BLACK SABBATH's BILL WARD Featured In 'Shockwaves Skull Sessions' Podcast

June 8, 2009

The 24th installment of the "Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast features a four-way discussion with legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward, Roadrunner Records VP of A&R Monte Conner, and metal enthusiast David Tedds as they join "Skull Sessions" host Bob Nalbandian in this mesmerizing and historic exploration into the first decade of BLACK SABBATH, commonly referred to as the "Ozzy era." The four discuss the entire catalog, from SABBATH's groundbreaking 1970 debut leading up to 1978's "Never Say Die" release.

Listen to the podcast below.

39 years after its 1970 release, BLACK SABBATH's "Paranoid" album was recently re-released as a three-CD deluxe edition, featuring the original album, a quadraphonic mix and a disc full of instrumental and alternate versions.

Ward told Shropshire Star: "There was some spare tape left, so we said, 'Let's see if we can get another song and we all went down the pub which is the best place to work — well, it was then — and when we got back Tony [Iommi, guitar] had got a really, really good riff. Tony and Geezer [Butler, bass] and myself just sat in and just started playing and it didn't take long at all to have the song with all its parts pretty much done. I think within the afternoon it was taken care of. Ozzy [Osbourne, vocals] had his jamming lyrics, almost rough stuff, as we jammed down the first things. It probably [was] pretty much in the ballpark, his melody's there. We did that with quite a lot of our songs and we would change that around until we reached the final album version."

Ward insists the door is not shut on the idea of a full-blown reunion of BLACK SABBATH's original lineup.

"I have an open mind when it comes to SABBATH," he told Shropshire Star. "We just haven't done anything for the last three years. But the door's wide open as far as BLACK SABBATH is concerned.

"Playing, doing anything with the original band, that's where I would like to be."

He added: "Ozzy and I have maintained our relationship, and I've maintained my relationship with the other fellas pretty much all the way through. Nobody's far from each other.

"I saw Oz on his birthday. We went to Vegas and that's the last time I saw him. But I actually spoke to him about three or four days ago. He's doing fantastic, he's doing really well."

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