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Black Sabbath black t-shirt features the artwork from World Tour ‘Seventy Eight’
Heavyweight 100% pre-shrunk cotton
High quality silkscreen won’t crack or fade
Great gift for the Black Sabbath or classic rock fan
Officially licensed product

Product DescriptionBlack Sabbath black t-shirt is printed with the artwork from their World Tour ‘Seventy Eight’ with its ‘devil’ design. Black Sabbath are [...]

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Product DescriptionPurchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Black Sabbath Discography, Don Arden, Jeff Fenholt, Born Again Tour 1983, Nativity in Black, in These Black Days, the Black Sabbath Story, Vol. [...]

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Product DescriptionIn 1969, four youths from the factory town of Birmingham, England–Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward–formed a group that would change music forever with their unique style of “heavy metal.” In 1980, Ozzy began an equally impressive solo career which established milestones in music history. Now, [...]

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Power Drummer: Bill Ward

by Iron Man on February 3, 2010

Ward is from Birmingham, England and was born May 5, 1948. He started drumming at shows when he was 15 years old. He made Tony Iommi’s acquaintance in 1964. They were in a band called Mythology prior to meeting Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne and joining Polka Tulk, which became Earth and in turn Black [...]

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His real name is Terrance Butler and he was born in Birmingham, England on July 17, 1949. Terrance got his nickname because he saluted other guys with the term “geezer” since he was a kid; it is English slang meaning “man”.
He and Ozzy Osbourne started the band Rare Breed in the fall of 1967. They [...]

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Bill Ward

by Iron Man on January 21, 2010

Bill Ward was born in Birmingham, England, in 1948. His interest in drumming began as a toddler and by age 15, he was playing gigs. Ward played in several bands before meeting up with Tony Iommi in 1964. The two of them worked together in the group Mythology before they met up with Ozzy Osbourne [...]

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Osbourne was born in Aston, Birmingham, England. His father Jack worked shifts as a toolmaker at GEC and his mother Lillian for the car components firm Lucas, to support him and his five siblings. Osbourne reportedly suffered from learning difficulties (claiming to be dyslexic)  making life at Prince Albert Road Junior School and Birchfield Road [...]

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