Black Sabbath
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Ozzy Osbourne once trashed a Black Sabbath hotel room with a dismembered shark
We’re dipping into the Far Out vaults to bring you a ludicrous story from the annals of Black Sabbath and…
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Tony Iommi’s isolated guitar for Black Sabbath song ‘Paranoid’ proves his genius
“Right at the beginning I was told by the doctors: ‘You won’t be playing the guitar.’ But I believed I…
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The curious connection between Black Sabbath and Quentin Tarantino
Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Quentin Tarantino are not three names that you’d expect to be linked together. Of course,…
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The classic song Black Sabbath wrote to “impress” themselves
Black Sabbath are one of the most influential bands of all time. Hard rocking to the core, their dark take…
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The Black Sabbath track that inspired a hip-hop classic
Sometimes, even the most unlikely pairings can result in artistic brilliance. Al Green and Annie Lennox did it with ‘Put…
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A catalogue of mayhem: The horrendous pranks Black Sabbath played on Bill Ward
There are pranks like the old whoopie-cushion under the bride’s chair, and then there’s Bill Ward being hospitalised on multiple…
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The song Black Sabbath wrote as an ode to cocaine
The recording of Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4 was a distinctly hedonistic affair. It was the first time the group found…
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Ernie Ball Music Man model played by Eddie Van Halen during a spontaneous Black Sabbath studio session hits the auction block
An Ernie Ball Music Man electric guitar, which was once borrowed by Eddie Van Halen for an impromptu studio session…
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Geezer Butler Still Doesn’t Know What Producer Rick Rubin Did on Black Sabbath’s ’13’ Album
In 2013, Black Sabbath released 13, their first new album with Ozzy Osbourne since 1978. It was produced by the…
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Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler names his favourite bassist
Geezer Butler grew up in Birmingham following the Second World War, a time when his hometown had been bombed to…
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