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
Brownout (band) 2014, the group released a series of covers of the British band Black Sabbath under the moniker "Brown Sabbath", which received praise from Black Sabbath lead-vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, as well as critical acclaim from NPR, AllMusic and "Rolling Stone". Brownout has released five albums: "Homenaje" (2008), "Aguilas & Cobras" (2009), "Oozy" (2012) and "Brownout presents Brown Sabbath" (2015), and most recently, "Fear of a Brown Planet" (2018). Brownout (band) Brownout is an American latin-funk band from Austin, Texas. The band is a side project of the members of the Grammy-award winning band Grupo Fantasma. Though the band was formed in