This is a new section that I've decided to start as of April 2003. Pardon the lack of links at the moment, but if you have any recommendations or would simply like to swap links with Sabbathlive.com, write me! Also, please let me know if you have a problem with any of these links.
OZZFEST - Visit Ozzfest.com for official news and information regarding the upcoming tour.
Ozzy Osbourne - Official page, launched in 2001 by Sony.
Tony Iommi - Tony's official page, which contains some articles, resources and a message board.
Bill Ward - Bill's official page, designed by Joe Siegler!
Geezer Butler - Forthcoming official page, which has been in limbo for quite a while. Maybe soon?
Adam Wakeman - Son of YES keyboardist Rick Wakeman, Adam will providing keys for the band during the OZZFEST 2004 U.S. tour.
Jamie Mallender - Bassist for the Tony Martin Band.
Blogs
Graham Wright - Ex-Sabbath drum technician / roadie and co-author of "How Black Was Our Sabbath". Graham has most recently been touring with U2 and the Rolling Stones. You can read his stories and view his photos on his blog page 'My Gennyration'.
LunarMile - Featuring Toni-Marie Iommi on lead vocals, Tony's daughter (22 years old as of 2005). There is no mention of her father or famous surname listed on her bands website, but they did open for Glenn Hughes recently. LunarMile is currently gigging in the West Midlands,
California Jam - Homepage for the Minister of Cal Jam himself, Scott Lifshine! Rejoice over the glory of his Wereo! Praise this mammoth festival concert of '74 with brought over 400,000 sweaty rock fans together to groove over Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Emerson Lake And Palmer, Black Oak Arkansas, The Eagles and Seals & Crofts?!
Black Sabbath Game - Trivia game that ties together all of the different "connections" between Black Sabbath and various rock musicians.
Heavy Metal Horror - This new site discusses horror films with a heavy metal connection. Either the movie itself has a metal band in it or one of the actors is in a band. Lots of reviews of cheesy classics such as HARD ROCK ZOMBIES, THE GATE, BLACK ROSES and even Rob Zombie's HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES. This one has a message board too, just in case you feel inspired to compare notes. The reviews are all thorough, well written and quite witty! I'm pleased that someone has taken the time to show just how funny these movies can be! Tell the web mistress that I sent you!
John Schnall's Sabbath Cartoon - These are some stills from John's circa 1974 cartoon about the band going amok in Hawaii! This one has been shown on Comedy Central and TV Funhouse.
VIP-24.com - This U.K. site has a search engine to help your find other sites and dealers that are selling all sorts of rock memorabilia, Sabbath-related and otherwise. Sellers might want to consider using this as well.
Sabbath 7" Inch Picture Sleeves - Excellent gallery of various picture sleeves for Sabbath singles issued in different countries throughout the world!
All Music Site (The Netherlands) - Music collectors will want to peer through this interesting site. It contains articles, links to useful music reference sites and even pictures of proud collectors with their prized music collections.
Dio-The Early Years: This really unique and interesting site examines the earliest works of Ronnie James Dio, from his first band Ronnie And The Redcaps through his pre-Rainbow project Elf. There are lots of interviews, photos and lots of complete MP3 rips of many early Dio rarities.
Mascarade - The Pinup Art Of Guillaume Roos: Original 'erotic art' drawings by Sabbathlive's own Guillaume Roos. Racy stuff, but also very tastefully done!
Jørgen Angel Photography - (from Jorgen's site) "Jorgen Angel (born in 1951 in Copenhagen, Denmark) has been a photographer in the music industry since the late sixties up til the early eighties. He has provided photos for innumerable magazines, album covers, books in Scandinavia and elsewhere." Be sure to check out his galleries of Sabbath here.
Repfoto - Amazing archive of rock photography by Robert Ellis which spans 1960 to present. Too many bands to even mention! Much of Robert's work appeared in such publications as New Music Express and Melody Maker throughout the 70's. To view his Sabbath galleries, click here.
Black Sabbath Freaks!! - Japanese guide to Black Sabbath ROIO's. Siren picks his favorite live sources for each era.
Ozzy Powered FC - Birmingham based football club that is sponsored by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.
Deep Purple Hub - Web forum dedicated to swapping shows related to members of the Deep Purple family, which includes many ex-Sabbath members. There is actually a section here specifically dedicated to Black Sabbath. I'd recommend this one to the newbies who are interested in sampling live recordings from Sabbath or the extended Purple family. Most of these shows appear to be in compressed formats, so purists will want to look elsewhere.
Dimeadozen.org - Possibly THE best source for unreleased audio & video for classic rock artists (and much more) on the web. Originally known as Sharing The Groove, this is a web forum for collectors to post bit torrent links to their lossless audio recordings of unreleased shows. There are also a great many DVD posts too! This isn't specially a Black Sabbath related site, but you'll find many of their shows posted here from time to time.
Tribute Bands [If you know of a band that is missing here, let me know]
Black Sabbath Tribute (Denmark)
Born Again (Johnson City, TN. U.S)
Cornucopia (Crownsville, MD, U.S.)
Forever Black (France)
Into The Void (Dorset, U.K.)
Mistress Of Reality (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.) -This Los Angeles quartet claim to be "the world's only all female tribute band to Black Sabbath". Well, they're certainly the first one I've heard of. How can you go wrong with names like Izzy Osbourne, Bonny Iommi, Sheezer Butler and and Jill Ward?!
N.I.B. (Akron, OH, U.S.)
Rondellus (Estonia) - How do you think Black Sabbath's music would have sounded if they had performed it in the 14th Century? Estonian medieval music band recorded the album SABBATUM in 2002, which features olde versions of such classics as "War Pigs" (Verres Militares), "After Forever" (Post Aeternitatem) and even "Junior's Eyes" (Oculi Filioli)!
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (San Francisco, CA, U.S.)
Sabbathage (Brazil)http://br.geocities.com/bandasabbathage/
Sabbra Cadabra (New Jersey, U.S.)
Sack Sabbath (Nottingham, U.K.) - [From Sack Sabbath's web site]: "Sack Sabbath are a Black Sabbath tribute band, predominantly covering the Ozzy era, but with a few Dio numbers thrown in for good measure, as well as some solo numbers of the 2 most famous front men."
Spiral Architect (Portsmouth, OH, U.S)
The Australian Black Sabbath (Australia)
War Pigs - The Black Sabbath Tribute (New Haven, CT, U.S.)
Wicked World - A Black Sabbath/Ozzy Experience (Brooklyn, NY, U.S.)