NEVER SAY DIE Era

More Links And Articles

 

 
  • 1978 North American Tour Book (Courtesy of Jim Hiott): Jim was nice enough to scan his entire tour book from the Sabbath's NEVER SAY DIE tour.  It's 8-pages long and features some nice photos of the band and a short feature on each member.  56k modem users are encouraged to click on the smaller versions at the top of the page.  But I'm also posting a PDF version [26 MB] (right click and choose "Save Target As") for those who want to print a nice copy of the entire tour book.  To open the PDF, you will need to enter the password - sabbathlive.com

  • European Tour - October 1978  [Photos by Robert Ellis; Linked by permission]:  24 live photos of Ozzy from the final European leg for NEVER SAY DIE.

  • Krell Wars or The Nashville '78 Incident (Thanks to David Lee Roth and Richard Baines): Here are two accounts of why Sabbath had to postpone their original Nashville gig on the NEVER SAY DIE tour.  The first is from David Lee Roth's book CRAZY FROM THE HEAT, which is a really entertaining read!  The second is another firsthand account from Richard Baines, who confirms much of what David said and gives us a few more facts too.  If you want a good laugh, read this!

  • Circus Magazine - 11/21/78  ("Sabbath Strikes Anew" by Mark Mehler; An interview with Tony Iommi) [PDF format - "sabbathlive.com" password required]

  • Sounds Magazine - 10/13/79 ("How Black Was My Sabbath: Angry Ozzy Osbourne gives his first interview since the Sabs split"; Transcription courtesy of Tog's Music Page!)