Vassil Varbanov from Bulgaria's Radio Tangra recently caught up with HEAVEN AND HELL guitarist Tony Iommi. It is available as an mp3, and an excerpt from the intervew can be found below:

V. V.: This is your first interview for a Bulgarian media ever, so I'd like to ask you something about the past, too. That album BLACK SABBATH did with Ian Gillan back in 1983, Born Again - the press said it was not a good one, but I personally think it had a revolutionary sound. What do you think?

T. I.: "Actually, we did have a problem with the sound on the first pressings of that album and it really sounded poor. We went on tour to America, and meanwhile the album was out in Europe and England, and before we got to hear it, it was #3 in the charts, so we had to make it sound better. As a whole, I think some of the tracks on this LP are very good."

V. V.: Finally, what's the first thing coming to your mind when you hear the word Bulgaria?

T. I.: "I'm actually looking forward to play there, and I hope this time we'll have the chance to see more, as last time we flew in and flew out right after the show and we didn't get any time to look around."

V. V.: Last question. Your song 'The Devil Cried' is in Tangra Mega Rock's Tuborg Top 40 Mega Rock Chart, competing with tracks by bands you've chosen to support you on tour, like MACHINE HEAD. Are you watching these bands while on tour or you just go and concentrate in the dressing room?

T. I.: "I always stay in the dressing room and... I mean, they've been on tour with us for a while and I can hear them from the dressing room, but I don't actually go watch them, because I'm more concerned with our show, so I really get ready for our performance. You know, you eat and warm up and then get ready to go on stage."

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