Original Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Refuses Reunion Until Ozzy Osbourne Apologizes

Black Sabbath's reunion tour in 2013 and '14 was a masterpiece. Their album 13 showed they're as good as they've ever been, and shows like the one they had at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn was more proof that age doesn't matter and the old guys still have that intangible, metal it-factor. While the reunion was fantastic for any Sabbath fan, there was one face noticeably missing, and that was the band's original drummer Bill Ward. Ward and Ozzy Osbourne have been at odds and the only way Ward said he'll rejoin the group is if Ozzy apologizes to him personally.

Ward went off on the legendary Sabbath front man on his personal Facebook page.

"With a sad heart, I have to say I will not participate in any musical undertakings until a righting of the wrongs spoken against me has been achieved," the drummer wrote on Facebook. "I must admit, I have little to no expectations of this happening, but in the order of first things first, I'm looking for an honest accountability of all of Ozzy's statements that I felt were untrue."

Ward didn't delve too deep into his gripe with Ozzy, but one of the insults he may be talking about came in 2013 when he said his former drummer was "too overweight" to perform. Ozzy told the (New York) Daily News drummers need to be in peak shape but Ward already had two heart attacks and Ozzy doesn't want to be responsible for giving him a third because of the workload.

Another issue Ward has had with Sabbath was a contract dilemma where Ozzy explained publicly on several occasions the drummer's demands were "unsignable." The band has replaced Ward with Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk. They've also used Ozzy's solo drummer Tommy Clufetos in Ward's absence.

Ward is currently working with his band the Ball Ward Band and they're getting ready to release their first album Accountable Beasts.