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Post by Monsters of Rock on Oct 16, 2022 19:35:59 GMT 10
Rockers Whose Bands Tried to Erase Them - Bill Ward
Bill Ward was all set to join his former original bandmates in a long-hoped-for Black Sabbath reunion album and tour in 2012. He even took part in a news conference to announce their plans. Then something went wrong. Very, very wrong. Ward said he "was offered a contract, and I couldn't sign it," while Ozzy Osbourne claimed he wasn't physically up to the task.
A very public war of words ensued, but in the end, Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler moved forward as Black Sabbath anyway, recording with Brad Wilk and touring with Tommy Clufetos. Meanwhile, Ward found himself scrubbed from the Black Sabbath website. The weird part? It was actually by request from Ward's lawyer, "so as to not give the public the wrong impression about his involvement in the current Black Sabbath lineup."
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Bill Ward was all set to join his former original bandmates in a long-hoped-for Black Sabbath reunion album and tour in 2012. He even took part in a news conference to announce their plans. Then something went wrong. Very, very wrong. Ward said he "was offered a contract, and I couldn't sign it," while Ozzy Osbourne claimed he wasn't physically up to the task.
A very public war of words ensued, but in the end, Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler moved forward as Black Sabbath anyway, recording with Brad Wilk and touring with Tommy Clufetos. Meanwhile, Ward found himself scrubbed from the Black Sabbath website. The weird part? It was actually by request from Ward's lawyer, "so as to not give the public the wrong impression about his involvement in the current Black Sabbath lineup."
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