Drum Teacher Reacts: COZY POWELL | Black Sabbath - 'Headless Cross'

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

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[@jeanguyjulien6826]

Hello Andrew. I was wondering if you did a review of Never say die the album.I have been a Sabbath fan since1983, when i first heard the Master of reality AlbummFor about 40 years i didnt like this Album at all.I realized recently that it was only because all the negative review i heard from people who could not understand that Sabbath was in heavy progressive rock phase. After the release of Pink Floyd dark side of the moon and its huge succes, many differerent group started to incorporate various musical elements in their songs.Creativity was on the rise but unfortunatly many so called Sabbath fans, it was way too much for them.They couldnt handle it.These people were stuck in 1970 and wanted to hear Iron man and paranoid over and over again.But his was the late 70's and Iommi said in an interview that progressive bands like Floyd, Genesis,Styx. yes and Supertramp were outselling Sabbath by miles.He was actually looking for a sound similar to Queen,Foreigner, the Who ,Boston or Journey. He was just taking a pause from the dark, sinister, doom sound that made them famous.This album has some excellent songs, killer riffs, clear drum sound but the whole thing has a jazzy approach.In a way i am glad i hated this album for so long because i can listenm to it today and enjoy it as if it was a new Sabbath album. This album is criminally underated. I wish you'd review Johnny Blade, shock wave, over to you and the jam session with Bill Ward on vocals Swinging the Chain ! Keep up the excellent work !

[@theclawyaww3740]

Ah the Tony Martin era. Underrated and filled with bangers

[@M0rket]

There's a clip floating around these premises with Tony Martin and Sebastien from 2014, where they do a decent version of this classic. Aside from no longer being able to hit the high notes (but that's what backing vocals are for!), Tony holds his own very well.

[@shspurs1342]

One of the most underrated Vocalists.

[@doublebassman123]

​@shspurs1342 the most talented vocalist black sabbath ever had.

[@mikeg.4211]

@@doublebassman123 it's hard to argue with that. They were all great, but TM is my personal favorite.

[@adrianaceves3199]

Headless cross and valhalla are two favorite from his era with Jerusalem, black moon, when death calls, anno Mundi, the shining, eternal idol, etc ❤🤟

[@abrahamramirez3980]

When Cozy Powell is heavily involved with the production you can guarantee the drums are going to be dominant in the mix! Almighty Cozy Powell, R.I.P.

[@keefriff99]

Headless Cross is an AWESOME song. Reminiscent of Heaven and Hell in some ways, with a more glossy production. That big gated reverb snare sounds killer to me, even though it unmistakably dates it to the ‘80s. The Tony Martin era has some very underrated material. I’m glad that Tony Iommi has taken the time to go through the archives and release special editions of these lesser-known albums. It shows he takes pride in all his work. A lot of artists who’ve been around a while often neglect entire chunks of their career.

[@jaimegomez8450]

Tony Iommi... lead guitar Tony Martin... vocals Laurence Cottle... bass guitar Cozy Powell (R.I.P.)... drums Headless Cross released in April of 1989 Iommi is Sabbath... Sabbath is Iommi.

[@Tim091]

Geoff Nicholls keys (probably). RIP.

[@mikeg.4211]

You said it!

[@jaimegomez8450]

@Tim091 I'm sure you're correct there!!! The unsung hero of Sabbath. Plus Geoff played with Quartzs back in the day!!!

[@mikeg.4211]

@@jaimegomez8450 good info!

[@Stefan-]

@@Tim091Yes, correct ! Geoff played in Black sabbath for over 20 years and played on all albums from Heaven and hell to Forbidden. Rock In Peace.

[@blindcynic]

Cozy was like a guitar player, in the sense that if you hear him you instantly know it's him. His sound is MASSIVE!

[@danmarshall5895]

"Geezer did not just do that" You're right, noted jazz musician Laurence Cottle was somehow the Black Sabbath bassist during this era.

[@davidd.6448]

It does sound like a line that Geezer would play though

[@danmarshall5895]

@@davidd.6448 100% agree on that. Geezer definitely had some jazzy undertones to his playing.

[@angusgow1887]

Headless Cross and TYR and two great albums. The Black Sabbath 7th Star was originally planed as Tony Iommi solo LP but was labeled Black Sabbath for sales. Your reaction to Born Again will be interesting the Sabbath Purple band Ian Gillian on vocals

[@keefriff99]

Seventh Star is such a weird album…has some good stuff on there, but it feels like Iommi was having a difficult time with the Sabbath legacy and where he wanted to take his career.

[@jimshelby406]

A boring generic 80’s song. Yuck

[@theclawyaww3740]

To be fair, all Black Sabbath albums are Iommi solo albums

[@doublebassman123]

​@@jimshelby406 open your ears mo, iommi riffs ain't generic, no one was as savage as him in the mainstream metal scene in the 80s.

[@garywearing8603]

Would love to hear his thoughts on that for sure

[@pentagrammaton6793]

Ahh, the unfairly underrated Tony Martin era. This whole album is spectacular. \m/ The thing with this video is that it takes out the spooky synth intro and middle sections, which I guess was typical of the MTV era. Try When Death Calls next. Btw the bassist, credited as an additional musician, was a dude called Lawrence Cottle. Neil Murray took over on Tyr, the next album. 🙃

[@mikeg.4211]

Stay tuned, pent! You read my mind!

[@PaulyV56]

Cozy in the pocket with all his sabbath offerings. This lineup was crushing it.

[@JADM6700]

Was not Geezer on bass. It was “Headless Cross” sessions Bassist Laurence Cottle playing on Album and video. The chant on the title Headless Cross was double harmonies with keyboardist Geoff Nichols (usually set off stage when the band played Live).

[@DarkVegetaman]

Headless Cross is an amazing album. Lawrence Cottle as a savage session bassist. Probably the best Tony Martin era album.

[@aaronmcmahon7462]

And as a side note, Geezer would play bass on Headless Cross live during the 1994 Cross Purposes tour, and again during the Monsters of Rock tour in South America (first with Bobby Rondinelli on drums, and for the South American dates, with Bill Ward).

[@aleocampos9547]

Cozy Powell is my all time favourite drummer, since I discovered him with Stargazer, mid 70s, I was like 12/13 years old and already into hard rock and heavy metal. To me he will always be the greatest, an extraordinary, powerful drummer who had the amazing ability to adapt to any situation and improve every band he's been with. In addition, he achieved the impossible with me - he made me a Sabbath fan!!! Inmortal legend, Cozy Powell 🥁🥁💥💥

[@Roadking26]

That is Cozy. One of the best drummers of all times. He was the drummer on stargazer.

[@Roadking26]

Not Geezer. Its Laurence Cottle

[@Dibbdroid]

Laurence Cottle on bass. Maybe do Cozy's drum solo from Munich 1977. Another great era of Sabbath greatly overlooked, Cozy was integral in keeping Sabbath going during this period and they smashed it live.

[@aaronmcmahon7462]

Headless Cross was released in April 1989 - Cozy joined Sabbath in 1988 and was in the band from then until 1991 when a horse fell on him and crushed his pelvis when he was recording Dehumanizer's demos with Ronnie James Dio and Geezer Butler back in the group. He would rejoin sometime late 1994 and leave during the northern summer months of 1995 partway through the Forbidden tour. The video was filmed in Battle Abbey. This was Tony Martin's second album, and the first one where he was heavily involved in the writing alongside Iommi and Powell, with some writing also contributed by keyboardist Geoff Nicholls. The bassist on album and in this video is Laurence Cottle. He would only do session work on the album and this video, and for the tour, Neil Murray would join the band. Laurence would later appear on Iommi's solo album "Iommi". Listen to the song "Nightwing" - Cozy goes off on this track, Iommi plays several solos, Martin is amazing vocally and Laurence plays fretless bass on it including a solo at the beginning.

[@mikeg.4211]

Good info and a good suggestion!

[@bookhouseboy280]

Featuring a new drummer, the legendary Cozy Powell, and session bassist Larry Cottle, Headless Cross included some punishingly heavy and darkly atmospheric songs, such as Nightwing and When Death Calls. The best album Sabbath ever made without Ozzy or Dio. - Loudersound Tony Martin's impassioned vocals and Cozy Powell's solid skin thrashing enlivened some of the band's best work and Iommi's riff invention seemed limitless. Faster tempos than classic Sabbath but no less bludgeoning. The title track to Headless Cross (1989) was an improbably simple stunner of a cut. - The Rough Guide to Rock

[@jarkkokyntaja4073]

The whole album is a masterpiece. As, in my opinion, are the first three Tony Martin-era albums. My favorite Black Sabbath albums and I know, that I´m not the only one, despite the noise of the majority of Sabbath fans. Tony Martin in his prime was a wonderful singer !

[@petteritolonen2354]

This is great song, Tony Martin great and underrated singer, Cozy nailing the drums, and of course Tony Iommis great guitar playing and great bass playing too. I don't remember who played the bass in this record, but it wasn't Geezer who was not in the band then, of course joined again a bit later.The whole Tony Martin era as singer was fantastic, different but awesome.

[@zdenkonouzovsky6947]

Laurence Cottle played the bass if I remember correctly

[@mikeg.4211]

Yes!

[@ShaunGuthrie-qd7sx]

You should check out Cozy's work with the Jeff Beck Group prior to Rainbow

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Can't wait!

[@davesaenz3732]

"Computer God" "Zero the Hero" 🎸

[@Wisolkofficial]

Yeah, a reaction to computer god is needed

[@BoSiemsen]

Headless Cross is the quintessential sound of Iommi and Black Sabbath to me. This was my first venture into the world of Black Sabbath as a teenager and this album (particularly) and the following albums with this lineup (Tyr - and even the somewhat underrated Cross Purposes upon return) defined Black Sabbath to me for a long time. Also being a huge Dio fan the era the Sabbath era with him is by definition awesome. I am probably in the Sabbath minority, but Ozzy's singing was always complete hit or miss for me. More often than not - mostly a miss. Having seen various Sabbath lineups (Including the 2000's "Heavy and Hell" version of Black Sabbath in this) with Iommi, Geezer, Cozy, Dio, Martin, (even Ozzy), Vinny Appice, Murray and Nicholls I feel blessed. oh - if you ever get near Iommi's solo stuff do check out the 2000 album "Iommi" or the stuff he did with Glenn Hughes - The DEP Sessions and Fused from 2004-2005.

[@mikeg.4211]

Wait about a month! :)

[@richardhincemon]

Kenny Aronoff drumming is " Insane " on the Fused album .

[@CB-DW]

Laurence Cottle on bass, one of the premier jazz / session bass players currently in the UK. I saw him in the early 90’s playing in a small jazz venue…mind blowingly good!

[@mikeg.4211]

Good info! It figures Iommi would want a good jazz oriented session bassist!

[@iliariko8876]

Andrew! You've got to listen Rainbow - Light in the black! And the whole album Rising!

[@JeanAlainXavier-ze9jc]

It's a must, à true masterpiece

[@iliariko8876]

And also Kill the king, Gates of Babylon, Album Long live rock'n'roll. 😊

[@emjem99]

Yeeesssss! So disappointed that all the reactors only ever do Stargazer and miss the second part of the two piece. Light In The Black is every bit as amazing as Stargazer.

[@jamescooper-hope6930]

Never gave these iterations of Sabbath the time of day, but this tune is a banger all round. Edit: Tonys solo album Iommi is well worth a listen and purchase - features Dave Grohl, Ian Astbury, Serg Tankian, Rollins, Billy Corgan, Billy Idol, Phil Anselmo, Skin on vocs. Drummers- Dave Grohl, Matt Cameron, John Tempesta and of course Bill Ward. All bass Lawrence Cottle. All killer, no filler.

[@michaelkeudel8770]

You should listen to all of them, their all killer.

[@jamescooper-hope6930]

@michaelkeudel8770 Have been thrashing them. Nightwing, Glory Ride, Headless Cross, Time Machine. Some all-time great Sabbath bangers with Martin and RJD.

[@stefanboskovic4724]

Saw Sabbath three times with Tony Martin. Amazing voice and great songs

[@donnelson6694]

Nice solid drumming from Cozy.

[@antoniocarlin5026]

and Now you need to check it out the Black Sabbath era 1994 LIVE: Tony Iommi, Tony Martin, Geezer Butler..and Bobby Rondinelli on drums!

[@farn451]

Iommi on a Van Halen (Running with the Devil style) vibe here and those seriously processed drums. Tony Martin was a much under-rated vocalist. I actually love the Tyr album.

[@JeanAlainXavier-ze9jc]

Do " when death calls", it's even better and different

[@mikeg.4211]

You have anticipated me well. ;)

[@hansfredin5812]

The band Bedlam from 1973 with Cozy Powell on drums is a killer album.

[@heltonfalusi9201]

Cozy Powell amazing drummer

[@andystone6777]

this song is a freakin' masterpiece. Perfection all over. If humans ever should send interstellar devices to outer space to show "all the others" what human life is all about, add this track and tell that Klingon bunch that this is the music we're doin party with and if THEY like to join, they're welcome and don't forget to bring lots of Gagh and blood wine when showing up here 🙂

[@csphoenix9]

The Martin Era of Sabbath was Iommi's most progressive and adventurous with his playing. Also Geezer was not on this, it was Lawrence Cottle on bass

[@MichaelIrons-d5v]

awesome vocals on this track mt plus tony's masterful axe playing, and of course the drum master cozy Powell, brilliant vid mt.

[@MichaelIrons-d5v]

thank you.

[@BrianYates-ue8hf]

Cozy Powell is a legend and has played in some major bands over the yrs...This gives me major Dio vibes..Yes Toni and Geezer were trading phrases and it just shows the song writing skills these guys have 🤘✌️🧐

[@stevenhowes530]

LOL. Good lord that drum sound is so 80s it hurts.

[@dwoehrma]

This was going on as grunge took over. Ignored and underrated. Its definitely Tony asserting himself as band leader.

[@Loki_Firegod]

What I love about Sabbath is that they had a distinctive sound with every singer they had. Like, DIO-Sabbath sounded very little like Ozzy-Sabbath, and Martin-Sabbath sounds unlike both of the others. For me personally, I love everything DIO did (saw him live twice, which makes me very happy still), but the Tony Martin era of Sabbath is my favorite. Always has been. TYR and Headless Cross are both extremely good albums with several bangers each (you should check out "Valhalla" from TYR). Another thing I need to say, because I always do when I comment your videos: Check out Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg's drumming on the song "The Chosen Legacy" by Dimmu Borgir (studio version). You'll thank me when you do :P Anyhoo, as always, great reaction, great song, great drummer. Cheers from Germany!

[@Nissardpertugiu]

There 's a little Dio filiation / Hughes feel with Tony Martin i think

[@robertfurneaux128]

The bass player on the headless cross album was session bassist Lawrence cottle, geezer left the band in 84. In the video the person playing bass is unknown, nobody can remember who he was, perhaps a roadie or studio employee

[@miguelfg93]

I was wondering why he was ignored during the whole video lol. They never showed that poor guy.

[@markcloer2274]

That is Cottle in the video. The "unknown" bassist was in the video for "The Shining". They pulled the guy in off the street because he looked the part.

[@robertfurneaux128]

@@markcloer2274 oh yes that's right, I knew it was a Tony Martin era song. I can picture him now in the shining video with the long light brown hair. Poor Laurence doesn't get much attention in the video, I wonder if that's because he wasn't going to be a full time member.

[@markcloer2274]

@@robertfurneaux128 Yeah, he agreed to appear in the video so it would feature a full band, but had no desire to be in the spotlight since he was happy being a session guy. He was such a technical player that Neil Murray later said duplicating his intro to "When Death Calls" was a real challenge. Geezer didn't even try, they just used a prerecorded intro on the '94 tour.

[@robertphelps1574]

I remember Cozy Powell’s single Dance with the Devil

[@alfredogarzzia]

You are going in the right direction. I hope you get o TYR, CROSS PURPOSES and beyond.

[@VespoLiveGaming]

Gotta hot up the return of Dio on Dehumanizer... best song there is "I"

[@davidcairns6957]

Loving your reactions to Sabbath and Maiden takes me back to many years to count now when I 1st heard these awesome bands. Having had the pleasure of their music 40+ years it's so good to see the music is still as powerful today as it was then. Keep on Rockin 🤘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Slainthe 🥃

[@mikeg.4211]

Well said!

[@remcohoman1011]

they started the 1980's with Heaven and Hell

[@78vinyl97]

Always loved this album.saw this line up live but with neil murray on bass.

[@ericwyatt3646]

Remember the day this video came out on MTV. Totally random Tuesday . LOL

[@Percules_10]

Tony Martin era is forgotten by some people but personally it's my favorite as I listen to it even more lately. The sound on Headless cross album and Tyr and the songs, just awesome. Nothing to do with the original Sabbath but still kicks some serious ass for me. You may want to hear and react to "The Battle of Tyr, Odin's Court, Valhalla" from album Tyr. It is 3 parts but one song in the end.

[@mickblack3291]

Some people have tried to forget this era until someone brings this unfortunate era up, then we have to try to forget it all over again.

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Headless Cross is 1989

[@UziNineMillomeetah]

I agree, it’s not the BS sound that I immediately associate with them. That being said, I love this album and this Ozzy-less era.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yes this is great

[@doublebassman123]

​@AndrewRooneyDrums black sabbath was the first music I loved when I achieved sentience and could understand what music is. They are a primordial memory and love from me and like most people it started with ozzy and the sound you are describing. But as a fan that is this deep into them, you have to understand that this still sounds like sabbath to me, because the idea that change, development and progress of the bands sound and production wasn't a big part of the narue of sabbath is wrong. For me Iomi IS sabbath and if your opinion is "because this doesn't sound like paranoid or master of reality it ain't sabbath" then that means that volume 4 isn't sabbath, sabbath bloody sabbath isn't sabbath and haven and hell/mob rules isn't sabbath because those don't sound like the classic albums. Sabbath's evolution was tied to Iomi's evolution which was partly influenced by trends but to me it's all the sabbath sound just not the ozzy, geezer, ward sound.

[@Wisolkofficial]

We really nead a reaction to You Won't change me from technical ecstasy!

[@alfwalker5698]

Tony Martin did some great songs with Sabbath (yes, in the eighties) - such as The Shinning on The Eternal Idol; but Sabbath had been swamped by younger, faster bands - and the LA hair scene. Shame, because some the ablums from this era are solid.

[@richardscales9560]

Underappreciated track

[@denisden934]

Headless Cross is, to me, the best Black Sabbath album.

[@LeopoldoAvalos]

I love it. A very good and underrated album. Funny, this weekend I found a vinyl copy in a small store in Berlin. Cheers Andrew

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

From the Tony Martin era I recommend Anno Mundi and the shining

[@BurpleRX7]

I used to live in “headless cross” approximately 15 miles away from ozzys childhood home

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Laurence Cottle play bass in this album not Geezer.I saw the first gig in the big stage with Tony Martin in Greece 1987 August.

[@fabiolignelli7372]

Great reaction, Andrew! Headless Cross (1989) is a masterful album! I like all the songs, but I highlight exactly the title track and another exceptional one: "When Death Calls". Keep reacting to songs by Black Sabbath: the biggest and most influential band in Heavy Metal and perhaps the best and most influential of all time! And Tony Iommi is a very advanced extraterrestrial who was sent to Earth to give us a lot of pleasure with his riffs, songs, musical genius, etc...Greetings from Brazil!!!

[@mikeg.4211]

Great comment, and yes, "When Death Calls" is a masterpiece!

[@JimGramze]

Nightwing is the third of the three absolutely great songs on Headless Cross.

[@mikeg.4211]

@@JimGramze true!

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

When death calls which happens to feature Brian May doing the solo.

[@mikeg.4211]

@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 stand by, Kasper!

[@markmilner842]

It’s funny, even after Dio left, they still kind of sound more like Rainbow than Sabbath with the synth, the total absence of blues or jazz in the feel of the song. Still not a bad song, but so different from the Ozzy/Bill Ward era. I love Cozy Powell. His work with Rainbow, ELP and on Robert Plant’s early solo albums, was really outstanding. Died far too young.

[@jonasn945]

One of the BEST heavy metal songs EVER!!!!!

[@SuperLuckao]

Hard rock. Its not metal. Metal his no real melody.this is very melodic

[@tommyborderhill91]

This is my favourite album from Black Sabbath! 🤘

[@victorstefanovsky6902]

It feels like Sabbath because of Iommi. He has a signature sound.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

💯👌

[@mikeg.4211]

Yep. Iommi IS Sabbath.

[@rayworboys-hamlin8092]

It has a Rainbow sound to it.

[@stuntmankrocmcginty4896]

Favorite song with Tony Martin on vocals. He actually did more albums with them than Dio. Lots of underrated stuff in his era. The album Forbidden is sometimes called their worst, but I really like The Illusion Of Power from it.

[@DanSpengler]

You want more Tony Martin era stuff, I really recommend The Hand that Rocks the Cradle from Cross Purposes. Different drummer (Bobby Rondinelli), but that song is so damn good. Geezer had come back by then as well.

[@mikeg.4211]

Good suggestion!

[@joeallegra556]

No question those grunge boys worshipped at the altar of Sabbath.

[@V7avalon]

Definitely has the 80s era boyz hair band vibes 😂

[@buzzbomb67]

Ah, sober stoner metal lol I agree … each iteration of Black Sabbath was different. Dio era was quite different from Ozzy era, but it still felt like Sabbath. Hughes, Ray Gillen, Martin and even Ian Gillan-era, just felt different. Between all the different drummers and singers, they just felt like more of a Sabbath-influenced band, and I think maybe thats why those albums, as good as they were, just didnt go over as well, with the public.

[@wino-jc3zu]

bass line is very heaven and hell

[@wintyrqueen]

Tony Martin’s era definitely has more of a Dokken feel than earlier (& later) Sabbath

[@Billy_K.]

I may be an exception but as much as i love the first and original line up, the last years i'm listening way more to the Martin era which i really dig. It's like you said 2 different bands. I can't and don't want to think which is better i just state that i listen to Martin era albums at least every 10 days. Witnessing all the stuff they created and played on 1970's is outstanding, the true pioneers of heavy metal and then they evolved in the next decade's phase heavy metal genre. They were at the top consistently, like Judas Priest for example..they grow and progressed. Awesome, awesome..i'm waiting for more Martin era reactions!

[@mikepetrucha2774]

Geezer did not play on this album. Laurence Cottle played bass and appeared in the video.

[@vitormotta8832]

Please listen to the song Nightwing of this same album, the drums, vocals and guitars are awesome

[@mikaelandersson436]

If you look youll se ,it isnt syncronized in the begining.My first bought cd was "Headles Cross" But later discoverd ,it doesnt sound as early Black Zabbath ❤❤❤

[@paulhudson563]

Tony Martin doesn't get the respect he deserves, As a vocalist only Ozzy was on more Sabbath albums. I think Martin could sing Dio era Sabbath but only Ozzy can sing Ozz era Sabbath. Martin didn't have the stage presents of Ozzy or Dio but wgat a grest singer. The Bassist was a gy named Lawrence Cottle (a session player), Geezer had left only to return later.

[@hossamselim1360]

The bassist was Laurence Cottle btw

[@chriscrim751]

Black Sabbath is awesome because Tony is always there. Whoever he has playing with him,it's always worth a listen. Even the crappy Seventh Star album is worth listening to...once 😅😅😅

[@stevegiles9080]

It was meant to be a solo album but studio said it a black sabbath album. I would say forbidden was worse

[@mojobag01]

The great Laurence Cottle on bass. I don't think he toured with them though.

[@robertfurneaux128]

He was offered the job but wanted to stay a session musician as he wasn't really a metal musician. The great Neil Murray took over for the tour and then the next album and tour.

[@stevewebster775]

Hi Andy , great reaction as usual 👍, just thought you'd like to know , Headless Cross is a place in Redditch where John Bonham was born 👍

[@matthewcross8555]

I have been heavily listening to Martin era Sabbath the past few weeks, shame you didn't get the album version 9f Headless Cross. Maybe try Kiss of Death off Forbidden.

[@mikeg.4211]

Great reaction, Andrew! This song illustrates a couple of important points, I think. One is that Black Sabbath was whatever and whoever Tony Iommi said it was. Luckily for us, he had great taste. (Although I'm sure Iommi always wanted Geezer as his first choice, Geezer temporarily left at this point due to what I understand was a dispute over the selection of the band's manager, who Geezer correctly didn't trust; and Geezer returned after that issue played itself out.) Another is that Tony Martin and Cozy Powell were both phenomenal and incredibly underrated. Ozzy, Dio, Martin and Gillan were all incredible, as were Bill Ward and Cozy Powell. As to the best singer, I think it's all a matter of personal taste. Martin is actually probably my favorite, although it's a close call.

[@jasonlauritsen5587]

You should check out Lord Marco's performance on Sonivinos. Has a single camera 1 take view. Over 300 bpm

[@richpeltier9519]

So good. Sounds like Sabbath to me, but I see Sabbath as 5 bands. This was their 80's sound, obviously closer to Dio era sound than Ozzy and even closer to the sound of the previous album (originally slated as an Iommi solo album) Seventh Star. 🤟🧙‍♂️🤟

[@kostaskarachalios-jt1wd]

It feels like sabbath album.But ,yo, Its 80s after all😊

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Black Sabbath 1968-eternity🤘

[@remcohoman1011]

9:36 that wasn't Geezer, but Lawrence Cottle

[@mlb70]

Laurence Cottle played bass on this album

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

That really is a great song, heard it a couple of times before. The sound engineering is spot on. There is a reason it doesn't sound like Black Sabbath though... it isn't. To me Sabbath died years earlier after the release of Never Say Die, ironically enough. The super group we just listened to performing Headless Cross should be called The Tony Iommi Quartet. I'm not trying to be a smart ass, I mean that with all respect and admiration for Tony and the musicians with whom he works, they really are awesome.

[@lekaos3820]

black sabbath has so many faces

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

YES

[@Wisolkofficial]

We really need a reaction to It's Alright

[@DAVIDGUTIERREZ17]

Geezer gets downright nasty with that guitar solo!

[@robertooyendyk3628]

Nightwing and Eternal Idol are two more worth a listen to. Eternal Idol is chilling.

[@johnnyresistance]

Yes, more Cozy! That was jazz fusion bassist Laurence Cottle playing on that album, which is probably why the bass is so high up his body in the film clip lol. Unfortunately after Dio and Appice left Sabbath then went through a whole bunch of singers, drummers and bassists. It gets very confusing. At the risk of upsetting fans I tend to think of them as Iommi solo albums when Ozzy or Dio aren't present.

[@DanSpengler]

Tony wanted to just do solo records at that point, but got pressured into keeping the Black Sabbath brand going. That's why Seventh Star is called "Black Sabbath Featuring Tony Iommi"

[@matttee1319]

So very 1989. Awesome

[@alspencer3826]

Does anybody know what the host is talking about when he said that Tony Iommi sorted out three problems from before? I don't know if he was referring to heaven and hell or something else? I'm very curious and would like to know what he's talking about. Thanks

[@richardhincemon]

Drum sounds,timing and production

[@alspencer3826]

@@richardhincemon thank you

[@raoulbandera]

He basically had the same sound with Emerson, Lake & Powell

[@sammybeck7794]

I agree with you. I've been a Black Sabbath fan all my life and Ozzy and Ronnie James Dio and even Ian Gillan are acceptable in my book but I just couldn't get into the Tony Martin era for the reason you just explained. The only original member with this lineup is Tony Iommi

[@Tim091]

Note how as there was no "official" bass player (Geezer had gone) they barely show the guy miming the bass part in the video!

[@robertfurneaux128]

I think I remember he was a roadie or a studio employee or something.

[@archie6962]

That was Laurence Cottle a well renomened studio musician and jazz player.

[@robertfurneaux128]

@@archie6962 not in the video, only on the album. He didn't want to join the band so instead of having no bass player in the video they used a studio assistant or roadie to play the bass and barely showed him.

[@aaronmcmahon7462]

​​@@robertfurneaux128- That is Laurence in the video. The video where they got a guy in to mime the bass lines recorded by Bob Daisley was for The Shining.

[@tsmartin]

I know I'm rather late to the comments but I just now saw this. This "music video" is missing a few minutes of a breakdown riff around the 3 minute mark. Should probably listen to the studio version.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Oh thanks for the info 🤘