Black Sabbath band (plot point one) with the immortal line: 'Give me 500 words on Black Sabbath'. Contemporary music and arts publication "Trebuchet Magazine" has put this to practice by asking all new writers to write a short piece (500 words) on Black Sabbath as a means of proving their creativity and voice on a well documented subject. Last line-up Touring members Black Sabbath Black Sabbath were an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward, and singer Ozzy Osbourne. Black Sabbath are often cited as
Past Lives (Black Sabbath album) Past Lives (Black Sabbath album) Past Lives is a live album released in 2002 by Black Sabbath. It peaked at number 114 on the "Billboard" 200. The first disc was previously known as "Live at Last", an album not put out by Black Sabbath's record company, and therefore not an official Black Sabbath album. The second consists of recordings made for television and radio, previously only available on bootlegs. It was released as a digipak and later a standard jewel-case. All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Tracks 1-5 were recorded at the Hardrock