On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, Count’s Vamp’d was rocked by two young guitar phenoms – Gus G and Angel Vivaldi. This was a rare Wednesday night at Vamp’d not featuring the John Zito Jam, and seeing as how this was a free show and an opportunity to catch these young but ...

Carmine Appice. Vinny Appice. Take those names in. Consider the numerous projects each of the brothers have been involved in over the last few decades. Carmine: Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Ted Nugent, Ozzy Osbourne. Vinny: John Lennon, Black Sabbath, Dio. Quite impressive, isn't it? Even the list of some of ...

By 1981, Ozzy Osbourne’s career was back in full swing. Anyone who thought he was down for the count with his firing from Black Sabbath was quickly proven wrong with the arrival of his first post-Black Sabbath album, Blizzard of Ozz, and by the subsequent live shows. Former Quiet Riot ...

As Black Sabbath continues their farewell tour, this rock and roll fan thought it would be a fine time to look back at the end of an era; the final two Black Sabbath studio albums that were recorded by the classic Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, and Tony Iommi ...

Black Sabbath is on what they claim is their “farewell” tour, and that plans to record an album to follow up 2013’s 13 have been aborted. But the band recently surprised fans with the announcement that there would be a new CD sold only at their farewell tour shows, comprised ...