Metal Anarchy

During an appearance on SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk,” Geezer Butler confirmed he would be open to doing one more Black Sabbath show with original drummer Bill Ward. The bassist’s comments come shortly after singer Ozzy Osbourne expressed a desire to do another concert.

Butler said the following when asked about Osbourne’s comments regarding a final show with Ward:

“Of course there’s an interest [on my part to do it], but there’s a big ‘but’ — you’d have to speak to Bill about it. Everybody wants to do it [but I don’t know if he is] capable [of pulling it off].”

He continued when asked if Ward could do a couple of songs during a live show or in the studio:

“I don’t think so. Maybe, I don’t know. I mean, the way technical things happen these days, maybe a couple of songs, but who knows? There wouldn’t be any traveling involved. We wouldn’t be actually all in the studio at the same time together. So it could be done that way — maybe.”

He then circled back to Osbourne’s comment:

“Ozzy was hoping to finish it all off next year back in Aston, at the Aston Villa [football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, United Kingdom]. I’m definitely up for it, to finish the whole thing off.”

He also added the following when asked if the other members of the band have discussed the possibility:

“Me and Ozzy have agreed, but I’m not sure about anybody else.”

Butler also confirmed that he has been in contact with Osbourne “every day practically” following a period when they weren’t talking:

“There was a lot of miscommunication [before]. He didn’t think I was asking about his health ’cause I know he’s been going through a lot of health problems, and I was sending all these messages to him and they weren’t being passed on to him. So he thought I was just ignoring him. And then the weird way I had to go through SABBATH’s accountant to tell Ozzy I’d sent him all these things. ‘Cause he did this thing in Rolling Stone saying that I hadn’t been in touch with him about his health. So I went through the accountant, and he got in touch with Ozzy and said, ‘He’s just been sending you stuff. He wants to talk to you.’ And we’ve been fine since that.”

He continued when asked if he stays in contact with Ward:

“He’s not on e-mail and I hate the phone. So, I send e-mails to his wife, who passes it on to Bill.”

Butler then returned to the subject of a final show with Ward:

“I’d love to do it. I’d absolutely love to do it.”

[via Blabbermouth]