#Black sabbath drummer how to

Heavy metal is being reinvented all the time and we’ve got great musicians. “So long as these guys keep kicking the crap out of everyone, we’re going to be just fucking fine man. I always keep an eye out for whatever my favourite musicians are doing too, like Dave Lombardo or Gene Hoglan.” Heavy metal is going to Mars

I went out of my way to find and break bands, like Today Is The Day and Disbelief. I fucking loved my old radio show and would love to do it again some day. “Art is such an elemental force in our lives that it’s easy to take it for granted.

You can’t become sedentary.” Enjoy art in all forms - recognise the suffering and hard work that goes into making it I’ve been finding other ways to stretch and stay strong, using things like a Bodyblade and medicine balls to exercise. “I used to be an avid walker, but sadly since 2019 I started getting neuropathy and that slowed my walking. You need those tools for later life.” Your outlook on life becomes diminished if you're not taking care of yourself When something happens it can be depressing, so in those times you need courage to look after yourself, patience with yourself and for those who have faith, finding that to help them as well. Doing anything after 65 or 70, everything becomes tougher. I’m serious about that – stuff like going to the bathroom properly, being able to walk if you can – enjoy that as much as you possibly can because there might come a point as you get older that things start to change. “What I’ve learned growing up is that you should enjoy everything you can do. It’s a great feeling, having come as far as we have and I’m happy just being able to write or talk to them if I want to.” I love those guys and all the imperfections that go with that. I’m glad we did what we did and often go down memory lane with the early work we did in Copenhagen and the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. I’ve come through the angry bits that happened in 2012 and arrived in a place of being at peace with myself and with them. “I love the you-know-what out of those guys. I thought that part of my life was gone and I was really sad about it, so getting to come back in and kick some ass really took care of that.” After everything, I still love my Black Sabbath bandmates There was a lot of hard work to be done, but one of the best things that ever happened for me was getting to do the Reunion album. A couple years later I stopped eating meat, period. It became about rebuilding myself and strengthening my body. I was wearing somebody else’s! I crawled out of an alley after heavy alcohol abuse and realised I was killing myself. “In 1984 I had lost everything - I didn’t even have a pair of pants. I just showed up and tried to do the right thing.” Life sometimes gives us a second chance I used to do weddings and sit-ins as early as 10, so I’ve been doing this for a long time and I’m enormously grateful for that.

“I have an attitude of gratitude so far as being able to play in a great band and having done so since I was 14. I don’t want to be in disharmony, or live in anger and fear of the world we’ve been given.” Always be accountable and practice honesty With animals it’s a no-brainer – I became vegan in 1986 and detest any violence against animals.

#Black sabbath drummer how to

“It’s taken me a long time to learn how to love, particularly the love of my fellow man and woman, but I think I do better these days in being able to pay attention. I had to listen to myself more, as opposed to having knee-jerk responses of ‘Yes’, ‘OK’ and ‘No problem.’ I had to find out what I thought I could do before I said yes and what felt right inside – that’s been more important over the last 25 years in my decision making.” Be quick to recognise love, be respectful for all that existed before you arrived I love everything about the Aston I knew – I’ve not been back since 2016, but we’d planned to visit in November to do Armistice with my family.” Stand up for yourself and listen to your truth Everybody learned either how to scrap or run really fast. “The first thing I learned growing up was watch your back! I’m from fucking Aston man, it was beautiful but you could bump into some rough characters, and I did. But the band came before everything else and we needed money at that point to move on to the next thing.” Never forget your roots Getting a big house and farm after growing up in Aston felt like a big deal. “One of my biggest regrets was I sold a beautiful house, because we needed to raise money to pay for the album Heaven And Hell.