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BLACK SABBATH Bassist GEEZER BUTLER Has '50 Ideas' For Next GZR Album

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler has posted the following message on his official web site: "It's been a year since I updated my 'journal'; maybe I should call it an annual. Well the greatest tournament on Earth has finished, and I can now get back to normal life. I watched every match of ...

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OZZY Powered Football Club Shows Off Its Wheels

"The Ozzy Powered Football Club", the Birmingham, England-based soccer team formed by a British BLACK SABBATH fan by the name of Garry Raybould, has sent in several photos of its team bus. Check them out at this location. Raybould has been running a campaign to honor the four original members of SAB...

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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer DAVID DONATO Auctioning 1985 Harley Davidson

A 1985 Harley-Davidson motorcycle belonging to former BLACK SABBATH singer David Donato is currently being auctioned via eBay. The auction ends on August 27 at 8:15 p.m. EST. For photos and more information, click here. According to Wikipedia, Donato recorded several demos with BLACK SABBATH and reh...

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Ex-SEPULTURA Drummer To Play NYC Show With NECRO In September

Former SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera's appearance with hardcore Brooklyn "death rapper" NECRO in New York City has been pushed back to September 8, 2006 at B.B. King Blues Bar & Grill from the previously announced August 26, 2006 at the Nokia Theatre. Igor will be joining Necro on stage to per...

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AMERICAN HEARTBREAK Completes New Video

San Francisco-based quintet AMERICAN HEARTBREAK — co-founded by Billy Rowe, onetime guitarist for JETBOY, and featuring former EXODUS bassist Michael Butler — have posted a video for the song "The Last of the Superheroes (of the 1970s)" — the first single from their new self-titled album — at this l...

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OZZY Powered Football Club Looking For New Players

"The Ozzy Powered Football Club", the Birmingham, England-based soccer team formed by a British BLACK SABBATH fan by the name of Garry Raybould, is looking for quality players to join the "rock mayhem" next season. "Wearing the new kit designed by Ozzy and Sharon we intend to bring back some silverw...

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AMERICAN HEARTBREAK: New Album To Receive Japanese Release

San Francisco-based rockers AMERICAN HEARTBREAK have announced that their sophomore album will be released in Japan through Big M.F./ B-Gram Records on July 26. The CD had previously received a North American release on April 18 through the Century Media rock imprint Liquor & Poker Music. The Ja...

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Ex-SEPULTURA Drummer IGOR Joins Forces With 'Death Rapper' NECRO In New Project

Former SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera has formed a brand new project with hardcore Brooklyn "death rapper" NECRO. Cavalera had previously appeared on the song "Necrotura" off NECRO's "The Circle of Tyrants" CD. "The news is that myself and Igor have started a band, we will go into the studio in the...

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BIRD OF PREY Announce New Guitarist

According to Rockdetector.com, BIRD OF PREY — the band led by vocalist Kyle Michaels, a scene veteran who has previously played with MASI, ANIMAL, the GEEZER BUTLER BAND, RAVAGE the DAVID SHANKLE GROUP — has announced a new guitarist. The group — whose musical style is self-described as "'70s heavy...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Talks About Recent Songwriting Session With TONY IOMMI

David Felix of Rock Eyez recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, DIO). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock Eyez: You've recently returned from England where you were writing with Tony Iommi [BLACK SABBATH]. There are a...

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BLACK SABBATH: Previously Unheard Track Posted Online

Rockdetector.com is hosting an entire chapter from Garry Sharpe-Young's new "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" book at this location. The chapter in question deals with the mystery surrounding David Donato's term of duty with BLACK SABBATH in 1985. Speaking exclusively to Garry Sharpe-Young, Donato (together...

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Former DEATH, MASSACRE, NASTY SAVAGE Members Join Forces In DENIAL FIEND

Former DEATH/MASSACRE members Kam Lee (vocals) and Terry Butler (bass; also in SIX FEET UNDER) have joined forces with ex-NASTY SAVAGE drummer Curtis Beeson and former DOWN BY LAW guitarist Sam Williams in a brand new Tampa, Florida-based band called DENIAL FIEND. According to the group's official b...

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BILL WARD Thanks BLACK SABBATH Bandmates For 'Lifetime Of Fun And Achievements'

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has posted the following message on his official web site: "Something I didn't say on the night of March 13, 2006 at the Waldorf Astoria, New York, NY. Better late than never. I'd planned to put up a 'thank you' to the band on my web site the week of ...

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BLACK SABBATH Book Details 18-Year Period Before Reunion With OZZY

Zonda Books has just published Garry Sharpe-Young's "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: The Battle for Black Sabbath", a 442-page "definitive account" of BLACK SABBATH's 1979-1997 period before the band's reunion with singer Ozzy Osbourne. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: The Battle for Black Sabbath" reforges the aut...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer, Wife Lose Baby

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward's official web site has been updated with the following message: "Bill has sent in the the March 2006 edition of his Audio Diary series (the 13th overall entry). This new edition totals 32:29 in length. The subjects discussed in this edition Bill speaks at length on,...