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
Mandy Lion Mandy Lion Mandy Lion is a heavy metal singer. He is most known as frontman of World War Three (WWIII) which featured Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice and Jimmy Bain of Rainbow and Dio fame. He is also the lead singer of the Mandy Lion Band, which as featured James Kottak (Scorpions), Jimmy Bain, Michael Devin (Whitesnake), Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio), Joe Floyd (Warrior), Mikkey Dee (Motörhead), and Pete Holmes (MSG, Ted Nugent, Ian Gillan). He is also frontman of the band Wicked Alliance with Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne). Lion is currently in the Mandy Lion Band with