News - Year 2003 Cozy Powell related news and web site updates
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December 29, 2003

Cozy - Happy Birthday and many thanks for bringing us together!


August 5, 2003
Brian May Band tour added to the tour dates section.

May 24, 2003
Bedlam Live in London 1973 & Michael Schenker Group Lights Out and Reactivate - added album cover images to visual discography page 7.

2003 Updates
April 5 - 5th Anniversary of Cozy's passing. Rest In Peace.

Front Page of Web Site - replaced the original front page image with a new one.

Bedlam Live in London 1973 - released March 31, 2003, another gem from Denny Ball, many thanks to him and of course the band!

Black Sabbath Dehumanizer demo - another line-up added to the Sabbath family tree. The demo tracks were recorded at a jam session with Cozy, Tony, and Geezer. You can hear the guys chatting and laughing at their mistakes. The tracks sound to be in the early stages with no vocals. The tracks are 

Computer God 
Letters From Earth 
Unknown track 
Unknown track (same song as above, but a different take) 
Apache 
Unknown track 
Unknown track 
some whistling 
Computer God (several takes)

 

Black Sabbath Forbidden Rough Mix - complete album including Loser Gets All. There are no vocals and the tracks rock with more edge. Fans of Forbidden will love it.

Cozy Powell DVD Back to the History - Unofficial release of only 1000 copies (supposedly). The DVD contains the following videos.

1. Graham Bonnet "Night Games" Video: Drum cameras only 
Old Grey Whistle Test Studio Live - Gary Moore / Cozy Powell / Scott Gorham / Phil Lynott / Don Airey 
2. "Back On The Streets" & 3. "Don't Believe a Word" 
4. Cozy's Drum Solo at Donington (Whitesnake 8/20/1983) - Solo based on 633 Squadron & 1812 Overture. They used a helicopter during the solo with fireworks etc 
5. Graham Bonnet "Night Games" on "Top Of The Pops" 
6. Graham Bonnet "That's the way that it is" (Tiswas Live Version) 
Cozy Powell / Graham Bonnet / Jon Lord / Mickey Moody 
7. Cozy Drum Solo "Mars" recorded at Queens Hall, Leeds, UK 2/25/1984 
8. Cozy appearance on "Record Breakers" with Roy Castle. He hit over 400 drums inside a minute. 
9. Graham Bonnet "Night Games" Promotional Video 
Swap Shop Super Group (from Swap Shop - children's programme) 
John Miles / Cozy Powell / Brian Robertson / Chris Spedding / Alan Price 
10. "Johnny B Goode" & 11. "Sweet Little Sixteen" 
12. Whitesnake "Don't Break My Heart Again" Promoional Video - (Ian Paice on drumse)
TISWAS SPECIAL(children's programme) 
13. Sally James interviews Cozy on "Tiswas" with appearance by Robert Plant who "pies" Cozy! 
14. The Young and Moody Band - 
Bob Young / Micky Moody / Lemmy / Cozy Powell / Nolans/ Ed Hammilton 
"Don't Do That" (TV Live Show) 
15. Sally James interviews Robert Plant on "Tiswas" 
16. Sally James interviews Graham Bonnet on "Tiswas" 
17. Graham Bonnet "I'm a Lover" (Tiswas Live Version) 
Cozy Powell / Graham Bonnet / Jon Lord / Mickey Moody 
POP QUIZ "Pop Quiz" BBC half hour show introduced by Mike Read. This is the entire show. Panel consists of Cozy Powell / Roger Taylor / Suzi Quattro / David Grant / Paul Jones / Chris Neal 
18. Programme starts, 19. Cozy's Turn #1, 20. Cozy's Turn #2, 21. Cozy's Turn #3

Rainbow Rising rough mix - Unofficial release taken directly from tape belonging to Cozy Powell as stated on right. They sound like final takes prior to mixxing. The songs on the CD sound awesome. The band sounds raw and live with a few extra seconds here and there. Most noticeable is the cow bell intro to Do You Close Your Eyes and the keyboard intro to Stargazer.

Tony Martin - Tony opens the doors to his Official web site www.TonyMartin.net

Cheap Trick - add the words of Bun E. Carlos to the Words section and update the Cheap Trick gig information. Cozy also played Surrender during the February 2, 1979 show in Bristol.

Guns N Roses Tour Date - Cozy joins GNR on stage behind the bongo's, and Neil and Cozy find themselves on stage yet again, this time at Gibsons Night of 100 Guitars, see the tour dates section.

Jan Akkerman - add the words of Jan Akkerman to the Words section. Jan appears on the following projects with Cozy, Forcefield II, Forcefield III, and Minute by Minute.

Sabbath Tour Dates - added tour dates from Black Sabbath's 1989 tour which featured Tony Iommi, Tony Martin, Neil Murray, Geoff Nichols and Cozy Powell.


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