Does Ian Gillan have Parkinson's?

[Saul Goodman]

Lots of microphone wagging going on. Or is that just part of being 80? Not sure if he could sing Highway Star anymore but he's holding his own in this tune. I hope I can still sing at 80.

https://youtu.be/u6jXzpZ9zZk?si=3TyQJz3FdTvmXIdh

[Brooks]

I dunno, he didn't have any tremors during the intro.

2nd time I saw Sabbath was the Born Again tour. That album was weak, but the tour was tremendous. They did some deep cuts like Rock n Roll Doctor and Supernaut. He had his congas onstage and was beating on them during instrumental passages. They encored w/ Smoke On The Water!

I saw Deep Purple twice on the Perfect Strangers tour, 1st was the night before I had to take the SATs, 2nd was headlining the Texxas Jam. Good times.

 

 

Edited April 11 by Brooks

[Disturber]

I hope he is well. He is a legend.

( @Brooks Born Again is not Sabs greatest effort though, but it has it's moments. My biggest problem on that album is Gillans "singing". I think he just screams his way through the whole album. Very annoying after a while 😅 )

[RobB]

On 4/11/2025 at 11:39 PM, Disturber said:

My biggest problem on that album is Gillans "singing". I think he just screams his way through the whole album. Very annoying after a while 😅 )

How does one top Dio? You can’t, so you just scream your guts out, as much as possible. 

[Disturber]

3 hours ago, RobB said:

How does one top Dio? You can’t, so you just scream your guts out, as much as possible. 

That is true. Never thought of it that way. 🙂

I bought the box set with the  Tony Martin albums. I think he is a great singer for Sabbath. He did a great job with the Dio songs live. Great singer. Humble too.

[Roger Hart]

To me, it looks like he only does it when he's holding a note with vibrato.  Perhaps the mic wagger is to accentuate the vibrato.  

 

[Brooks]

On 4/12/2025 at 2:39 AM, Disturber said:

Born Again is not Sabs greatest effort though, but it has it's moments.

Agree.

 

[Saul Goodman]

17 hours ago, Brooks said:

Agree.

 

Ian had a lot of hair back then. A friend saw him on that tour. Apparently a very dark show which he said really creeped him out. 

[tbonesullivan]

On 5/26/2025 at 7:50 AM, Saul Goodman said:

Ian had a lot of hair back then. A friend saw him on that tour. Apparently a very dark show which he said really creeped him out. 

Seems like they were almost trying to go for a "darker Judas Priest" look there.