Possibly a reference to the wife he was with that near bankrupted him with her shopping habits... and the mother of his daughter Toni. This was before Lita I think
They gave him a record by his ex band mate, a poster of his ex fiancé, and they threw in a book by a satanist, which many incorrectly label his band. Are we sure Ozzy and Lita didn’t pack this bag😂
Tony's cocaine days where he spoke a mile a minute and was really outspoken. He said what he wanted back then. You can tell that he was a bit of a dick at that time, but funny and very easy going. His personality completely changed. He's more shy, reserved and kind and maybe even a little less sure of himself these days.
I think this was after he quit doing cocaine. Because in his book he mentioned that after the tour for Eternal Idol, he was getting signed on with a new management, and he was asked by them if he did drugs (of course he lied to them), but I think from that point on was when he quit. Also, Cozy is here with him, so this had to be during the days of Headless Cross (or TYR).
@@KRS2000 I'm pretty sure he said he didn't quit fully until one of his later wives really forced him to. He said even thought they ended up divorcing he was thankful she helped him kick the addiction
Tony used to be a dick since his very early years given the fact he bullied Ozzy in school and was into martial art (supposedly not only for self-defense purpose). But is he shy these days, probably not, he has just become mature and grown out of stupid stuff. Maybe life has tought him some lessons so he changed.
From Wiki : 'Sun City was a place where the South African government allowed entertainment that was banned in most of the country. In protest of apartheid, an international boycott by performers continued for years, although some, such as Queen, ignored it.' Black Sabbath ignored it too.
It would be if it were remixed. Strange how a quite derided album seems to have taken an almost cult like following of it own, independent of all the other sabbath and gillan stuff. People perhaps giving it a second chance with a more open mind is why its more popular now than when it was new. Great songs ruined by the mix, on my phone i have an eq setting just for listening to that album, sounds loads better but still a remix is what is required.
They already had those songs well practised and developed before recorded them as they were playing them in clubs for a couple of months. Tony once said they only played those songs in the studio like it was another gig.
@@britishnerd3919 During the 80s there was this movement to boycott South Africa because of the racist Apartheid regime, in order to press a change in policy. Part of this boycott was also a cultural boycott, there was an organization of musicians called "artists against Apartheid" who took a pledge to not perform in South Africa in protest against Apartheid. Because of this, South African promoters would pay western artists double the pay they would normally get for a concert, to come perform in Sun City, a resort in South Africa situated in one of the so-called "independent homelands" were blacks had been forcefully relocated by the Apartheid regime. While these independent homelands were not recognized by any other country, nor by the UN, the fact that it was *technically* not on South African mainland territory, meant that quite a lot of entertainment that wouldn't be allowed in the rest of South Africa was allowed there. So that's why most western artists were invited to perform in Sun City. As such, in 1986 this organization "Artists against Apartheid" released this charity song and album called "I ain't gonna play Sun City", featuring such proeminent artists as Steven Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, Bono and U2, Tom Petty, Pat Benatar, Ringo Starr, Joey Ramone, Pete Thownshend, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Bob Geldolf, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Motley Crue, Hall and Oates, Stevie Wonder etc.,through which they were taking a pledge to not perform in Sun City, calling for a boycott of South Africa, while at the same time also calling out musicians who didn't respect the boycott. Because even though there was a huge movement to boycott South Africa and a lot of western musicians refused to perform in Sun City, there were also many musicians that didn't respect the boycott and went to perform there anyway, some of these latter ones included Rod Stewart, Ray Charles, Tina Turner, The Beach Boys, Fred Astaire, Linda Ronstadt, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Paul Simon, Status Quo,Eric Clapton, and perhaps most famously, Queen, who sparked a huge controversy in 1984 when they accepted to perform in Sun City, and were even blacklisted by the United Nations because of it, and also another band that did not respect the boycott was Iommi's Black Sabbath (post-Ozzy), who performed in Sun City in 1986 or 1987 if my memory serves me correctly,and received a tendemous amount of criticism because of it. So basically the record was indirectly calling out bands and musicians like Queen, Black Sabbath or Rod Stewart who didn't respect the boycott, and that's what made Iommi really angry and made him throw away the record.
@@reggiekrager5411 given the state of things in the late 80s I can't blame him for taking the money to play there, sabbath wasn't particularly healthy at the time. I'm not defending apartheid etc. People bang on about apartheid but completely ignored the far worse things that were happening all over the world at that time. Like the Holocaust, Stalin killed millions more than Hitler and hardly anyone knows much about it, and Mao killed more than all other genocides combined and no one knows much about it, half the people don't even know who Mao was.
1:05, thats the first time I've ever heard him use that word. When he was talking about the first album and mentioned how albums take months to years to make, he had no idea that Chinese Democracy by Guns and Roses would take 15 years, many musicians, and tens of millions of dollars to make.
@Evergreen Layne There was that one song that was one there called Better, or something like that. It's only barely memorable to me because I remember thinking, "What the bloody hell? This is supposed to be a Guns and Roses song?". As for the title track, all I remember is "Iron fist." That's about it. Other than that, yeah, you're right. What was the point.
I've got this book by Crowley. Interesting if you have no prejudices about it, but disappointing to teen metal fans who think it'll make them mysterious mages.
As a gen-X'er, being raised and among drugs and drug culture my entire life. I can confidently tell you that Copious amounts of cocaine were involved in every aspect of this clip(s)
Most modern albums would be better if they were recorded in one day. They are too good these days, there's no rough edges that make the musics character.
Anyone know why the Sun City thing was included in the thing, was there a connection I'm not aware about? Tony had the right attitude about that rubbish by the way
The album with Ian Gillen - Born Again - has some brilliant music, unfortunately, the singing and terrible lyrics hold it back. It would've been great if they recycled those riffs & songs with Dio, especially Disturbing the Priest and Zero the Hero.
