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05-16 Black Sabbath drummer issues s
02-18 Sabbath on tour without Iommi
02-04 Sabbath to Continue Recording
02-03 Bill Ward out of reunion
01-09 T. Iommi Diagnosed With Cancer
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Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Tony Iommi (guitar), Ozzy
Osbourne (lead vocals), Terry "Geezer" Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums and percussion). The band has since experienced multiple
lineup changes, with a total of twenty-two former members. Originally formed as a heavy blues-rock band named Earth, the band began
incorporating occult- and horror-inspired lyrics with tuned-down guitars, changing their name to Black Sabbath and achieving multiple gold
and platinum records in the 1970s.
As one of the fir ...read more
Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Tony Iommi (guitar), Ozzy
Osbourne (lead vocals), Terry "Geezer" Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums and percussion). The band has since experienced multiple
lineup changes, with a total of twenty-two former members. Originally formed as a heavy blues-rock band named Earth, the band began
incorporating occult- and horror-inspired lyrics with tuned-down guitars, changing their name to Black Sabbath and achieving multiple gold
and platinum records in the 1970s.
As one of the first and most influential heavy metal bands of all time, Black Sabbath helped define the genre with releases such as
quadruple-platinum Paranoid, released in 1970. They were ranked by MTV as the "Greatest Metal Band" of all time, and placed second in
VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" list, behind Led Zeppelin. They have sold over 15 million records in the United States alone.
Rolling Stone has posited the band as 'the heavy-metal kings of the '70s'.
Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne's drinking led to his firing from the band in 1979. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio.
After a few albums with Dio's vocals and his songwriting collaborations, Black Sabbath endured a revolving lineup in the 1980s and 1990s
that included vocalists Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen and Tony Martin. In 1992, Iommi and Butler rejoined Dio and drummer Vinny
Appice to record Dehumanizer. The original lineup reunited with Osbourne in 1997 and released a live album, Reunion. The early/mid 1980s
line-up featuring Iommi, Butler, Dio, and Appice reformed in 2006 under the title, Heaven & Hell. « hide |
Similar Bands: Heaven and Hell, Ozzy Osbourne, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Dio
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