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
The End (Black Sabbath EP) Sabbath had been planning a follow-up to "13", the album was ultimately scrapped. Guitarist Tony Iommi had written "a whole load of riffs" for the abandoned LP, but "Geezer (Butler) didn't particularly want to do another album" Iommi said of the bassist. Lead singer Ozzy Osbourne also voiced not wanting to record another album saying "If we were to do an album before the tour, it would take three or four years to complete the album." The EP was intended to be promoted with The End Tour, being only available for purchase at live dates. Cover art for the disc