![]() ![]() Simpson had recently opened a new pub named Henry's Blues House and offered to let Earth play some gigs in his club. Simpson was also a trumpet player for the group Locomotive. Jim Simpson was a manager for the bands Bakerloo Blues Line and Tea & Symphony. The demo titled "Song for Jim" was in reference to Jim Simpson. While the band was performing under the Earth title, they recorded several demos written by Norman Haines such as "The Rebel", "Song for Jim", and "When I Came Down". Rather than asking them to leave, they instead decided to break up and then quietly reformed the band as a four-piece. Iommi became concerned that Phillips and Clarke lacked the necessary dedication and were not taking the band seriously. After shortening the name to Polka Tulk, the band changed their name to Earth (which Osbourne hated) and continued as a four-piece without Phillips and Clarke. The new group was initially named The Polka Tulk Blues Band (after a cheap brand of talcum powder Osbourne saw in his mother's bathroom) and also featured slide guitarist Jimmy Phillips, a childhood friend of Osbourne's, and saxophonist Alan "Aker" Clarke. The two enlisted bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, who had played together in a band called Rare Breed, Osbourne having placed an advertisement in a local music shop: "Ozzy Zig Needs Gig has own PA". History Formation and early days (196869)įollowing the break-up of their previous band Mythology in 1968, guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward sought to form a heavy blues rock band in Aston, Birmingham. ![]() They have also won two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 in their "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". 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. The band helped define the genre with releases such as Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970) and Master of Reality (1971). Black Sabbath's 19th studio album, 13, which features three of the original members, was released in June 2013.īlack Sabbath are cited as pioneers of heavy metal. The original line-up reunited with Osbourne in 1997 and released a live album Reunion. In 1992, Iommi and Butler rejoined Dio and drummer Vinny Appice to record Dehumanizer. After a few albums with Dio's vocals and songwriting collaborations, Black Sabbath endured a revolving line-up in the 1980s and 1990s that included vocalists Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen and Tony Martin, as well as multiple members of Deep Purple and Rainbow. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Osbourne's heavy drug use led to his dismissal from the band in 1979. Despite an association with occult and horror themes, Black Sabbath also composed songs dealing with social instability, political corruption, the dangers of drug abuse and apocalyptic prophecies of the horrors of war. Originally formed in 1968 as a heavy blues rock band named Earth, the band began incorporating occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics and tuned-down guitars. The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward. ![]()
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