by Metal Insider | Jul 26, 2012 | Events, Metal on Metal
Ah, Birmingham. The United Kingdom’s so-called “second city” is not too well-known outside the country’s borders (or inside them, for that matter), but there are a few facts that us metalheads will always remember it for, namely it being the...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 17, 2012 | Milestones
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOXPSSZkFD0[/youtube]Today is G//Z/R bassist Geezer Butler’s 63rd birthday. He also played bass in a band called Black Sabbath. In honor of the master bassist, here’s “N.I. B.” with the bass solo intro...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 22, 2012 | Beefs
One of the best things about being in a band as a duo is that there aren’t generally lineup shuffles. And it doesn’t seem like Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney is a fan of lineup changes that much. In an interview with Rolling Stone, The drummer had...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 11, 2012 | Live Music
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgJFO6WTiCU[/youtube] Less than a month after their intimate show at the O2 Academy, Black Sabbath closed out the Download Festival at Donington Park yesterday. The almost-reunion featured Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and...
by Zach Shaw | May 24, 2012 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIeLGRkbShY[/youtube] While Black Sabbath performed their first show with drummer Tommy Clufetos last weekend (amidst continuing drama), “Ozzy Osbourne & Friends” also made its world premiere. In place of the absent Sabbath,...