Black Sabbath are set to make a special announcement next week.

That font is really an eyesore. Can you please stop spamming the board with obnoxious posts? Thank you.

That font is really an eyesore. Can you please stop spamming the board with obnoxious posts? Thank you.

My apologies, Sir. I have edited my original post.

That font is really an eyesore. Can you please stop spamming the board with obnoxious posts? Thank you.

[laugh]

Ah, the Ian Gillen Black Sabbath.
“Born Again” is really an excellent album if you pretend it was recorded by Spinal Tap.

Ah, the Ian Gillen Black Sabbath.
“Born Again” is really an excellent album if you pretend it was recorded by Spinal Tap.

+1

Trashed, Zero the Hero, Digital Bitch…

Ian had a grudge in 1983.

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I actually like that song for a laugh now and then. That album can’t be taken seriously.

Black Sabbath post 1977 can’t be taken seriously.

Fixed.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/10/showbiz/black-sabbath-cancer/

Yeah. Great timing. Seems anytime some form of Black Sabbath tries to carry on, someone crucial gets cancer

Awful news…2012 already blows…

I blame Sharon.

Hope he makes it through. Very much looking forward to new material and tour.

I blame Sharon.

Her kids have been doing that for years.

[reply]I blame Sharon.

Her kids have been doing that for years.[/reply]
Gunnar is one of sharon’s kids?
Late,
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Gunnar is one of sharon’s kids?
Late,
grmpysmrf

I smell a new Prongs Comixxx…

Damnit. Now I really blame Sharon:

[i]Bill Ward has threatened to pull out of the Black Sabbath reunion. In an open letter on his website, the drummer said he will not continue with the planned album and tour unless he receives a “signable contract … that reflects some dignity and respect toward me as an original member of the band”.

The problem, Ward said, is he has not signed Black Sabbath’s new contract. While he doesn’t detail the issues, the current terms are “unsignable”: “I stand to lose my rights, dignity and respectability as a rock musician,” he wrote. “My position is not greed-driven. I’m not holding out for a ‘big piece’ of the action (money) like some kind of blackmail deal … I want a contract that shows some respect to me and my family, a contract that will honour all that I’ve brought to Black Sabbath since its beginning.”[/i]

Not going to be a reunion without him…

Even if he was on it Sharon would just get some scab to record over the tracks in a few years so she wouldn’t have to pay royalties.

I’d still rather hear Halford/Iommi/Butler/Appice.

Of all that I’ve read and heard of Bill Ward I believe him with sincerity. Even in Ozzy’s book he’s shown to be the most humble and non-material dude ever.

Sharon is just looking to put him through the ringer and bleed him dry. I’m sure Geezer and Iommi have much better established lawyers and teams to protect their interests. Sharon probably sees Bill as easy to bully (as he hasn’t done a whole lot else to establish any position of power in the industry). That’s weak.

I wish Ozzy was smart enough and had the cajones to put that bitch in her place every once in a while.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/black-sabbath-pledge-to-carry-on-without-drummer-bill-ward-20120203

I blame Sharon…