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
The Wizard (Black Sabbath song) by the wizard Gandalf from "The Lord of the Rings". It was also believed to be about the band's drug dealer at the time. The song was covered by Bullring Brummies for the Black Sabbath tribute album "Nativity in Black.". The song was covered by Zakk Wylde's band Pride and Glory on the second disc of the reissue of "Pride and Glory". Wylde had also been a member of Ozzy Osbourne's solo band at the time. The Wizard (Black Sabbath song) "The Wizard" is a song by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, taken from their 1970 album "Black