Black Sabbath was an English heavy metal band that formed in 1968 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom and disbanded in 2017, originally comprising Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums). In the early 70s, they were the first to pair heavily distorted, sonically dissonant blues rock at slow speeds with lyrics about drugs.
Black Sabbath were an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward and singer Ozzy Osbourne. Black Sabbath are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with releases such as Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970) and Master of Reality (1971). The band had multiple line-up changes, with Iommi being the only constant member throughout its history. On 7 March 2017, Black Sabbath announced they had disbanded.- IMDb Mini Biography By:Trivia (5).
The original Black Sabbath, from left to right:, andStudio albums19Live albums6Compilation albums12Video albums7EPs1Singles30The discography of, a British band, includes 19, six, 12, seven, one and 30. The band was formed in 1968 by (vocals), (lead guitar), (bass guitar), and (drums). Throughout their history, the band experienced multiple lineup changes. Though the second most recent line-up of the band to work together were, Iommi, and Butler, for three new songs for a compilation in 2007, the original line-up was still considered the 'current' lineup at the time and had been since their reunion in 1997. The 2007 sessions were deemed a one-off which led to the Heaven and Hell side project, resulting in a new studio album in 2009 entitled. In June 2013, a partial reformation of the original line-up released, which was the first album to feature Osbourne on vocals since 1978's.
After 49 years together, Black Sabbath announced their breakup in March 2017.