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BIOGRAPHY One of the first acts to truly define heavy metal, Black Sabbath are widely considered to be the grandfathers of the genre. Creating hellish compositions seemingly ripped from the bowels of the inferno, the band lit the fires under critics and parents alike while influencing a generation of musicians with their blues-inflected rock. The group was formed by four friends from Birmingham, England: Anthony "Tony" Iommi, guitar; William "Bill" Ward, drums; John "Ozzy" Osbourne, vocals; and Terence "Geezer" Butler, bass. They originally called their jazz-blues band Polka Tulk, later renaming themselves Earth, and they played extensively in Europe. In early 1969, they decided to change their name again when they found that they were being mistaken for another group called Earth. Butler had written a song that took its title from a novel by occult writer Dennis Wheatley, Black Sabbath, and the group adopted it as their name as well. Their first LP Black Sabbath was released in 1970 and ironically entered the U.K. charts at No. 13; Paranoid followed shortly in 1971. The macabre mixture of Osbourne's wailing vocals, Iommi's guitar, Butler's rumbling bass lines and Ward's frenetic drumming made the album a huge commercial success, propelled by the classic title track as well as heavy metal standards like "War Pigs" and "Iron Man," but it was their satanic overtones that got them in hot water with conservative organizations and parent groups. Although many of the members were staunch Catholics, the Church of Satan embraced Sabbath's music and the band themselves were labeled Satanists. Their wild off-stage lives, heavily influenced by drugs and alcohol, didn't exactly help silence the rumors and so the band became the greatest fear of millions of parents around the world. Later that year, they released Master of Reality, another classic work featuring the pro-marijuana anthem "Sweet Leaf" and the massive epics "Into the Void" and "Children of the Grave." In 1977 Ozzy quit the band and was briefly replaced by ex-Savoy Brown singer Dave Walker. Ozzy returned briefly before for Never Say Die! (1978). The following year, however, Osbourne left the band for good, pursuing a highly successful solo career throughout the '80s and '90s. Black Sabbath's future was not as rosy. Hiring ex-Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio, the band made a promising fresh start with Heaven and Hell in 1980, but following Dio's departure in 1982, the vocalist position became a revolving door, featuring ex-Deep Purple Ian Gillan, Glen Hughes and Tony Martin. By 1986's Seventh Star, both Butler and Ward had left Black Sabbath. Iommi, the sole remaining original member, continued on, releasing albums well into the 1990s. In 1997, Osbourne, Iommi and Butler reunited on Ozzy's Ozzfest summer tour with Faith No More's Mike Bordin filling in behind the drum kit. On December 4, 1997, Ward joined them for a show in their hometown of Birmingham at the NEC Arena. Except for a one-off appearance at Live Aid in 1985 and a brief reunion at an Ozzy show in 1992, it was the first full show performed by the original Black Sabbath in nearly 20 years. Reunion, a live album culled from the show, was released in 1998 and a worldwide tour followed. |
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