RIDGEWOOD, NJ—The concept still astounds me: Black Sabbath in Bergen County! There are precious few bands around that I will turn into the 13-year-old kid from Nowhere, NJ over. At this point in the biz, there are really only two: Rush and Black Sabbath. So when I heard that…
Interview with Munsey Ricci: On ‘Board For 20 Years
Munsey Ricci is a bit of a fixture in the heavy metal world. For over 20 years, he has been responsible for getting both metal gods and metal underdogs on the air. A bit of a master wheeler-dealer, he makes a living working for record labels and bands, getting…
The Heavy: Gillan/Iommi Collaboration, New Borgo Pass
If Ian Gillan And Tony Iommi Care, That’s Good Enough For Me
Whocares/Out Of My Mind/Holy Water/Armoury
One of the things I like best about Whocares is the fact that you can almost imagine the conversation where the formidable personnel involved were sitting around in the studio, deciding what…
Interview With Tony Iommi of Heaven & Hell: Knowing The Devil
On heavy metal Mt. Olympus, Black Sabbath/Heaven And Hell guitarist Tony Iommi is more or less Zeus. Around the house we call him “The Man From Whose Fingers Heavy Metal Sprang” (clearly not into the whole brevity thing), and though there isn’t much that hasn’t already been said about the…
Interview with Heaven And Hell: They Say That Life’s A Carousel
Since it was announced late last year that the lineup of Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice would be touring under the moniker Heaven And Hell, there has been much fervor in the Black Sabbath camp. Not only has The Dio Years been released by Rhino,…
