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The Dio Years
''Black Sabbath: The Dio Years'' is a 2007 compilation CD of material recorded by Black Sabbath during vocalist Ronnie James Dio's tenure in the band. The CD contains remastered tracks taken from the studio albums '' Heaven and Hell'' (1980), '' Mob Rules'' (1981), and '' Dehumanizer'' (1992), as well as a live version of the song " Children of the Sea" taken from the live album '' Live Evil'' (1982). It also contains three songs that were recorded in 2007: "The Devil Cried", "Shadow of the Wind", and "Ear in the Wall". It was reported that the collection was first conceived of as a box set including all albums from '' Heaven and Hell'' to ''The Eternal Idol''. This idea was eventually scrapped, and instead a box set was planned to feature just the four albums recorded from the Dio era of the band. This second idea was put aside, though would eventually be revisited as ''The Rules of Hell'', a box set released in the summer of 2008. In an interview conducted by Martin Popoff, To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band were previously named Earth, and before that the Polka Tulk Blues Band), they distinguished themselves through Occult, occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics and down-tuned guitars. Their first three albums, ''Black Sabbath (album), Black Sabbath'', ''Paranoid (album), Paranoid'' (both 1970), and ''Master of Reality'' (1971), were commercially successful, and are now cited as pioneering albums in the development of heavy metal music. Subsequent albums ''Vol. 4 (Black Sabbath album), Vol. 4'' (1972), ''Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'' (1973), ''Sabotage (Black Sabbath album), Sabotage'' (1975), ''Technical Ecstasy'' (1976), and ''Never Say Die!'' (1978) saw the band explore more Experimental music, experimental and Progressive rock, progressive s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of The Sea (song)
"Children of the Sea" is a song by heavy metal band Black Sabbath, from their ninth studio album, '' Heaven and Hell'' (1980). Overview "Children of the Sea" was the first song written by the band following the 1979 departure of original lead singer Ozzy Osbourne. The song's melody and lyrics were composed by new singer, Ronnie James Dio, and the music was written largely by guitarist Tony Iommi. After first meeting Iommi in 1979, Dio arrived at the guitarist's Los Angeles house for a jam session, and on that occasion the duo wrote the song. "Tony had this great riff he played me but nothing to go with it," recalled Dio. "I said, 'Gimme a minute' and went into the corner and started writing down the words." Iommi recalled the moment as a turning point in Black Sabbath's career, saying "It was exciting and challenging because we were doing things that quite frankly would have been beyond us with Ozzy. He wasn't that sort of singer." Iommi claims to still possess a very early demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Ward (musician)
William Thomas Ward (born 5 May 1948) is an English drummer. He was a co-founder and the original drummer for the hard rock band Black Sabbath. Ward helped found Black Sabbath in 1968 alongside bandmates Ozzy Osbourne (lead singer), Tony Iommi (guitarist), and Geezer Butler (bass). Biography Early years and Black Sabbath Bill started to play drums as a child, listening to the big bands of the 1940s; his early major influences were Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson. Later he was influenced by drummers such as Larrie Londin, Bernard Purdie, Joe Morello, Keef Hartley, Hughie Flint, John Bonham, Ringo Starr, Jim Capaldi and Clive Bunker. In the mid-1960s Ward sang and played drums in a band called the Rest, before he and guitarist Tony Iommi played together in a band called Mythology, and upon that band's dissolution joined vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler, who had previously played together in a band called Rare Breed. The new band called themselves Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Knights
"Neon Knights" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath from 1980's '' Heaven and Hell'', their first album with American vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Overview "Neon Knights" was the last song written by the band for the ''Heaven and Hell'' album. It was quickly written and recorded at Studio Ferber in Paris during January 1980 simply to fill time on the album's first side. The lyrics were written by Ronnie James Dio. It is the only song on ''Heaven and Hell'' to definitely feature songwriting input from bassist Geezer Butler, the band's main lyricist during the Ozzy Osbourne era. Butler was absent for most of the songwriting process due personal issues as well as his own uncertainty as to whether he wanted to remain in the band. Dio occasionally performed the song during their live shows in later years. The B-side of the 1980 single release features a live version of "Children of the Sea" from an unspecified date. The song reached number 22 on the UK charts, but failed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geezer Butler
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heaven & Hell (band), Heaven & Hell, GZR, Ozzy Osbourne, and Deadland Ritual. Early life Butler adopted the nickname "Geezer" at an early age. "It came because when I was at school, my brother was in the army, and he was based with a lot of Cockneys. And people in London call everybody a 'geezer.' [It means] just a man — like, 'Hello, mate.' It's just like somebody calling you 'dude' over here (in the United States). In England, it'd be 'geezer.' So my brother used to come home from leave from the army, and he'd be going, 'Hello, geezer. How are you, geezer?' So because I had looked up to my brother when I was about seven years old, I'd go to school calling everybody a geezer. So that's how I got cursed with it." Butler grew up in a working- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of The Grave
"Children of the Grave" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath, from their 1971 album ''Master of Reality''. The song lyrically continues with the same anti-war themes brought on by " War Pigs" and "Electric Funeral" from the band's previous album ''Paranoid''. The song has been featured on a number of greatest hits and live albums by Black Sabbath, as well as by the band's lead vocalist Ozzy Osbourne during his solo career. Track listing # "Children of the Grave" (Edit) – 3:47 # "Solitude" – 3:45 Legacy "Children of the Grave" is widely considered one of Black Sabbath's greatest songs. In 2020, ''Kerrang'' ranked the song number six on their list of the 20 greatest Black Sabbath songs, and in 2021, ''Louder Sound'' ranked the song number five on their list of the 40 greatest Black Sabbath songs. The song was used in the 2022 film ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe''. Cover versions White Zombie version The band White Zombie covered "Children of the Grave" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At Hammersmith Odeon
''Live at Hammersmith Odeon'' is a live album by Black Sabbath recorded at three concerts between 31 December 1981 and 2 January 1982, during the ''Mob Rules'' tour. It was released by Rhino Handmade on 1 May 2007 in a limited edition of 5000, which sold out immediately. The songs "Country Girl" and "Slipping Away" made their debut on an official live release. The CD was released only as a digipak, featuring a mini reproduction of a tour programme. Although a UK tour programme for the ''Mob Rules'' dates was produced, the one included with this release was for the January 1981 UK dates, which were part of the '' Heaven and Hell'' tour. The cover photo is also from the earlier tour. The 2010 two-disc deluxe edition of '' Mob Rules'' included ''Live at Hammersmith Odeon'' on its second disc. Track listing Personnel *Ronnie James Dio – vocals *Tony Iommi – guitars *Geezer Butler – bass guitar * Vinnie Appice – drums, percussion *Geoff Nicholls Geoffrey James Nich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil You Know (Heaven & Hell Album)
''The Devil You Know'' is the only studio album by heavy metal band Heaven & Hell; the members had previously recorded as a group in an earlier line-up of Black Sabbath. ''The Devil You Know'' was Ronnie James Dio's final studio album prior to his death in May 2010. The album's US import was released in Japan on 24 April 2009, four days earlier than its original due date of 28 April. The Japan domestic pressing which is a SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) was released on 27 April. It was produced by the band and sound engineer Mike Exeter. ''The Devil You Know'' debuted at No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart upon release, with 30,000 copies sold. It was awarded Best Album at the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. Conception In 2007 the Ronnie James Dio-era Black Sabbath line-up recorded three new tracks, "The Devil Cried", "Shadow of the Wind", and "Ear in the Wall" for an upcoming greatest hits package entitled '' Black Sabbath: The Dio Years''. Guitarist Tony Iommi said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV
MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on August 1, 1981, the channel originally aired music videos and related programming as guided by television personalities known as video jockeys (VJs). MTV soon began establishing its presence overseas, eventually gaining a massive cult following and becoming one of the major factors in cable programming's rise to fame, leading American corporations to dominate the television economy in the 1990s. In the years since its inception, the channel significantly toned down its focus on music in favor of original reality programming for teenagers and young adults. , MTV is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households. History MTV was launched on August 1, 1981, at 12:01&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven And Hell 2007 Tour
The Heaven and Hell 2007 Tour was a global concert tour by Heaven & Hell in support of Black Sabbath's '' The Dio Years'' compilation CD. History The idea for a 2007 Heaven & Hell concert tour was brought about when Rhino records informed Tony Iommi's management that they would like to include previously unreleased material for the ''Dio Years'' compilation. After it emerged that no suitable material was available, Iommi contacted Dio and suggested they record some new songs together. After the successful recording sessions, the band decided to tour. Sample set list The following is the set list from Heaven & Hell's concert at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on 22 March 2007. #"E5150" #"After All (The Dead)" #"The Mob Rules" #" Children of the Sea" #"Lady Evil" #"The Sign of the Southern Cross" #"Voodoo" #"The Devil Cried" #"Computer God" #"Falling Off the Edge of the World" #"Shadow of the Wind" #"Die Young" #" Heaven and Hell" #"Neon Knights" *"Ear in the Wall" was played i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Trunk
Edward Scott Trunk (born August 8, 1964) is an American music historian, radio personality, talk show host, and author, best known as the host of several hard rock- and heavy metal-themed radio and television shows. Biography Trunk was born on August 8, 1964, in Summit, New Jersey. He grew up in Madison, New Jersey, where he attended Madison High School. As a teenager, Trunk became a fan of Kiss, Raspberries, and other bands including Aerosmith, Rush, UFO and Black Sabbath. During high school, he began to write reviews of records for school credit and soon found his passion in music. Around 1986, Trunk became an employee of Megaforce Records which had signed both Metallica and Anthrax. He became vice president of the company at age 25. During that time, he earned executive producer credit on some works from bands like Anthrax, Raven, T.T. Quick, Manowar, Overkill, King's X, Prophet, Icon and Ace Frehley. In fact, Trunk was the main driving force behind reviving Ace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Iommi
Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. (born 19 February 1948) is an English musician. He co-founded the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader, primary composer, and sole continuous member for over five decades. He is considered one of the pioneers of heavy metal music and is responsible for inspiring numerous subgenres of metal, most notably doom metal. Iommi was ranked number 13 on ''Rolling Stone'''s 2023 list of the “250 Greatest Guitarists of all Time. On his last day of work in a sheet metal factory, as a teenager, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an accident, an event which crucially impacted his playing style. He briefly left Black Sabbath (then known as Earth) in 1968 to join Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull, but did not record any material with the band, and subsequently returned to Black Sabbath in 1969. In 2000, he released his first solo album ''Iommi (album), Iommi'', followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
