've been reading the Iommi bigraphy, haven't you?  :)

What is wrong with Bill, health-wise?  I don't recall actually reading about it anywhere, but I got the impression it was mostly a case of him not wanting to deal with the stress.  

It's a shame he's not able to be involved much, whenever I've seen documentaries about the band he always seems like a really nice, intelligent guy with something interesting to say.

Yeah, he seems like a top bloke.

He had a heart attack a few years back, and suffers from fatigue, I believe.

Finished the book this morning - interesting but like the Ozzy book, it became something of a list of places they all got rat-@rsed.

I'd like him to have talked about guitars and amps!  Surely most of his readers will be interested guitar players???

[Loomer]

I'd like him to have talked about guitars and amps!  Surely most of his readers will be interested guitar players???

Certain things are never meant for the ears of mere mortals. It's for our own good.

[Sancho]

There used to be a pretty detailed gear section on Iommi's site. Don't know if it's still up.
Why do all these biographies turn into either open assaults on ex-bandmates or tall tales of debauchery?

[Sancho]

Gear section is still there, but there used to be a lot more pictures :(
http://www.iommi.com/equipment.php

[Ratrod]

11-11-11 + Black Sabbath = End of the World

[ToneMonkey]

And let's not forget Sharon sticking her bloody nose in and stirring things up...

It's a pity he didn't finish strangling her the first time round.