BANDS WHO HAVE OPENED FOR BLACK SABBATH
1973 SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH Tour USA: Montrose, Mahogany Rush, Bedlam, and Necromandus
1975 SABOTAGE Tour USA : Kiss, Target (?)
1977 TECHNICAL ECSTASY Tour : Ramones, also Reo Speedwagon and
Target
1978/ NEVER SAY DIE Tour : Van Halen, (In LA both Van Halen and
1979 BLACK SABBATH opened for Boston at the
Hard Rock Festival)
1980 BLACK'n'Blue Tour USA : Blue Oyster Cult (co-Headline), Molly
Hatchet and Riot
1981 MOB RULES Tour USA : Alvin Lee (Largo Maryland), Outlaws
(Longbeach, CA, '82)
1983 BORN AGAIN Tour USA : Lita Ford, Quiet Riot (Portland)
1986 SEVENTH STAR Tour USA : Anthrax (first part), W.A.S.P. (second
part)
1989 HEADLESS CROSS tour USSR : Girlschool
1989 HEADLESS CROSS Tour Europe : Axxis
1989 HEADLESS CROSS Tour USA : Metal Church, Kingdom Come, Silent Rage
1990 TYR Tour Europe : Circus Of Power
1992 DEHUMANIZER Tour Europe : Testament (not on every gig)
1992 DEHUMANIZER Tour USA : Skew Siskin, Exodus, some gigs also
included Danzig (Chicago, IL) or Prong (Boston; New York City), Slik Toxik
1992 Superrock In Mannheim : Helloween, Slayer, Testament, W.A.S.P.,
The Almighty
1992 Costa Mesa Shows : Sepultura
1994 CROSS PURPOSES Tour Europe : Cathedral, Godspeed
1994 CROSS PURPOSES Tour USA : Morbid Angel, Motoerhead
1994 South America, supporting Kiss : Slayer
1994 Provinssi Rock (June 11th 1994): Scottish Sex Pistols, Andy McCoy
IMPORTANT DATES IN BLACK SABBATH'S HISTORY
Friday, 13th February 1970 - release date of their self-titled debut.
Original Black Sabbath reform for Live Aid JFK Stadium July 13, 1985
Mob Rule Black Sabbath reform for Dehumanizer and tour in 1992
Original Black Sabbath reform for Ozzy's last concert of his Farewell tour
in Costa Mesa, Los Angeles november 15, 1992.
Original Black Sabbath play two dates in home town Birmingham on December 4 & 5 1997.
Reunion album released of the December 5, 1997 concert.
BLACK SABBATH EQUIPMENT INFO
Iommi's early setup consisted of: A Rangemaster (preamp tube distortion device),Wah wah(Vox),
Laney amp with four speaker cabinets. Reference unknown.
Tony Iommi's rack contained 1994:
Korg DT-1 (Tuner), Aris-Power-Conditioner, Pete-Cornish-Switching-System,
2 x Marshall 9001 (Roehren Preamps), DigiTech IPS-33B (Pitch Shifter),
Alesis-Quadra Verb, Boss RCE-10 (Chorus-Ensemble) BOSS RGE-110 (Equalizer),
3 x Korg SDD-1000 (Digital Delays), DigiTech MEQ Dual-14 (programable
Equalizer).
On 'CROSS PURPOSES' he used:
Jay Dee, Gibson, Washburn, Fender, Guild, Godin, Steinberger, guitar strings
by La Bella. Guitar amps by: Laney, Marshall, Peavey. Effects by DigiTech.
Geezer Butler used:
Vigier, Status, Spector, bass strings by La Bella. Bass amps by Marshall,
Ampeg, EV Speakers. Effects by DigiTech.
Geoff Nicholls used:
Peavey and Korg keyboards.
Bobby Rondinelli used:
Yamaha Drums, Paiste Cymbols & Gongs, Remo Drum Heads, Capella sticks.
In 1996 he was using an Eggle guitar on the Forbidden album. Later Tony struck a deal with Gibson for signature pickups. And early in 1999 it was announced that Gibson would release a Tony Iommi signature SG.
BLACK SABBATH - WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK'N'ROLL
(Hal Leonard Guitar RECORDED VERSIONS with Notes & Tabs)
HP Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
7777 West Bluemond Road, P.O. Box 13819, Milwaukee, WI 53213
Contains the transcriptions for:
Am I Going Insane (Radio), BLACK SABBATH, Changes, Children Of The
Grave, Fairies Wear Boots, IRON MAN, Laguna Sunrise, N.I.B., PARANOID,
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, Snowblind, Sweet Leaf, Tommorow's Dream,
War Pigs, Warning, The Wizard.
Released in 1989. Available in two different versions.
Songbook BLACK SABBATH
Contains the transcriptions for:
A National Acrobat, BLACK SABBATH, Fairies wear Boots, Hard Road,
Junior`s Eyes, Looking for Today, NEVER SAY DIE, PARANOID, Planet
Caravan, SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, Sleeping Village, Snowblind, Supernaut,
Sweet Leaf, Under the Sun, War Pigs, Wheels of Confusion, The Wizard
The Great Rock Songs of the Sixties and Seventies Vol. 1: BLACK SABBATH
Contains the transcriptions for:
After Forever, A National Acrobat, Behind The Wall Of Sleep, BLACK
SABBATH, Changes, CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE, Electric Funeral, Every Day
Comes And Goes, Fairies Wear Boots, Fluff, Hand Of Doom, I don`t know
If I`m Up Or Down, Into the Void, IRON MAN, Laguna Sunrise, Looking For
Today, Lord of the World, N.I.B., PARANOID, Planet Caravan, Rat Salad,
Sabra Cadabra, Sleeping Village, Snowblind, Solitude, Supernaut, Sweat
Leaf, The Straightener, The Wizard, Tomorrow`s Dream, Under the Sun,
War Pigs
"Original BLACK SABBATH' by Steve Tarshis
An annotated guide to the guitar techniques of BLACK SABBATH
Contains the transcriptions for:
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, Snowblind, BLACK SABBATH, Junior`s Eyes,
Supernaut, Under the Sun, Hard Road, A National Acrobat, Looking For
Today, NEVER SAY DIE, Sweat Leaf, The Wizard, War Pigs, PARANOID,
Fairies Wear Boots, Sleeping Village, Planet Caravan, Wheels Of Confusion
BLACK SABBATH BOOKS
BLACK SABBATH by Chris Welch
written by Chris Welch and released as a paperback book and also together with
the Box "The SABBATH Collection". Now sold out. It had 96 pages and was published
by Proteus Books 1982 originally then again by Bobcat Books 1988. Out of print.
THE BLACK SABBATH COMIC
BLACK SABBATH #1, February 1994. Published by Rock-It Comix, Malibu Comics
Entertainment, Inc. 5321 Sterling Center Drive, Westlake Village, CA 91361.
$ 3.95 US and $ 5.25 in Canada.
Content the story of BLACK SABBATH between 1970-1979, Tony Iommi and Geezer
Butler Interview, Discography and Rock-Itorial.
Contact Address: Rock-It Comix, 5321 Sterling Center Drive, Westlake Village,
CA 91361-4613.
WHEELS OF CONFUSION by Steven Rosen
Written by Steven Rosen and released as a paperback book. It has 186 pages.
Should be available but was published by Castle Communications and eventually will become scarce.
That company was up for sale in the spring of 1998 and was purchased by a company that plans
to do compilations.
BLACK SABBATH AN ORAL HISTORY by Dave Marsh
written by Michael Stark - publisher Avon Books - total pages 115 also released as a
paperback book. Still available and awaiting a second printing as of the summer of 1998.
The quotes are taken from actual interviews of band members.
OZZY OSBOURNE by Garry johnson (out of print)
DIARY OF A MADMAN by Mick Wall (out of print)
CHILD IN TIME by Ian Gillan
Autobiography of Ian Gillan.
Future Dio biography by Dio
The Great Rock Songs of the 60's and 70's vol.1: BLACK SABBATH (out of print)
BLACK SABBATH SHATTERING SOUNDS FROM 4 ALBUMS
Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master Of Reality, Vol 4.
After Forever is credited to all four members though it seems that it was Iommi's song.
Published by T.R.O.
BLACK SABBATH - WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL
Two songs that it has that were not included in Shattering Sounds are Warning and Am I Going Insane? Warning was the song by Ansley's Dunbar Retaliation.
Am I Going Insane?, though they admitted it was Ozzy's song is indeed credited to all four members.
Published by T.R.O.
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH
Includes the intro to Spiral Architect - Prelude to A Project along with the other interpolations
I Don't Know If I'm Up Or Down and You Think that I'm Crazy from Killing Yourself To Live.
Published by T.R.O.
BLACK SABBATH ANTHOLOGY
Includes more detail than the Shattering Sounds transcriptions but while they included parts like Jack The Stripper they still left out
the cool intro solo that comes between Jack and Fairies.
Published by Amsco.
TABLATURE BOOK
BLACK SABBATH ANTHOLOGY
c 1986. Amsco Publications.
Order number: AM 62019
US international standard book munber: 0.8256.1084.2
UK international standard book number: 0.7119.0846.x
Covers 28 songs from 1970 to 1981, including "Dirty Women," "Under the Sun," "A National Acrobat," and "Looking For Today."
Note: According to a member of the list, a lot of the tablature is not correct.
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Evil Woman is on "foreign" (non-US) releases of BLACK SABBATH but not
"domestic" (US) releases, where it is replaced by Wicked World.
The band did not write Evil Woman, an American band named Crow did.
Speculative reasons from the news group for not releasing Evil Woman in the states include
Jim Simpson's decision or the band's decision, business, and copyright considerations.
The names like 'Luke's Wall', 'Jack the Stripper', 'The Straightener', and
'Every Day Just Comes and Goes' on US releases are the band's name for
instrumental portions of songs. Much like a Beethoven Symphony will have
movements, BLACK SABBATH songs have movements, each with a different name.
Bassically is Geezer's solo before N.I.B., 'Wasp' is the guitar intro to
'Behind the Wall of Sleep', etc.
See faq 33 for more info on interpolated songs.