The Time Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi Set Bill Ward on Fire

[mrswb]

There's partying hard, and then there's whatever the fuck these guys did.

[miketufaro]

“Can I set fire to you?”…. I mean at least he asked permission right!? Hahah

[hazor]

They fucked with Bill way too much, poor guy
One of the most underrated drummers ever

[TheOfficialCaseMade]

I believe at some point Bill's mom actually called and threatened the rest of them because she was afraid they would kill him.

[mikesmith]

Having been a 70s rocker, this does not surprise me.

[AlchemicalJournals]

“Bill can I set fire to you?”

“Not just now”

“Okay then..”

The nonchalance and politeness of that had me laughing my ass off 😂

[InvisibleHands]

I thought “can I set fire to you” was a British expression I’d never heard before…. But no, he really set that man on fire

[chrisdee]

"Bill, can i set fire to you?"

"Not just now."

😂

[aschule]

Wow the stuff they did to poor Bill, if they weren't spray painting him they were setting him on fire 😳😂🙄

[carlashcroft]

And some rockers think they're cool throwing a TV out of a hotel window!

[GothicXlightning]

out of all the many great ones out there, if i have to choose only One Guitar hero, that would be our awesome Black Knight sir iommi.. much love you amazing unique Gothic human being
the world is been extremely lucky to have you around all this long by the time i typed this
and may you live on till the end of all times and till the end of Metal itself
which it shall be NEVEREND

[monkeyrater]

Nice to see that Tony is totally honest about the crazy things that everyone does but no one else talks about. I dont think I have to remind everyone that we are in clown world now and that crazy is no longer politically acceptable language.

[audio-video-stereo]

Geezer Butler’s book “Into the void” goes through all this stuff. It’s a good read.

[ItsNewJack]

If anybody is wondering why or how this happened, Tony was a horrible cokehead and would have bits of range and stupidity, while Bill was an alcoholic. That combined with the rockstar party lifestyle made for some weird moments

[LSUOdyssey]

Painted him gold and gave him a near fatal seizure, setting Bill on fire....I think it's quite obvious they bullied this guy into intense alcoholism and their relationship is one where they have a great shame for how they treated him, but instead of changing that, they did it again and abused him again when they screwed him over before the 13 sessions.

[nathanduke]

That's kind of an asshole thing to do to your friend. 😂

[AlchemicalJournals]

We all wonder how Ozzy’s so crazy and then you realize where he came from LOL. His lifestyle was just another day at the office with the Sabbath guys.

[AppalachianMountaineer]

Imagine Bill not being able to play drums after that how much of Sabbath’s sound would’ve been altered.

[charlessmith]

Everyone has one of those "bad" friends you keep forever

[GerardtHoofd]

If Mozart had played the electric guitar he would have played it like Tony Iommi. Sir Iommi deserves a BT of the Queen!