BLACK SABBATH - The Music That Changed Bill Ward’s Life
August 23, 2010, 14 years ago
Following is an excerpt from Goldmine Magazine's recent interview with BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward discussing the artists he admires and th eones that have influenced him.
Goldmine: "When we asked Ward to list the 10 albums that have rocked his world, we weren’t shocked that he opted to color outside of the lines of our stiff little format and instead talk about the artists and music in general that matter to him."
Childhood Influences
Ward: “Count Basie, anything by Count Basie. Then I would have to go to Glenn Miller. Both Count Basie and Glenn Miller had a huge impact on me as a child.”
Early Rock n' Roll
Ward: "The English bands that I started listening to right after we listened to all the American rock and roll, one of them was an instrumental band called THE SHADOWS, and they had a huge impact on me, as well as THE VENTURES, had a huge impact. And then of course, THE BEATLES, and all the Liverpool sound.”
The Beatles
Ward: "I’d say ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ but I love everything the Beatles ever did. It was just the first time for me that I’ve ever heard anything like that in my life, a pop band playing in a newness that I’d never felt before. And I had tremendous hope; I felt less depressed when I listened to it. I didn’t know you could do that with music.”
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