I know Tony well and love working with him when he comes up with an idea I know exactly what’s expected of me. What it was like to work with involved musicians? Ian Gillan, Nicko McBrain, John Lord and Tony Iommi The contributions of many people are invaluable our efforts with the music is just a part of it I’m proud to be involved with. Construction begins this month and will take about a year. And the music school is symbolic of a new start. Almost a quarter of a century later, they are ready. When I spoke to the mayor of Spitak (along with Gyumri in the epicentre of the devastation that took 25,000 lives and made ten times that number homeless) a year after the event, he told me there was still no music, not in the churches or schools or on the radio, it seemed even the birds had stopped singing. Our decision was made on a plane whilst Tony and I were returning from a trip to Yerevan where we were honoured by the president for work on the album Live Aid Armenia. Your main intent is to support the rebuilding of a music school in Gyumri, Armenia. You are very active these days and you have been working on a very interesting charity project called WhoCares with Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath. Other involved with this project are Jon Lord (Keyboard), Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain, former Metallica bass player Jason Newsted and guitar player Linde Lindström. Ian Gillan took some time for It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine to talk about his latest project. The collaboration of Gillan and Iommi, who have worked together before on the Black Sabbath album Born Again is really something special. Both Gillan and Iommi have spent a lot of time in Armenia, fallen in love with the country and the people and have dedicated a lot of work to a nation still shocked after the earthquake that struck Armenia on Decemat 11:41am. Ian Gillan of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath interview Ian Gillan and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi are currently promoting their project called WhoCares with the intent to support the rebuilding of a music school in Gyumri, Armenia.
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