There's only one Sabbath guitarist and he is the architect for everything, Tony Iommi.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I never try and sound like Sabbath.
I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn't like the musical direction Sabbath was going in.
Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!
I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun to listen to but on the other hand, musically you can do a lot more without it.
I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.
To me, Sabbath was always JUSt a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier.
I once asked Ozzy Osbourne, truly one of my favorite people in the world, if he was cool with singing Black Sabbath songs year after year, whether he was performing with Black Sabbath or out on a solo tour. He said it was great.
Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.
If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.
I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock.
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