You know, Bill Ward, sometimes it's hard to sympathize with you. Yes, the whole situation with you being excluded from Black Sabbath reunion because of contract negotiations is shady, and yes Ozzy has said some not-so-flattering things about you in the press, but, sir, you are not exactly taking the high road. In a recent interview with Eddie Trunk, he said:
"I wasn't interested in the fucking album 13. I've heard 20 bars of it – that's all I've heard – and then I turned it off and said, 'That's a pile of shit,' and that's the truth.
"I wanted to make sure that I went down the line and detached myself as much as possible. I had to stop loving them, because if you're loving a dog as it's biting you and ripping your insides out, it's hard to love a dog that's doing that.
"So I actually stopped loving them, and I had to learn what we call detachment. So whatever they were doing, I could care less."
Look, I get it… it sucks. But you aren't exactly making it better by fanning the flames of the fire, so to speak. He's said he'd like an apology from Ozzy for all the things Ozzy's said, but at this point, I feel like Ward might owe Ozzy an apology too.
For the record, I liked 13. Not their best work, but a fine return to form.
[via Blabbermouth]
