RollingStone.com's Greg Prato has issued a Q&A; with BLACK SABBATH guitar legend Tony Iommi. An excerpt follows:

Q: I remember reading earlier this year that the original Black Sabbath lin-up was reuniting for a new album and tour. What's the status?

A: "I remember reading that, as well [laughs]. There is no status at the moment. That's something that always can happen. We just get on with it and see what happens."

Q: Are all the original Sabbath members on good terms?

A: "Yes, I think so. I talk to Ozzy a lot – we've always been in contact. And I talk to Bill occasionally. Geez, I played with him until Ronnie [James Dio] passed away. We still stay in contact. Geezer is not one for being on the phone, we normally email. We all get on well – I don't think there's any bad vibes or anything."

Q: When was the last time all four original Sabbath members were in the same room?

A: "A long time ago."

Q: If Sabbath were to work on a new album, do you think the new material could measure up to the group's early classics?

A: "I don't know – that's always the question, isn’t it? But I don't know if you'd try and match it up. We've moved on since then. I don't know quite what we'd be doing. It would be a Black Sabbath thing, but I don't know to what extent. Until that's written and done, I wouldn't know."

Q: What would it take then for the original Sabbath to reunite?

A: "The band can decide to do something, but there are a lot of people involved, and everybody's got individual managers. It's not as easy as like it was in the old days – us all going in one room and it all works. I mean, we can certainly do that, but it's a bit more involved than that."

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According to NME.com, Black Sabbath guitar legend Tony Iommi was interviewed by Planet Rock radio about the possibilities of a reunion with singer Ozzy Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward.

"At the moment we're in talks about it. But what's going to happen with it, I don't know. There's no definite decision on anything at the moment, but at least it's going. We're talking, we're all talking to each other. We've met up, had a play [rehearsal], and it was great."

Iommi adds: "We haven't announced anything yet, because nothing's definite. We're taking it steady, because these things have a tendency to backfire. 'Oh, you said you were getting back together, but you haven't.' So I don't know. We'll have to see. It would be nice to think we could, and I think we would all like to do it, but it's a bit more involved than that."