Name: Sabotage
Brand: Black Sabbath

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CD 2822 R

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2016-08-05

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Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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081227946579

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Black Sabbath

Genre US

Metal

Label US

Rhino

Considered by many to be the first heavy metal band, Black Sabbath was formed in 1968 by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward in Birmingham, UK. The band's original name was the Polka Tulk Blues Band (later shortened to Polka Tulk) and later on changed to Earth before becoming Black Sabbath inspired by an Italian horror movie of the same name.

The original line-up lasted until 1979, after which Osbourne was fired and replaced by Ronnie James Dio. Throughout the years, there were several line-up changes with only Tony Iommi and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls remaining as consistent members. In 1997, Iommi, Butler, Ward, and Osbourne reunited for touring purposes. In 2007, they toured together as Heaven & Hell featuring Dio-era members.

In 2011, it was announced that the original line-up would be recording and touring again but Bill Ward dropped out due to contract issues. The three remaining members continued without him and released "13" in 2013. Black Sabbath played their final live show in Birmingham in 2017 but Tony Iommi has stated that future music and live appearances are still possible.

while many hard-core black sabbath fans consider 1975's sabotage to be the band's most underrated album, it can also be pointed to as the beginning of the end for the original osbourne-iommi-butler-ward line-up. osbourne was starting to feel disillusioned with the group, and the seeds for his highly successful solo career in the '80s were being planted. that said, 'sabotage' was the last sabbath album to truly contain all of the components that made the quartet one the most popular heavy metal bands of all-time, before it pursued less focused musical detours.

Sabotage

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