What a Monster drummer Bill Ward is!!!!!.... I feel it was almost criminal that he was not included on the End Tour!!

That is insane! No one sounds like Bill Ward! He actually "is" unique among metal drummers!

Black Sabbath isn’t the same without Bill Ward. He was so instrumental to their sound!

Bill Ward is a class act! When you listen to early Sabbath, you start to realize how essential he was to the overall sound....

Every interview or appearance I've ever seen Bill in....he just seems like a really wonderful guy.

Ward, Bonham as in John, Moon. All unique drummers. Bill still lives because he beat his addiction.

Bill is one of my favorite drummers of all time and he is one of the best as well. The man is a legend and im happy that he’s in a better place now

Bill is a legend! ⚡⚡⚡⚡🤘

Bill ward is the most underrated member of Black Sabbath, while Ozzy, Tony and Geezer are the ones who gained the most popularity, i believe that Bill ward is one of the best drummers in rock/metal history, he is certainly my number one, Black Sabbath had a lot of great drummers in their long career, but when they had to play live songs from Bill ward era, one could feel it's just not the same, he's a dynamic drummer while all the other drummers in BS were more technical, i prefer dynamic drummers like Bill ward and the late Clive Burr, i wish to thank Bill ward for all his albums with BS and his solo albums, some of them are really great, God bless him!

I remember. He used to ride his bike and deliver papers around the neighborhood in the late 80s. No joke. He was doing whatever it takes to stay humble and sober.

The man that inspired me to pick up the drums and play in a band. Bless you Bill!

Bill Ward was the first time I really heard Drums in music. Grew up in Big Spring Tx, all we had was KBYG, no fm, it was rocking robin and the hardest song i hear was Joy to the World. Then I walked into a friends brothers room and heard Black Sabbath Iron Man on a Stereo playing LOUD, never heard LOUD music except the school band and I had to have that. Got a job, a stereo, and the Paranoid album within two week, never looked back.

🤔"Former" Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward🤔Bill will always be THE Black Sabbath drummer!

Took me a long time to realize Bill Ward influenced my drumming style more than any other.

BILL was the first drummer I ever saw "live" who looked like a real maniac and it was real not acting

I was just so disappointed that Bill Ward couldn't be on their 13 album and tour.

Bill Ward such a solid drummer with Sabbath so talented him and Geezer formed a mean backbone with bass and drums!!!

Bill Ward; kind and brilliant man, legendary drummer, founding father of metal.

God bless you Bill, you are a true music legend. Take care of yourself xx

When I finally saw Sabbath (original lineup) a number of years back, Bill Ward was the star of the show! Powerful and precise . . . couldn't take my eyes off him. He's like the Buddha of metal drumming.

Black Sabbath without Bill Ward is like Cheap Trick without Bun E Carlos. 'nuff said.

Bill Ward's current album Accountable Beasts is pretty killer! 🤘

Love always hearing and watching Bill Ward play. He is so organic and his orchestration skills are always top notch. There is no other heavy metal drummer who can play like this man can..

If you can find a copy of it (mine's on cassette), Bill's "Ward One: Along The Way" album of 1990 is AWESOME. Ozzy does a track or two, and Bill's vocals are just killer. He was waaay under-rated as a writer/vocalist. I think Ward is on a sparsely populated level, with Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, and Bonham.

Bill Ward my favourite drummer/percussionist of all time ever from any genre.

NOBODY plays like Bill Ward. Period.

I don't know why Bill doesn't get the lev of recognition and respect like all the other drummers from his era😂

I saw Sabbath in 94 and again in 97 and 99. In 97 the sound was shockingly different- suddenly it sounded 'like' Black Sabbath, although they were underrehearsed. By the 99 show I realised it wasn't Ozzy that really made the difference - it was Bill.

Bill Ward is a class act.

met this man in 80-81 at a bar in So Cal. He was living on the cash he was earning with a small paper route. Still, he was Bill Ward. Sabbath wasn't Sabbath without him. Saw him 12 to 15 times in the seventies, and his kit was always changing, evolving. The Paranoid lp didn't leave my turntable for most of 72, every night with the tone arm up and continuous.

My hats off to Bill ward after 25 years of addiction he finally came to terms with himself and gave up the poison sauce and drugs most of us have tried 🙃 and were able to walk away from it all some struggle harder than others some need help from rehab some can go cold turkey, but we all need a network of friends and family that loves us and supports us and can also come to terms with dealing with our bullchitt we put them through, God bless everyone who has made it and those that keep trying, and most of all God bless our family and friends for putting up with our selfish demeanor, to our health and long lifes with the ones we love,godspeed everyone 😀

Bill da Beast 🤘🥁

Love you Bill Ward 🤘🤘🤘🤘.

That was lovely. Good for Mr Ward, for Sabbath, for the Listeners and the lovers and fans like me worldwide! Excellent production and presentation from the BSP metal machine!

I totally want to see him get his playing on new Black Sabbath recordings and would still like to see him performing with them too. Realistically we’d get the best performances when they are prepared for just one or a short residency. Then of course hbo does the documentary and concert footage so Bill and the guys get a reasonable paycheck to supplement their social security lol

When I was growing up and first getting into music I was blown away by the playing of Bill Ward and John Bonham. Years later when I discovered theyre both from the same city I was amazed. And then when I found out that Judas Priest and Black Sabbath and half of Zeppelin and a lot of others were all from the same city I could hardly believe it. I mean what the hell was going on in Birmingham in the 60s !? That place was churning out talented musicians like Milwaukee does with beers

My heart goes out to Bill for not being bitter towards his brothers/bandmates and forgiving them for what happened in the past and just being grateful at everything. What a blessing this man is. Truly a wonderful gentleman.

The legendary drumer

Bill Ward ~ the real hammer of the gods

Great story for the legendary Bill Ward. I am glad he turned it around in time. Shows the man's perseverance. I attribute that to his being a founding member of Black Sabbath.

Love you Bill

Some of the greatest drum beats a life can ever experience. Thank God.

I hate to say this, but it's true...he's a bigger man than me.

GRATITUDE!!!

Bill had a feud with Ozzy some time ago, with the two exchanging statements at each other, but they later reconciled when Ozzy had a series of health issues in 2019.

Sabbath are so good with Bill Ward.

God bless. His an inspiration to me

Bill Ward and Ginger Baker are my favorite Wild Jazz drummers.

I hate to think he lost those pants he wore on the Sabotage album cover

Bill the legend ward I put him along side john bonham, admiration for kicking the drink, easier said than done, hopefully we will get more years out of bill and the rest of black sabbath God bless.

They are so great. Pioneers of Hard Rock / Doom Metal Music. As a guitarist and bassist: I love Geezer & Tony Iommi = True Rock Stars. This band was more talented (their musicianship) then people give-them credit for. Love Black Sabbath.

Definitely in my Top 5 of Drumming Idols and Influences

Bill Wards Thunder on Symptoms of the Universe!!!!Solid....

We love you Bill !

An amazing and great comeback for one of the MIGHTY pillars of hard rock/metal Gods; Sabath!

If you watch the 'live in Paris' from 70 here on youtube. bill's drumming was amazing on that.

Great drummer ! Fan since '70 when i was 13. Last bit i read was from awhile ago. Seemed like he was retiring (before 2012). i believe the interview was from his place in Santa Clara or something. Bay Area native myself.

I absolutely love this man!!

Bill, is and has always been the coolest dude. When "RJD" calls you (Bill Ward) a gentleman? That's mighty high praise! Let Love Rule and be at peace Bill..

Bills driving drum style pushes the music along in an orchestral way that's very special. There are few that can put the raw emotion into thier drumming that Bill does. Ian Paice comes to mind, but a different style.

Iron Man-the bass drum heard 'round the World!!

Bill was a fantastic drummer.... So sad that he lost everything..... like how... ?

Bill rules. Period. xoxo The Clarences

Dude got screwed.

Bill Ward=Class Act

The drumming on War Pigs, Symptoms, Supernaut, The Wizard.. and many more.

Best drummer ever imo

He got sober in January of 1984.

I think a lot of people can say Black Sabbath saved them after losing everything.

Jesus. Give this man some pants already.

I digress, his first reunion was Live Aid, 1985. Trust me, I was there. Only time I saw the original Black Sabbath.

Bills thunder on Warpigs 🥁🎶👍

He was sober for Born Again.

They have affected so many lives I think the lads from Birmingham should have a proper statue erected.

Rai-aih-paihr the right pronounciation of Reeper

Was it Ozzy who helped Bill out - or Tony ? Geezer seemed the most level headed.

Unless he had a seriously FUCKED UP contract he would still have been receiving residuals from all of his work with Sabbath. He would have had all the pants he wanted.

Video starts at 00:20

What pisses me off is that they seem to be erasing Bill Ward out of the band.

I now Bill is very Americanised in many ways, but he must know 'I didn't even have a pair of pants' means something different here in Brum!

What were "the angry bits that happened in 2012" between Sabbath and Ward? He refers to that at the end of the video.

I still say it was shitty the way the other 3 let ward go

They treated Bill like crap, lit him on fire, under rated him, berated him and he always forgave. They took him for granted. In Geezer Butler's book, 'Into The Void' he wrote that Bill was always the 'Fall Guy', that's the way it was, it doesn't make it right.

He refused to play on the album Black Sabbath 13 the new one he absolutely refused to do it Tony Iommi offered him everything but the damn sun so if he's broke it's his own damn fault

"Lost everything in '84" and spent the mid-70s visibly playing a mismatched el-cheapo hybrid kit with the occasional broken cymbals - and yet here on YT you can find the Reverb vid where he was selling off drums, cymbal sets, and even old heads and a keyboard which came from "10 storage facilities" and "some of the houses in England." I love Sabbath and their legacy, I was a fan as a kid when Vol 4 was their latest, but this timeline isn't adding up.

When you lose God you lose everything.

Drankin' will ruin anybody's life.

Bill WARD, IS THE BACK BONES OF BLACK SABBATH, DRUMMING IS HARD WORK .

Eye OH me not immony

Magic pants?

The key is handle your partying and don't let it handle you it's not hard to do 🙄🍻🍺😤💨

In the UK pants means underwear so I hope he wasn't wearing some other guy's tightie whities.

From what I read, Sabbath had history of greedy managers who abused the band.

Too bad Ozzy tried to treated him like a sideman for the final tour.

Eating some meat isn't killing yourself!

Why is Vlad "the Impaler" Tepes calling himself "Geezar Butler"? ") Jack ~'()'~ Canada

Didn't have any pants. ...😂 Yeah I bet..

Even lost his hair..

Then tommy got coked out and fire him

Bill Ward didn’t recall anything in this vid - not a word from him - lmao, the click bait never stops.