Why is Bill Ward Great? Drummers Against ITK

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[@afterburner2869]

Bill Ward is indeed a great drummer and a wonderful, humble human being.

[@guitarporn104]

Bill ward!! Do you hear this??You are one of the best..

[@MickDunne100]

Amen, brother! Bill Ward is one of the best, yet underrated, drummers in rock & roll.

[@Terrible1]

Hats off to Bill Ward. Album 13 and Sabbath on tour isnt Sabbath without Ward.

[@blacksabbath8245]

Terrible1 I have to agree

[@portchanel]

it's still a pretty good album tho

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

Agreed I saw both reunion s and without bill it's not Sabbath

[@codystuder8548]

Agreed. REAL Black Sabbath is Ozzy, Tony, Geezer & Bill.

[@cjankowski75]

I am so glad to have found Drummers Against ITK! Was doing some youtube and wiki research on Sabbath and Ward last night and was fully back in my room in 1970, 71 playing on my snare to Bill Ward!! I just absolutely revere the guy. I never became a great drummer but I can tell you he gave me a lot of joy and I still can beat the hell out of a tabletop or dashboard!! Thanks for this insight, I really think Bill deserves a lot better than he has gotten and I hope he knows there are many many folks who appreciate his massive contribution and the pure joy he has given us old drummers!

[@drummersagainstitk]

+Chris Jankowski Yup Chris. His impact has crept up on many drummers slowly but surely (Tortise and Hare idea) Please look at my others on Bonham, Baker, Kirke and my Psycho Riffs in Rock 1-5. You'll laugh. Be Well.

[@MURDERSTYLE]

I think he's beyond amazing on the entire Paranoid lp. I have never heard another drummer sound so full of energy.

[@drummersagainstitk]

+MURDERSTYLE Indeed. When you think that the entire recording was live to tape with guitar/vocal overdubs is remarkable. Take look at Rush, The Tortoise, Hare and Why is series and PSYCO RIFFS IN ROCK vids! Keep pounding.

[@mosesgarner2404]

Ward's drumming on their self titled 1st LP was amazing as well. The drums in Behind the Wall of Sleep has been sampled a billion times. Ward was a Jazz and Swing player first and it complemented Iommi's riffing perfectly.

[@metafis2490]

So right..the extra swing beats(BTWOS) just kicks the whole song along magnificently.

[@jasonpp1973]

Bill Ward was very jazz influenced, he has said it himself. The intro Wicked World is a prime example. Awesome drummer.

[@rodneylee4026]

Yes indeed, all the rock drummers at that time period were jazz influenced.

[@123ubuntu666]

Wicked World is in my top 10 ever greatest songs. It started my whole musical trip. I didn't know it wasn't on the UK album. I was out of the country at the time and had another copy. I never knew. I bought it a couple of times since, but never realised. I'll have to check this out. Thanks. (I'm obsessed with this song too - it never gets old: jazz, classical, blues, rock, metal, funk, mystical)

[@marcinmrozowski52]

I love Bill... an amazing drummer

[@OzzFreakGames]

i've always said this about Bill Ward, his Timing changes were out of this world not to mention the equipment he used on that album, Watch the 1970 Paris Show Amazing POWER sound from such a small ass kit. Find a drummer today that can bring that kind of raw power and sound ... Love Bill All Hail Sabbath \m/ .. \m/

[@mickey6275]

Ozz Freak that is a good show to watch

[@jspanos500]

On that 1970 Paris concert, Ward puts on a clinic. Epic.

[@metafis2490]

Yes..I would say that show is essential viewing for anyone learning rock/metal drumming.

[@stevebuschemi2205]

There’s plenty tbf

[@josephmcfarland8442]

Bill Ward was a beast on War Pigs.

[@crabtrap]

(im a string player but...) Bill Ward's rythems on the 'Black Sabbath' album are so unique , that it pulls you in. He and Gezzer are a great section.

[@jmgmarcus808]

You had me at great, and Bill Ward. I absolutely treasure all the Bill era Sabbath, what great drumming.

[@flekkzo]

Technical prowess aside, my favorite thing with Sabbath is how interesting the rhythm section is, the drums and bass isn't there for the guitar to stand on but three instruments all getting the same space. The drumming is just plain entertaining and interesting. So seldom do I hear any metal that interesting to listen to for a non drummer.

[@drummersagainstitk]

+John Gustafsson A most interesting and insightful comment. Thanks.

[@davecarvell]

drummersagainstitk -- I read that BW was down on himself (to the point of being suicidal) because he could not stay on beat. Is there any truth to this. I always thought playing around the beat was his great strength.

[@jeffmichaelcarney]

Don't think there is any truth to it and never seen anything of the kind said by him. He has said that "Cornucopia" had some patterns that were so complex that he was extremely frustrated and was worried he just could not get it down. But he also said that he felt he nailed it in the end.

[@stevebuschemi2205]

Gojira is greatness

[@hmpz36911]

Budgie operated like that on the debut too

[@renatojosediaz1]

I mean... just by listening to war pigs you'll know why bill ward is great

[@wayneoneal7952]

Fairies wear boots is all I need

[@jimmyquick7115]

Dude have you seen war pigs live in Paris 1970, dude the best drumming I've ever seen in my entire life, if you haven't seen it go watch it right now lol

[@jimmyquick7115]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWTFZ4Z9pLNpmqM here's the link

[@thanujakj1971]

Me too

[@bigboy5002]

Nah listen to rat salad lads that’s an example

[@Danfromoverthere]

Bill Ward is one of my biggest influences. He's awesome

[@jeffhagerman7810]

bill was the drummer in his day and today

[@thejudgeofficial4130]

Bill Ward has always been probably my biggest influence (Bonham is always cited and Peart is a machine) especially when it comes to style and heaviness. I particularly never thought of Iron Man as a difficult song. Ward said his style wasn't strict on time, and that reflects in my drumming, and I think of that passage in Iron Man as a creative transition back into the song (his fills really helped him achieve that half time to straight time transition). Personally for me, Sleeping Village , Wicked World, and Rat Salad, just to name a few, solidified in my mind that he is one of the greats. Heavy as can be, but has finesse when need be. It's always been difficult to recreate his style or to play his accented single strokes, but I think that itself is such a great foundation for drummers and again, is a reason why I consider him one of the greats of Rock.

[@drummersagainstitk]

Yes indeed. I forgot about Rat Salad.

[@filsolano5465]

TheJudgeOfficial Symptom of the Universe always pumps me up every time I listen to it!!!

[@longde]

Ringo, Bonzo, Bill Ward... you have excellent taste in drummers

[@metafis2490]

Those 3 rock drummers are the some of the most sampled in hip-hop history.(eg Intro to Sgt peppers reprise, Sabbath:Behind the wall of sleep, and intro to Zeps when the levee breaks.).

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

Simply put the most musical drummer I've ever heard. Every note he plays is there for a reason and adds to the musical story of the song.

[@josephrusso6776]

I always had an ear for music and to me bill ward is the greatest drummer in rock

[@miamigroove]

This is a great video and I agree with your assessment of Ward's timekeeping (swing) abilities. He came from a jazz background & im sure thats why he developed such skills.

[@EdGloss]

Thanks so much for the technical explanation behind what I've been hearing for so many years. I knew there was a reason Ward is in my top five favorite drummers, and perhaps even my favorite. It's such a unique and original sound that instantly recognizable from a few beats.

[@josephcook1904]

Ward's drumming in A National Acrobat is very unusual. Like he is playing in a down beat. It sounds very odd, yet appropriate.

[@NoNameForThisGuy]

He also uses snare on the down beat in the syncopated stuff, which in my mind is another signature move of his. Almost like swapping the snare and kick hits in the funky drummer beat

[@BluesBoy-ij2rb]

I have been playing for 38 yrs. now and Bill Ward has been my inspiration since the very beginning. ....ERIK

[@bhaddock9277]

I remember watching Bill Ward on TV, his kit was nailed down and it still moved around. Awe inspiring to see and hear. Geezer and Tony fantastic also

[@BluePlanetTube]

HI. Bill Ward has always been one of my favourite drummers. Thanks for shining the light on his talent. Great video. Thanks!

[@Guitarmaster7272]

Iron Man has some of my favorite drums ever, but Paranoid's entire album had drums like that. Bill Ward kinda had lovely rolls that always filled gaps perfectly in Paranoid album, and some of the drum phrases are repeated in other songs on the album. Examples: Listen to what I call "The Drigga Dooga Dooga Dooga Doom" War Pigs 5:33 = Iron Man 3:51 = Hand of Doom 1:31 - 6:29 = Rat Salad 1:03 "The Rigatoni Booga Boom" War Pigs 3:30 (the end of the phrase before solo 1, happens again at 5:26) = Iron Man 0:51 - 1:36 -1:42 = Fairies Wear Boots 4:04 "The Digga Digga Dit" War Pigs 1:56 = Hand of Doom 0:49 - 0:50 - 1:42 - 3:29 - 5:45 His cousin, "The Dugga Dugga Dum" Hand of Doom 3:33 = Fairies Wear Boots 5:51 "The Packeta Tucketa Tacketa Tum" Iron Man 3:49 = Hand of Doom 1:01 = Fairies Wear Boots 0:41 - 1:06 - 4:02 Which is your favorite? My is Drigga Dooga Dooga Doom

[@benjameshislop9450]

Thank you for giving Bill Ward the credit he often never gets

[@eliotbroomfield2978]

Bill Ward is my hero, by far the best drummer ive ever heard. His timing is impeccable, sorry Bonham, you dont even come close.

[@adityatyagi4009]

I agree with everything you say. Bill Ward deserves to be mentioned as frequently as John Bonham in my opinion.

[@abelincoln5698]

Behind the Wall of Sleep is a good example of Ward's greatness

[@brianpotter7520]

thank you Bill is the man and could change it up on a dime and didn't just use a DBL bass pedal.

[@TJOluic]

Wards jazz sensibility gave him the free reign to speak through his drum set as much as iommi tried on his solos, etc. The roots that became such an intuitively developed and executed style are hard to find in many of my generation. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[@davesaenz3732]

Fairies wear boots is my favorite Bill Ward drumming.

[@AJJAD]

I'm with yannis when he said a while ago that "Bill swings crazy..." For me it's the full force heavy, the swinging, and playing smart yet keeping it simple. Also love the way he divides up his cymbals.

[@andrewjensen6305]

Great commentary as always. You do such a great job narrating your case for why a drummer is exceptional with very specific examples. I appreciate the time you spend on this!

[@josephcook1904]

Also, I have always appreciated his work with the hi-hat. Very creative stuff there...

[@HUK38]

I totally agree...I'm looking up to him since I've picked the sticks.

[@johndef5075]

Not only super fast fills but can groove that slow heavy riff with restraint

[@meanjoe4299]

Sabbath as a whole band gets short changed. All four including Ozzy are very talented. one of the most influential bands we will ever see.

[@andersonat]

I believe that Bill never had formal drumming-lessons: as a young drummer, he sharpened his skills by listening to (jazz) records.

[@flamecarpet]

I love bills drumming in the first sabbath record

[@shspurs1342]

RTHA300 No need.

[@Dogdrum]

I'm heavily influenced by Bill Ward's drumming on the first two albums. He really put his whole heart and personality into the performances. Loved his drum sound on the Paris 1970 concert.

[@josepheich3977]

That first fast fill on hand of doom on the first loud part and the middle.

[@Dave-lr2wo]

War Pigs is a much better example than Iron Man. War Pigs is an incredible example of how to drum for the song. It's ASTONISHING playing.

[@drummersagainstitk]

You are right but I would say War Pigs is creatively BW masterstroke. But since this is technical drum channel Iron Man was/is a better example on difficulty on the changes while recording live to tape. Thanks for looking.

[@powertrust1971]

All drummer's who keep in time and enjoy drumming are great.

[@rickanimaltaylor2758]

Awesome,first drummer I ever played along too,turned sterio on full blast and put in my Master Of Reality record!Favorite band and played along to Sabbath more than any other band!

[@davejohnson-yi2rk]

"PARANOID", the entire album, was the first LP where , even though I'm a (non-drummer) basically a rhythm guitarist/singer/songwriter, I found myself listening & re-listening to the drums. - - - - Perhaps it's because they were a 3 piece instrument band, so it was easier to hear each instrument, - - but it was the very first time that the drumming actually stood out for me. Of course I thought the songs were excellent, but I thought I was alone in my belief that there was something special about this drummer. But apparently at this late date, some 40+ years later, I see that I have lots of company. - - Dave

[@lugato88]

can't argue with ya there. Bill was and is great.

[@jbmakinmoney1010]

I met the award and signing in 1998 very friendly man . if you really want to see Ward destroy the kit... check out the 1974 California Jam War Pigs video... in that video he is the Ruler in the Empire of drumming !

[@michaelledford4751]

J B Makin Money I saw sabbath at the California Jam and ended up legless after smoking some insanely strong opium after taking 3 Secenol ,I was arrested at the hospital after they revived me for having a log of opium my asshole old lady didn't remember to take out of my boot before putting me in the ambulance .

[@ehaden6597]

that's a great performance. just beating the hell out of the drums!

[@Ugleseth]

Butler and Ward is my favorite bassist drummer duo ever.

[@bourgkul]

Bill "The Wizard" Ward!

[@NAGGER__PLZ]

bill ward and sabbath were true hard rock

[@derekneville8175]

What a lot of people forget is that Bills notion of timing came from heavy industry. As he once said, " it was always in time, but not in time."

[@fxsteen]

hats off to Bill Ward!!!

[@whyismynametaken123]

There's also a very slight tempo change there as well. The thing that really drew me into sabbath when I was young was how atmospheric they were with their sound, with Iron Man being a key example. When I was young I never realized how much Bill added to that atmosphere, now that I'm older I realized that it mostly him and his approach to his instrument.

[@ricardoleonarboledagutierr7473]

Hello from Medellín. Bill Ward is the Greatest.

[@davesaenz3732]

Ward is the most interesting drummer to me because he played amazing fills during Tony Iommi's riff playing. He just made the most out of that free time, instead of just doing boring drumming like we see in all other metal and rock bands.

[@GordonHeaney]

Having listened to Sabbath for over 30 years, it's only recently I've started to appreciate just how great the 'less famous' members Bill Ward and Geezer Butler were. Bill says he was so fucked up he can't remember recording any of 'Heaven and Hell' yet his playing on that record is great!

[@bodinejeremiah6366]

They’re more or less the first who introduced there own originality playing within a brilliant song and band

[@jpruda65]

I love the way bill beats the drums on "Rat Salad" bill and Tony nailed it!!!!!!

[@FoFrx]

Youre exactly right. That album was recorded in one day so that song was maybe 1st or second take? Missed Bill a lot this last tour. Really not the same without him.

[@Redeemedon090910]

Bill Ward is a Beast! \m/ 👹 \m/ I always remember the live performance in the California Jam1970 where Bill beat the skins off those drums. Legendary!

[@CraigMansfield]

He was great because he beat the shit out the drums, with real feeling. Magic mix of people, Sabbath.

[@thesaneparty4079]

Like all great drummers, Ward is a musician first, drummer second; And any musician that has to nail his cymbal stands to the floor is just that much better.

[@beasheerhan4482]

I find Mr. Ward's drumming 'extremely creative', particularly in how he oft creates an entire landscape of variety behind the Gothick wall of sound put up by Butler and Iommi. The album where this was most noticeable for me is Volume 4 - in 'Wheels of Confusion', 'Under The Sun', ' Cornucopia', & 'Snowblind'. The greatest performance he gave, which remains in my memory to this day, is on 'The Wizard'. The variety of sound commentary, timbres, and textures he provides to that song are quite extraordinary, and an unusual moment when a drummer strikes a pose that is equally, or perhaps more, macabre than the other instruments. Moreimportantly than any of these things is that Mr. Ward never tried to overplay the song, and, instead, focuset on fitting in with the song. Many much more lauded drummers did not always do that, or did that not at all. Do I have to name them? No, I think not. In any case, to know how appropriate Ward was, try imagining other drummers in his place fro Black Sabbath? The only only ones I see as plausible were Bonham or Densmore. The rest are absurd to even consider in that context, either because they were not atmospherick enough, or that they oft did not integrate their playing well enough into the entire sound and expression of the group with which they played.

[@Dex000x]

You should've done Faries Wear Boots. The drumming on that song is the best he's ever done. The time shift in Iron Man is cool as hell, but it isn't nearly as tough as people think. However, the way he changes tempo between the intro and verse in FWB, by using a fill that gradually slows down, is so creative it blows your mind.

[@stevesut2566]

I Love the way Bill swings during The Wizard and Fairies wear boots, and love the stirring soup pot snare in parts of Snowblind. Behind the wall of sleep is great to. Those drummers back then were so good and learnt from the best. There is a short section in Sweet's Solid gold brass where Mick Tucker (RIP) shows his Jazz chops..listen it's magic.

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

I'm in total agreement. I have 40 years behind the traps and love Ward. He's inspired me along with players like Gene Krupa, Billy Cobbam, and Buddy Rich, although Rich was a total ass hole. Iron Man is one of the toughest songs I've ever played on stage. I did a two year stint with a Sabbath tribute band and Led Zeppelin/John Henry Bonham is a breeze in comparison. We all owe Bill Ward many thanks for his music and his contribution to our craft. Love you Bill! Alex G

[@fjn667]

Bill Ward is a beast, a groundbreaking drummer.

[@DetVen]

I've played guitar for 20+ years, I'm not great or anything, just decent, but I enjoy playing. My son wanted to play the drums, so I bought him a drum set and he took to drumming right away. When he wasn't playing I would screw around with his set and got really into playing and got amazingly OK and since sabbath is my favorite band, I wanted to play sabbath songs. I find it very difficult to play sabbath songs on the drums, for example, on snowblind he does this thing with the snare where lets the stick bounce off the snare lightly then hits it sharp, then back to lightly again etc. There is probably drumming terminology for this technique, but I don't know what it is.

[@ddub1253]

Those are ghost notes . It's easy in theory but takes a bit of muscle memory

[@rvsteve583]

i love youtube it makes me smarter every day,

[@robertdevoy3119]

His playing on Symptom Of The Universe is mindblowing. Power, speed, imagination it's all there. Try to play it and you will be exhausted.

[@williamduda4499]

YOUR a great person! Need more people like you and I REFUSE to see sabbath now. Saw them twice in the late 90's with Ward. Amazing.how can they insult him. His quick hollow and " dark loose but tight " style was what sealed the deal to launch sabbath.

[@abelincoln5698]

i always thought Ward played like an orchestral drummer ,he liked adding flourishes and dramatics besides laying down the back beat

[@hechogamermx4812]

Bill will always be my number 1. Thank you for the video.

[@willemsterk5992]

Yes, you are absolutely right, what a creative guy. Listen to his solo albums, great stuff.

[@dimiaraujo90]

I play both bass and guitar, not really a drummer, but to me, seems like there's something especial, some "je ne sais quois" with drummers that are somehow/somewhat abusive with their Tom-Tons, in a tribal or primitive manner, with a huge feeling and range of intensity and dynamics. You can see these same characteristics in Bonham's "caveman" style, also in Stewart Copeland, Mitch Mitchell/Buddy Miles, Alan White, and Mike Portnoy of course. I wish I could explain this in mkre technical terms, but all I can say is that these are the drummers that bring the most joy and fun for bassists and guitarists to play with/along.

[@paulknobloch3440]

Nice points. Yeah, they are phenomenal. A life-changing band for me. Also, nobody talks about how Geezer and Bill formed such a hard-grooving and relentlessly swinging rhythm section. I don't care much for metal played straight. That's how much of an impact Sabbath had on me. Thanks for sharing.

[@Mephilis78]

The thing that makes Bill great, is the same thing that make John Bonham great, or Ginger Baker. They learned to play drums through Jazz and then translated all of that technical knowledge the the Rock N Roll of the late sixties.

[@Epitaphforyesterday]

this video made me subscribe, though i've admittedly never seen your other videos before watching this one. bill does not get enough credit. those first three albums (particularly before him introducing stylistic changes with double bass on IV) are raw hard rock, blues and even jazz-inspired in spots. yes, bill was not mitch mitchell, but who was or even is today? bill has swagger and swing on those first three. he has just enough technical ability to convince us on rat salad but also loads of feel and oomph to almost put it into a punk category. i love bill. i'm sad he's not on their 'final" farewell tour but i'm grateful i got to speak to him one time and see him with sabbath twice.

[@drummersagainstitk]

Thx man. Please take a look at other "Why is" videos of Moon, Bonham, Paice and Why ISN'T Criss. Also Psycho Riffs in Rock 1-5 let me know.

[@Epitaphforyesterday]

i will, cool channel!

[@antoine2333]

Hello, thank you for this video. Bill Ward is one of the best drummers ever but so underrated. Adding to that, he is an humble and sensible human being. He was also part of the Sabbath music and sound : without him, maybe things would have gone different

[@drummersagainstitk]

Note: Bill Ward was NOT UNDERRATED. He was celebrated early on by young drummers. Admittedly at the time in 70' many jazz drummers were snobs about anything that was rock or heavy drumming. But Bill was respected.

[@ChechoDrummer]

Bill Ward is the most underrated drummer in the history of metal; in the band responsible for the genesis of the genre. It’s great to see somebody paying him his rightful dues.

[@dosbox907]

to me, it just seems like he had so much fun, compared to drummers of their time. he was just so damn heavy he just had so many fills all over the place, kinda like he had drank too much coffee. every opportunity he got he would drum roll, and he would beat the hell out of the symbols. if you really listen to his work, you can pick up on his contribution to modern metal drumming. if I were to pick up drumming, war pigs and iron man would be what I would start practicing.

[@lou8251]

Bill Ward is and always will be my favorite drummer my first time hearing "War Pigs" i almost cried them i heard "Hand Of Doom" and i did cry BILL WARD the best to ever do it great video by the way

[@shspurs1342]

His timing is unmatched.

[@emm5alcaz]

finally someone who gets it! i've discussed that ironman part with lots of drummers from my area and no one gets it...

[@drummersagainstitk]

They may not get it but we realize the technical difficulty. Keep trying.....

[@misfit2022]

I completely agree Bill Ward is great and in the Bonham and Paice quality for me. The last of that era. I saw Black Sabbath 3 or 4 times between 1998 and 2002 but then saw them 2005 but to me something missing and that was Bill Ward. I love the opening to War Pigs. One of my favourite Bill Ward parts in Rat Salad. Friends of mine went to see Black Sabbath the other day on The End but for me no Bill Ward, no Black Sabbath. Also don't forget he sings too. When I was learning that Paris 1970 concert had everything and his power on Behind the wall of sleep phenomenal. I see your Iron Man and raise you a Symptom of the Universe. They were all amazing on that song but lots of places for Bill to shine and he duly does. That Iommi solo is great too. After that Bill goes from a dotted eighth note bass drum pattern a la John Bonham. That song has everything. Such a shame he was not able to play on 13 and The End tour. Even Brad Wilk said he have preferred Bill Ward.

[@comx427]

Bill Ward and the rest of Black Sabbath were stoned out their minds a lot of the time,yet still managed to put out awesome music. It seems they were serious when it came time to record,but partied big time after recording was over lol.

[@drummersagainstitk]

+comx427 Stoned or not they always were creative.

[@comx427]

+drummersagainstitk I was wondering if you listened to those 3 Bill Ward drum solo's I posted and what you think of them? Creative for sure,even their softer songs were awesome.

[@drummersagainstitk]

I didn't but please repost and I'll listen and post my thoughts.comx427

[@drummersagainstitk]

I've seen Bill Solo 3x in the old day's 74,75,77.

[@themiz7550]

They could not even afford a joint in 1970

[@alvagoldbook2]

I 100% agree with you. As a guitarist, it's hard as hell to go from a transition in tempos, particularly fast to slow. But it's not too hard on guitar because when the change happens, the guitar only has to be there playing one quarter note. With the drums, Bill Ward had to play multiple instruments (in his kit) to get it to line up correctly. And the crazy thing is the entire band got this so dead on and seamless that they made it sound easy. The talent of Black Sabbath was just amazing.

[@drummersagainstitk]

Thax man. A tight rhythm section indeed.

[@kevinhodgson8508]

Interesting re: the section of the song you mentioned ( the cut time guitar solo back to the slower 4/4 riff section ) .... I first saw Bill / Sabbath on the '78 tour and a while later acquired various bootlegs from that same tour . What I recall about those live renditions was that as the solo ends with the syncopated section , the following 4/4 riff would actually be played a miniscule fraction slower than expected . The resulting effect was to make that particular section sound even heavier than expected ( which is pretty heavy ) . Tony's guitar and Geezer's bass were completely in sync here so I assumed that this was intentional . Apart from sounding awesomely powerful , it seemed obvious that they were as tight as a camel's nostril in a sandstorm .

[@drummersagainstitk]

I'm not the only one who noticed this very unusual phenomena. Henry Rollins also mentions it in a video that I didn't know about.

[@kevinhodgson8508]

@@drummersagainstitk .... Yeah , that would make sense ... I had an album of his ( called weight ) which featured a great track called Vol 4 . This was for apparently no other reason than Henry was / is a huge Sabbath fan ...

[@thethirdman225]

Bill Ward is an animal. Underrated and underappreciated, even in the band. Listen to "Wheels of Confusion" because for any other drummer, that alone would be a credible CV. For Bill Ward it's just one track.

[@johnstahrstartcleanfitwell1051]

I LOVE the whole premise of your channel and especially the fact that I found you through THIS video... "Why is Bill Ward SO GREAT"... But the actual thing that REALLY offered me a realization as to Why I, personally discovered how great he is was watching HIM!!! HE... BILL WARD HIMSELF actually playing all his own song's (after years & years of, seems like 20-30 other drummers botching his drum parts over the years with all the incarcerations of Black Sabbath as well as all of Ozzy's bands) but especially the actual SONG "Black Sabbath" mostly the atmospheric parts in the versus & watching how BILL himself plays his own songs on the DVD "The Last Supper" because back in the day you didn't HAVE KZbin obviously or EVEN MTV at that time... So all I, as a drummer could go by was listening to the song on the actual vinyl and trying to figure out how he played the parts he did & again, specifically, THE SONG Black Sabbath seeing how Bill Ward HIMSELF lol played HIS own actual parts... so when you go back and see you know on KZbin other drummers trying to play as parts you kind of laugh and say that's not what he was playing at all!!!! Lol So anyways I'll end it there hate to fill up your whole comment section but thanks again Wood for your channel! Keep it going!!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@drummersagainstitk]

I have 310 vids on my channel. My situation now does NOT allow me to continue because of where I teach and my home right now. After 3yrs, covid shutdown etc. I might be able to crank more out again soon. If you have any ques on anything drums/history let me know. Cont success to you.

[@Lastfirst333]

Bill is simply amazing!!Love love love him!!!

[@lightningjimmyjoejohnson6624]

Couldn't agree more \m/

[@chriscollier7469]

Fairies wear boots, an amazing track

[@gerryorangefan6150]

From 1970-1980 Bill Ward was the man.

[@LiberaLib]

i'll take bill ward in a new york second. he's definitely one of my top ten, esp. when it comes to hard rock/heavy metal drumming. dude, i kept expecting you to bang out some sabbath beats, cuz you're sitting at a nice kit.

[@drummersagainstitk]

Thx man. I wanted to give younger players historical perspective and speciifics on the technical aspects of Bill's playing rather than me playing.

[@Epitaphforyesterday]

yes! i was hoping to see the end of iron man done under this excellent flag you've raised. quarter notes on the bass drum or eighth notes on that part? i've never investigated far enough but i suspect quarter. i used to exhaust myself doing eighth notes and all the tom stuff. hard to dissect with geezer's bass-playing in that spot. salud!

[@elisancere3578]

My favorite black sabbath song is sweet leaf. Bill Ward's timing is amazing.

[@TheNonExistentlife]

Love Bill Ward...curious about if you have an opinion on Barry Barlow of Jethro Tull Fame...Clive Bunker also..

[@drummersagainstitk]

I loved them both. Please look at my videos called Psycho Riffs in Rock 1-5. Let me know what you think. I mention Barlow on one of the licks.

[@ronnieciago]

Bill Ward is A Great Musician my dear friend ! I worked with him for 20 years..

[@drummersagainstitk]

Yup, Yes and you were indeed privileged.