We get why Bill Ward didn’t play on Sabbath’s 13 or be part of the new tour. It’s all down to money, Bill felt he was being disrespected with the offer he got. Should he have publicly come out the way he did, well I admire he did it but you can’t help but be disappointed. We all believed they were the best of mates again, didn’t we?
So Rubin gets in Brad Wilk for the album. Producers decision, that’s his call. The album gets released and Ozzy comes out in interviews wondering why Tommy Clufetos his solo touring drummer didn’t get the nod. Ok Ozzy fair point there as apparently Clufetos nailed it playing with Sabbath live before recording the album. I must admit I scratched my head a bit there too.
Then you hear the rest of the guys want Bill to maybe come out and play some songs in the encore. Why would Bill want to do that? He is an ORIGINAL member who WANTS to play the whole set with the band, wants to be compensated properly and feels he can still do it. Whether he can or not due to health is his problem.
If Ozzy wants to question whether he can perform a whole set then fine but to come out and say recently that Bill can’t do it because he is fat is going too far. Raises the question was it health or money the reason he didn’t come back in the first place. How can running your mouth off like this in public be good for any parties involved. Listen, Ozzy may well be right and Bill can’t do a whole set because he is overweight but less of the specifics ok. That’s something that should have been handled more delicately.
By the way Ozzy have you heard any of the clips of you singing on the tour? As for health well you don’t exactly have a great track record yourself. I wouldn’t be so quick to criticize others.
Richie.
