The follow-up, 1981's Mob Rules, notably featured another lineup change in which drummer Vinny Appice replaced an ailing Bill Ward, who, as legend goes, does not even remember recording Heaven and ...

Superficially, there was little evidence of trouble brewing beneath the steel-plated surface of 1981’s ‘Mob Rules’ – the second Black Sabbath album with singer Ronnie James Dio and the ...

Against all odds, Black Sabbath survived the departure of original frontman Ozzy Osbourne and rose from the grave to create the heralded 1980 album Heaven and Hell with new vocalist Ronnie James ...

This was Black Sabbath. All four members from the Mob Rules and Dehumanizer periods of the band – Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice – participated, but they opted to ...

Black Sabbath have announced the reissue of their first two albums to feature Ronnie James Dio as frontman, 1980’s Heaven and Hell and 1981’s Mob Rules. Dio officially joined the group in 1979 ...

Black Sabbath?! Ladies and gentleman, I present to you the one and only, Mr. Vinny Appice! From the mid-70's until now, ... Black Sabbath’s final tour is wrapping up soon.

Ozzy was sacked by the rest of Black Sabbath in 1979 after his substance abuse problems were growing to ... Bill Ward also left and so Vinnie Appice was brought in on drums for ‘Mob Rules’. ...