BILL WARD is one of the most unique, creative and innovative drummers in all of rock music. Im glad to see him finally getting his due and being acknowledged for his contributions to the Sabbath sound and his influence on heavy music as a whole.
Bill Ward who get high whit OZZY and they like it he get (Bill) high cos they get lots of money and they did'nt know what to do with so much money have fun and they live well only Bill gets five hard attack that's life 😇😁🤪👊
Years ago I worked at two high end menswear stores in Birmingham, and Geezer came in and bought a leather suit which may have been for an award as said he was off to Nashville. He was such an unassuming and understated guy; quite a contrast to what he and the other band mambers got up to in their pomp.
At the time of Sabbath’s heyday, Geezer was one of the most unique bass players in the world! Many people didn’t realize that Geezer wrote the lyrics, and created most of the riffs!!
Finally a musical tribute to a band, where they actually play the band’s music! I hate those videos that don’t even get the rights to play the actual music they played!
Ronnie James Dio was a Monster of a singer! He was perfect for the 2nd version of Sabbath!! The original was my favorite with Ozzy, but the Dio years were great, too! Dio was a great stand-up guy! A real person with his own standards, (which were very high)!!
The great thing is they twisted "Rock n Roll" into something else 12:15 , I love the way Ozzie says "as far as I'm aware!" which means it probably happened, ha ha!
When I saw "don't blame me" about Ozzy Osbourne in 1994, I was floored with excitement! I am just now seeing this "bloody Black Sabbath" video, and am equally as excited as I was 30 years ago! This is phenomenal!
Hearing of the feelings of insecurity and sadness that Bill experienced because of his friend Ozzy no longer being in the band is quite touching i thought.
I was present at the first ozzfest. A full set for Sabbath, then a full set of ozzys solo band. It was fantastic. Ozzyy did a flawless job. He almost walked off stage cause of some douchebags throwing sod. He didn't though. Go fng crazy!!! Ty guys. That show was awesome.
Saw the Sabb's in Nashville, Feb, '78. VH opened. Was a big Sabbath fan, so I was a happy camper to finally see them. VH were in their prime and a lot of people said they blew Sabbath away on that tour. Not on the night I saw them. Eddie and the boys did rock out, to say the least. RIP Edward...
There's something magical about bands like Sabbath because I was born in 95 and Sabbath is my favorite band. I can't explain why, but how the fuck a 40 years old band can still have such impact on the culture? I don't know, man.
I started playing guitar in 1969 I always loved the heavy dark side of music led zepp / black sabbath/deep purple I had the pleasure to meet Vinnie backstage dio concert what a amazing person and drummer
Hey I met John Paul Jones in the Belfast Limelight September 1999. He signed my Led Zeppelin at the BBC sessions and took my ticket to get his two band mates to sign. Such a humble man.
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Black Sabbath. Was my first concert i ever went to. It was Black Sabbath and Blue oyster cult. The Best Concert i ever seen. Until i seen Led Zeppelin. They was in 1975.. After that i was into metal all the way. But Sabbath i really do Love. Can't get no better. Dio was also Great. But Ozzy Osborne was the best singer for Black Sabbath.. But when they Finley broke up i was heart Broken. But i got to see the Godfathers of Metal. Hell Yes..❤ 100% Bad Asses And I still Listen too them .. And so does my Son's.
Yes they were my first concert too. Ozzfest 97' they reunited for the first time in quite a while. That kicked ass for sure being 14. They introduced me to great music.
One of the maddest things I find about Tony Iommi is how chill he seems in his later years (from watching countless interviews post 90's) but in Geezer Butler's book he talks about how intimidating and aggro he could be and you can kind of tell...in this feature you can still see he's got a bit of a mad stare lingering from the cocaine addled days.
Shame all the early Rock Family Trees have never been put on streaming - some the best most personal music documentaries ever made. This one is at the top with the ones about Deep Purple, Yes. Fleetwood Mac and the British blues scene.
Imagine Sabbath throwing that number into the set in 1969 it would have melted minds. Today it sounds fairly innocuous but back then it was heavy as and would have FREAKED people out.
Agreed, I noticed that as well. It covers Born Again, Holy Diver in 83, the original line up doing Live Aid in 85...then jumps forward the best part of a decade to Dio returning for Dehumanizer in 92! Then the original line ups 90s reunion. I count Seventh Star, Eternal Idol, Headless Cross, Tyr, Cross Purposes, Forbidden- six Black Sabbath albums they pretend don’t exist.
From an era when there was no shortage of really great, creative British bands. Quite amazing when you think of how small these islands are in comparison to countries such as the USA.
These guys were pretty bold blazing a trail no one had really gone down before. All those bands were going into uniqueness and no one could do what they do. Originality was the standard you had to reach before you reach universal success.
Every time RJD said Rainbow “wanted to make pop songs and I don’t do that”, I think to myself “What the hell is ‘Hungry for Heaven’ and ‘Rainbow in the Dark’, then?!”.
One of (if not) the best Sabbath documentary, even though they skipped the Tony Martin years, its understandable, since the lineups weren't that notables as the others (I love 80s and 90s Sabbath).
After Forever was a very godly song. Seeing the Pope at the end of rope, was a great line. There's no Popes in the Bible. Stryper recorded the song on their "Fallen record" War pigs had a great message. One of the greatest anti-war songs of all time.
Good for Bill Ward doing what he needed to do to get well, Lord knows there's more than enough substance abuse casualties in Rock n Roll, Bonham, Moon, Bon Scott.
Black Sabbath great band these players are real fantstic singer OZZY, Ceezer, Iomi, and Bill they open the Gates to better place oyjeah god bless ya all 👀😎🤪👊
Great band 👍🏻🎸 another band like black Sabbath was...black widow. They really were brilliant and underrated. Their music is on RU-vid. Check them out. "Sacrifice" by Black widow.
thanks, love Sabbath and that heavy metal sound since 1980.,in later years I used to blast Distubing the Priest. lol Gonna try some Black Widow. Trouble isn'nt so bad either wth their song At the end of my daze. cheers!
The whole evil/horror schtick was just a theme for the band. I don't think they were trying to start a genre, that's a bunch of BS. They were just a heavy rock band, and a bunch of impressionable kids, critics and promoters blew it out of proportion. To me they are just a great Rock Band!!!❤❤❤
Tony is still a practicing warlock, hes just quiet about it. Ozzy rapped about satan in every interview until 1977, and Bill said he couldnt tell the difference between satan and god. They were ALL about it.
The stuff about the ad is partially true. Geezer saw the ad by Ozzy looking for bandmembers, and then he and Geezer were actually in a different band together for a time. Called Rare Breed. Tony and Bill were together at the same time in a band called Mythology. Now it could be Tony also saw the same ad. It was only bc both bands didn't go anywhere they decided the four of them should work together. So Geezer had met Bill in a club, and then introduced him to Tony. Tony then saw Ozzy and thought...oh no... not Osbourne! (source: Geezers autobio)
I remember a pastor's kid was constantly taking acid and listening to Black Sabbath. A friend of mine used to try to flip him out while he was tripping (not that I approved of it).
The original Sabbath lineup is irreplaceable and their output and chemistry timeless, but it must be said that the solo stuff Ozzy was doing after leaving Sabbath was way better than what the rest of the band went on to do without him.
funny they left out any mention of Dave Walker who was in the group 77/78, David Donato in 84. Jeff Fenholt in 85, Glenn Hughes and Ray Gillen in 86, and those guys were more than just a blip in the bands history, Walker wrote the bulk of the songs on NSD, Fenholt was in the group for 6 months writing and recording the basis for Seventh star, which Hughes was featured on, Gillen was in the group for a year finished the tour in 86, then was around for the writing/recording process which led up the the Eternal Idol album.
They also showed Ozzy going solo and completely ignored the fact that it started with Randy Rhodes and they jumped right over Rhodes like he was a nobody and showed clips of ozzy with Jake E Lee.
I left sabbath when ozzy left, for me sabotage was the cherry 🍒 on the cake of Sabbath bloody Sabbath. I just gone back to sabbath at the age of 66 to see if I still like them with out ozzy, it's taking all this time. It's like I saved it after all these years.. Question.. What were the guys doing in the band than? What, did they just play on stage then?
Ozzy kissing bill wards hand before kickin in! Huge love n respect from ozzy!what a live after all those years. Amazing doc with the legend peel narrating. I mean. All this is a great reason to love Britain. Even though shes always had been a tough bitch.. hehe..ehm... yeah.
🇨🇦👏👏👏. That kissing of the hand really GOT me too 🤩! Ozzy reassuring his special friend that all is well again. He knows what a lovely man Bill Ward is .He was literally tortured after being the one to tell Ozzy ….you’re out. I bet he did it in the kindest way possible ,but he did know how hypocritical it was when all four of them needed help for addictions .But after all those decades , Ozzy played for the love of his band mates ,but he did say the last time Toni just left at the end of the gig , no hugs ,no goodbyes cut Ozzy big time , if he doesn’t play with Black Sabbath again ,now you know why ……I am rambling ( a little pot) , but that’s ok.
@@shanny4306 yeah, ward managed to do what ozzy wouldnt seem to (thats my impression) , like finishing a rehab programm and play like the good ol times for one more- so ozzy must had enormous respect for ward, on top of his love as a friend/member of the group
I can't believe this documentary would get the part of Ozzy going solo and completely disregard randy Rhodes and go right to Jake E Lee.this is blasphemy.
why, when they first talk about Ozzy's solo career do they jump straight to Bark at the Moon and dont even mention Billard of Oz and Diary of a Madman - the stuff he did with Randy Rhoads???
The latter half of this video was a tough slog. Not that I mean to speak disparagingly about the material, it just landed different while I was waiting for it to somehow connect back to Black Sabbath.
Ronnie Dio sings diferent ways and he is great SInger they were two singers the one is the lord of darknes and they are all fantstic singers Dio loves Dragons and OZZY is great man when you are over 70 years how you gonna dance on the stage Dio just leave us so earlly niisk that's life but OZZY is stil 'ere and that is realy fine flying high and pogo like young boy ✊😁🤪🇫🇮👊👊
