An Interview with Black Sabbath: Master Class Bryan Reesman March 26, 2014 Interviews It's been a fantastic year for Geezer Butler, and considering he has been making music since the mid-'60s, that is saying something. Last year Black Sabbath, the pioneering British group that propelled the ... Read More...
Black Sabbath @ PNC Bank Arts Center Robert Gluck August 22, 2013 Concerts HOLMDEL, NJ—Growing up, I was introduced to music through my father’s vinyl collection, where I first heard bands like Cream, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. I was lucky enough to listen to groups of this c... Read More...
Ozzy Osbourne Talks About Playing New Black Sabbath Songs Live JJ Koczan August 2, 2013 Interviews Black Sabbath hit PNC Bank Arts Center on Aug. 4. I recently had the chance to take part in a conference call with metal legend Ozzy Osbourne about the band's new album, 13, their tour and much more, in whi... Read More...
Tony Iommi Book Signing @ Bookends Fake111 December 3, 2011 Concerts 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, th... Read More...
Interview with Jus Oborn from Electric Wizard: Spine Tingle And Soul Burn JJ Koczan February 2, 2011 Interviews Their music is creepier than Christopher Lee overseeing an island of naked ‘70s pagan hippies, and for U.K. doomers Electric Wizard, that’s just how they want it. For nigh on 18 years, guitarist/vocalist Jus Ob... Read More...
Ronnie James Dio: 1942-2010 Patrick Slevin May 17, 2010 Columns 1 It’s been a sad few weeks for metal. With the passing of Peter Steele, fans mourned one of the genre’s vampiric, self-deprecating and complicated legends—but a legend that you might run into at a show. The ... Read More...
Ronnie James Dio Diagnosed with Stomach Cancer Patrick Slevin November 26, 2009 Goings-On Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Dio, Heaven And Hell and Elf singer Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed with stomach cancer, according to his wife Wendy on Dio's official website. She writes: "Ronnie has been diagnose... Read More...
Interview With Tony Iommi of Heaven & Hell: Knowing The Devil JJ Koczan August 17, 2009 Interviews 4 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 brev... Read More...
Interview with Heaven And Hell: They Say That Life’s A Carousel JJ Koczan May 16, 2007 Interviews 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 ... Read More...
Black Sabbath: Live At The Hammersmith Odeon JJ Koczan May 9, 2007 Albums Sure, I know we just had Black Sabbath as Disc Of The Week a couple issues ago for the Rhino collection, The Dio Years, and the challenge I’d issue in response to anyone who’d call me out on these Double DOTW s... Read More...
