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[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/15698271 ]Sabbath are back![/url]
cher ching.....
Awesome
60+ year-olds don't rock. They blow dust.
Best band ever.
Listen to the till ringing, shameless.
You can't go back! Saw them a few times in the 70's so have lots of good memories including the infamous Royal Albert Hall gig. Rock bands were banned after that. 😆
Oh dear God.
Oh well Toni's an amazing guitarist..
Too late, since the best Sabbath albums are Heaven and Hell, and Mob Rules.
Yet another sad. Old. Cash. In. Seems that's what rock has become.
Heard them on the tv : " the time was right".
Yep, never have there been so many suckers up for splashing out for a bit of nostalgia.
"music" industry.... 🙄
lets be honest it's the "money making" industry, the world is literally alive at the minute with new bands and amazing music and who was the biggest selling band? I think it was someone like Bon Jovi, or something.
They never went away, they were still goin under the name heaven and hell with dio until his sad demise! In fact the devil you know from a cpl years ago is insanely good.....just check out the track bible black!
mattjg - Member
the best Sabbath albums are Heaven and Hell, and Mob Rules.
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mattjg - Member
Too late, since the best Sabbath albums are Heaven and Hell, and Mob Rules.
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Heaven and hell is okay. Mob Rules is shite.
The early stuff is by far superior. I can't wait 🙂
Used to see a Sabbath cover band on the South coast called Slack Sabbath and their singer was called Ozzy Eastbourne. Well,it tickled me.
crock rock
Good to see the whiners and whingers are up and awake. Who the hell cares if it's about making money, being in a band isn't a charity; sure people need to have a love of what they're doing, but if they can't earn a living, then there's no point. Personally, all the variations of Sabbath without Ozzy were pointless, really more about trading on the name, and, frankly a cynical money-making exercise. Like the travesty going under the name of Thin Lizzy. I'm sure they're a good band, but with only one original member they might as well be a tribute band. No Lynott, no Lizzy; no Ozzy, no Sabbath.
And yes, I saw both in their prime, Sabbath on the Sabbath 4 tour, and Lizzy four or five times, Black Rose, Johnny The Fox, Reading twice, and Grand Slam as well. I'd seriously consider getting tickets for a Sabbath tour, I reckon they'll put on a great show.
Too late, since the best Sabbath albums are Heaven and Hell, and Mob Rules.
Ronnie Dio must die.
I hope he has nothing to do with this.
Rat Salad.
No more War Pigs have the power,
Hand of God has struck the hour.
Day of judgement, God is calling,
on their knees the war pigs crawling.
Begging mercies for their sins,
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.
Oh lord, yeah!
Saw the Heaven and Hell tour last year a few months befoe Dio passed away - still sounded great.
They were supported by Lamb of God - jeez, I felt ancient when I had to leave the hall when they were on!
[i]I'd seriously consider getting tickets for a Sabbath tour, I reckon they'll put on a great show.[/i]
See, I was right.
Ronnie Dio must die.I hope he has nothing to do with this.
Rat Salad.
Sure he won't, the fella passed away a few months back.. You may just wanna check up on that.
I love sabbath, and the effect they had on music was massive. Still get goosebumps listening to 'wheels of confusion' with headphones on, epic riffs and some of the finest guitar tone ever recorded.
TBH though, the last decent album was probably technical ecstasy in '76 or so.
Nothing they can do now will please fans of the early stuff - it will either be a rehash or they'll try something new and it'll be shit.
As I grew up I began to appreciate the Dio era a bit more. even on the dodgier later albums there's some good stuff.
Dio was a top entertainer and was great till the end, never saw a bad show. Ozzy however has failed to deliver. Can't wait though, sod the miserable cynics.
What... [i]Again?[/i]
It's all going to depend on which Ozzy turns up... Last time I saw Sabbath (2005?) it was absolutely cringeworthy, he really looked like he'd just been slapped awake and shoved on stage by his demented wife, with absolutely no idea what was happening. But then again, he was bloody good the time before just playing in his own band.
kenneththecurtain - Member
Still get goosebumps listening to 'wheels of confusion' with headphones on
+ a million, at least.
I'm too young to have seen Sabbath in their early years but did get to see them during the last reunion tour, and Heaven and Hell about three years ago. Cash-in? Who cares? The chance to see one of the greatest and most influential bands of our time? Yes please. The four of them are still capable of blowing any other band away, Geezer and Tony especially.
My only concern is whether Bill is healthy enough to do it.
I never really got into Sabbath, mostly because of Ozzy, I know, I know... It's Ok, I'm allowed to say it.
But my bestest mate (whoop Bod, sorely missed) loved em' Utterly obsessed so whenever we hung out, Sab's tunes filled the air.. This stood out for me...
Thing is, and of course I may have a poor memory, I don't remember Ozzy doing such crazy things apart from, of course, his item of clothing which he discarded and I caught. 8)
He didn't have a great voice (Ian Gillan of Deep Purple did) and, yes, Tony Iommi was pretty cool on the guitar. I will treasure my memories of seeing them live, as well as the vinyl albums I've kept.
Rock on. 🙂
Wowsers, I seem to have missed a whole load of Sab's stuff.. Who dis den ? Tony Martin???
[i]The chance to see one of the greatest and most influential bands of our time?[/i]
Its not though is it? Thats what they were 40 years ago. Now they're just a bunch of old has-beens.
😆 @ Dez
DezB - Member
The chance to see one of the greatest and most influential bands of our time?Its not though is it? Thats what they were 40 years ago. Now they're just a bunch of old has-beens.
Thank you, DezB, for saying so. I was starting to despair of this forum! 😕
Good God, I'm rocking out here.. The Eternal Idol is... bloomin brill!
I know....!!!
A few years ago I saw someone that had been around for a very long time. In fact it was his 80th birthday tour. He was amazing and could still play a guitar.
B B King
Legend.
C_G, I saw him and Lucille at his bar in Nashville. 🙂
Did he reform?
Bikebouy - always preferred this version.
I think Ozzy whines and snivels and moans and exalts and is just creepy sounding, which is perfect. I liked RJD but didn't think his more "operatic" vocal style really suited Sab. I think RJD was great in Rainbow.
He didn't have a great voice
It isn't about the quality, it is the style. And he sings off-key to great effect - a quite unique voice and perfectly suited yo the Sabbath style.
@C_G
I can believe it about BB King. The thing is, blues isn't like rock. The latter is supposed to be, by definition, 'cool' and 'rebellious', etc., etc.
I have no problem with still liking something I liked from the 1970s and 80s; I just think it's really weird when those very same people are trying to generate in me the same sort of immature, emotional responses I had then.
U2, the Stones are supreme examples of the guilty. Let them all go the way of REM, I say. And let me just add that I am a fan of them all.
Just not in their present forms.
DezB - Member
Its not though is it? Thats what they were 40 years ago. Now they're just a bunch of old has-beens.
Has-beens? Listen to the last Heaven and Hell album or Iommi/Hughes and tell me that Tony isn't still relevant.
Good news but I thought Bill Ward's health issues were severe enough to prevent massive touring? Maybe he's ok now so they can perform again.
@ c_g - would love to see BB King. Saw Leonard Cohen in Mancester a couple of years ago - 70 years old and he is still one of the most emotionally evocative singers out there, one of the best gigs I've ever been to.
Think I'll pass on the Sabbath reunion tour though!
[i]tell me that Tony isn't still relevant[/i]
ok, he isn't relevant anymore, ok?
What really pisses me off is people whittering on about seeing them 'back in '74' and all that. All well and good but some of us weren't old enough to see them back then so are happy to be able to see a return to the original line up now.
Well I saw them in '78 at Sheffields City Hall on the Never Say Die tour and they were pretty good & very loud....supported by an up & coming band called VAN HALEN...which hardly anybody watched...fools. I had a great view right up front! That Eddie sure could/can play
What really pisses me off is people whittering on about seeing them 'back in '74' and all that. All well and good but some of us weren't old enough to see them back then so are happy to be able to see a return to the original line up now.
Just to rub it in m_f, first time I saw them was 1973 at the Royal Albert Hall then again in 1974 at the legendary Rainbow in Finsbury Park. After that I can't remember, must be an age thing. 😉
Still have a collection of their vinyl albums.
So do I (on vinyl too) pretty much every album up to Mob Rules. They (originally) split just before I started going to gigs at 14. yrs old so I never saw them play live.
I saw them on the 'Last Supper' reunion tour at the NEC in 99, with Drain and SoaD supporting. Great stuff - I'd got into 'classic' Sabbath when I was in my early-mid teens, so never had the chance to see them before that.
Ozzy seems to have deteriorated over the years whenever I've seen him live though. 🙁 I don't care how old a band are, as long as they put on a good show and seem to be enjoying it.