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Black Sabbath

Formed 1966

  • Principal Members
  • Geezer Butler
  • Ronnie James Dio
  • Ian Gillan
  • Tony Iommi
  • Ozzy Osbourne

Biography

Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. The original band line up of Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Terence 'Geezer' Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums) is the same as the current line up (2007) although there have been shifts of personnel in between.

Black Sabbath remain a dominant influence in the genre they helped create. VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock ranks them second, behind Led Zeppelin.

This entry is from , the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors () and is licensed under the . Any changes made to the Wikipedia article will not be immediately reflected here.

Artist Timeline

  • 1966 Formed in Birmingham, UK as Polka Tulk, then Earth
  • 1970 'Black Sabbath' released on Friday 13th February
  • 1971 'Paranoid' goes to #4 in the UK singles chart
  • 1979 Osbourne is asked to leave and is replaced by Ronnie James Dio
  • 1980 Bill Ward leaves temporarily
  • 1982 Dio leaves, Ian Gillan replaces him
  • 1984 Gillan leaves
  • 1985 Original line-up reforms for Live Aid
  • 1985 Butler quits temporarily, and later tours with Osbourne's band
  • 1992 Rob Halford performs with Sabbath for one gig
  • 1992 Osbourne pulls out of plans to record with the band
  • 1995 'Forbidden' released - the last Sabbath album to date
  • 2005 Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame
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Key Releases

  • Black Sabbath

    Formed 1970

    Sabbath bludgeon the blues into something dark, scary and deeply influential.

  • Paranoid

    1971

    Sabbath leave the blues behind and score a hit single.

  • Volume 4

    1972

    Sabbath hint at prog and even classical influences, but still manage to rock...

  • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

    1973

    Rick Wakeman adds prog cred on keyboards - their most accomplished, inventive work.

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