About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 196. Chapters: Affinity (band), Alan Stivell, Alex Harvey (musician), All About Eve (band), Amy Macdonald, Aphrodite's Child, Assagai, Beggars Opera (band), Black Sabbath, Boy Kill Boy, Catapilla, Colosseum (band), Cressida (band), Def Leppard, Dio (band), Dire Straits, Dirty Pretty Things (band), Doro (musician), Dr. Strangely Strange, Eela Craig, Freedom (band), Genesis (band), Gentle Giant, Graham Bonnet, Graham Parker, Gravy Train (band), Iain Matthews, Jackson Heights (band), Jade Warrior (band), Jimmy Campbell (musician), Jingo de Lunch, John Dummer Band, John Illsley, Juicy Lucy (band), Kaleidoscope (UK band), Kassidy, Kerbdog, Kraftwerk, L.A. Guns, Lighthouse (band), Linda Hoyle, Lucifer's Friend, Magna Carta (band), Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann Chapter Three, Marc Almond, Mark Knopfler, May Blitz, Metallica, Mike Absalom, Nirvana (British band), Noah and the Whale, Noisettes, One Night Only (band), Patto, Paul Carrack, Paul Jones (singer), Ramases, Razorlight, Rod Stewart, Status Quo (band), Still Life (1970s UK band), Streetwalkers, Thee Unstrung, The Envy Corps, The Killers, The Mission (band), The Notting Hillbillies, The Rumour, Thin Lizzy, Tudor Lodge, Uriah Heep (band), Warhorse (British band), Warlock (band), Yello. Excerpt: Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969, by Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass guitar), and Bill Ward (drums). The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. Originally formed in 1968 as a heavy blues rock band named Earth and renamed Black Sabbath in 1969, the band began incorporating occult and horror-inspired lyrics with tuned-down guitars and achieving multiple platinum records in the 1970s. Despite an association with occult and horror themes, Black Sabbath also composed songs dealing with social instability, political corruption, the dangers of drug abuse and apocalyptic prophesies of the horrors of war. Black Sabbath are cited as pioneers of heavy metal. The band helped define the genre with releases such as quadruple-platinum Paranoid, released in 1970. They were ranked by MTV as the "Greatest Metal Band" of all time, and placed second in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" list, behind Led Zeppelin. Rolling Stone called the band "the heavy-metal kings of the '70s." They have sold over 15 million records in the United States and over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, and were included among Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Ozzy Osbourne's heavy drug usage led to his firing from the band in April 1979, after which he began a successful solo career, selling over 100 million albums. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio. After a few albums with Dio's vocals and songwriting collaborations, Black Sabbath endured a revolving line-up in the 1980s and 1990s that included vocalists Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen and Tony Martin. In 1992, Iommi and Butler rejoined Dio and drummer Vinny Appice to record Dehumanizer. The original line-up reunited with
