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Bill Ward Says He Never Played This Iconic Black Sabbath Song ‘The Same Way Twice’

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward confessed they improvised a lot in their live shows, and that he never played ‘Paranoid’ the same way twice.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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You know, sometimes even the most seasoned of heavy metal musicians are just, kind of, winging it. Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has even admitted that when it came to the band’s iconic tune “Paranoid”, he never played it “the same way twice.”

Ward made the confession during a June show on LA Radio Sessions with Mike Stark. The pair had been speaking about the song “Spiral Architect”. This is the closing track on........

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