According to a posting on the
Black Sabbath Live Project web site, there are no less than four authors offering their takes on the
BLACK SABBATH story in the coming year. The books slated for release during the coming months are as follows:
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"Rat Salad - Black Sabbath: The Classic Years 1969-1975" by first-time author
Paul Wilkinson. Expected release date: April 25, 2006.
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"Doom Let Loose" by
Martin Popoff. Expected release date: August 1, 2006.
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"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by
Joel McIver. Expected release date: October 9, 2006.
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"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: The Battle for Black Sabbath" by
Garry Sharpe Young. Expected release date: March 2006.
For more information on these books, visit
www.sabbathlive.com.
As previously reported,
VH1 will broadcast the March 13
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Tuesday, March 21 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). This year's inductees include
BLACK SABBATH, new wave rock band
BLONDIE, jazz legend and creative genius
MILES DAVIS, southern rock mainstays
LYNYRD SKYNYRD and British punk pioneers the
SEX PISTOLS.
Herb Alpert and
Jerry Moss, founders of
A&M Records were inducted in the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Non-Performer category.
METALLICA inducted
BLACK SABBATH into the
Roll Hall and also performed a medley of
SABBATH songs (
"Hole in the Sky" and
"Iron Man") during the induction ceremony, which took place at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
