English rock band from Birmingham, partly owing its awareness to the quite colorful singer of the band, Ozzy Osbourne.Next to this a repertoire change appealed to the imagination: at a certain moment the band, when it was still called Earth, started to punctuate its numbers with occult and horror elements.
That was in 1969, at a moment that it became clear that another band was active bearing the name Earth.
The guiding light for a new group name was provided by a cinema facing Earth's rehearsal room; there the film Black Sabbath from 1963 was shown, starring Boris Karloff.
Many people were queuing up for a ticket. Bass player Geezer Butler remarked that he found it ‘strange that so many people want to spend money on a horror movie'.
That gave the band an idea.
Active: 1968-2006, GBR
Site: http://www.black-sabbath.com/
See also: Blue Oyster Cult, Current 93
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