The Sabbath Stones: Busted Open's Dave LaGreca Guests to Talk Black Sabbath! 

Anno Domini is the most excited I have ever been about Sabbath since Dehumanizer, tired of hearing about OZZY this and OZZY that.. it’s time to give the Tony Martin years the attention it deserves after decades of neglect.. Headless Cross, Anno Mundi, Nightwing, Cross of Thorns… the list goes on.. tremendous songs from the most underrated period of the bands history. Tony Martin deserves the respect that he is getting these days.. finally!!

Chris absolutely needs to do his own podcast channel. He cracks me up every time he is on SOT.

Chris. ALO. Pete and Dave. Phenomenal fun show. Thx guys 👍💯

Thanks for sticking up for changes Dave, excellent song! 👏

Pete. King Alo. Dave. Sabbath. WIN.

Sabbath rules🤘🤘

Changes is a classic, deserves to be there.

Yo Dave: Sab fan since '74 here. A true Sabbath elitist loves Changes for what it is, Ozzy's most emotive vocal performance ever

Anno Domini came out today, and Tony's remix of Forbidden changes everything. It's like a whole new album. Amazing job. Definitely, leap-frogs Forbidden up several spots for me.

Never Say Die - I actually like four songs on there. Junior's Eyes, Johnny Blade, Hard Road, and the title track.

Dave is awesome, hope he returns, was a hoot of a show guys thanks!

The simultaneous groans from Chris and Pete when Ozzy's daughter covering the song is classic. Cool show

Changes is a classic Sabbath song , so is Planet Caravan . The slow numbers always enhance their albums .

I love Changes too! Nothing wrong with that song at all

Cool shirt Pete!

Great to see Dave back again. Really enjoying these recent shows with smaller panels but longer discussions.

Between The Sabbath Stones and Hack's Rainbow ranking, not a bad way to spend a Thursday night before a holiday weekend. ✌️everybody

Don’t pay attention to them Dave😅. Forbidden is a lot better than they are saying. Obviously not among their best, but I like it

Need more Alo on sot !!!!!

Wow! Fabolous channel you have Pete!

Fantastic guitar at the start of “Feels good to me”

Good stuff fellas🤘

I remember getting Headless Cross in the mail from the BMG music club not really knowing WTF it was... I played it figuring I would hate it. That album really rekindled my love of Sabbath, as most of my friends had moved on from metal by that time. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I played Headless constantly and loved it, and bought all of the subsequent albums with Martin. I really had a special relationship with that album. Can't really explain it, but it touched me deeply and totally takes me back to my first girlfriend era... Heather, where are you now?? 😅 Really looking forward to hearing the new remixed set! Great show guys! Much respect to Alo, as I really take notes on his recommendations from other shows. 👋 😎

Enjoyed Dave as an occasional guest on The Monster's Den so thanks for being here, the unmissable Sabbath Stones, many thanks guys.

Great episode gentlemen👌

I wish we'd gotten more with Ian Gillan.

I agree with Chris: you gotta eat! This takes priority over most things.

Sabbath never made a bad album with any singer!

Hey guys! 👋 How we doing tonight ? Love this trio

I wouldn't want a whole album with songs like "Changes," but I like it that song, particularly on Vol. 4.

Changes is an awesome song, just like Rainbow Eyes for Rainbow is. Love them both.

I am enjoying Never Say Die right now. Great album.

Great show guys!👏 I quite like forbidden, it's ok nothing special but ok. A bit overhated.

Classic Sharon move. There's interest in the Tony Martin years now, so let's sabotage it!

First time watching the show. Heard Dave LaGreca was on and had to tune in!!

Great show guys 👍😎 like Dave said I feel bad for Ozzy let the man rest oh by the way Dave, I like changes

What a funny and interesting show. Thanks to the three of you. ❤❤❤🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥🔥🔥

Great panel and an amazing episode! Please we need more often the sabbath stones (obviously Pete and the guys already do a lot for us)

Love this show! As much as I love the band, it's really just the first two decades of output that I pay attention to, and studio albums only really. Love how dedicate these guys are to the band, it's like listening to the same kind of convos you have with your friends over a drink.

Rusty angels does have a great riff

Mahalo Pete,Chris and Dave.. Always so informative and entertaining..🤙🏼

Dave I agree with your choices! Changes was one of my favorite songs for a long time! I love variety in my music even Sabbath. Tony Martin albums were amazing! The only reason they didn't sell well was because metal in general was not popular then!

Another Forbidden fan here

Great discussion guys,cheers. Love Dave's tshirt, I remember an interview with Mike Makela from Bongzilla making that very statement!

I completely agree with Dave! Forbidden >>> NSD, TE, 13. Rusty Angels, Forbidden and Kiss of Death are great. Also why was Loser Gets All a bonus track?

Brilliant episode guys, and what a top bloke Dave is! Good to see Chris' favourite Sabbath song hasn't changed, it's also mine too, although with so many amazing tunes it's not an easy choice. I haven't heard Forbidden yet, but will do whenever I get around to buying that (expensive) Tony Martin boxset. Keep up the great work lads!

Just finished the episode and immediately went and listened to NSD. Absolutely love this album, sorry guys!😂

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath! 😈

The hate for Never say die always baffles me. When me and my friends started listening to Sabbath in our late teens during the early 90's, Never say die was probably the 3rd cd we heard. You just bought what was in stock at the music store and looked cool. It had bad production but we all liked it. Every one of us. All Ozzy was killer. Only Technical Ecstacy was below par.

It's really an enjoyable episode .one of the best so far 😂

Great show the only thing missing was the King's impression of Ozzy singing Changes. 😂

I absolutely LOVE Rusty Angels☺️. I am not a fan of Dokken or any of those 80 bands. At all! Changes??? Amazing song. Crazy talk

I didn't know Dave was such a talented musician. Any chance of him headlining the next SoT Fest with his cover version of "FX"?

Such a fun show! Dave is a great guest on the channel. I actually really like No Stranger To Love. I do agree it was the absolute worst choice they could’ve made for the single from the album. But the vibe and vocals are fantastic on the song. Changes isn’t one of my favorite Sabbath tunes but I know a ton of folks who love it. I’m gonna need to revisit the Tony Martin stuff if only to see how I feel about Forbidden

Enjoyed this a lot. Charles Bradley did an incredible version of Changes before he passed.

I'm with Dave on Am I Going Insane. That song is creepy af in context with the rest of the album. It used to freak me right out.

I love Planet Caravan. Forbidden is much better than many claim.

Dave is so damn entertaining

My favorite Sabbath song is Thrill of it All!

Never Say Die was good!

I play piano I love changes. Ozzy has a soul.

Some very good takes on this show. If I'd changed one thing about the history of Black Sabbath (other than a proper reunion studio album in 99/00) it's releasing Eternal Idol with Ray Gillen on vocals during 87. I love the Tony martin era, but I prefer the Gillen versions of this particular album.

Hey I like Rusty Angels! Always thought it was the standout track, reminds me of early Dio-era.

Dave……..I just streamed Forbidden while awaiting my box set to be delivered. I’ve never heard it before as I was always put off my the reviews and stupidly never bothered with it. It is, in my opinion hands down better than Never Say Die, really enjoyable and a lot heavier than I expected.

Forbidden is their best album! Pete and Chris are full of beans on this one.

Now that was a super funny vid! Invite David more!

I really don`t mind "Never Say Die". Is it one of their best ? No. But I don`t hate it. And Yeah, I agree about "Eternal Idol", it`s got a lot of great songs on it.

Fav song: Into The Void

Best. T-shirt. Ever.

Most frustrating thing is that "Forbidden " it got one of the best Album Covers of Sabbath. Planet Caravan was my first Sabbath song thanks to Pantera. Sabotage is my Sabbath album .. so none of the songs being on the We sold our souls. I like Changes as well .. its got alot of atmosphere. Favorite Martin era is Tyr Favorite sabbath song ever " Megalomania"

Go Dave……. Love it 😂

I have ordered the Anno Domini CD box set. I never bought the Tony Martin era Black Sabbath albums. I come from the Deep Purple family musicians/bands. Looking forward to hearing the new Forbidden mix. To hear Neil Murray & Cozy Powell locking in together behind the Riff Lord. Health issues in Sabbath fold restricts large scale touring. Perhaps a Black Sabbath family TV live gig should be explored instead,with the singers Tony Martin,Glenn Hughes,Ian Gillan and Rob Halford. I couldn’t see Team Ozzy wanting to appear,but an invitation should be sent non the less. Geezer,Bill,Vinny,Kenny Aronoff.. and Scott Warren on Keyboards.

Nice video...😃👍

I love Changes. My wife loves it, too. Perhaps Changes is a chick Sabbath song. Will Tony Iommi remix Born Again? If so...when?

Hey if Overkill covered Never Say Die and Changes on their coverkill album then those are great songs

Those t-shirts are very good, I would like to buy some like that but I can't find where to buy them, especially the one that says trust only the first Sabbath albums quote.

I really like Changes.

I agree with Dave about giving Ozzy a break! He's given us enough music to enjoy for our pleasure and I'm perfectly fine with him just doing podcasts where he talks about his rock star life and the lessons he's learned since. The man is physically not capable of doing another tour. I do like "Am I Going Insane (Radio)," by the way!

Changes is fine. It's better than Solitude and She's Gone. Wishing Well....not great but it's still better than Walk Away.

I wanted to hear him defend songs on Never Say Die.

Seventh Star was supposed to be a solo album by Tony! love song No stranger to love! They played the video a lot on MTV, it was the cheesy 80s lol

I'm rooting for Changes too!

I'm still waiting for Chris Alo to start up his weekly Black Sabbath show.

🕵🏻‍♂️ NSD love may come from alternative/indie/grunge fans and musicians For exemple, it’s Kim Thayil’s - Soundgarden’s guitarist - favorite Sabbath album And I think I personnally like it too because 01 I love Soundgarden, and/or 02 Ozzy having a very-very similar voice to the late great Kevin Coyne, it sounds like an album he could have done... 👨🏻‍🎨

Chris Alo is the funniest guy in the world!!!

Hey Pete, when are you gonna review the Forbiden remix? Fan from Nicaragua

Personally, I'd really like to see Iommi and Martin get together, do an album and tour. They could call the band headleas cross, go out and kick ass

Can we get Chris a Light?

Dave - listen, I’ve been a long time viewer of this channel, I’ve heard a lot of questionable takes on here, but the collective SoT take that Changes is a bad song is the WORST most diabolically insane take that this channel has ever produced. The fact that Pete also almost just said the Planet Caravan is a bad song gave me heart palpitations and I’m thinking of calling my doctor. So, please just know you are not alone, and in fact the vast majority of music fans of the world are with you and Chris and Pete are a tiny, tiny minority.

Never Say Die is my favorite Ozzy era album. I can't fathom why people don't like it. I had to buy another copy because I wore out the first. Some people can't handle change.

Is Sharon singing for sabbs next? 🤣

WHEN WILL FISH do a nice 2 hour show with u guys! GET FISH!

“Changes” is a great track. It’s the creepy mellotron that makes it a Sabbath track.

I guess you guys know it, but the (radio) on the song Am I going insane, does not point it being somekind of radio edit or something. It's a some old English slang word for someone who's mad/crazy/insane=radio. Don't remember the descriptrion, but it's straight from the Sabbath guys.

LaGreca's defence of Changes is valiant but so so so wrong. lol. This episode is comedy gold.

Lol bloody hilarious 😂

With the purest and best of intentions I don’t think Ozzy will ever play live again- other than one song.

Wouldn't piss on the last two albums with Martin if they were on fire. Headless Cross is a great song as is Devil and Daughter. Most of TYR is awesome and I think Eternal Idol is the best! 7th Star has grown on me over the years. and don't forget the dp sessions and Fused with Hughes has some awesome stuff. Shockwave is a keeper off NSD. Also Juniors Eyes and Johnny Blade and I really like the weird jazzy Air Dance. Love the argument. To each his own. p.s. Too bad Sab didn't have a manager like Peter Grant that actually believed in his band. Fave song? Symptom of the Universe!

I like many of the songs on Forbidden, granted it's not their best work, but I don't appreciate when people put Sabbath in a box. To say "I won't cry for you" and "Rusty Angels" aren't worthy to be Sabbath songs is closed minded as hell though. "Can't get close enough" is a great song too, there is no 10 min intro and outro, WTH are you saying? What I get from these comments are folks who can't appreciate the light and shade of tonal progressions. If all you look for is Iommi's heavy riffs, you're missing his best intricacies. There have always been "out of the box" Sabbath songs and that's what makes Sabbath so unique, palatable and cool. Take any of these from the old days, "Changes", "Fluff", "Sabbra Cadabra", "It's Alright", "Air Dance" (most of last two 70's Ozz albums), "Keep it warm", on and on....certainly not the doomy hits, but real Sabbath fans see the beauty in diversity.

I love Bill but he finally admitted he hasn't had the chops since he was 60, that was 15 years ago...