Vinny Appice recently revealed why he was not invited to participate in Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell event “Back to the Beginning.”
He explained his absence from the Black Sabbath-related celebration in an interview with Talkin’ Rock with Meltdown.
The drummer spoke about his exclusion from the farewell event. He cited his association with a different era of the band’s history.
“They didn’t contact me because times have changed and I’m associated with [the Ronnie James] Dio [version of] Black Sabbath,” Appice said.
Appice talked about his positive experiences performing with the original Black Sabbath lineup despite this exclusion.
“Even though I did play — at one point I did the European tour with Ozzy and Black Sabbath, which I thought was cool,” he continued.
“I’m sitting there on the drum set facing the audience, and then I see Ozzy in front of me, and then Tony [Iommi, Black Sabbath guitarist] and Geezer [Butler, Black Sabbath bassist], I go, ‘This is pretty damn cool. I’m with the original band now.’ It was cool with Ronnie, of course, but now this was, like, ‘Wow.’”
The drummer acknowledged his unique position in the band’s history. He accepted his exclusion from current events.
“I’m the only other drummer that played with them at that point. So that was very cool for me,” Appice said. “So I’m associated more with Dio, so I’m not involved in this whole thing there. So that’s okay.”
