1/20/12

Black Sabbath up-date

Black Sabbath have moved the recording of their reunion album from Los Angeles to the UK, following the recent news that guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma. While Iommi is currently working with his doctors to establish the best treatment plan, he remains upbeat and determined to make a full and successful recovery. The project, being produced by Rick Rubin, marks the original Sabbath lineup's first album together in 34 years. 


 Bassist Geezer Butler checked in with an update of the band’s sessions on his website:
 “Today [Jan19th] we got the engines back up and running @ Tony’s home studio. Far from being down and depressed about his lymphoma diagnosis, Tony had already written the music for two new songs, and I must say it has given us all a kick up the rump - it’s great to hear him churning out those riffs again, assuaging the Demon C. Takes more than that to stop Tony. Can’t wait for you all to hear our workings, it has been great working on this stuff.” “I want to thank the lovely encouraging emails sent to this site giving Tony love and encouragement and great vibes,” Geezer continues. “It really does help, not only Tony, but us as a band - it raises up our spirits and restores our faith in this tarnished world. Sabb fans are good people, time and again you have proven your faith in us and boosted our endeavour. 
Thanks, love, peace. Geezer.”



1 comment:

  1. What crap timing for Tony. Cancer's like that. I hope he can feel well enough through this to continue on with this project.

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