“Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van Halen t-shirt, and a bandana on my neck. Once I gripped that microphone stand, I did not let go! I plugged my microphone into a guitar FX pedal. Then at the end of the a Black Sabbath song we were covering, I hit the guitar pedal. It was horrific!” EndsShowsAgeSongBlackStageLetting GoGuitarShirtsNecksTerrifiedJeansT ShirtVansCoveringSabbathMicrophonesHorrificPedalsVan HalenBlack Sabbath Author:Phil Anselmo
“I'm not one of these guys to do my solo stuff one night and Black Sabbath the next. I can't do that, you know. It's too much to handle.” KnowsI CanNightGuyNextStuffBlackToo MuchHandleSoloOne NightSabbathBlack Sabbath Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“Black Sabbath wasn't like the Bon Jovis of the time. We were just a bunch of guys that were against the grain of society. And we sung about things that people thought back then.” PeopleGuyBlackBunchGrainSabbathBlack Sabbath Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“I like The Beatles and I like The Kinks and I like The Rolling Stones and I like Led Zeppelin and I like Black Sabbath.” BlackStonesRollingSabbathRolling StonesZeppelinsKinkBlack Sabbath Author:Rachel Trachtenburg
“I never thought I could write anything or do a show sober, ever. But I did the Black Sabbath shows sober, and it was so much better fun for me, and everybody.” WritingShowsFunBlackSoberSabbathBlack Sabbath Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“When I get 13 or 14 years old, I get crazy with rock music, like, like, deeply crazy. And one of my favorite bands at that moment was, for example, like - bands like Metallica or Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Santana, you know? And then I start to play metal, actually, when I was - at the age of 15.” KnowsYearsPlayMomentsAgeBlackCrazyRocksExampleBandMy FavoriteThat MomentMetalsNow And ThenRock MusicSabbathZeppelinsMetallicaBlack SabbathFavorite BandsSantana Author:Juanes
“In between 15 and 20 - probably at around 17 - my interests switched from hard rock to punk rock. And then by 20 they were circling out of punk rock back into Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, the stuff that I didnt get to when I was younger.” HardStuffBlackInterestRocksPunkSabbathPunk RockZeppelinsHard RockBlack Sabbath Author:Rick Rubin
“Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.” BlackOpinionHeavyMetalsSabbathHeavy MetalBlack Sabbath Author:Eddie Trunk
“With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song.” WayPlaySongBlackRocksBandAppreciateGutsNew WaysParallelsArtistrySabbathRock BandsBlack Sabbath Author:Carrie Brownstein
“It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, "Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound." And it was heavier than Black Sabbath. That was shocking.” LittlesPlayGuySoundBlackGuitarMonstersShockingSabbathBlack SabbathGuitar Sound Author:Billy Corgan