Black Sabbath had left the band. Walker, who was at that time fronting a band called Mistress, flew to Birmingham from California in late 1977 to write material and rehearse with Black Sabbath. On 8 January 1978, Black Sabbath made their only live performance with Walker on vocals, playing an early version of the song "Junior's Eyes" on the BBC Television programme "Look! Hear!" Walker later recalled that while in Birmingham he had bumped into Osbourne in a pub and came to the conclusion that Osbourne was not fully committed to leaving Black Sabbath. "The last Sabbath albums were just very depressing
Badlands (American band) 1998. After touring with Ozzy Osbourne in support of the "Ultimate Sin" album, Lee was fired in a phone call from Sharon Osbourne that he received while working on one of his muscle cars back in Los Angeles. Lee set about looking for a charismatic front man with which to launch a new band. He met Ray Gillen, a vocalist who had recently worked with Black Sabbath for a short time. Within weeks, the duo had enlisted bassist Greg Chaisson, whom Lee had met during an Ozzy audition. Gillen got his former Black Sabbath bandmate Eric Singer to be the