That Time Tommy Iommi Set Bill Ward on Fire

Happy New Year! Here is the first "That Time.." of 2023! As the title states, this is a post about a time when a prank went wrong. I lived through the prankster generation on YouTube. This is nothing like that. This is about a prank that started in light-hearted fun but ended in injury.

Tommy Iommi

Tommy Iommi is known by most as a legendary guitarist, due to his unique playing style. Having played in bands Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell. He was also known as quite the prankster while touring. Often playing pranks on and with his Black Sabbath bandmate, Bill Ward. Unsurprising, as the band was known for their chaotic antics and behavior.

Once he covered Bill in golden paint from head to toe, just because they thought it'd be funny. But as you can imagine, that didn't end well as Bill had a negative reaction to the paint and an ambulance had to be called due to Bill allegedly going into convulsions. In an interview with The Guardian, Bill said paramedics had to use paint stripper to get the paint off, and they had to give Bill adrenaline.

Bill Ward

Something Bill and Tommy did as a "party piece" was Tommy would set Bill on fire with rubbing alcohol. Normally it would burn off the alcohol and Bill would be unharmed, but there was one unfortunate time where things did not go as planned. They were going to show their little trick in front of a producer, but when Tommy doused Bill with the rubbing alcohol as he had done before, it soaked into Bill's clothes. So when Tommy set Bill on fire, "he went up like a bomb". Again, an ambulance had to be called. Bill received third-degree burns and that was the end of their party trick.

Tommy said he felt bad about how bad things turned out with the failed trick and that he "learned his lesson" from the experience. However, Tommy and Bill continued to play pranks and joke with each other.

This was a short one, but as I am attempting to get my mojo back to post weekly in 2023 so I figured we'd start light! Here's to hoping for a content filled year!

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