Bev Bevan
The ELO drummer who stood in for Bill Ward on Black Sabbath's Born Again tour.
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Bev Bevan (born 1944) is an English drummer, an original member of the Move and Electric Light Orchestra. He drummed for Black Sabbath on the 1983 Born Again tour.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Beverley Bevan
- Born
- 25 November 1944
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
- Genre
- Rock
- Occupation
- Drummer
- Years active
- 1957–present
- Past member of
- Denny Laine and The Diplomats
- The Move
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Black Sabbath
- ELO Part II
- Bev Bevan's Move
- Current member of
- Bev Bevan Band
Facts from the source article.
Background
He replaced Bill Ward for the tour and appeared in Sabbath's "Trashed" and "Zero the Hero" videos; only his second show with the band was a headlining set at the 1983 Reading Festival. He returned briefly in 1987 to add percussion to The Eternal Idol, but was replaced after refusing to play apartheid-era South Africa.
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