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I WAS GOBSMACKED TO BE CHOSEN FOR EUROVISION... BUT WHO KNOWS, IT MIGHT WIN!
Birmingham Mail, UK
March 11, 2013 Monday
Edition 1; National Edition
SABBATH STAR TALKS TO MAIL ABOUT ARMENIAN ADVENTURE
by Paul Cole
BLACK Sabbath guitar legend Tony Iommi - whose song was bizarrely
selected as Armenia's Eurovision Song Contest entry - last night
admitted: "I've plenty more where that one came from."
The 65-year-old godfather of heavy metal has a treasure trove of
tracks he has written over the years, but which he has no intention
of recording himself, either with Sabbath or on a solo album.
He said he was gobsmacked when the Armenians chose Lonely Planet - a
song he wrote more than five years ago - as their Eurovision contender
but now has high hopes for the track.
"I was as shocked as anybody when they came knocking," he said. "They
got in touch with me because of the charity work we've been doing
out there, building a new music school to replace one wrecked by
an earthquake.
"They asked if I'd got any spare songs.
"Well, I write loads of songs and they just get put away. They lie
on a shelf because either they're not suitable for Sabbath or for
another project, and never see the light of day.
"I searched out Lonely Planet - it's a bit of a power ballad - and
sent it off.
"I was surprised when it made the shortlist and gobsmacked when
the people of Armenia voted for it. With a little luck, who knows,
it might win."
The track will be sung by self-confessed Sabbath fan Gor Sujyan at
Eurovision's second semi-final in Sweden on May 16, aiming to land
a place in the big final in Malmo on May 18.
Tony, back in Britain after recording the new Sabbath album in LA,
faces long-term treatment in his battle against cancer but said
recording sessions went well and he was excited by the results.
"The tracks sound good and I'm looking forward to getting the album
out there," he said. "At the moment I'm doing promotional work in
London. Then we have gigs in Australia and Japan."
The album, titled 13, is set for release in June and is guaranteed
to top the charts, such is interest in the reunion.
From: Baghdasarian
Birmingham Mail, UK
March 11, 2013 Monday
Edition 1; National Edition
SABBATH STAR TALKS TO MAIL ABOUT ARMENIAN ADVENTURE
by Paul Cole
BLACK Sabbath guitar legend Tony Iommi - whose song was bizarrely
selected as Armenia's Eurovision Song Contest entry - last night
admitted: "I've plenty more where that one came from."
The 65-year-old godfather of heavy metal has a treasure trove of
tracks he has written over the years, but which he has no intention
of recording himself, either with Sabbath or on a solo album.
He said he was gobsmacked when the Armenians chose Lonely Planet - a
song he wrote more than five years ago - as their Eurovision contender
but now has high hopes for the track.
"I was as shocked as anybody when they came knocking," he said. "They
got in touch with me because of the charity work we've been doing
out there, building a new music school to replace one wrecked by
an earthquake.
"They asked if I'd got any spare songs.
"Well, I write loads of songs and they just get put away. They lie
on a shelf because either they're not suitable for Sabbath or for
another project, and never see the light of day.
"I searched out Lonely Planet - it's a bit of a power ballad - and
sent it off.
"I was surprised when it made the shortlist and gobsmacked when
the people of Armenia voted for it. With a little luck, who knows,
it might win."
The track will be sung by self-confessed Sabbath fan Gor Sujyan at
Eurovision's second semi-final in Sweden on May 16, aiming to land
a place in the big final in Malmo on May 18.
Tony, back in Britain after recording the new Sabbath album in LA,
faces long-term treatment in his battle against cancer but said
recording sessions went well and he was excited by the results.
"The tracks sound good and I'm looking forward to getting the album
out there," he said. "At the moment I'm doing promotional work in
London. Then we have gigs in Australia and Japan."
The album, titled 13, is set for release in June and is guaranteed
to top the charts, such is interest in the reunion.
From: Baghdasarian