Black Sabbath 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 pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with releases such as "Black Sabbath" (1970), "Paranoid" (1970), and "Master of Reality" (1971). The band had multiple line-up changes, with Iommi being the only constant member throughout its history. Formed in 1968 as the Polka Tulk Blues Band, a blues rock band, the group went through line up
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