Black Sabbath Lyrics

Black Sabbath Info:

Also known as:
The Polka Tulk Blues Band, Earth

From:
Aston, Birmingham, England

Genres:
Heavy metal

Years active:
1968-2006, 2011-present

Associated acts:
Heaven & Hell, Mythology, Rainbow, Dio

Name Origin:
They were originally called Earth. They saw Boris Karloff's 1963 horror movie "Black Sabbath" and called their first song "Black Sabbath". They found out at a gig that there was another band called "Earth", so they changed their name.

Members:
Tony Iommi (lead guitar)
Geezer Butler (bass, synthesizers)
Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals)

Past members:
Bill Ward -
was the last original member to reunite with Sabbath in 1997.
(1969-1980, 1982-1983, 1985, 1994, 1997-2012)
(drums, percussion, backing vocals)
Occasional (lead vocals)

Dave Walker - (1977)
(vocals)

Ronnie James Dio - recorded three successful studio albums with Black Sabbath.
(1979-1982, 1991-1992; 2007)
(vocals)

Geoff Nicholls - (1979-2004, 2006)
(keyboards)
Occasional (bass, back up guitar)

Vinny Appice - (1980-1982, 1991-1993, 1998, 2007)
(drums)

Ian Gillan - (1982-1984)
(vocals)

Bev Bevan - (1983-1984, 1987)
(drums, percussion)

David Donato - ( 1984-1985) (vocals)

Eric Singer - (1985-1987)
(drums)

Dave Spitz - (1985-1986, 1987)
(bass)

Glenn Hughes - (1985-1986)
(vocals)

Ray Gillen - (1986-1987)
(vocals)

Bob Daisley - (1986)
(bass)

Tony Martin - (1987-1991, 1993-1997)
(vocals)

Terry Chimes - (1987)
(drums)

Jo Burt - (1987)
(bass)

Cozy Powell - (1988-1991, 1994-1995)
(drums)

Neil Murray - (1989-1991, 1994-1995)
(bass)

Bobby Rondinelli - (1993-1994, 1995)
(drums)

Mike Bordin - (1997)
(drums)

Covered by:
Anthrax, Faith No More, Cannibal Corpse, The Cardigans, Shooter Jennings, Pantera, Danzig, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Hand of Doom.

Black Sabbath Trivia:
• Black Sabbath formed in Birmingham, England in 1968 under the name Polka Tulk Blues Band (soon shortened to "Polka Tulk"), and later Earth, playing blues rock and hard rock.

• Earth moved in a darker direction when their bassist, Geezer Butler, a fan of the black magic novels of Dennis Wheatley, wrote an occult-themed song titled "Black Sabbath" (the song name was apparently inspired by a 1963 Mario Bava film).

• Tony Iommi lost the tips of two fingers on his fretting hand while working in a sheet metal factory

bull; In the late seventies Osbourne and Ward supposedly took LSD every day for two years.

• Elton John is a huge fan of Black Sabbath,

• While touring in Texas Ozzy was arrested for peeing on the Alamo.

• Ozzy once bit off the head of a bat during a concert

Black Sabbath Quotes:
"I can honestly say, all the bad things that ever happened to me were directly, directly attributed to drugs and alcohol. I mean, I would never urinate at the Alamo at nine o'clock in the morning dressed in a woman's evening dress sober."

"I've had every known chemical--cocaine, booze--and tobacco is the hardest one in the world for me to quit. You watch old flicks? It's suggestion by looking at something: You see a cigarette, and it makes you want to smoke!"

"The down side of being outrageous is that you have to go around explaining your @#$%& self to people. If you're too cocky, somebody might just pull out a @#$%& gun and cock it and blow your @#$%& face off. You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world."

“Of all the Things I've ever Lost, I miss my Mind the most."

"I push this one button and the shower goes on and I think, where the f*ck am I?"

Black Sabbath Awards:
2014
Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance: God is Dead

1999
Grammy Award for Metal Performance: “Iron Man,”

2006
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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