@@techdeathhippie6319 I know the feeling. I don't play in a band. But I have a hobby playing drums with this guitarist/vocalist. (The man behind the band Asaru) He dosent like Black Sabbath. Or Celtic Frost. But we only need some beers, and jam. But I really question his music taste sometimes 😁
@@techdeathhippie6319 He's a drummer ! Next thing you know, he will want to change parts on the weekend you practiced all week long with another guitarist...we fired that one !
@@JavaEntity Probably because he declined to participate in the reunion album due to a contract dispute, so the band excluded him from the documentary. If so, it was rather petty of them.
Bill has been at odds with Tony, Geezer and Ozzy for the last few years. His version is that their financial offer to participate in the last album and tour was less than satisfactory. Who knows what the truth is, but it seems strange that he'd turn down the last huge payday he's likely to get. It's a shame because he was always their best drummer.
Seems to me most "serious" Sabbath fans always talk up Dio over Ozzy. I believe quite the opposite. Ozzy is was and will always be THE vocalist that made that band not only great... But a true icon in the rock genre. Dio did not do that... And I don't think he could have done that if he were there in the beginning. "But Dio has this crazy vocal range"... you don't get it... Likely you never will
I agree with you...I HATE when people do that. The were different bands, like Deep Purple with like 6 different line ups...all excellent. No doubt that Dio has a Technically superior vocal range...he was very unique...but ozzy was great in his own way..a Working 💪 man's pub singer versus Dios operatic style. Glenn Hughes & Ian Gillen had great albums in Sabbath Too...love them all...Matt
Also..you get the Ozzy Kool Aid crowd..."Tony Iommi sucks man..Jake E Lee...ZACH Wylde is better...' Jackasses...there would be NO Sabbath, or Ozzy without Tony..The Riff Master...Matt
*Dio* may not have replaced *Ozzy* as the true *Black Sabbath* frontman, but at least he kept them going. He was there to save them when the band was at its darkest hour. _My eternal respects for _*_Ronnie James “Dio.”_*
This is not music, this is weird. Funny, that's pretty much what my old man said when I was blasting Black Sabbath on his Hi-Fi. That album pretty much changed my life. I saw my first concert in 1970. Sabbath at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. They were great.
Sabbath may have kicked off Heavy Metal, but they are better and different than any other Metal band. Their heavy grounding in blues and jazz sets them way apart.
Im afraid i Have to disagree with tony regarding those old sabbath records. To me they sound just as fresh and wonderful as the first time I ever heard them
what is curious to me is that they skipped Sabotage, one of there greatest albums, why ?, killer riffs, some of the best songs they ever recorded, Megalomania, Thrill of it all, Am I going Insane
25:30 - Tony Iommi can get some of the most amazing overtones from his gear-not just the guitars. Not sure how he does it, but I can listen to THIS riff from Heaven and Hell and the bridge chords from Iron Man and it sends the neck hair standin' STRAIGHT UP!
Today it's been exactly 50 years that the album Black Sabbath was published: Friday the 13th of February 1970 was the birth of heavy metal. Sabbath forever!🤘 The odd thing about it is that I also was born on a 13th of February 😁
Yes. The factory trouble made the best scary rock and heavy rock guitarist, he didn't invent devils cord as written in Guitar player, but scary cord. Lowered E string on drop C even D is Iommi sound.
I think he's the most influential guitarist walking the planet (moreso than Jimmy Page) Sabbath started their first two albums in standard tuning and ended the 70's with their last two in standard tuning. It's those albums Master of Reality-Vol4-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath-Sabotage where they would go as low C# that made their sound. If you listen to audience recordings from the early 70s the crowd loses their shit about how heavy the band is. It had to sound like a similar storm that Hendrix brought to the masses only a lot darker.
The original metal guitar player iommi I would rate as the most important metal guitar player of all times not because he is technically better my reasoning is there is not one giant metal band in the world that hasn't ripped him off at some point from slayer to Metallica
It's not what you CAN play that makes you great. It's what you CHOOSE to play. Iommi's inspiration is what made him great. He had it inside him to write great songs that provided the music medium something pretty new and innovative. That's gold for musicians, at least those who are artists in the creative sense. All I know is that it took incredibly creative individuals to write "Black Sabbath" in 1970. It stands out of the music from that time like a menacing stone spire rising out of a forest. Bands like Zeppelin were unique too, but that tritone evil stuff was on another level for the time. So important.
... and then just a months later its at almost 78,000 views. What the fuck is wrong with YOU? Not everybody is on RU-vid 24/7 just waiting to click on your favorite video upload.
Yes, no Bill, no Sabs. He was left out of the reunion a few years ago...contractual reasons was the official explanation. You will find that is an anagram of Sharon Osbourne is behind it! Obviously, no one will confirm, nor deny!!!
Just watching Iommi struggling to talk normally while coked-up out his mind makes me feel like sniffing a couple of huge lines. Fuck it. Calling now for that rocket fuel.
Fed up of watching documentaries about my favourite band and Bill Ward is not even mentioned fucking pisses me off refused to go see the end concert because bill wasn’t there apparently over money for fuck sake. Bill had more influence to the sound of sabbath than Ozzy Toni geezer nobody drums like Bill Ward just have to get that off my chest 😡
When Bill Ward had a heart attack and barely survived, Ozzy was the first to visit him in the hospital. Old friend and member of "that" Black Sabbath. They were not heavy metal but scary metal😃.
@blacksabbath When Bill Ward had a massive heart attack and barely survived, Ozzy was the first to visit him. An old friend from "that" Black Sabbath. They were not a heavy metal band but a scary rock band😃
9:51 - I'm sure that Tony gets tired of telling the same story over and over. The best part of it is that without the accident, he might have just been "another guitar player" instead of the formidable riff writing genius and innovator that he is. You IMMEDIATELY know it's Tony Iommi after hearing one note.
I can imagine Ozzy's dad saying this about Sabbath, he's old school from back during the war and depression, him hearing this "creepy" music that's way ahead of it's time my bloody gosh if my grandparents heard this they'd say it's the devil's music BEWARE! 😈 The kings of metal!
I'm 62 also. Started playing guitar after listening to Black Sabbath when I was around 14. I always look for the parts in the videos that show Tony playing up close so that I can play it as close to possible as he does
When Tony Iommi recounts what happened to his fingers and how he though he’d never play a guitar again, it’s like he’s putting himself back into that moment in time and how he felt believing his career was over before it had even begun, and is actually feeling what he felt that day and how he actually though he was done for good, and that memory is still a rather emotional one even after all these years the success he’s gained.
@@Iam_Dunn I am 62 y and I play guitars 53y. I play in several bands and war is commimg. I am volonter 91-95 and after war I play only like hobby guitarist. Loop and procesor,wah wah pedal and meny guitars. Once guitar always guitar.❤
I am a guitarist, but I can really appreciate the awesome talent of Bill Ward and Geezer Buttler, they were the power behind sabbath and on par with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker only IMO heavier and tighter. The Paris show really showed their power and it only got stronger as time went bye. I was introduced to Sabbath when Paranoid came out here in the States and went and bought the first album straight away. They are a huge influence on my playing and the riff's are easy but complicated at the same time, blues shines through all of the early stuff and is the foundation of this great band.
As a guitarist myself I played at a very high level skill wise for many many yrs but never understanding music theory...I knew my way around the fretboard very well and could improvise for most blues,rock'n'roll and metal no problems but then my curiosity changed when I went back to my childhood listenings 'my dad playing The Beatles' everyday. I wanted to know what actually made them so revered, even classically trained composers regarded them as the crowning glory for the 20th century for popular music. I then began learning music theory properly. I mention this because in your comment you mention sayin' ''their riffs are easy (simple) but complex at the same time'' and understanding theory will give the answers clearly. All this absolutely applies to The Beatles also as their songs are rather quite derived from the chord shapes and templates they often used however their melodies are sublime and fresh, so much so their music is regarded as 'all time greats' along with the other all time greats such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner from previous centuries. Learning music theory has been the most rewarding pathway I had ever taken in my musical journey and I just sensed if you was to really dig into theory you would feel the same way when you listen you 'hear' the music from a secondary perspective and understand why a piece of music was brilliantly written even if you don't really like or dig this or that particular song. It also opened every door to me to know just by changing a chord here or there much more possibilities are available to you as you are writing songs. You may be already well versed in theory so I am not sayin' you need anything adding to your skill set whatsoever it is just theory has been the biggest blessing to me in music and you never really learn it all, it just gives me so much more options knowing what will work and when and where to introduce a new chord or to develop better melody ect...
Thanks for putting this together - it's well done, lot of stuff I hadn't seen or heard. Coke had a deleterious effect on the music, you can hear they're playing too fast live with no feeling. Still, you can understand why they did coke, they got worked hard by the record companies & managers & needed something to keep going. Course you then need to drink to take the edge off and end up on a downward spiral. Bill ward was & is overlooked as a drummer, as is/was Tony Iommi as a guitarist. Same goes for Geezer, his bass playing is easily ion a par with Jack Bruce but he doesn't get browny points on account of not playing Jazz. You try playing as fast and accurately as Geezer on the bass & you'll appreciate how good he was. The first two LP's are outstanding in terms of musicianship, Geezer and Bill were a dynamite rhythm combo like Noel Reading and Mitch Mitchell. No one came close to early Sabbath, there's lots of similar bands, Grand Funk, Mountain, Steppenwolf , but none have Sabbath's inventiveness, musicality or spirit. Lastly just about every song on every LP is fucking spot on, most bands could manage two decent songs in comparison. Sorry, on a bit of a rant there... just think Black Sabbath don't get the credit they deserve as musicians.Thanks for uploading....DA.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was the best album! "National Acrobat" and "Killing Yourself to Live" are their 2 best songs in my opinion. They go largely ignored by people. That riff at the beginning of National Acrobat?! Holy shit!
Dio did have a better vocal range, but not for Black Sabbath. The original 4 members are THE pioneers of heavy metal. Not to mention Ozzys vocals were amazing live 36:46
I'm embarrassed. I'm 60 right, and I'm only now coming around to Black Sabbath. I don't know why I resisted listening to them for so long. Maybe because I'm only lukewarm on HM music, but I'm playing the album ('Black Sabbath') at home all the time. Enjoying the songs, and enjoying the musicianship. They're a great band who spawned so many imitators but few equals.
Sabatoge … a molten metal album of intense perfection which must not be overlooked or underloved by anyone or any thing. And before the dogs and wankers even have to ask … "Are we going insane ? " No. We have arrived. HA! ...everybody here must blow on a jug …
it's the unedited FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY, not a full discography. please learn how to comprehend words. i weep that they didn't mention your album, i weep more for the american educational system.
Bill Ward lookin like a member of Korn in the 70's. The whole band was ahead of their time. Their first album is 50 years old and it still sounds fresh. Imagine in the year 2000 listening to something from 1950 or in 1990 from 1940.
I am 62 and listen Ssbbath every day . Playing guitars 53 y and i know play every song,cord,solo. 3 y I couldn't play because after an operation for tonsillar cancer, my cervical spine weakened and my left hand was squeezed and my left leg was taken away. Those were the hardest years of my life, but they found a cure, my hand opened, and I'm still learning to walk. I can play a little bit, but I hope for better. I beat cancer 7 years ago (prognosis of 3 months to live), so I hear this too because, as the doctor says, you are too young to lie down, and there is also a 20-month-old grandson. He should be taken to the swings and slides in the park 100m from buildings. Parents work so they don't have the will. A different generation than we were. Is that so.
In strictly musical terms, Dio was a much better technical singer than Ozzy. He had more vocal range and could sustain/ hold notes using vibrato. He was also an excellent lyricist. Ozzy on the other hand, had more of an ability to connect with the audience on a personal level, both on albums and during live performances. For this reason alone, I prefer the Mark 1 lineup and Ozzy's solo work over the Mark 2 & 3 lineups and Dio's solo material. Dio was a better singer. Ozzy was a better performer.
Maybe. Dio is a true singer, not just a vocalist. Ozzys image was crafted better than Dios, not that he would care. I've never been an Ozzy fan, but I love his Sabbath albums.
I thought dio's lyrics were horrible. No one tells me the moon is just the Sun at night or the world is full of kings and queens .. if they did I'd tell them to go to hell and bugger off!!!
Bibinjac tebi je Dio bolji od Ozzija? Pjevač je ali u prvom pravom Sabbathu je Ozzy nezamjenjiv. Njegova uloga je velika. Da je od početka bija koji drugi pjevać vjerojatno bi Ozzy bio factory man. Ili mrtav odavno a Dio bi i ovako i onako gradio karijeru. Ali.prvi - pravi Sabbath bez Ozzija je ništa. Ozzy je legenda koju Dio nikad nije dohvatio. OZZY UVIJEK. Ili si bodul Žens mi je bila Lonićka možda ste rod?
When they first came,me as a teenager knew instantly this was not music for the older generation. This was ours. No guitar really previously had ever been pushed ,purposefully to the absolute abyss of distortion. You had fuzztone a la Satisfaction but the whole album Master of Reality, really never been done. There was like this turn it up fuzz solo thing then back to normal rhythm sound. As a guitar player in 71 for me this back and forth dilemma went on for years beyond as well. Do I keep my amp clean turn on the fuzz , distotion obviously didn’t exist at first. Or crank my amp full which generally got ya fired by the band or club owners. This whole era unfortunately is mostly not clear to people who weren’t playing at this time. No preamps, turn a twin too 10 and you’ll soon find a boot in your ass in those days man.
I'm no Iommi by any stretch, but I, too, cut the tip off of my ring finger, and it forced me to develop my pinky finger. It helped me grow. A great metaphor for life, in general.
I cut my teeth on Sabbath, and I was lucky enough to see them for the 2001 reunion. I've been to hundreds of concerts and they were the most tight live band I ever saw. It was all spot on. It was like a dream come true to see them. I never imagined they'd reunite, but there I was. I'll never forget how great that show was.
Exactly the same for me! I saw them in ninty eight, bill ward and all! My favorite band ever and I never thought I'd ever get to see them seeing as they broke up two years before I was born! It was nothing short of a religious experience!
WHO THINKS THAT DIO IS BETTER THAN OZZY, THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT A CERTAIN VOICE BRINGS TO A BAND THEY GO HAND IN HAND! JUST LIKE HENDRIX,s VOICE MATCHED PERFECT LY WITH HIS GUITAR AND SONGS , LYRICS. OZZY IS THE ONE AND ONLY SINGER FOR BLACK SABBATH!!!!!!🎶✌️😎BOB
When the hell am I going to get tired of watching Black Sabbath docs? I've watched I think all of them, and I got shit I gotta get done, but what are you gonna do... I mean, it's fuckin Sabbath
Ahhh memories, first band that touched my soul and remained my favourite all my life and they influenced bands that I loved later on metallica an numerous others. Thanks Black Sabbath you brought many hours of sheer pleasure.
Saw Ozzy in New Orleans around 2008, and he still works his audience with the same energy as he had in the 70's, with a big goofy smile on his face. He's a man who clearly loves to entertain.
Great documentary. I didn't grow up as a Sabbath fan.. It was more the Stones, the Who, and punk later on for me. But hearing here what these guys say about their music, their playing, and how they arrived at their sound - I feel enormous respect for them. They had no limitations, they accepted no rules on what they did, they were just as every bit musically anarchist as the Sex Pistols were a bit later on. No one before them were doing quite what they were doing and they weren't following anyone else's road map on how a rock band should sound, which made them pioneers ... and now we're well in the 21st century that kind of courage and willingness to sound different is sorely missed. Respect.
Thank you for creating this! I'm here vis-a-vis Ozzy Osbourne's vocals on the new Post Malone track. Ozzy's voice is the ultimate! This video is the first of my education on my newfound obsession of Mr. Osbourne, thank you for the history!
Out of all the things the future sabbath shredder could have worked with, that drew his blood as first sacrifice.....it was METAL.... 😎........course it was
Ozzy is a perfect example of a true frontman, where they can make or break the band. His stage presence, his voice, his personality all make him just a legend in so many ways. One of the most influential people to metal music in general is Ozzy.
