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Rick Rubin Wanted Ginger Baker For Black Sabbath

02/11/2013
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(Classic Rock) Always-controversial producer Rick Rubin wanted Cream drummer Ginger Baker to replace Bill Ward in Black Sabbath, guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed.

The band's plans for 13, their first album with Ozzy Osbourne since 1978′s Never Say Die were thrown into turmoil after Ward refused to participate saying he hadn't been offered a contact that was "signable."

But Iommi, who faced his own challenges with a cancer battle, rejected Rubin's suggestion of calling Baker, who was recently named rock's craziest drummer.

The guitarist tells Rolling Stone: "I thought, 'Bloody hell!' I just couldn't see that." more on this story

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