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I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock.

I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn't like the musical direction Sabbath was going in.

That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.

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 never try and sound like Sabbath.

I love Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and Guns N' Roses and AC/DC.

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.

Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!

Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath albums.