BORN AGAIN UNMIXED DEMOS: [Article by Rob Dwyer for SABBATHLIVE] Complete review and analysis of the working demos & mixes for the BORN AGAIN album. These surfaced on a Japanese bootleg in 2004.
Gillan reflects on the song "Born Again": In the Wordography section of his Caramba! website, Ian offers his thoughts on the title track of Sabbath's 1983 album. The complete lyrics are also posted underneath.
Lenny Haze on Bev Bevan: Ian quotes former drummer Leonard Haze (best known as drummer for Y&T) after a BORN AGAIN era show. From Ian's Caramba! website [link added 11/1/2003]
Review and Photos from Dublin '83: Paul Sheehan was on the scene at this early BORN AGAIN era show! He was also kind enough to send me his personal pictures from that day, as well as a recounting of that memorable day in Ireland! [5/1/2003]
Black Sabbath & Motorhead Here's a bit of anecdotage from Ian Gillan himself on Motorhead's opening set. This is on Ian's Caramba! website. [link added 11/1/2003]
Is Sabbath Turning Purple?: (by Richard Hogan; From Circus Magazine 2/29/84) Review of Sabbath's show at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on 10/25/83. In PDF format. [Submitted by Gary Dean - 1/16/2003]
'Born Again' or Stonehenge and The Dwarf! (from Caramba! - www.gillan.com) Ian shares this humorous story about the dwarf and Stonehenge at this gig in Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Ian says that this was the 1st gig for the Canadian tour, but Quebec City was actually the first.
Review of Chicago '83 show: (by Hynek Dvorak) Hynek is a "friend of Sabbathlive" who has contributed a good deal of trivia and information about Sabbath to the site. I found his review on a newsgroup that we both belong to (Black_Sabbath@yahoogroups.com) and asked him if I could give it a home in my Articles section for BORN AGAIN. He kindly obliged, so here it is!
The Rainbow Crashes Into Black: (by Mark Hanser - From Record Review 2/84) Side by side album reviews of two Purple related releases, Black Sabbath's BORN AGAIN and Rainbow's BENT OUT OF SHAPE. [Submitted by Richard Baines - 3/8/2003]
Still Paranoid After All These Years: (by Steve Gett - From Guitar For The Practicing Musician 1983) Interview with Tony Iommi, a synopsis of Sabbath's history and a bit about their new lineup, album and tour. In PDF format. [Submitted by Sean Big Canoe - 2002]