| Q1. |
Why did ‘The 1996 DEP Sessions’ remain
unreleased until now? (A. Glenn/Tony) Play |
| Q2. |
Was this originally intended to be a Black
Sabbath album? (A. Tony/Glenn) Play |
| Q3. |
Were you satisfied with the
music at the time? How did the song writing come together?
(A. Tony/Glenn) Play |
| Q4. |
The style of ‘The 1996 DEP
Sessions’ is stripped-down, blues-oriented rock. Was this a natural
approach given the style of Deep Purple during your (Glenn) tenure and the
solo work you were
doing around that time, and Tony’s early influences and the early days of
Black Sabbath when it
was a blues-based band known as Earth? (A. Glenn/Tony)
Play |
| Q5. |
You had both stayed in touch
personally in the 10 years since the ‘Seventh Star’ album. Had you two done anything musical together in that time,
even dabbling in song writing?
(A. Glenn/Tony) Play |
|
Q6. |
‘Seventh Star’ had a sleek,
contemporary sound and feel at the time and has since been re-
evaluated by many and referred to as an underrated album. The story about
the record
company’s insistence at billing it as Black Sabbath Featuring Tony Iommi is
well known. Did that
hurt the album’s reception at the time because the name resulted in
preconceived notions of what the music would or should be like? How do you
look back on that album and compare it to the different musical direction
taken on ‘The 1996 DEP Sessions’?
(A. Tony/Glenn) Play |
|
Q7. |
Were there any musical ideas left over from ‘The DEP Sessions’ that
reappeared in some way on the 2000 album ‘Iommi; which featured a number of
special guests?
(A. Tony/Glenn) Play |
|
Q8. |
Are there any touring plans – either a full tour, a handful of
performances or a one-off performance? (A. Tony/Glenn)
Play |
|
Q9. |
Are there plans for you both to record again in the future? (A.
Tony/Glenn) Play |
|
Q10. |
Anything you would like to add? (A. Tony)
Play |
