Articles tagged: black-sabbath

Jason Momoa and Jack Black

"Twenty years in the making": Jason Momoa performs his first ever live show as a bassist – covering Black Sabbath, Hendrix, Zeppelin, Metallica and Stevie Nicks with Jack Black, Danielle Brooks and Rita Ora joining as guests

By Rob Laing published

He's formed a power trio with two old friends

Zakk Wylde, Dave Grohl, Lemmy Kilmister and Slash backstage during Dave Grohl's birthday bash at The Forum on January 10, 2015 in Inglewood, California

16 famous musicians who almost joined very famous bands

By Rob Laing published

Best of 2023: What could have been: featuring The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, Beatles, Van Halen, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and more

Jethro Tull posed in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1972. Left to right: Ian Anderson, Barriemore Barlow (Barrie Barlow), Jeffrey Hammond, John Evan, Martin Barre

5 essential Jethro Tull songs guitar players need to hear

By Neil Crossley published

"And here was Jimmy Page waving like mad… I'm thinking, 'I can't wave back, or I'm going to blow the solo'”

Shane Hawkins

Watch Shane Hawkins play drums on Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and Black Sabbath songs with Taylor Hawkins’ cover band, Chevy Metal

By Stuart Williams published

The young drummer delivered a solo on Moby Dick, and the band were joined by Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach

Black Sabbath live in California, 1982, with Tony Iommi on guitar and Ronnie James Dio fronting the band

Tony Iommi admits that, yes, sometimes he got carried away playing guitar solos – but Ronnie James Dio was his enabler

By Jonathan Horsley published

Iommi says the Dio years challenged Black Sabbath to up their game and RJD would tell him to solo longer. “Listening back to things, you think, ’Bloody hell! That was a bit over the top‘”

Black Sabbath, 1970: Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler

Mysterious Black Sabbath Paranoid-era live album quietly surfaces on Spotify

By Rob Laing published

Nuit Noire features material from their first two albums and arrives with zero fanfare

Geezer Butler attends the Ozzy Osbourne and Corey Taylor special announcement press conference on May 12, 2016 in Hollywood, California

Geezer Butler rules out future gigs with Black Sabbath and explains retirement from touring in general

By Rob Laing published

"I didn’t realize how hard starting from scratch is, especially when you’re used to your own plane and staying at the Four Seasons and the Ritz Carlton"

Dancer Sofia Liñares from Black Sabbath - The Ballet

A Black Sabbath ballet is coming to Birmingham and it might just turn out to be a genius meeting of worlds

By Rob Laing published

The band's home city will host the Tony Iommi-endorsed Black Sabbath - The Ballet in September before it visits other cities

Black Sabbath

Tony Iommi on Black Sabbath's Vol 4: "Somebody said, ‘You can’t put Laguna Sunrise on the album with all the heavy stuff.’ Why?"

By Rob Laing published

Classic interview: 50 years on from Vol 4, we look back with a guitar pioneer

Black Sabbath

The story of Black Sabbath's Children Of The Grave: “If you listen to critics too much, you’ll lose your identity. We didn’t listen."

By Henry Yates published

US Rock critic Lester Bangs once described the song as “naïve, simplistic, absolute doggerel"