Bill Ward (mai kiɗa)
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| Rayuwa | |
| Cikakken suna | William Thomas Ward |
| Haihuwa | Birmingham, 5 Mayu 1948 (78 shekaru) |
| ƙasa | Birtaniya |
| Mazauni | Seal Beach (en) |
| Karatu | |
| Harsuna | Turanci |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | drummer (en) |
| Mamba | Black Sabbath (mul) |
| Artistic movement | hard rock (en) nau’in kiɗan ƙarfe mai nauyi |
| Kayan kida | drum kit (en) |
| IMDb | nm0962449 |
| billward.com | |
William Thomas Ward (an haife shi a ranar 5 ga Mayu 1948) ƙwararren mai buga ganga ne ɗan ƙasar Ingila. Shi ne ainihin mai buga ganga na Black Sabbath, wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar mawakan heavy metal a shekarar 1969 tare da Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi da Geezer Butler . Ya fitar da kundin waƙoƙi guda uku kacal, na baya-bayan nan shine Accountable Beasts a shekarar 2015.
Rayuwar farko da aiki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haife shi a Aston, Birmingham a ranar 5 ga Mayu 1948, [1] Bill Ward ya fara buga ganguna tun yana yaro, yana sauraron manyan mawakan shekarun 1940; tasirinsa na farko sune Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich da Louie Bellson . [2] Daga baya masu buga ganga kamar Larrie Londonin, Bernard Purdie, Joe Morello, Keef Hartley, Hughie Flint, John Bonham, Ringo Starr, Jim Capaldi, Clive Bunker, Mitch Mitchell, da John Densmore sun yi masa tasiri. [1] [3] A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, Ward ya rera waƙa kuma ya buga ganguna a cikin wata ƙungiyar mawaƙa mai suna Rest, kafin shi da ɗan guitar Tony Iommi suka yi wasa tare a cikin wata ƙungiyar mawaƙa mai suna Mythology, [4] kuma bayan rushewar wannan ƙungiyar suka haɗu da mawaƙin Ozzy Osbourne da ɗan bass Geezer Butler, waɗanda suka taɓa yin wasa tare a cikin wata ƙungiyar mawaƙa mai suna The Rare Breed. [5] Sabbin ƙungiyar sun kira kansu Earth, amma ba da daɗewa ba aka sake musu suna Black Sabbath. A wannan lokacin, Ward yana wasa lokaci-lokaci tare da ƙungiyar Bakerloo . [6]
Bakin sati
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An yaba wa Bill Ward a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mutane huɗu na asali kuma waɗanda suka kafa Black Sabbath, bayan ya buga kundin waƙoƙi takwas na farko tare da babban ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Ozzy Osbourne, wanda aka yi wa laƙabi da "zamanin Osbourne". [7] Ward ya bar ƙungiyar har abada a shekarar 1983, inda a wasu lokutan yake fitowa har zuwa wasan ƙarshe na Black Sabbath a shekarar 2025.
Baƙar Asabar (1970) da Paranoid (1970)
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bayan sun yi rikodin jerin shirye-shiryen da aka yi wa lakabi da Earth tare da manaja na wancan lokacin Jim Simpson, an sake wa ƙungiyar suna Black Sabbath bisa shawarar Geezer Butler, kuma sun fara fitar da kundin waƙoƙinsu na farko a watan Fabrairun 1970. Butler ya ce waƙar " NIB " an sanya mata suna ne bayan gemun Bill Ward "saboda tana da kaifi" kuma tana kama da alkalami . [8] Watanni huɗu bayan haka, Black Sabbath ta yi rikodin wani fim mai suna Paranoid, wanda Ward ya rera waƙar "Rat Salad" mai suna "Bera Salad". A cewar Butler, waƙar ta samo asali ne saboda ƙungiyar ta yi wasanni takwas na sa'o'i 3/4 a kowace dare a Turai a farkon aikinsu. "Bill ya kan cika mintuna 45 yana yin ganga kawai don kawar da waɗannan mintuna 45" ya bayyana wa Classic Albums . "Amma ban san daga ina taken ya fito ba." A shekarar 1971, Butler ya bayyana cewa taken ya fito ne daga wani barkwanci game da rashin tsefe gashin Ward. [9]
Jagorar Gaskiya (1971) da Vol. 4 (1972)
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An yi rikodin kuma an sake shi a shekarar 1971, Master of Reality ya ga ƙara mai nauyi a cikin ƙungiyar mawakan dangane da samarwa. " Master of Reality shine inda muka sami kanmu[...] Na san mutane suna jin cewa Sabbath ya ƙirƙiro heavy metal tare da kundin wakokinmu na farko - kuma hakan gaskiya ne har zuwa wani lokaci. Amma ina ganin cewa tare da Master of Reality ne muka tabbatar da ƙarfin da kuma ƙarfin waƙar." Bill Ward ya ambaci yadda ƙungiyar ta ɗauki "uppers, downers, Quaaludes, duk abin da kuke so[...] Bayan Master of Reality ne na tuna Geezer ya gabatar da batun a karon farko game da yadda komai ya fita daga hayyacinsa. Ya fara cewa ya gaji..." [10]
Bayan kammala Master of Reality, ƙungiyar ta yi tafiya zuwa Los Angeles, California don yin rikodin Vol. 4 a Kamfanin Rikodi . "Kungiyar ta kasance cikin zamaninta na farko, a zahiri babu wanda ya taɓa yin rashin nasara har yanzu," in ji Ward. : 68 Ana fama wajen yin rikodin waƙar "Cornucopia" bayan "zama a tsakiyar ɗaki, yana shan ƙwayoyi kawai", An kusa korar Ward. "Na tsani waƙar, akwai wasu tsare-tsare da suka kasance... abin tsoro." Ward ya ce. "Na yi nasara a ƙarshe, amma martanin da na samu shine rashin jin daɗin kafadar kowa. Kamar, 'To, kawai ka koma gida; ba ka da wani amfani a yanzu.' Na ji kamar na busa shi, za a kore ni." [11] Kamfanin rikodin ya canza taken kundin daga Snowblind zuwa Vol. 4 a minti na ƙarshe. "Babu Juzu'i na 1, 2 ko 3, don haka taken wauta ne kwarai da gaske," in ji Ward. [11]
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) da Sabotage (1975)
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bill Ward ya koma Ingila da Black Sabbath don yin rikodin Sabbath Bloody Sabbath a watan Satumba na 1973, kuma an sake shi bayan watanni biyu. Ward ya bayyana zane-zanen kundin a matsayin "mai ban sha'awa". [12]
Shekaru biyu bayan fitowar Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, ƙungiyar ta yi rikodin Sabotage . Zane-zanen kundin sun nuna hoton ƙungiyar mawakan tare da Ward sanye da jajayen leggings. "Ina da wannan tsohon wandon jeans ɗin da ya yi ƙazanta sosai, don haka na aro wandon matata mai tsini"... "Kuma don kada riguna na su bayyana a ƙarƙashin wandon riga, na kuma aro wandon Ozzy, domin ban da shi." ya gaya wa Classic Rock . [13]
Fasaha Ecstasy (1976) da Never Say Die! (1978)
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bill Ward ne ya rubuta kuma ya rera waƙar "It's Alright" a cikin kundin waƙar Technical Ecstasy . Da farko ya ƙi rera waƙar saboda tsoron ɓata wa Osbourne rai, ƙungiyar mawakan ta ƙarfafa shi ya yi ta. A cikin tarihin rayuwarsa, Osbourne ya yaba da wasan kwaikwayon, yana mai farin ciki, "Yana da murya mai kyau, Bill, kuma na yi matukar farin ciki da ya yi wannan karramawa." An fitar da shi a matsayin waƙa ɗaya saboda, in ji Iommi, "Muna son mu yi iya ƙoƙarinmu... don haka mun yanke shawarar shiga kasuwar waƙoƙin marasa aure." Tun daga lokacin ne Guns N' Roses suka fara gabatar da shi kai tsaye, kuma yana fitowa a cikin kundin waƙoƙinsu na Live Era '87–'93 . Ya kuma fito a fim ɗin It's Kind of a Funny Story a shekarar 2010.
A lokacin bazara na 1977, Ward ya ziyarci Geezer Butler a gidansa don ya sanar da shi cewa an kore shi daga Black Sabbath bayan wani taron mawaka, yana gaya masa cewa Iommi da Osbourne sun yi shakkar sadaukarwarsa. Daga baya Ward ya gayyaci Butler zuwa gwaje-gwajen da za a fara washegari. Lokacin da Butler ya dawo cikin ƙungiyar mawakan, Iommi da Osbourne sun musanta cewa suna da hannu a korarsa, kuma Ward ya yi iƙirarin cewa shi ne kawai manzo. [14]
A lokacin rikodin Kada Ka Ce Mutu! , membobin ƙungiyar suna fama da shan muggan kwayoyi. Kafin fara zaman, mawaki Ozzy Osbourne ya bar ƙungiyar na ɗan lokaci kuma an maye gurbinsa da Dave Walker na ɗan lokaci, wanda aka san shi da aikinsa tare da Savoy Brown da Fleetwood Mac . Daga ƙarshe Osbourne ya dawo, amma ya ƙi rera duk wani abu da aka rubuta a lokacin mulkin Walker. Ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan waƙoƙin, "Swinging the Chain", Ward ne ya rera ta maimakon haka. Duk da waɗannan ƙalubalen, Ward ya kare kundin bayan shekaru, yana mai nuna cewa ƙungiyar ta yi iya ƙoƙarinta a ƙarƙashin yanayin har ma ta yi gwaji cikin ƙirƙira, musamman a waƙoƙi kamar "Johnny Blade" da "Air Dance". Duk da cewa Ward ya rera waƙoƙi a cikin Swinging the Chain, an yi kuskuren danganta waƙoƙin da Butler ya rubuta lokacin da Ward da kansa ya rubuta su. [15]
Jim kaɗan bayan Kada Ka Ce Mutu! A shekarar 1979, an ba Ward aikin sanar da Osbourne cewa an kore shi daga ƙungiyar mawakan. A shekarar 2015, Ward ya tuna:
Aljanna da Jahannama (1980) da kuma Haihuwa Mai Kyau (1983)
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Shan miyagun ƙwayoyi da barasa a lokacin mulkin Bill Ward ya ƙaru a tsawon lokacin da ya yi a Black Sabbath. A ƙarshen shekarun 1970 yana shan giya a lokacin wasannin kwaikwayo, wani abu da bai taɓa yi ba a da. Ya kuma fara fuskantar hare-haren firgici . [15] Ward ya bayyana cewa ba zai iya tuna rikodin kundin wakokin Heaven and Hell na shekarar 1980 ba saboda shan giya da ya yi. [16] A cewar Tony Iommi, Ward ya fita a tsakiyar rangadin bayan kiran waya da aka yi wa mawakin Black Sabbath Ronnie James Dio wanda a lokacin ya sanar da shi "Ina nan a lokacin, Ron." An tilasta wa Black Sabbath soke wasan kwaikwayon da suka yi a McNichols Sports Arena da ke Denver, duk da cewa Blue Öyster Cult ta yi wasa kuma ta sami babban kuɗin da aka samu. "Na shiga cikin wani mawuyacin hali har na kasa jure asarar da na yi da kuma magance ta ta hanyar da ta dace..." Ward ya yi bayani. "Na zargi kowa da komai da matsalolina kuma na wargaje... shi ya sa na bar yawon shakatawa na Aljanna da Jahannama ." An maye gurbin Ward da Vinny Appice bayan ƙungiyar ta rasa ranakun wasa shida.
A shekarar 2015 da aka tambaye shi game da barin ƙungiyar, Ward ya amsa: Ward ya kasa yin rikodin ƙungiyar Mob Rules ta shekarar 1981, inda ya yi wasa na ɗan lokaci a wata ƙungiyar mawaƙa mai suna Max Havoc, [4] kafin ya koma Black Sabbath don yin rikodin Born Again a shekarar 1983. Ward ya kasance cikin nutsuwa gaba ɗaya a lokacin waɗannan zaman, amma yuwuwar yawon buɗe ido ya tsorata shi kuma ya koma ga tsoffin halaye. [17] Ward ya sake barin ƙungiyar, kuma Bev Bevan ya maye gurbinsa a bikin Born Again Tour . : 61
Ya sake komawa Black Sabbath na ɗan lokaci a shekarar 1984 don yin rikodin wasu shirye-shiryen demo tare da Iommi, Geezer Butler da mawaƙi Dave Donato, amma babu wani abu da ya faru da wannan jerin waƙoƙin. Ward ya ba wa Donato laƙabin "Donut" saboda Donato zai zo ya yi gwaji ya kuma ci donuts. [18]
Bayyanar lokaci-lokaci, Reunion (1998) da Ozzfest
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
A shekarar 1985, Bill Ward ya shiga cikin membobin Black Sabbath na asali don Live Aid, sannan a shekarar 1992 don wasan kwaikwayo na ritaya na Ozzy Osbourne a Costa Mesa, California .
Ward ya dawo cikin ƙungiyar mawakan a wasan South American leg of the Cross Purposes Tour a shekarar 1994 tare da mawaƙin Tony Martin a gaba.
A shekarar 1997, Osbourne, Iommi da Butler sun yi rangadin aiki a matsayin Black Sabbath tare da Mike Bordin wanda ya cika ganguna don Ozzfest 1997 . Ward ya sake haɗuwa lokacin da aka taru a jerin sunayen 'yan wasan kwaikwayo guda biyu a Birmingham wanda ya zama kundin Reunion . Ward yana da ciwon zuciya, kuma damuwa game da lafiyarsa da iyawarsa ta yin wasa a babban mataki ya sa tsohon mai buga ganga na Black Sabbath Vinny Appice zai kasance a shirye. "Ba mu yi wani wasan kwaikwayo da Bill ba tsawon shekaru 18" in ji Iommi. Ward ya yi nasara a duka wasannin biyu - duk da cewa ba tare da wani abin da ya faru ba: An sake tilasta wa Ward ya tsallake dukkan wasannin kwaikwayo guda biyu na ƙarshe a yawon shakatawa na Ozzfest na 1998 yayin da yake murmurewa daga bugun zuciya da ya yi a watan Mayu. Yayin da ƙungiyar ke yin atisaye, Ward ya tsaya ya nemi mataimakinsa ya kuma sanar da ƙungiyar cewa hannunsa ya yi sanyi. Sai Iommi da Butler suka tafi na ɗan lokaci kaɗan, kuma bayan sun koma wurin yin atisaye, Osbourne cikin tashin hankali ya sanar da su "Bill ya kamu da ciwon zuciya! Bill ya kamu da ciwon zuciya!" An maye gurbin Ward na ɗan lokaci da Vinny Appice, kuma zai dawo don Ozzfest 1999 .
A lokacin bazara na shekara ta 2001, Ward, tare da Osbourne, Iommi da Butler, sun taru a Wales don yin rikodin kusan nunin faifai shida ga furodusa Rick Rubin waɗanda za a yi amfani da su a cikin kundin Black Sabbath. [19] [20] [21] Ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin da aka rubuta a wannan lokacin mai suna Scary Dreams ƙungiyar ta rera a rangadin Ozzfest 2001 . An yi watsi da shirye-shiryen lokacin da aka kira Osbourne don yin aiki a kan kundin wakokinsa na gaba mai suna Down to Earth . [22]
Ward ya ƙi shiga rangadin Ozzfest na 2004, yana mai cewa ya sami wata shawara da ba ta da "damar yin shawarwari". An sake maye gurbinsa da Mike Bordin. [23] Yawon shakatawa na Ozzfest na ƙarshe na Black Sabbath zai kasance a shekarar 2005 tare da Ward a kan ganguna.
Shekarun ƙarshe tare da Baƙar Sabbath
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A watan Oktoban 2006, labari ya bazu cewa Bill Ward zai sake haɗuwa da Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler da Ronnie James Dio a ƙarƙashin lakabin " Heaven & Hell ". Duk da haka, Ward daga baya ya yanke shawarar kin shiga saboda bambancin waka da "wasu 'yan ƙungiyar mawaka biyu" da kuma rahoton damuwa game da dogon rangadin. Aljanna da Jahannama sun ci gaba da yin amfani da Vinny Appice a kan ganguna.
A ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 2011, Ward ya haɗu da Ozzy Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, da Rick Rubin don sanar da sabon kundin waƙoƙi da yawon shakatawa a matsayin jerin waƙoƙin Black Sabbath na asali. Duk da haka Ward ya bar aikin a watan Fabrairun 2012, yana mai cewa ya kasa cimma yarjejeniya game da kwangilarsa. [24] [25] [26] [27] A shekarar 2015, Osbourne ya yi amfani da shafin Facebook ya mayar wa Ward martani a wata buɗaɗɗiyar wasiƙa, yana mai cewa shawarar Ward ta ta'allaka ne da lafiyarsa. [28]
Brad Wilk, mai buga ganga na Rage Against the Machine da kuma mai buga ganga na Audioslave, ya maye gurbin Ward don kundin wakokin Black Sabbath na ƙarshe mai suna 13, inda Tommy Clufetos zai ɗauki nauyin rangadin yawon buɗe ido. Daga baya Ward ya yarda cewa lafiyarsa za ta zama matsala.
A watan Mayun 2015, Ward ya haɗu da Tony Iommi da Geezer Butler a matsayin Black Sabbath don karɓar kyautar Ivor Novella Lifetime Achievement, kuma a sake a Los Angeles a watan Mayun 2019 don karɓar Grammy Lifetime Achievement . Duk da cewa Black Sabbath bai yi wasa a wasan na ƙarshe ba, Rival Sons ya rufe wani wasa. [29]
A cikin Yuni 2019, Osbourne ya gaya wa Kerrang! cewa yana sha'awar sake yin wasa da Ward wata rana, yana cewa:
Aiki na kaɗaici
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bayan wasu shekaru na dakatarwa, Bill Ward ya yanke shawarar komawa ga kunna kiɗa a ƙarshen shekarun 1980. A shekarar 1989 ya fara aiki a wani kundin waƙoƙin solo, wanda ya ƙunshi mawaƙa da yawa, ciki har da tsohon abokin ƙungiyar mawakan Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne da kuma ɗan wasan guitar ɗinsa, Zakk Wylde . An fitar da shi a watan Janairun 1990, Ward One: Along the Way ya nuna yadda Ward yake da ƙwarewa a fannin waƙoƙi da kuma iyawarsa; ya rera waƙa a kan wasu waƙoƙin. Zai ɗauki shekaru bakwai kafin ya fitar da kundin waƙoƙinsa na biyu, When the Bough Breaks, a shekarar 1997.
A shekara ta 2002 ya fitar da wakar Straws a matsayin wacce aka yi wa lakabi da "single for sadaka". Waƙar za ta sake fitowa a kundin waƙoƙinsa na 2015 mai suna Accountable Beasts . Tiyatar da aka yi wa Ward a kafadarsa ta hana shi sake buga ganguna har zuwa watan Mayu na 2014, [30] ta jinkirta kundin wakokinsa na uku mai suna Accountable Beasts . [31] Ya kuma nuna sha'awar yin rangadin bayan kundin. [32]
Sauran ayyuka
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A shekara ta 2000, Bill Ward ya fito a matsayin bako a cikin kundin wakokin Tony Iommi tare da Ozzy Osbourne a kan waƙar Who's Fooling Who .
Tun daga tsakiyar shekarar 2002, Ward ya yi wani shirin rediyo na wata-wata wanda ake yi ta intanet kawai mai suna Rock 50 a tashar rediyo ta WPMD daga Kwalejin Cerritos da ke California. Ward yana buga nau'ikan ƙarfe iri-iri, duwatsu masu tauri, da kuma wasu duwatsu na gargajiya. [33]
A shekarar 2016, Ward ta fara sabuwar ƙungiyar mawaƙa mai suna Day of Errors, wadda ta fara yin wasanta na farko a watan Yunin wannan shekarar a Gaslamp da ke Long Beach, California. Ƙungiyar ta ƙunshi Joe Amodea a cikin waƙoƙin guitar/rera waƙa da kuma mawakin Kill Devil Hill Jason "Dewey" Bragg a cikin waƙoƙi. An shirya Ward zai yi wasa da jerin wasanninsa na Ranar Kurakurai a watan Disamba na 2017, amma dole ne ya soke lokacin da aka kwantar da shi a asibiti saboda matsalolin zuciya. [34]
Rayuwa ta sirri
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bill Ward ya yi aure sau huɗu. Yana da 'ya'ya maza biyu da 'ya mace ɗaya. [1]
A wata hira da aka yi da shi a shekarar 2010, Ward ya nuna rashin jin daɗinsa ga addini, yana mai cewa ya girma ne a cikin iyali "masu bautar gumaka" kuma bai yi imani da "allahn wuta da kibiritu" ba . Duk da haka, yana jin daɗin rera waƙa a cikin mawakan cocin Lahadi tun yana ƙarami. [35]
Barkwanci
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Tony Iommi ya yi iƙirarin cewa Bill Ward ya kusa mutuwa bayan wani abin dariya da ya faru a lokacin rikodin Vol. 4 a shekarar 1972. [1] Mawakan suna hayar wani katafaren gida na Bel Air mallakar John DuPont na kamfanin sinadarai na DuPont . Ƙungiyar mawakan ta sami wasu kwalaben fenti na zinare na DuPont a cikin wani ɗaki na gidan; ganin Ward tsirara kuma ya suma bayan dare yana shan giya mai yawa, sun yi tunanin zai zama abin dariya a rufe mai buga ganga daga kai zuwa ƙafa da fenti na zinare. [1] Ba da daɗewa ba Ward ya fara rashin lafiya mai tsanani kuma ya kamu da farfadiya kuma dole ne a kira motar asibiti. Fentin ya toshe dukkan ramukan Ward, wanda daga baya aka sanar da abokan aikinsa cewa zai iya zama sanadin mutuwa.
A cewar Iommi, shi da ƙungiyar mawakan sukan ƙona gemun Ward da wuta. A wani lokaci, Ward ma ya sami ƙonewa na mataki na uku. [36] A wata hira da Guitar World, Iommi ta bayyana hakan kamar haka:
manazarta
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- 1 2 "AllMusic Bill Ward biography". Retrieved 24 January 2009.
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- 1 2 Rosen 1996.
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- ↑ "50 Years Ago: Black Sabbath's 'Sabotage' Cover Goes Very Wrong". Ultimateclassicrock.com. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
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- ↑ "Dave Donato – Black Sabbath Online". Black-sabbath.com. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ↑ "Black Sabbath makes its own luck with '13'". Los Angeles Times (in Turanci). 15 June 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
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