tommy clufetos was the drummer for black sabbath 2013.
tommy clufetos was the drummer for black sabbath 2013.
who was the drummer for black sabbath 2013?
tommy clufetos
barely a month had passed until 2 february 2012, when original drummer bill ward threatened to quit black sabbath, issuing a long statement indicating that he would not participate in the reunion unless he was presented with a "signable contract" that "reflects some dignity and respect toward me as an original member of the band." the following day, the band responded on facebook: "we were saddened to hear yesterday via facebook that bill declined publicly to participate in our current black sabbath plans...we have no choice but to continue recording without him although our door is always open... we are still in the uk with tony. writing and recording the new album and on a roll... see you at download!!! – tony, ozzy and geezer" ward would eventually bow out of playing drums for the group's shows scheduled for 2012 after failing to reach a contract agreement. butler made it known that tommy clufetos, currently of black sabbath singer ozzy osbourne‘s solo band and a one-time member of rob zombie's touring outfit, would step in for ward as sabbath prepared to perform.
black sabbath reunion tour
while dio's addition revitalised sabbath and brought them a younger, more enthusiastic fan base, there were some critics and listeners who insist sabbath had been irretrievably altered, with "rolling stone" contending, "although dio could belt with the best of them, sabbath would never be the same." in his autobiography iommi admits, "we were doing big shows and it was difficult for ronnie to go out and stand in front of people who had seen ozzy in that spot for ten years. some of the kids hated it and they'd shout: 'ozzy, ozzy!' but eventually ronnie won them over." in an interview with songfacts, former osbourne guitarist zakk wylde of black label society dismisses the idea of the dio-era being authentic sabbath: "you listen to black sabbath with ronnie james dio in it, and it's not black sabbath. they should have just called it heaven & hell right from the beginning. because you listen to that "heaven and hell" album, that doesn't sound anything close to black sabbath. i mean, that sounds about as much like black sabbath as "blizzard of ozz" sounds like black sabbath. if you were to play black sabbath for me – and i'm a huge sabbath freako – and then with father dio over there, i'd be going, 'oh, cool, what band is this? this is good stuff.' i mean, the songs don't even sound black sabbath-y. i mean, 'neon knights', could you picture ozzy singing over that song?" regardless of what ozzy loyalists thought, sabbath was back, with mick wall noting in his book "black sabbath: symptom of the universe": "for once their timing was spot on. in britain, "sounds" magazine had begun championing a new musical phenomenon it dubbed 'the new wave of british heavy metal' ... the reborn black sabbath, with their glistening new sound, incomparable new singer and top-drawer new album, were seen as part of a widespread revival in rock fandom."
heaven and hell (black sabbath album)