page_title: Bill Ward
section_title: Later career
hierarchical_section_title: Bill Ward / Biography / Later career
caption_attribution_description: English: Bill Ward with Black Sabbath on stage at Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany. "Reunion Tour".
context_page_description: William Thomas Ward is an English musician and visual artist. He is best known as the original drummer of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
  He also performed lead vocals on two Black Sabbath songs: "It's Alright" from the album Technical Ecstasy and "Swinging the Chain" from the album Never Say Die!.
context_section_description: In 1985, Ward and the original Sabbath members had reunited for Live Aid. 
  On 15 November 1992, Ward reunited with the original Black Sabbath members at a Costa Mesa, California Ozzy Osbourne show.  Sabbath, with the Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, opened the show for Osbourne. The Ozzy Osbourne band (Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Mike Inez, Randy Castillo and John Sinclair) then did a full set. Osbourne then reunited with Iommi, Butler and Ward for four numbers.
  In 1994, Ward made a brief return to the band for a South American tour, with Tony Martin fronting.
  On 4 and 5 December 1997, Ward rejoined Black sabbath for two shows at the NEC in Birmingham. This made up the Reunion album. 
  In 1998, Ward suffered a heart attack during the rehearsals for a tour. He was replaced by Vinny Appice. Ward was forced to miss all but the last two Black Sabbath appearances while he recovered.
  In 2000, Ward participated joined Iommi and Osbourne to record the track "Who's Fooling Who" for Iommi's first solo album.
  Since mid-2002, Ward has done a monthly internet-only radio show named Rock 50 on radio station WPMD from Cerritos College in California. Ward plays a variety of metal, hard rock, and some classic rock.
caption: Bill Ward, onstage with Black Sabbath in Stuttgart, Germany in 1999
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