“WHOCARES” TONY & IAN DID: DEBUT DIGITAL SINGLES TO BENEFIT ARMENIAN MUSIC SCHOOL
Hollywood Today Newsmagazine
June 1 2011
To Benefit Armenian Music School
“They did” Thanks To You…
New York, NY (Hollywood Today)5/31/11-Black Sabbath lead guitarist
Tony Iommi and Deep Purple lead singer Ian Gillan have reunited for
the first time since working together on Sabbath’s 1983 Born Again
album. The resulting two-man project, WhoCares, features an all-star
array of talent. All of the money generated from the digital Internet
release of the two-song single on Tuesday, May 10, will benefit the
music school of Gyumari, Armenia, an area which never recovered from
a massive 1988 earthquake.
“Out Of My Mind” features Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord, Iron
Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain, bassist Jason Newsted and HIM guitarist
Mikko “Linde” Lindstrom. “Holy Water” features Gillan and Iommi with
guitarists Steve Morris/Michael Lee Jackson, drummer Randy Clarke,
bassist Rodney Appleby and keyboardist Jesse O’Brien.
Additionally, on June 21, earMusic, in cooperation with Eagle Rock
Entertainment, via its subsidiary Armoury Records, will release the
two songs plus a 30-minute documentary showing the involvement over
the years of Gillan and Iommi to the Armenian cause, on a special CDE
(enhanced CD). [MSRP $6.98]
Gillan told blabbermouth that the idea came when he and Iommi flew
back from the area together “after being inspired by the enthusiasm
of everyone there to get this thing done,” adding, “it was brilliant
working with Tony again after all these years. He makes life easy
for a singer. The other guys need no introduction, do they?”
“Some 20 years ago,” adds Iommi, “when the call came, I thought,
`well, at least I’ve helped,’ but it was going to Armenia and seeing
the actual devastation caused by the earthquake that really made me
realize that funds were still needed.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress