11/11/11 - Black Sabbath

From the band's Facebook page:

Quote :

At the request of Bill Ward, through his attorney, so as to not give the public the wrong impression about his involvement in the current Black Sabbath lineup, we have temporarily removed Bill Ward's images from the main pages of the blacksabbath.com official website. In accordance with Bill Ward's attorney's request, we are doing so for the duration of the forthcoming shows.

WTF? So if this is true, this is all Bill's fault? What a turd. Possibly. Haha.

Eyesore wrote:

WTF? So if this is true, this is all Bill's fault? What a turd. Possibly. Haha.

i think he is trying to remove the use of his image from the reunion.

exact33 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

WTF? So if this is true, this is all Bill's fault? What a turd. Possibly. Haha.

i think he is trying to remove the use of his image from the reunion.

So there are no false expectations.............. I can understand that

MEGATRON wrote:

From the band's Facebook page:

Quote :

At the request of Bill Ward, through his attorney, so as to not give the public the wrong impression about his involvement in the current Black Sabbath lineup, we have temporarily removed Bill Ward's images from the main pages of the blacksabbath.com official website. In accordance with Bill Ward's attorney's request, we are doing so for the duration of the forthcoming shows.

This is still a bunch of horsesh*t. Even if Bill did request that his image be removed, there is no reason other than spite to have the full-front splash page of Black Sabbath.com full of band images with Bill purposely cropped out. There are a thousand different designs the website could have went with, but they chose the one most obvious as a slap in the face to Bill.

This has Sharon's stink all over it.

I agree MG, they should have taken a current picture of Ozzy, Geezer & Tony and used that for the website.

S.D. wrote:

I agree MG, they should have taken a current picture of Ozzy, Geezer & Tony and used that for the website.

Agree with that!!!! It definitely would represent who is actually playing.

chewie wrote:

S.D. wrote:

I agree MG, they should have taken a current picture of Ozzy, Geezer & Tony and used that for the website.

Agree with that!!!! It definitely would represent who is actually playing.

They don't have to have any pictures, just a logo. The first image you see when you go to BlackSabbath.com is a bunch of cropped photos. WTF is that?

S.D. wrote:

I agree MG, they should have taken a current picture of Ozzy, Geezer & Tony and used that for the website.

It says volumes to me that they are using older pics.

I really don't know what to think. With lawyers being at the center of it all, it seems like a greed game. Who knows.

ultmetal wrote:

I really don't know what to think. With lawyers being at the center of it all, it seems like a greed game. Who knows.

yeah - it seems the long awaited reunion is turning out to be a disaster.

Sabbath in Birmingham

01. Into The Void
02. Under The Sun
03. Snowblind
04. War Pigs
05. Wheels Of Confusion
06. Electric Funeral
07. Black Sabbath
08. The Wizard
09. Behind The Wall Of Sleep
10. N.I.B.
11. Fairies Wear Boots
12. Tomorrow's Dream
13. Sweet Leaf
14. Symptom Of The Universe (intro only)
15. Drum Solo
16. Iron Man
17. Dirty Women
18. Children Of The Grave

Encore:

19. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (intro only)
20. Paranoid

I gotta admit that opening trio of tunes is AWESOME! Cool that "Under The Sun" has been resurrected, that's a real shocker to me...and one of Tony's most evil riffs of all-time.

yeah - they do sound really good.

I am definitely going support the album and maybe the tour if it does not cost millions for a ticket

Ozzy sang his ass off. The band was flawless, including Tommy Clufetos. He did a great job.

Bill Ward & the "reunion" forgotten about in 3...2...1...

didn't think it would happen so quickly. awesome!

mc666 wrote:

Bill Ward & the "reunion" forgotten about in 3...2...1...

didn't think it would happen so quickly. awesome!

Oh, I haven't forgotten about it and still think Ward should be on the album at the very least. If Tony wasn't fighting cancer I might be more "militant" in my opinion, but I really want to hear him play on another studio album so that trumps the Ward issue for me right now.

Ozzy moves like a 90-year-old. Haha.

S.D. wrote:

Cool that "Under The Sun" has been resurrected, that's a real shocker to me...and one of Tony's most evil riffs of all-time.

A real shocker to me is that I had never heard that song before you mentioning it here

Another shock is how GOOD that song is! How on earth I was able to miss that!
I've got to buy that album.

So Ozzy's drummer is behind the kit, eh? How convenient. Bah.

Eyesore wrote:

Ozzy moves like a 90-year-old. Haha.

he does move like a weeble wobble, that is for sure.

This past Saturday, May 19, Black Sabbath made their triumphant return at a hometown show in Birmingham, England. The show would also serve as a warmup gig for their upcoming headlining slot at Download festival.

Iommi, who has been undergoing treatment for lymphoma, was admittedly nervous before the show, writing afterwards:

"I was extremely nervous beforehand about playing a long set, not knowing whether I'd be able to last. It turned out to be no problem whatsoever because Ozzy, Geezer and Tommy were nailing everything; no chance to feel tired! I'm really pleased with how it turned out, fantastic crowd and I want to say thank you to all of them for giving me such an amazing reception. On our way again at last! Finally, a special thanks to Tommy; we invited him to play and he was brilliant."

The Tommy in question is Tommy Clufetos, the drummer in Ozzy Osbourne's solo band. Tommy served a last-minute replacement when original drummer Bill Ward could not come to contract terms with the remainder of the ban

Tommy Clufetos is not even remotely impressive. That stupid raising his arm straight up thing just looks retarded in those video clips, like he's been practicing drums in front of a mirror his whole life. Clown.