Black Sabbath (Official Thread)

[Khor1255]

I've listened to "Born Again" in greater depth mostly because of Nolo's hailing of it. It's not one of my favorites but it's still good. Ian was certainly the last new singer that Sabbath put out a really quality singer with.

I was put off by it at first but it really is a cool album. And yes, the last Sabbath album I have heard that I would even consider owning.

 

[DaKillerWolf]

Tony Martian and Glenn Hughes are both highly talented, high quality, singers.
Glenn Hughes isn't known as "the voice of rock" because he is a low quality singer. Tony Iommi has gone on record as saying his favorite Sabbath vocalist was Mr. Martian...sure that changes with the personal change ...but still calling Tony M. untalented is far removed from anything based on factual information.

 

[Riff Raff]

This Reunion live 2 disc album I am loving at the moment. In some songs I think Ozzy sounds better than on the studio track.

 

[Malikarcanum]

I like every record they've done, and some of my favorites come from the 'forgotten' era, like Born Again, Cross Purposes, Eternal Idol, & surprisingly Dehumanizer.


I say surprising because it baffles me why it's oft forgotten in the first place. It's not really different stylistically from the other Dio albums, if anything it's even heavier. Imo it's the meanest performance of Dio's career, & some of Iommi's most vicious riffage, like on I & Computer God. It's my favorite of the 4 Dio albums, followed closely by Heaven & Hell & The Devil You Know.

Tony Martian and Glenn Hughes are both highly talented, high quality, singers.
Glenn Hughes isn't known as "the voice of rock" because he is a low quality singer. Tony Iommi has gone on record as saying his favorite Sabbath vocalist was Mr. Martian...sure that changes with the personal change ...but still calling Tony M. untalented is far removed from anything based on factual information.

Agreed. Martin's sick. His voice was perfectly suited to that eerie style Sabbath picked up during that era. I don't think Sabbath's ever had a bad singer, & I'd put them all on about an even playing field.




Been playing this a lot lately. I love that creepy riff.

 

[DaKillerWolf]

Cross Purposes is an amazing album, as are Tyr and Headless Cross. Sure they are a bit more melodic then what most Sabbath freaks are expecting, and granted it's bit removed from Ozzy and even Dio era Sabbath, but that stuff is great,IMO. The Eternal Idol isn't too shabby either.

 

[Lynch]

Glenn Hughes isn't known as "the voice of rock" because he is a low quality singer.

Isn't he known as that because he has an album by that name?


(BTW: who actually ever refers to him as that anyway?)

 

[electric funeral]

This Reunion live 2 disc album I am loving at the moment. In some songs I think Ozzy sounds better than on the studio track.

 

[DaKillerWolf]

Isn't he known as that because he has an album by that name?


(BTW: who actually ever refers to him as that anyway?)

No, he has an album called that because he is refereed to as same...
a rock journalist first conned the term for Glenn and then his horde of fans picked up on it.

He's known as the voice of rock because he can sing like this:



anyone who can't hear the talent in Glenn's singing ability needs to listen to Vince Neil to compare ...
After that ANYONE should be able hear a real singer in Glenn lol

 

[ElPatanico]

heh. Tony "Martian"

 

[DaKillerWolf]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of all things Black Sabbath with us there ElPat