Bill Ward Biography

Birth of William Thomas Ward, later drummer and founding member of Black Sabbath.

Joins Mythology

Leaves Mythology with Tony Iommi and helps build a new heavy blues band in Birmingham.

Drums in Polka Tulk Blues Band as the future Black Sabbath sound begins to form.

Ward brings jazz-influenced drumming to the developing Polka Tulk line-up.

Tony Iommi & Bill Ward were in a band called Mythology and Geezer Butler with Ozzy in a band called Rare Breed, these groups broke up and form the Polka Tulk Blues Band

Ward develops the jazz-influenced drumming heard on Black Sabbath's early recordings.

Ward helps establish Black Sabbath after playing with Iommi in Mythology and Polka Tulk.

Drums on the debut album Black Sabbath, helping establish the band's slow, heavy power.

Drums on Paranoid, anchoring one of heavy metal's foundational albums.

Drums on Volume 4 as Black Sabbath expands its sound beyond the first three albums.

Drums on Never Say Die, the last studio album of the original Ozzy-era line-up.

Returns to record drums on Born Again before leaving again due to personal problems.