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Black Sabbath

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Also known asThe Polka Tulk Blues Band, Earth
OriginBirmingham, England
GenresHeavy metal
Years active1968-2006 (Hiatus)
LabelsVertigo, Warner Bros, Castle
Sanctuary, I.R.S., Reprise, Epic
Associated actsOzzy Osbourne, Mythology, Heaven & Hell, GZR, Rainbow, Dio, Deep Purple, Black Country, Badlands
MembersTony Iommi
Ozzy Osbourne
Geezer Butler
Bill Ward
Former membersSee: List of Black Sabbath band members
Websitewww.blacksabbath.com

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Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (electric bass), and Bill Ward (drums and percussion). The band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of twenty-two musicians have at one time been members of Black Sabbath. Originally formed as a heavy blues-rock band named Earth, the band began incorporating occult- and horror-inspired lyrics with tuned-down guitars, changing their name to Black Sabbath and achieving multiple platinum records in the 1970s. Despite an association with occult and horror themes, Black Sabbath also composed songs dealing with social and political issues such as drugs and war.

As one of the first and most influential heavy metal bands of all time, Black Sabbath helped define the genre with releases such as quadruple-platinum Paranoid, released in 1970. 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, behind Led Zeppelin. They have sold over 15 million records in the United States alone. Rolling Stone has posited the band as 'the heavy-metal kings of the '70s'.

Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne's drinking led to his firing from the band in 1979. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio. After a few albums with Dio's vocals and his songwriting collaborations, Black Sabbath endured a revolving lineup in the 1980s and 1990s that included vocalists Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen and Tony Martin. In 1992, Iommi and Butler rejoined Dio and drummer Vinny Appice to record Dehumanizer. The original lineup reunited with Osbourne in 1997 and released a live album, Reunion. The early/mid 1980s line-up featuring Iommi, Butler, Dio, and Appice reformed in 2006 under the title, Heaven & Hell, until Dio's death on May 16, 2010.

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Black Sabbath

Studio albumsBlack Sabbath * Paranoid * Master of Reality * Black Sabbath Vol. 4 * Sabbath Bloody Sabbath * Sabotage * Technical Ecstasy * Never Say Die! * Heaven and Hell * Mob Rules * Born Again * Seventh Star * The Eternal Idol * Headless Cross * Tyr * Dehumanizer * Cross Purposes * Forbidden
Live albumsLive Evil * Cross Purposes Live * Reunion * Past Lives * Live at Hammersmith Odeon
CompilationsWe Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll * The Collection * The Sabbath Stones * Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970 �1978 * Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970 �1978) * Greatest Hits 1970 �1978 * The Dio Years * The Rules of Hell
Unofficial albumsClub Sonderauflage * Live at Last * The Sabbath Collection * The Ozzy Osbourne Years * Under Wheels of Confusion * The Best of Black Sabbath
Singles"Evil Woman" * "N.I.B." * "Paranoid" * "Iron Man" * "War Pigs" * "Fairies Wear Boots" * "Sweet Leaf" * "Children of the Grave" * "After Forever" * "Changes" * "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" * "Symptom of the Universe" * "Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" * "Dirty Women" * "Never Say Die!" * "Neon Knights" * "Die Young" * "The Mob Rules" * "Turn Up the Night" * "Trashed" * "No Stranger to Love" * "TV Crimes" * "Psycho Man" * "The Devil Cried"
VideosNever Say Die * Black and Blue * The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 1 * The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2 * The Last Supper * Inside Black Sabbath - 1970-1992 * Black Sabbath's Paranoid * Rock Review * In Their Own Words * Hangin' with Heaven and Hell
Related articlesDiscography * Members * Heaven & Hell (tour) * Mythology * In These Black Days * Nativity in Black * Rob Halford * Martin Birch * Born Again Tour 1983



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