Old Sabbath Appreciation Thread

[horns666]

Fuck Cleveland Metal John and myself looked like a Balck Sabbath tribute band in high school...did you see his pic..SG and all ..

I looked like Geezer..with a big ol' cross , P bass and all..go figure..

[Soap]

Both eras, Ozzy era and Dio era and completely different beasts and both provide killer music.

Ozzy era...although all were pretty much top notch War Pigs is by far is their best offering. This album is stellar, nothing bad, all of it was magical killer metal.
Dio era...Like Ozzies era all with Dio was good too, but dehumanizier really stands of most for me. I just reaquianted myself with this album several days ago and still enjoy it every time I listen to it.

Then theres that 3rd era, with a no name singer that I don't care to recall.
It was a completely different Sabbath. I didn't care for this stuff at all.

Then theres the undisbutable and unforgetable, "Reborn" Ian Gillian (sorry if I misspelled it wrong). The Reborn tour was cut short because Ian ran off to join the Deep Purple reunion. This album imo musically was sooooo far from anything Sabbath ever did and with Gillain at vocals not only was historical Sabbath moment but more importantly, killer music. I really digged this album.

[fett]

Being very, very old, I grew up with Motown; the 4 Seasons; The Beatles; and such. Then Black Sabbath when I was 20. Their first LP was a must have. Their music was so "New". Just great stuff when you grew up on Little Eva.

[toejam]

The original 8 albums with Ozzy are awesome! I've really been digging the last two especially... Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die.

[joshulator]

I love old school Sabbath. It's so powerful, and makes me feel the same way. I personally think their second and third albums (Paranoid and Masters of Reality) were by far their best. Between those two, I prefer the latter.

[OnlineStageGear]

<---- Used to be in a Black Sabbath Tribute Band

[Cleveland Metal]

We weren't officially a tribute, but you'd have thought we were! haha...

Beaner: the rest was just atrocious - almost unlistenable.

Wow... Never heard that before about sabbath... Except from maybe my dad, haha..

Can't agree on the Sabbath w/you, but I do agree about the Schenker stuff tho. Great player, but his CDs are boringly bad IMO... Lotsa guitar Gods do that tho...

[Endrik]

I was a huge fan once, my dad bought a Sabotage and then I got all the other ones too. These days I don't listen to them....maybe some times Greatest Hits stuff but that's it, I still love most of the 60's and 70's bands but Sabbath wrote so many unbelieveably booring songs, the great ones are pure gold but the others are crap IMO. Sabotage is still my fav. ozzy era album.

[Endrik]

Symptom Of The Universe is the essential metal song, no other song is so metal as this, the other metal should be judged after this.

[m2pmd70]

Sabbath? Hell yeah! That's just one of those bands I can listen to any time, some I have to be in a particular mood - but Sabbath never disappoints. I have my MP3 player packed full of Sabbath and some heavier Zeppelin for jogging. Sepultura wore me out too quick. LOL

[pro-fusion]

I love all of the Sabbath eras, and Iommi was my very first and probably most important guitar influence. Hell, back in the '80s when all of you guys were trying to look and sound like EVH with your poofy hair and Kramers and Charvels, I was a distinctly unfashionable Iommi geek with a Fu Manchu mustache, all-black clothes, and a fetish for Gibsons. Hmm, didn't make me real popular with the ladies, for some reason...

[horns666]

Symptom Of The Universe is the essential metal song, no other song is so metal as this, the other metal should be judged after this.

Oh Goddamn yeah...oh very fuck yeah!!

[quakana]

My fav on that album is HOLE IN THE SKY and next The Writ

[charvelguy]

I grew up with a steady diet of the first handful. Never Say Die and Mob Rules were good 'but' after that.. I lost interest, probably due to VH. Paranoid, Masters, Vol4 and Sabbath Bloody and the compilation We Sold Our Souls were probably listened and learned from more than Kiss in my book.

[sambencuda]

Sabbath rules.