I’m supposed to play drums and be helpful in any other ways that I can. And I showed up as a musician, moving into something new, and I did what I’m supposed to do, you know. So, there was no problems like that, you know. I found Ronnie to be very friendly, we were pretty good mates, you know. “You know, I’m a musician and so I agreed to the idea of moving on, you know. So, that’s how I felt about it.”Īfter expressing his concerns about Black Sabbath’s decision to move on, Ward went on to say that he ultimately wanted the right thing for the band, which is moving on after Ozzy, and it seems that was not big of a deal for him. And I thought it was a very dangerous move. And, so I actually saw it more of the end of the Black Sabbath as we understood it. Sometimes there’s a difference between doing the right thing and doing the right thing that makes any sense. But I could understand it was the right thing to do. Were you on board with that decision at that time?”īill Ward: “Umm, no, I didn’t agree necessarily with the decision. They felt that Ozzy had really just lost a lot of enthusiasm for the band. Bill Ward on Ronnie James Dio joining Black SabbathĮddie Trunk: “Bill, I know it’s difficult for you to see Ozzy leave and to have to deliver that news, but did you feel it was the right thing to do with the time? I mean, the one thing that I’ve gotten this week from Tony and Geezer is that there was really the one thing they felt really strongly about with Ronnie coming in was that there was a new enthusiasm. (Transcribed by ), here’s what Bill Ward had to say on the podcast. He was apparently not fond of the idea of moving on, at least initially. Ward also talked about the replacement Black Sabbath had to go through when Ozzy Osbourne left the band. He thinks the band has done a good job on that.
During the conversation with The Eddie Trunk Podcast, Black Sabbath’s drummer revealed his thoughts about the current ‘Heaven and Hell’ record. They’d been through drugs and drink and women and god knows what else and they said, ‘We aren’t going to be drinking or anything like that, we’re gonna go on stage and play our set and be on time.’ and I thought thank god, I’ve never had that before a band that actually turns up on time and plays sober.Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward revealed in an interview that he was initially not on board with the idea of replacing Ozzy Osbourne with Ronnie James Dio.īill Ward has appeared on a podcast, talking about the history of Black Sabbath and reminiscing of the old days, especially the Dio-era. It’s very competitive, it’s very tough so you’ve got to work harder than everyone else, you’ve got to be better than anyone else. So he phoned them up and they said, ‘Tell him to learn two or three songs.’ Well I actually got the live album and the other albums and i learned all of them, all the songs on the live album because I think that’s what you have to do. So Chimes was brought in for live duties.Ĭhimes told Rhythm: “My manager said Black Sabbath needed a drummer and I said I’d love to do that, I really like that band, and being a drummer in a heavy metal band you get to do massive solos, massive drum kits, gongs, all sorts of things. The Clash’s original drummer Terry Chimes joined up with Tony Iommi’s touring Black Sabbath in 1987 (an Ozzy and Geezer-less line-up with Tony Martin on vocals).Ī messy time for producer and line-up changes saw ELO’s Bev Bevan replace Eric Singer to finish Eternal Idol, but refuse to do shows promoting the album. We were making incredible progress as far as our live shows were concerned.” Prev of 9 Next Prev of 9 Next We were in and out of the clubs and theatres, and getting close to playing in stadiums by the time the album came out. When we did Paranoid, our band was out working 365 days of the year – so it was very much a band in transit. 4, and then by the time we got to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, we were really coming along very well. The bass drum sound had started to smooth out on Vol. When asked at what point he began to feel that he was playing at an advanced level, Ward told Rhythm: “It was starting to happen on Master Of Reality.
“I’ve always regarded Sabbath as a live band and not particularly as a studio band,” recalls Ward of his early days with theb and, “so when I listen back to the albums I have to remember that we used to walk in, grab some mic stands, record the songs and then walk back out again!”
0 kommentar(er)
