Bill Ward Recalls Wrecking His Car While Listening to Beatles Classic

Ever have one of those moments where everything syncs together perfectly? It turns out that original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward had one of those moments during a near-death experience.

In a new interview with Sick Drummer Magazine, Ward shared a story about crashing his Jensen Interceptor at the age of either 20 or 21. The story is already worth reading, but here's the catch: Ward was listening to the Beatles masterpiece 'A Day in the Life,' which is partially about the death of Guinness heir Tara Brown, who died in a car wreck at the age of 21.

"I ... remember taking all kinds of risks and at the time being oblivious to danger and really thinking back then how I could really do anything that I wanted," Ward begins. "It's that mindset we have where we think we are indestructible. I know at least I went through that phase, where everything was excessive! Like if I drove a fast car I'd just have to take it to 130 miles per hour or more, you know! I paid the price for that by the way, as I've crashed a number of cars and am very lucky to still have my life and that was early on around 20-21 years old. I think that's the first time I've ever shared that with anybody actually."

Ward continues, "The one that I turned upside-down was a Jensen Interceptor, which was a very, very nice car. To add a little bit of drama to the story, I was listening to 'A Day In the Life' by The Beatles. I was a bit under the influence and was on my way down to the public house to get some more cigarettes. I left our farm house and was already doing 90 when I accelerated more and I hit a bump or something and just went out of control. I ended up down in the passenger's seat [there was no passenger thank goodness] and managed to turn the engine off, right before I went sky high and rolled a couple of times. But the car and I landed exactly on the last note of the song, you know right at the end there's that big keyboard note [insert dramatic low tone here]. It was ironic to me and I couldn't believe I was still alive laying upside down in a ditch, it was terrifying. I'll tell you it sobered my ass right up! At least for that evening it did [Laughs]."

Check out the full interview with Bill Ward at Sick Drummer.