Ozzy and Black Sabbath is a must-have for fans of rock’s bad boy and one of metal’s most beloved bands, with full-color photos and behind-the-scenes stories from the band’s iconic career.
FOREWORD
by Robb Flynn of Machine Head IX
INTRODUCTION XI
1 WHAT EVIL LURKS 1948-1969
2 HEAVY METAL’S YEAR ZERO 1970
3 SNOWBLIND 1971-1978
4 HELL’S MADMEN 1979-1981
5 REBIRTH AND DEATH 1982-1983
6 SEVENTH SONS 1984-1990
7 CALM BEFORE THE STORM 1991-1996
Mad Sabbath
8 THE RETURN 1996-2005
9 LUCKY NUMBERS 2006-2016
Black Sabbath Line-ups
Discography
Photo Credits
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Joel McIver is the author of thirty-four books and writes for several publications as a journalist. He is also the editor of Bass Player magazine. He has written for Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, and he is the occasional guest on BBC. Classic Rock magazine has called him “by some distance Britain’s most prolific hard rock/metal author.” He wrote the official biography of the world’s biggest death metal band, Cannibal Corpse and co-wrote Megadeath’s bio from bass player David Ellefson.