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      • William Thomas Ward was born in the Birmingham suburb of Aston in 1948, three years after World War II ended. He grew up next to a patch of bombed land – the Wards’ house was the last on their row left standing after the German Luftwaffe blitzed Birmingham.
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  2. Jun 30, 2022 · William Thomas Ward was born in the Birmingham suburb of Aston in 1948, three years after World War II ended. He grew up next to a patch of bombed land – the Wards’ house was the last on their row left standing after the German Luftwaffe blitzed Birmingham. His mother would tell how the family would crouch under the stairs to hide from the ...

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  3. William Thomas Ward (born 5 May 1948) is an English musician. He was a co-founder and the original drummer for the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Ward helped found Black Sabbath in 1968 alongside bandmates Ozzy Osbourne (lead singer), Tony Iommi (guitarist) and Geezer Butler (bass).

  4. Feb 12, 2020 · In a conversation I had with Bill Ward last year, the drummer described how when he was growing up in Birmingham, England, in the early Fifties, the sounds of Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and...

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  5. May 5, 2022 · The man behind the kit for some of metal’s most influential and formative records, Bill Ward’s tenure with Black Sabbath saw the birth of heavy metal as a genre and the band’s ascension into globe-conquering superstars.

  6. Dec 7, 2021 · Black Sabbath legend Bill Ward looks back on the birth of a true national treasure in the new issue of Metal Hammer.

  7. Real Name: William Thomas Ward. Birthdate: May 5, 1948. Birthplace: Aston, Birmingham England. Band Position: Drums. Started in Band: 1968 – Founding Member. Left Band: August 1980. Returned to Band: January 1983. Left Band: Summer 1983. Returned to Band: Spring 1984.

  8. May 10, 2015 · First, Ward stepped away from a planned reunion in early 2012, citing bad contracts as the reason. Then, Black Sabbath opted to hire other drummers to record and tour their eventual...

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