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Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (1968 – present)
Black Sabbath is an English heavy metal band formed in 1968 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, originally comprising Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums). In the early 1970s they were the first to pair heavily distorted, sonically dissonant blues-rock at slow speeds with lyrics about drugs, mental pain, and abominations of war, thus giving birth to generations of metal bands that followed in their wake. They are often credited with creating the heavy metal genre as well as the doom metal genre.
Black Sabbath was formed in Aston, a poor district of Birmingham damaged by bombing during World War II, under the name Polka Tulk Blues Band (soon shortened to “Polka Tulk”), later Earth. Initially a blues-rock band, Earth moved in a darker direction when their bassist, Geezer Butler, a fan of the black magic novels of Dennis Wheatley, wrote lyrics for an occult-themed song titled “Black Sabbath” (the song name was inspired by a 1963 Mario Bava film), and Tony Iommi wrote a riff based on the tritone, sometimes called “Diabolus en Musica” (“the Devil in Music”). In their Last Supper concert film, the band stated that the song is based on an experience Geezer had one night when he saw a black object at the end of his bed and noticed the next day that an occult book Ozzy had given him was missing. When the band found themselves being confused with another local band called Earth, they adopted the song title as their new name.
Black Sabbath was formed in Aston, a poor district of Birmingham damaged by bombing during World War II, under the name Polka Tulk Blues Band (soon shortened to “Polka Tulk”), later Earth. Initially a blues-rock band, Earth moved in a darker direction when their bassist, Geezer Butler, a fan of the black magic novels of Dennis Wheatley, wrote lyrics for an occult-themed song titled “
Black Sabbath” (the song name was inspired by a 1963 Mario Bava film), and Tony Iommi wrote a riff based on the tritone, sometimes called “Diabolus en Musica” (“the Devil in Music”). In their Last Supper concert film, the band stated that the song is based on an experience Geezer had one night when he saw a black object at the end of his bed and noticed the next day that an occult book Ozzy had given him was missing. When the band found themselves being confused with another local band called Earth, they adopted the song title as their new name.
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stoffeman97 wrote:
Fuck! I thought this Pop bashing was common in Youtube, with this gay "You say Miley Cyrus, i say Led Zeppelin". C'mon it's getting old.
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DimebagMustaine wrote:
"Sabbath without any original member is not Sabbath. " Do I even need to comment on how dumb that statement is?
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Нey, friends!!)please watch new videos!!))) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9_54qOXWnfQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9sMsDV0hWtM http://www.sendspace.com/file/fj2bzd may of sorrow new album!!!!
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You say Miley Cyrus-I say Led Zepplin You say Flowers-I say Accept You say Pink-I say Iron Maiden You say Hip Hop-i say shut the fuck up You say Pop-I scream Heavy Metal! You say Hannah Montana-i fucking punch you in the face 92% of teenagers have turned to Hip Hop and Pop.If you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music,copy and paste this message to another 5 bands.DONT LET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK DIE! <------- WHO THE HELL CARES? Just listen to the music you think is good . God.
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WastedPotential is living up to his username I see.
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Spam fags.
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WastedPotential wrote:
You say Miley Cyrus-I say Led Zepplin You say Flowers-I say Accept You say Pink-I say Iron Maiden You say Hip Hop-i say shut the fuck up You say Pop-I scream Heavy Metal! You say Hannah Montana-i fucking punch you in the face 92% of teenagers have turned to Hip Hop and Pop.If you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music,copy and paste this message to another 5 bands.DONT LET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK DIE!
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Nordmar_Hammer wrote:
You say Miley Cyrus-I say Led Zepplin You say Flowers-I say Accept You say Pink-I say Iron Maiden You say Hip Hop-i say shut the fuck up You say Pop-I scream Heavy Metal! You say Hannah Montana-i fucking punch you in the face 92% of teenagers have turned to Hip Hop and Pop.If you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music,copy and paste this message to another 5 bands.DONT LET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK DIE!
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No Bill Ward = no care ever.
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robsonyoroku wrote:
Sabbath without any original member is not Sabbath.
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If you're on facebook, and want to see Bill Ward back in the band for the reunion 'like' this page! http://www.facebook.com/pages/1000000-Black-Sabbath-fans-say-yes-to-Bill-Ward/387229524625706
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666SixNine wrote:
I wanna see them with Bill on drums! Fuck Sharon's greediness!
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Lady Evil ♥
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BILL WARD ON DRUMS NOW!!!
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No thanks...
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Fuck Sharon Osbourne!
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Osbournes are assholes as always. Hate them.
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veyita_88 wrote:
Well is a shame that uncle Bill will not be in the reunion,but still,to be able to perform Geeze and Fucking Iommi,at least is something.I mean,Bill Ward was awesome that´s for sure but still they can do this and it can be good,i mean,is not like there are not drummers that could play Bill stuff.
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