 Bill Ward Bill Ward (born May 5, 1948, Birmingham, England), is the drummer for the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Image File history File links Bill-ward. ...
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1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ...
This article is about the British heavy metal band. ...
Prior to the formation of Black Sabbath, Bill Ward and guitarist Tony Iommi played in a band called "Mythology", and joined vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler, who had played in a band together called "Rare Breed". Between 1970 and 1980, Ward played drums on every Sabbath album. He left the band for personal reasons in August 1980 during a tour for the album Heaven and Hell. He sat out one album (1981's Mob Rules) before returning for 1983's Born Again. He once again left the band following the recording of that album (although he was officially back in the band again in the summer of 1984, but the band did not record or tour then). Ten years later, Ward made a brief return to the band for a tour in 1994, and rejoined the band in 1997 when the original lineup reunited for the Ozzfest tour. Ward had to skip the 1998 Black Sabbath tour due to health reasons. As was the case in 1980, he was replaced by Vinny Appice. He returned for good in 1999 and has remained with Sabbath ever since. Tony Iommi on stage Frank Anthony Tony Iommi (born February 19, 1948) is a guitarist from Birmingham, England, who is best known as a member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ...
Ozzy Osbourne John Michael Osbourne (born December 3, 1948), known as Ozzy Osbourne, is the lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath and a popular solo artist and reality television star. ...
Geezer Butler Geezer Butler (born 17 July 1949 in Aston , Birmingham, England) is the long time bassist for the hard rock band Black Sabbath. ...
Heaven and Hell is an album by Black Sabbath, released in May 1980. ...
Mob Rules is Black Sabbaths 10th studio album, released in 1981 following the success of Heaven and Hell. ...
Born Again is Black Sabbaths 11th studio album, released in August 1983. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal groups. ...
Vinny Appice is the drummer of the hard rock band DIO on Holy Diver, The Last in line and Sacred heart. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Ward has dealt with alcoholism and drug abuse during his career, as well as severe depression. After leaving the band, Ward tried to commit suicide three times but failed. In 1997, Black Sabbath had a reunion tour with all four original members. In early June 2004, he agreed to return to the band for another reunion tour featuring all the original members. Alcoholism is a multifactorial condition based upon possibly both genetic and environmental factors which is best explained as a continued detrimental use of alcohol or other sedatives despite ones best interest. ...
Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions, all of them relating to the use, misuse or overuse of a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. ...
Clinical depression is a state of sadness or melancholia that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living. ...
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In addition to playing drums, Ward has sang lead vocals for two Black Sabbath songs; "It's Alright" (from Technical Ecstasy), and "Swinging The Chain" (from (Never Say Die!). Technical Ecstasy is the 1976 album from heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ...
Never Say Die! is an album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ...
Ward's drumming style is pretty unique in the fact that he often plays the same thing the bass or guitar is playing, while also keeping a rhythm. This can be heard easily in the song "Iron Man" off the Paranoid album. He often plays quick drum rolls in between riffs, also. Paranoid is the breakthrough second album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1970; it soon topped the British music charts. ...
Solo discography
- Ward One: Along the Way (1990 Chameleon)
- When the Bough Breaks (1997 Cleopatra)
- Beyond Aston (date unknown)
When the Bough Breaks is the second solo album from Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward. ...
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