BILL WARD On BLACK SABBATH – "I Probably Won't Be Joining The Band In 2016"

North Carolina radio station 106.5 WSFL had original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward on air recently. During this special appearance Ward spoke about his art exhibit, upcoming material from The Bill Ward Band, and the likelihood of returning to Black Sabbath for their final tour. The entire segment can be heard via the SoundCloud audio player below; an excerpt has been transcribed.

“If everybody could get on the same page… my page. I’ve been quite pronounced about my page, which is a signable contract and an apology over certain issues that Ozzy (Osbourne) said about me that weren’t true. I’d like him to publicly apologize. He said these things at the public level, so I’d like him to publicly apologize. He’s already responded to that, saying that’ll never happen. So, as long as that’ll never happen, then I probably won’t be joining the band in 2016.”

Ward continued, “Do I love them? Yes, I do. Would I like to play with them? Yes, I would. Am I upset about all the upset? Yes, I am. I’m very, very sad by all the fans’ reactions and the way that things have split and gone different ways and everything else. It’s not nice at all to be in this position, and it’s not an easy responsibility for me to maintain when uncountable amounts of people are angry with my decision-making process, which was that I need a signable contract. And now I need an apology. First, it was, I just need a contract, guys.”