Tony Iommi & Tony Martin in conversation : Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes

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[@caljerm]

Cross Purposes is the most underrated album in their discography - always loved that record

[@kjetilhansen5363]

Agreed! It's full of great riffs and atmosphere. I Witness, Cross of Thorns, Virtual Death, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. Such great songs!

[@huskerdonut]

Tyr for me, but CP a close second.

[@jaredaviet8297]

In my top ten sabbath album list for sure

[@wisdomriver3476]

That’s a good one but TRY is damn good another underrated one.

[@THE_JACKAL666]

All the 5 albuns with Tony Martin are nothing less than majestic Metal. If you haven't heard them, then you are a criminal !

[@RodneyWallaceDynamoC]

I have to take sometime to listen to them

[@THE_JACKAL666]

@@RodneyWallaceDynamoC dude, you won't regret

[@tonymontana-uw1bq]

When death calls....Tony's voice is killer!

[@ziggypop79]

They are very underated that’s for sure

[@Aenigmakil]

If you don't like them you're a criminal 😂 but those who haven't heard, let's give them the benefit of the doubt

[@Blacksabbathman15]

Geezer Butler is the best. Thanks for sharing Tony and Tony!

[@KillbotAndGorGorAttack]

Please upload those full rehearsal tapes, they must be gold to watch

[@daveb5892]

Tony telling Eddie Van Halen he was playing his Sabbath song wrong...priceless!!😂

[@petroskumarcis2428]

The world desperately needs a new album ... God bless you guys

[@brianvnt90]

Gosh I would love to hear new music with these two.

[@billgeezeriommi]

Nice i like how theyre talking about Geezer wish he was there discussing the album with them too

[@poulwinther]

Discussing a new album....

[@TailedFeature]

Geezer has been less than favourable about his time with Sabbath during this period. The song "Giving Up the Ghost" on his first solo album (released a year after Cross Purposes) is critical of Iommi continuing to use the Black Sabbath name.

[@poulwinther]

​@@TailedFeature It's easy to throw stones. The fact remains that Tony and Ozzy own the name and without the moniker this era would be even lesser known. You don't think Geezer would have like to ten-fold his sales if he could do it that easily?

[@jowrodrigues85rodriguesbat92]

​@@TailedFeaturegeezer curtia tocar na era Dio/appice

[@RafaAchnitz]

One of the best Sabbath albums, and the best in the produce perspective with Mr Martin.

[@TweedSuit]

Geezer correcting Tony Martin's book...Tony Iommi correcting EVH playing Sabbath... Gold.

[@swithinbarclay4797]

Geez shoulda had some words with the publisher

[@Lyndon85]

Cross Purposes was the first Martin era album I got into, I loved how fresh it was. Nice to see some clips from Cross Purposes Live, hopefully that'll get a new release soon.

[@dukeviking]

These interviews are priceless. Thank you Iommi for these gems.

[@valg4510]

Really wish the tapes with EVHs demo would be released. The solo on Evil Eye is absolutely phenomenal, you can only wonder how the original sounded.

[@MosherBear]

It was the tour to support Cross Purposes that I went to see this line up of Sabbath. Newport Centre, 14th April 1994. Cathedral and Godspeed were supporting. An interesting side note - Tony Martin lost his voice that night, but they were great.

[@PulverizerA]

Killer album with a killer lineup.

[@lassala]

The song Cross of Thorns has been one of my all-time favorites in metal.

[@Nickster_28]

Believe it or not, Cross Purposes is my favorite Black Sabbath album! Love the sound of each song! Really heavy album with great vocals from Tony Martin!

[@artefaktedasjournalfurbauk8159]

I saw you guys on tour with Cathedral. That was amazing! Thank you for that memory!😇

[@fullmetalguy8357]

Joe Hasselvander from Pentagram / Raven has a lot of stories about the European leg of the Cross Purposes tour when he stood in as the drummer for Cathedral. He also recalls the story of the Christian protests in Austria against Sabbath.

[@Riffuz]

Cross Purposes is a real amazing record song by song, in my opinion i like it more than 13 album

[@user-hz2gc6jl7f]

I love the albume with Tony Martin. Eternal Idol is my favorite

[@batphink2655]

Tony Thanks for releasing these Tony I an SO impressed with the Tony Martin era of Sabbath, seems your songwriting took on a much more sophisticated and mature vibe if you don't mind me saying ,I've been binge listening and watching for weeks now Cheers!

[@abrahamramirez3980]

There was a point that Geezer Butler said this was one of his favorite albums he’d ever been on and it was the most fun he ever had making an album! Kind of a bummer he tries to downplay it nowadays.

[@mickblack3291]

Maybe he realised he had to be honest with himself.

[@richardhincemon]

Geezer Butler said that it was the best Sabbath album ever until his wife Gloria complained about the bass mix on the Cross Purposes album 😂.

[@digitaldogs233]

Geezers bass playing was out of this world. I remember seing them in london hyde park and his fingers was just a blur. And like ozzy had dyslexia. But if you think ozzy never wrote any music for black sabbath then Listen to THE WRIT and then think how come i thought he never wrote anything. Because he didnt. He would sing what ever came into his head then Geeza would write it down.

[@user-wx9xq8sb7k]

I'm reading comments about a Tony Martin era tour, that would be sensational

[@billgeezeriommi]

There a live recording of Van Halen covering Tomorrows Dream. Really cool!

[@ColtraneTaylor]

And also Air Dance if you can find it.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

The Martin era was cut short. We need some Iommi Martin Butler music.

[@flaviopitanga65]

Great albums ❤

[@aleksandarpejcic2077]

Alright!! 🤘🔥🤘

[@niallward8885]

The best album you never heard of!!!

[@slavestosaturn]

Absolutely great. In an ideal world there would be a one more tour.

[@Migsterxoxo]

great video repertoire material!! Geoff in there too

[@wisdomriver3476]

I think these guys should get together and play some old sabbath tunes I’d love to see a tour.

[@THE_JACKAL666]

When I watch videos like that, I start getting agitated, crossing my fingers, hoping to hear another album from these Immortal individuals

[@victorluchitz7907]

Bobby Rondinelli’s drumming on the album is great

[@renecruz8973]

Whoa wow, an alligator or Dragon on the Cross Purposes Poster damn, & I thought that was just an Import Poster version of the World Tour in England but was actually the censored one! I have the Cross Purposes Live Concert on VHS I bought at Tower Records & also the Cross Purposes Album on Import IRS Records Vinyl I bought at Street Light Records & also a second copy I also managed to find at Reckless Records of London back in 1994, then saw you guys at the San José Event Center & the Warfield SF concert shows good times! Also Mr. Tony Iommi & Mr. Geezer Butler, I want to thank you two for throwing me your guy's Guitar Picks & Bass Picks towards me at the concerts, when you two flunged the picks into the audiences, I managed to catch your guy's Picks at the San José Sharktank, Mandalay Bay, Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa, Marysville, Fresno, Irvine, Inglewood & Hollywood Bowl concerts, my friend was really lucky & caught Bobby Rondinelli's drum stick, priceless precious memorable fun times, I'll never ever forget it! Funny thing though, I was singing the part of Psychophobia song live during the SJ Event Center show, the part where the lyrics goes, "My colors all run dry, but now I see the word in black & white, it's to late now, it's times to kiss the Rainbow goodbye!", to my old girlfriend at the time & you Mr. Tony Martin, saw me singing though out the whole concert in the audience & were shocked in utter amazement & gave me a look of glee & satisfaction, because I was the only one in the crowd, a total Diehard Faithful Sabbath Fanatic, that knew all the lyrics to the whole Cross Purposes Record! When you looked at me at the show, you gave me a look like, damn this awesome Sabbath Fan knows all the Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan & Glenn Hughes lyrics & now he knows mine, Holy Cow! In conclusion, I just want to say that I attend Ronnie James Dio's Funeral at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills & met Rudy Sarzo & Glenn Hughes there in the crowd, & ask Glenn, "Now that Dio past away, is there any chance of you rejoining Sabbath again & do a World Tour doing the materials from the Seventh Star, Peel Sessions & Fused Records?", & Mr. Iommi, Glenn said, "Yeah me & Iommi are getting back together & jammin', but you didn't hear it from me!" as he laughed obnoxiously really loud in delight & rolled his eyes up in the air, thinking that he wished he could, ah heheeheee lol! But it was somber times at Ronnie's Funeral, poor Wendy Dio, she didn't even look at anybody in the crowd, God Bless her & Ronnie RIP! And thank you & God Bless you Tony Iommi, Tony Martin, Geezer Butler & Bobby Rondinelli, All Hail Sabbath, the Masters of Metal!👩‍🎤🧑‍🎤👨‍🎤 ⃝𖤐𓆩🤘𓆪🤟⃤⩜⃝🤘⃤\m/⸸⁶⁶⁶⛧🤘🇵🇭

[@renecruz8973]

PS Dear Mr. Tony Iommi, I hope when you release your forthcoming 4th Solo Album, maybe if you feel really healthy & up to it, possibly play a concert at Chase Center, if you could pretty please, but in the meantime, please be safe & take good care of yourself! Sabbath Forever, to the blood & to the bone! Sincerely René' Cruz!!👩‍🎤🧑‍🎤👨‍🎤 ⃝𖤐𓆩🤘𓆪🤟⃤⩜⃝🤘⃤\m/⸸⁶⁶⁶⛧🤘🇵🇭

[@thefonzkiss]

Aspergers

[@heavybrett-al4082]

Geezer and Iommi, a pairing so great it was made in heaven....and hell .😂 Black Sabbath is eternal.

[@SaimonLimaa]

We want the next singles! 😁😁

[@163thesecond]

🤘

[@CannibaLouiST]

old man that jam snippet!!!!

[@jordanwhiffen225]

Love it!!

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

And then a certain Mr. Bill Ward stepped in for a few shows in South America after Bobby Rondinelli moved on. Where did the years go? I still remember putting this one into the CD player as I drove off from work, and thinking "Wow" as "I Witness" played. The events that inspired "Psychophobia" were still fresh on our minds, having happened about an hour away. We caught them on the tour, with Morbid Angel and Motörhead opening.

[@ManfredFechter-kc7iy]

This Album includes some of the best Songs of ANY Genre! Huge Fan! My Favourite: IMMACULATE DECEPTION ...incredible Rhythm of Aeons, and the Lyrics, so wise... But also the other songs, really fresh and exciting, Sabbath somehow reinvented themselves; i.m.O. the best Album w. Tony/Tony. And to say that is a bad crime, I know... Never ever forget this Era, it feeds my soul with some of the best Music/Singing of All Times! Thank You so much, Guys!

[@juhanipaasikangas4185]

Great

[@buddylove346]

I must say the new remixed albums sound much better and as a long time Black Sabbath fan I think looking back over history it is clear to me that Tony Martin is the best singer the band ever had because of his voice and range he is the only one who could sing any song on all 19 albums.

[@tapanim6576]

🤘😎🤘

[@swithinbarclay4797]

Tony, I believe that some your influences include Movie Soundtrack Composers. I hear hints of Bernhard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone, Lalo Schiffrin, perhaps even snippets of Bob Cobert (ABC TV's "Dark Shadows"). Am I off base?? And, to my reckoning, "Children of The Grave" smacks of being a Tarantella!

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

🤘✝🤘

[@joelmacdonald6994]

Iommi seems like such a down to earth gentleman.

[@swithinbarclay4797]

He truly is . . . hard to believe that he's the same man who liked setting Bill Ward on fire.

[@ElizondoAbelardo]

My biggest question about this album is how much Geezer actually influenced the writing. Like, I know that when Tony Martin was in Sabbath he'd usually write all the lyrics, but I wonder if Geezer wrote any lyrics here. The writing credits are indeed Iommi/Martin/Butler for all songs (not specificying by lyrics and music), but would be interesting to be more specific about Geezer's contributions.

[@markcastillo2757]

Lol, he said Eternal Idiot?

[@aleksandarpejcic2077]

Yeah, that's what Iommi's neighbour, I think, called it, when they met. It's their internal joke.

[@temite80]

It's an internal idiot joke.

[@manuelduarte8981]

Best quote: "You can't have an angel with the wings on fire, but you can have an angel eaten by a crocodile" 😂

[@MikeUIibarri]

Godfather. Recently bought my first Laney.

[@rodrigobezerra651]

Anno Domini world tour please

[@JOONBUGFILMS]

I would love to see a new album with Tony Martin like what you did with heaven and hell the devil you know

[@aristophanesghost3839]

👍

[@SISTER76]

Black Sabbath - Die Young IOMMI and DIO another very heavy metal song

[@thewelshbeersnob2783]

Headless Cross tour when

[@BlakeSabbath84]

Can anybody with the box set confirm if EVH now has a written credit in the liner notes unlike on the original release?

[@mysticprophecyroblox]

The guy at the start said something about having two albums, but there were three... The Eternal Idol, the best one, is missed in Anno Domini. Was it a record label issue? I heard it was the last one with Warner Bros or something.

[@guilhermebrandani6810]

GODS

[@elinino5275]

Geezer is sabbath secret weapon

[@Mike-aka747]

Did he really say Eternal Idiot? 😂 at 0:48

[@assolfan]

He definitely said Eternal Idiot . . .

[@Mike-aka747]

Yeah was caught off guard on first listen. Like wtf. Surprised Tony didn’t give him a glaring look like wtf. Apparently. it’s an inside joke lol 🤘

[@richardhincemon]

Tony Iommi's garden employees came up with the Eternal Idiot title great title 😂

[@deantaylor1512]

A reissue of Eternal Idol 🙏🙏 will sit nicely with the new box .. just 3 weeks …😋

[@caljerm]

It's already been done - why not just get that one?

[@deantaylor1512]

@@caljerm cos it’s not vinyl …😁

[@Thegamer10113]

​​@@deantaylor1512check out a local record store. Or look out for a record sale.

[@Aenigmakil]

Form a band called Headless Cross or Cross Purposes and give us some new material! 🤘🏾

[@Nordicroo]

Why didn't they include "The Eternal Idol" in the box set? It does after all feature Tony Martin singing the vocals. And it's quite a good album in my opinion.

[@davidscottlane7771]

Different record company. Was previously rereleased and digitally available now.

[@Nordicroo]

@@davidscottlane7771 Okay, makes sense. Shame as it would have covered all of Tony Martin's Black Sabbath recordings. Not that I was after the box set as I already have all of the albums. Cheers!

[@thiagoc.s2190]

😍🤘🎸💽👊🏻🙏👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

[@KeizerHedorah]

Cross Purposes is the best of the Martin albums in my opinion because his vocals are the least Dio-sounding, and Geezer played bass. Martins earlier albums with the band sound to me like an attempt at a continuation of the Dio era sound, but on Cross Purposes Tony ditched the Dio vocal imitation, that and the return of Geezer on bass makes the album seem more legitimate to me.

[@brianmay1983]

Which song van halen plays a solo on?

[@mysticprophecyroblox]

Evil Eye I think it was

[@paulrockatansky77]

Unfortunately, Eddie's solo didn't make it unto the final recording. Tony tried to recreate it as best as he could.

[@mysticprophecyroblox]

@@paulrockatansky77 Ah I see

[@EarthAltar]

You couldn't make these stories up if you tried. 🤘🤘

[@thefonzkiss]

Tony “Cat” Martin

[@andrewsmithers2049]

Was he really at guitar center on sterling in Peoria Illinois. My guess is no. And it was all in my head. F schizophrenia

[@josegregorioalvarez1433]

🤘😲. TODA. Guitarra. Tocada. POR. Iommi. SUENA. BRUTAL. ✨✨⚡⚡⚡🎸🎸💥💥 SONIDO. UNICO

[@ADDISON857]

Tous les Albums de Tony ont tous simplement été DÉNIGRÉS tout comme l’HOMME lui-même 🙈🌑Après l’avoir VIRÉ comme un malpropre au retour de RONNIE🤷🏻‍♀️Remarquez qu’aucun titres n’a été repris de SES Albums par Ronnie, LOMMI les a totalement évincés, suite à ces retrouvailles, il veut les restituer… il est temps🙏 » Heroes, only on the GRAVE have no DREAMS, haha⁉️HEROES🤪

[@raymondgarcia2359]

Sabbath should reform with Tony Martin on vocals, my thoughts…