{"id":50780,"date":"2025-03-28T10:31:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=50780"},"modified":"2025-03-28T10:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:33:54","slug":"black-sabbath-members-tony-iommi-geezer-butler-and-bill-ward-talk-exclusively-to-rock-candy-mag-for-a-50th-anniversary-celebration-of-the-sabotage-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/black-sabbath-members-tony-iommi-geezer-butler-and-bill-ward-talk-exclusively-to-rock-candy-mag-for-a-50th-anniversary-celebration-of-the-sabotage-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward talk exclusively to Rock Candy Mag for a 50th anniversary celebration of the \u2018Sabotage\u2019 album."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"default-heading1\"><strong>\u201cONE MINUTE YOU\u2019D BE WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER A RIFF WAS RIGHT FOR A SONG, THE NEXT YOU\u2019D BE SAT IN COURT.\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-50781\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pr-2025-03-28-rcm-01-743x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"827\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rock Candy Magazine Issue 49 Out Now Featuring BLACK SABBATH\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/78zdnbsSdFU?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rock Candy Magazine Issue 49 Out Now Featuring BLACK SABBATH<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MARCH 28, 2025 &#8211;\u00a0Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward have opened up to <em>Rock Candy<\/em> for the magazine\u2019s latest expansive cover story marking 50 years since the release of the band\u2019s seminal sixth studio album,\u2018Sabotage\u2019, in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>The three musicians recall the stresses and strains of going though litigation with their former manager, while at the same time trying to create new music that was designed to push the boundaries of what the Birmingham group had previously deemed possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were obviously immensely p*ssed off because we had hardly anything to show for five years of constantly touring, writing, and recording,\u201d Butler explained to <em>Rock Candy Mag<\/em> editor Howard Johnson. \u201cIt was difficult dividing time between creating music and time spent in lawyers\u2019 offices, with QCs, and in law courts. But with our backs against the wall I\u00a0think some of the songs on \u2018Sabotage\u2019 were the angriest that we\u2019d ever written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy, because as it turned out the court case happened smack bang in the middle of recording \u2018Sabotage\u2019,\u201d says Iommi. \u201cOne minute you\u2019d be worrying about whether a riff was right for a song, the next you\u2019d be sat in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite such immense outside stresses, Sabbath were absolutely determined to forge ahead on their musical journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were in an experimental phase at the time,\u201d says Butler.\u201cWe\u2019d introduced different instruments on the [previous] \u2018Sabbath Bloody Sabbath\u2019 album, and once again were looking for new directions. Synths were relatively new at that time, so we had a go at introducing them on some songs. It was fun playing around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With their backs against the wall, Sabbath dug deep to produce some of the most exciting rock music of the \u201970s \u2013 or any other decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Hole In The Sky\u2019 and \u2018Symptom Of The Universe\u2019 are two of my all-time favourite Black Sabbath songs,\u201d confirms Geezer. \u201cI still love playing them, and they really come alive when we perform them live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really, really happy with the writing,\u201d says Bill Ward. \u201cI think we were expanding, <em>allowing<\/em> ourselves to expand. We\u2019d come a really long way from the song \u2018Black Sabbath\u2019, as great as that song is. I thought the richness of what we were doing on \u2018Sabotage\u2019 was brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>You can read the exclusive Black Sabbath \u2018Sabotage\u2019 story in issue 49 of<\/em> Rock Candy Mag<em>, together with in-depth stories and interviews with Billy Squier, Angel, Machine Head, Don Airey, L.A. Guns, Jethro Tull, and more.\u00a0<\/em>For more details visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockcandymag.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rockcandymag.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>ABOUT ROCK CANDY MAG<\/strong><br \/>\nRock Candy Mag is a 100-page, full-colour bi-monthly rock mag, created in the UK. It covers the sights, sounds and smells from the greatest era in hard rock music, the \u201970s and \u201980s. The brainchild of: respected UK rock journalists Derek Oliver, Howard Johnson and Malcolm Dome \u2013 all frontline writers for the legendary Kerrang! magazine in the golden era.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockcandymag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockcandymag\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockcandymag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockcandymag\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockCandyMag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockCandyMag<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBjkpEXB53nRCs_yhEClGhg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBjkpEXB53nRCs_yhEClGhg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For all inquiries, contact:<br \/>\nMICHAEL BRANDVOLD MARKETING &amp; MANAGEMENT<br \/>\nMichael Brandvold | me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael Brandvold is a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. Having launched Michael Brandvold Marketing to leverage his years of experience to provide direction to large and small clients in the areas of online &amp; social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael\u2019s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com\u2019s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael has also managed the online efforts for Jordan Rudess, Greg Kihn, KISS, ACCEPT, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Dream Theater, Little Caesar, Narada Michael Walden, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you are interested in speaking with Michael about what he can do to assist with your marketing needs contact him online at\u00a0me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cONE MINUTE YOU\u2019D BE WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER A RIFF WAS RIGHT FOR A SONG, THE NEXT YOU\u2019D BE SAT IN COURT.\u201d Rock Candy Magazine Issue 49 Out Now Featuring BLACK SABBATH MARCH 28, 2025 &#8211;\u00a0Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward have opened up to Rock Candy for the magazine\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":50781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3355],"tags":[3360,3796,2172,3362,3361,3363,3698,2268,2901,3375,3797,3795],"class_list":["post-50780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-marketing-2","category-press-releases","tag-announcements","tag-bill-ward","tag-black-sabbath","tag-client-announcements","tag-client-news","tag-client-press-releases","tag-geezer-butler","tag-ozzy-osbourne","tag-press-releases","tag-rock-candy-magazine","tag-sabotage-album","tag-tony-iommi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pr-2025-03-28-rcm-01-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50780"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50783,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50780\/revisions\/50783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}