Black Sabbath gave their final interview before their last ever classic lineup concert
205Black Sabbath gave their final interview before their last ever classic lineup concert
Black Sabbath‘s classic lineup of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward have now given their ‘final’ interview before their career ending reunion show.. . .. it was with Classic Rock ... see full article here here https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/black-sabbath-the-final-interview
the band reflected on the early days .. as they had fallouts and lineup changes that led to them to this last moment ...
and it looks like this weekend’s upcoming ‘Back To The Beginning‘ show will indeed be the end.
Speaking to Classic Rock .. about what this upcoming show means to them and the finality of it, Osbourne stated:
“‘Important’ isn’t the word I would use. This is my farewell show. I am very blessed to say my goodbyes with the help of so many amazing musicians and friends.”
“It’s very important, the original Sabbath will never be on stage together again. From the late sixties, we’re probably one of the only bands where the original members are still alive and speaking with one another.”
Butler stated “The whole point of this last show was to finish with the original four of us playing together, so I wouldn’t have contemplated it without Bill.”
Iommi talks about ... that he wouldn’t have signed on for the show if not for the involvement of all four original members.
abut the album 13 done with Rick Rubin .... Iommi, who admitted there have been attempts to get together for another Sabbath album since that effort, said of that:
“I’ve been approached about doing a Sabbath album. It could be good, but I don’t want to take the time of sitting down and writing stuff like last time and it goes willy-nilly.”
“I went to Los Angeles with three CDs full of ideas, but [Rubin] made us strip everything down that I’d put together. He wanted it to sound like the first album. But you can’t recreate that. Some of the stuff sounded better when we were working at my house – it sounded more… alive. But it’s what it was. And it’s a shame Bill didn’t play on it, but it was difficult.”
Butler had some issues of his own during the “13” sessions,stating:
“There are some good songs on there, such as ‘God Is Dead?‘, ‘Zeitgeist‘, ‘Damaged Soul‘ and ‘Dear Father‘. I was led to believe Ozzy would write all the lyrics, but Rick Rubin insisted I write them. So I changed around some lyrics and ideas of Ozzy’s, then wrote everything in a mad rush. I like Sabbath’s lyrics to mean something, but trying to think of thirteen subjects to write about the night before committing them to recording gave me headaches.”
As for the possibility of any future comeback shows after this final bow, Iommi made clear that this was it”
“No, we’re not [going to play another reunion show.] Like I say, I didn’t originally want to do this one, because I’d already closed the door on it, and I thought that was it.”
Butler stated:
“I’ll never say never, because I’ve said never too many times before, and look what happened. But I seriously think this is the actual end, unless someone digs us up or finds our DNA in the future and recreates us.”
The ‘Back To The Beginning‘ concert will be held at Villa Park in Birmingham, UK on July 5th and feature the final live performances from Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne.
Black Sabbath gave their final interview before their last ever classic lineup concert