Wednesday 4 November 2009

Heavy Metal: Researching a Famous Act

Black Sabbath

The Black Sabbath are a English Rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968.
The band members are Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals), Tony Lommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Bill Ward (drums and percussion). The band has had several line-up changes a total of twenty two former members.

The achieved multi platinum and gold albums in 1970's. They are one of the first Heavy Metal bands ever and most influential Heavy Metal band of all time.

They were ranked by MTV as the 'Greatest Metal Band' of all time and were placed second in VH1's greatest artists of hard rock.

They have sold over fifteen million records in the United States alone.

Some of their most successful albums are:

The Black Sabbath (1970)

Paranoid (1970)

Never Say Die! (1978)

Heaven and Hell (1980)

Born Again (1983)

The Eternal Idol (1987)

Forbidden (1995)

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