Black Sabbath

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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English Heavy Metal band from Birmingham, who are known to be co-founders of the Heavy Metal genre. Black Sabbaths' dark and heavy music was the blueprint for todays Black Metal or Doom Metal. The original lineup consisted of Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass-guitar) and Bill Ward (drums). Since the bands formation in 1968, the lineup changed multiple times but the band is still active to the present day.

Formation

The Ozzy Years

The Split

The Dio Years

Original Lineup Reunion

Heaven & Hell Reunion

Influence On Music

Ozzy Osbourne

Tony Iommi

Geezer Butler

Bill Ward

Ronnie James Dio

Discography

   * Black Sabbath (1970)
   * Paranoid (1970)
   * Master of Reality (1971)
   * Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 (1972)
   * Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
   * Sabotage (1975)
   * Technical Ecstasy (1976)
   * Never Say Die! (1978)
   * Heaven and Hell (1980)
   * Mob Rules (1981)
   * Born Again (1983)
   * Seventh Star (1986)
   * The Eternal Idol (1987)
   * Headless Cross (1989)
   * Tyr (1990)
   * Dehumanizer (1992)
   * Cross Purposes (1994)
   * Forbidden (1995)

--ZakkWylde 22:31, 19 May 2008 (CEST)