Former BLACK SABBATH Drummer BEV BEVAN Loves His Jag

January 10, 2009

Sunday Mercury reports that English rock musician Bev Bevan, who served as the touring drummer for BLACK SABBATH from 1983 to 1984 and played percussion on "The Eternal Idol" album in 1987, is drumming up support for the Jaguar Land Rover campaign.

THE MOVE, ELO and BLACK SABBATH drummer owns a fleet of Jaguars and says he "beams like a schoolboy" when he gets behind the wheel of his XK8 soft-top.

But it was the E-Type which sparked a love affair with the Midland marque which has lasted as long as his marriage.

"It was, and still is, a design classic and it's completely timeless," said the 64 year-old, originally from Birmingham’s Sparkhill but who now lives in Warwickshire.

"The E-Type was the car to have if you were in a rock band, and when I saw (MOVE frontman) Carl Wayne driving one, I was so jealous and knew I had to have one."

Read more from Sunday Mercury.

Bevan (born Beverley Bevan on November 24, 1944 in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England) was one of the original members of THE MOVE and the ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA. After the collapse of ELO in 1986, he founded ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA PART II without the original ELO singer/songwriter Jeff Lynne.

Bevan recently presented a radio show on Smooth Radio West Midlands called "'70s Sunday". Bevan also reviews records for the Sunday Mercury.

Bev Bevan drum solo on BLACK SABBATH's "Born Again" tour — October 21,1983 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada:

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