OFF: Bill Ward

[Ted Jackson]

On 26 Apr 2001, at 1:05, Jon Jarrett wrote:


> > Bill Ward (*why* not? See, you can;t think of a reason. That's not a
> > good enough reason[2])
>
>         Because he's famous for not being able to keep time? Indeed,
>         has
> made a career of it? And because Simon King is a better drummer?
>
Did anyone read a great interview in Guitar World several years ago
with Tony Iommi on the cover?  Tony talked about the early days of
Sabbath, and Tony was a prankster/bully.  Apparently he picked on
Bill Ward mercilously.  One time, while Ward was sleeping, Tony
poured lighter fluid on him and set him on fire!  I guess Bill got pretty
seriously burned, and his mother called up Tony screaming:
'...Well, you've done it now...our Bill's going to have his arm off!'
Needless to say, Bill recovered...

Tony also joked about Bill bringing only one pair of pants on tour!
And generally what a slob Bill was.   Great, great interview.

Tony said that he and Ozzy were in rival gangs before Sabbath
formed, and that he used to beat the shit out of Ozzy whenever he
ran into him!  Helluva guy...

theo





> > Ron Tree (vocals only, please)
>
>         Missed out a fourth bass player there for no good reason
>         surely
> :-)
>
> > Bob Calvert (think of the duets!)
>
>         Bob sharing a stage with Ron... It could get messy.
>
> > Lemmy
> > Adrian Shaw
> > Alan Davey (what d;you mean, we don;t need three bass players?)
>
>         No really, we don't. Lemmy and Alan possibly. That's worked
> once. But Adrian plays a different, lighter-fingered style, and I
> think they'd clash badly.
>
> > Tim Blake
>
>         And Del, and Harvey, and Keith. In fact maybe not Tim if we've
> got those three.
>
> > [1] Hey, Benedict is only 2, you can't expect him to always be
> > reasonable.
>
>         Hey, I'm only 25, you can't expect... Oh hang on. Yours,
>                                    Jon
>
> --
>        Jon Jarrett (01223 514989)     jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
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>    ==
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>   know"