Oregon Music News recently conducted an interview with drummer Vinny Appice (KILL DEVIL HILL, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO). In the interview Appice talked about his new project Kill Devil Hill, his drumming style, World War III, and what happens if Black Sabbath were to approach him if the Bill Ward situation doesn't work itself out . An excerpt from the interview is below:

Oregon Music News: Black Sabbath will be playing their only North American show without Bill Ward in Chicago at Lollapalooza this summer. If Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler approached you about sitting in for that date would you do it?

Vinny Appice: “I would love to do the gig if asked. It’s kind of hard not to do something with Black Sabbath at this point because it is coming up on some of the last things that they’ll probably do – ever. Black Sabbath is part of rock ‘n’ roll history and it’s part of my family. If they wanted me for a gig I’d love to do it but right now I’m concentrating on Kill Devil Hill. If I stepped in for the gig it would have to not interfere with Kill Devil Hill or it would have to benefit it. My idea is to have my own band and rely on my band and not other people.”

To read the entire interview visit Oregonmusicnews.com.

Even Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell was doubtful that Sabbath would be able to join the fest, which will take place on August 3rd-5th. "Every festival in the world wanted Black Sabbath to perform, but at the time of the announcement they had to back off and cancel all their shows," Farrell told Rollingstone.com recently. "It broke my heart, but I just kind of kept a little fire building, a little kindling going to see if possibly we could get Black Sabbath. I didn't have much faith."

With Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi having recently completed his chemotherapy, Sabbath manager (and frontman Ozzy Osbourne's wife) Sharon Osbourne reached out to Lollapalooza organizers to accept their offer. "They mean so much to me, and they mean so much to music in general, that I kind of feel like I'm dreaming to know that Black Sabbath is actually gonna perform at Lollapalooza," says Farrell.