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Black Sabbath Reunion "Not In Stone" Says Iommi

posted Aug 30, 2007 at 2:17 PM by Diamond Oz.  (9 Comments)

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Billboard.com has issued the following report from Gary Graff:

There's plenty of talk about a BLACK SABBATH reunion for 2008. It's just not coming from the band members themselves. Guitarist Tony Iommi tells Billboard.com that even though "everybody's been talking to me" about the much-reported regrouping, "there's nothing in stone at all. It's very loose, so we'll see what happens."

Sharon Osbourne, original frontman OZZY OSBOURNE's wife and manager, indicated earlier this year that Sabbath would be working together in 2008, and recently confirmed that "we're definitely talking to the guys." She hopes to further the discussions while Ozzy is on the road this fall on his post-Ozzfest tour with ROB ZOMBIE and as Iommi and bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler finish up their HEAVEN AND HELL tour with RONNIE JAMES DIO.

Iommi says he'd like to see any Sabbath reunion involve some new music; the group's original lineup hasn't released a full set of fresh material since 1978's "Never Say Die!," though it did include a couple of new tracks on the 1998 live album "Reunion."

"I've been going on for a few years now saying I think we should've done an album a long time ago," Iommi explains. "It would be nice to do one, but, again, it's having the time to do it. I haven't written an album with Ozzy for a long time, so we'll have to see how long that'll take, and what it involves."

Iommi says he and Osbourne have been talking throughout the year and reports that the singer is "doing quite alright. He sounded fine when I spoke to him. We usually check in with each other and say, 'How you doing?'"

Read the full story at Billboard.com.

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9 Comments on "Black Sabbath Reunion 'Not In Stone' Says Iommi"

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1. zach writes:

PLEASE PLEASE REUNITE 2008

# Aug 30, 2007 @ 7:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. fetal_mutilation420 writes:

hey dude sabbath f***in rules, they need to reunite and remind the world of metal where they began, its more than just a project its something that was written in the stones of time, Black Sabbaths time will come to reign supreme once again

# Sep 12, 2007 @ 10:52 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. deathbringer writes:

How about a Black Sabbath + Led Zeppelin reunion tour? The Forefathers of Metal Tour!

# Sep 12, 2007 @ 12:07 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Terminator writes:

zeppelin aint metal

# Sep 12, 2007 @ 1:04 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. BigEvilMetalhead writes:

You're right Led Zeppelin isn't/weren't metal, but Zeppelin influenced COUNTLESS metal bands, so in a way, they are... but if you REALLY want to get technical, Black Sabbath aren't metal either... that genre didn't exist when the original line-up started.

# Sep 12, 2007 @ 6:04 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. slayerdisciple writes:

i disagree zeppelin were metal when they first came out, and sabbath are metal also, i would call sabbath with ozzy doom metal with blues influences and that is wat i want from a 2008 reunion, dont care if they give us paranoid pt. 2 or black sabbath pt. 2 etc.

# Sep 12, 2007 @ 6:18 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. FocusShift writes:

I've gotta agree w/ Slayer here. Zeppelin, Sabbath, and Deep Purple really formed the base for metal. They wouldn't be metal by today's standards but they were definitely the start.

As much as a reunion would be cool, I would like to see Heaven and Hell do a few more runs before Sabbath decided to get back together. . .Ozzy hasn't been the greatest recently.

# Sep 12, 2007 @ 11:14 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. Terminator writes:

Zeppelin and Purple may have written some metal songs, but collectively as bands they are not metal. they may have both been significant influences, but they themselves are hard rock and didnt cross that border separating hard/classic rock from metal, in my opinion. even early judas priest wasnt metal, but priest unlike zeppelin and purple, evolved into a metal band.

# Sep 13, 2007 @ 12:18 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. RememberMetal? writes:

SlayerDisciple is on target as usual.

What would anyone here call Sabbath if they debuted -today- instead of the late 60's? What about Zep?

This sounds like blasphemy but I can imagine half of todays "metal" fans calling those bands emo based on the vocals.

No they aren't metal by todays standards. If you ask most elitists few things "are" metal at this point.

Know your roots.

Now Playing: Black Sabbath - "War Pigs" f***ers.

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