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It's their finest hour- I bought it when it came out and saw The World Slavery Tour at 4 venues here in the UK. It was a gamechanger, and honestly you HAD to be there at the time. The band were at the top of their game, the stage-show was like nothing we had seen before, life was amazing, if you saw this tour live you know what I mean. It was a different world- there was no internet- all the info you could get was via Kerrang and possibly the 'zines, so we were blown away by what we were faced with. Birch's production work on this record pretty much crushed the previous work the songs sounded absolutely amazing and unfortunately , in my opinion, they never sounded as intense, tight, or powerful ever again.

I've always enjoyed the album and don't think it was as a game changer or flop... but I have always wondered why it has escaped the scrutiny Alive! got. "Live at the LA Forum". Right. 😊

3 stitches ain't shit

This album is what made me go see them with Cheap Trick in 1977 for my second concert.

I live south of Fort Worth / Dallas in Texas. I was lucky enough to see nearly each touring iteration of Sabbath (when they appeared in Texas) with the exception of Tony Martin. Honestly, none of the post-Ozzy vocalists could equal Ozzy. The crushing, devastating power of the original quartet was, and still is, untouched. Their influence on every generation of heavy bands following Sabbath cannot be overstated. Particularly, Iommi’s influence on guitar players is beyond measure.

When i first heard that Ronnie joined Sabbath i was super excited because i loved his work in Rainbow and after hearing "Down to Earth" couldn't stand them. They went from being my favorite band to being my worst. Anyway never did i think that they would create not only the best Black Sabbath album ever but my favorite album of all-time. Dio's performances on that tour were some of the best i have ever seen in heavy metal also known as the Black & Blue tour.

People that heard Kizz alive 2 1st or Love Gun where conditioned to B or C grade Kizz then Gene n Peters solos where even worse Ace Pauls where Good Kizz like ... if you where lucky enough to hear Alive or RnR over or even DTK 1st that was real Kizz cant believe any Kizz fan wd put Kizz Alive 2 anywhere near Alive tell me which Alive 11 song Remotely compares to Deuce Parasite She Watching You 100,000 yrs Black Diamond Let Me Go Rock n Roll Cold Gin Etc..off Alive case closed ...New studio songs where best bit of Alive 11 by far cpl RnR over songs where ok liked God of thunder version not drum solo thats it rest was like hearing studio versions with lame fake crowd behind it very tinny sounding Having a song Like tommorow and tonight on Alive 2 was a perfect example of lack of insight culminated in Ummasked and Elder cpl yrs later🙄

It was released as a collector's item but has some really great songs.

Geezer was mad because Dio was writing the songs and he wasn't getting the royalties he was used to when He wrote the songs / lyrics... I have Geezers book "Into the Void" but haven't read it yet...

9:42 Dave Walker contributed 2 songs to a Fleetwood Mac album and was fired. Before that he had recorded 3 LP's with Savoy Brown, arguably their best. At the time that article was written, Savoy Brown was still active!

Born Again stands up with any Black Sabbath record either with Ozzy or Dio. The mix or the mastering was the wrench that turned most fans off. The newly mastered songs on youtube are killer and supposedly Tony is working on a better mix of the album. Otherwise, there's at least 5 songs on Born Again that are certified classics. Tony Iommi was on fire and Ian actually blew out his vocal cords during the sessions. As I remember from an interview with Tony, this is another record not originally intended to be Black Sabbath until their label threatened not to release it.

Alive 2 was my first Concert flying solo at 10 years old,it was their Zietgiest $ Zenith, Paul's "Disco" tune was self admittedly "Phoned in"

Great segment! Something new, to me, in the heavy metal story. Keep up the cool videos!

Sabotage was a good album, but its five predecessors are all masterpieces really. Not too many bands release 5 absolute classics in succession from their debut. In fact, only ACDC comes to mind really

So….for me it was the logical next step after "piece of mind"….and it checks all the boxes…complexity, arraignment, engineering and just great…..it was and is my favorite album from them, and I saw that tour 4 times when they came to my area…..nobody knows the name of the jerk that said it was crap….but everyone has heard of "MAIDEN"

The only time I saw BS was in '86 about a week or so after they fired Glen Hughs. Very chaotic time.

Last Kiss album I bought and then I discovered Rush and Yes

Great video ! Love the content & subbed cheers!

“Know any 19-year olds?” Well, Diana allegedly dated a 19-year old Michael Jackson. 😂

Thats a great insight on their daily schedule. Hope you find more to share with us

It was a Game Changer LOVED IT

I heard an interview with a female journalist who accompanied KISS to Japan in '77. She was asked to use one word that best described each band member. When talking about Ace she said 'innocent'. She went on to say that out of the four, he seemed to be the most overwhelmed by their fame at the time. She also said he was almost like a little kid. Thought this was very sweet. Who would have ever thought that Ace Frehley and innocent would ever be used in the same sentence lol

At the age of 15, my friend and I are tripping and listening to Paranoid. We imagined that what the album cover actually dipicted was space age police bustng somone in his pot field. We pondered this for sometime. That must be why I remember it.

From a fellow 🔥 K I ⚡️⚡️🔥 fan since 1975, I love these videos! Great work!

I have to say the sabbath years With dio were the best of the modern era. But I think the should have changed their name to Black Rainbow...lol.

I saw sabbath with dio in Buffalo NY in 1980. It was a great show. We bought the concert t-shirts, and the next day skipped school and went to the house of guitars and they had the same t shirts for 5$ less, we all were p*ssed about that.

Craig Gruber, original bassist for ELF & RAINBOW, came aboard shortly after this interview as Geezer Butler's replacement in '79-80 & was there for the early pre-production stages of 'Heaven & Hell' before Butler returned. Geoff Nicholls was keyboardist & remained with Iommi & Sabbath all the way up to the Ozzy reunion when Sharon & Ozzy forced Nicholls out for Rick Wakeman's son Adam. Nicholls later passed away RIP. Ronnie James Dio was not Ozzy's first replacement, nor was 1979 the 1st time Ozzy departed the group, as mentioned in the article. He had previously been replaced by SAVOY BROWN frontman Dave Walker in 1977 prior to recording the 'Never Say Die' album, with a live BBC performance of 'Junior's Eyes' featuring Walker singing available here on RUclips. It wasn't intended for Ozzy to be a solo artist initally either but as frontman for BLIZZARD OF OZZ, as evidenced by the earliest promotional materials including a promo single & their billing on the 1980 UK Reading Festival being under that name.

You have to give it up for Iommi to be willing to let Ronnie take the reigns musical as far as direction I bet Tony was thinking shit I can really write what I want to now Ozzy was a weak link never liked him cartoon character Ronnie was awesome then I love the Tony Martin era overlooked they helped in the creation of modern power metal

Shut up and let Diana talk or quit making fake ass videos

Head on over to Joe's Black Sabbath Online fan site to see how things progressed: Ronnie played a little bass, and then his old mate, Craig Gruber, entered the fold before Geezer returned. Can you top "War Pigs"? Eh, YMMV. For my money, the quintessential Sabbath song from the Ozzy era is "Symptom of the Universe", and I had a schoolmate who played the hell out of the "Sabotage" album, to the chagrin of our teachers and admins. It was a dark day for him when Ozzy got tossed, and as I recall, he wasn't thrilled with Ronnie. "Paranoid" was a radio staple, but it was really hearing the eerie "War Pigs" on an overnight "deep cuts" show that pushed me to get the album, and by then, "Heaven and Hell" had hit and I got that one right after I picked up "Sabotage" to go on the other side of my "Paranoid" tape.

I totally disagree with you about their albums after Escape. I love Escape, but I honestly think their music matured with each album post Escape. They didn’t necessarily have hits that were blasted on the radio all the time but they definitely showcased how the band matured as musicians. Especially with their comeback album in 1996, Trial By Fire. I love all of their music and Steve Perry is definitely the biggest reason why.

That DIANA special that aired on CBS was 🔥! There are segments of the program available to view on RUclips.

In her unauthorized biography "Call Her Miss Ross" there's a lot about their relationship in that. I was at a KISS convention in '95. During the Q&A Someone asked Gene who was better Cher, or Diana Ross? After ahuge howl from teh crowd Gene replied "I just like girls."

one of my greatest disappointmentsis not seeing Dio live while he was still here

My favorite album among many great albums from Maiden. I still love looking at my original 1984 record sleeve - it’s so cool.

I love Born Again. They recently found the tapes, and there's supposedly a re mix in the works.

Never heard anyone say van halen had a bad show. I saw them twice and were awesome both times

Yea I was There. It was a great day as the bands were putting on their best. The day was hot and dry we settled in near the stage right speaker columns about 500 yards from the stage. The crowed was just as excited as the bands. Steve Wazneak gave a good greeting and it was off. I remember listening to the radio a couple days before the show saying Van Halen was to be the highest paid band to play. So, it’s getting dark and VH was expected at sundown. We sat a good long while, frustrated thinking they didn’t show. People started small fires to keep warm, and allot of the crowd was exiting very frustrated. Finally someone with a hand held video was back stage showing what the delay was. It appeared on the overhead screen. They were so wasted we decided they were too drunk to go on. This also went on for along while. More folks got up and a steady exit of people grew larger. We talked of leaving, my vote was. Hell we’re here I’d rather wait here in hopes they will come on than sit in a line of cars exiting for hours. They must have finally realized why they were there I guess and ran out on stage. Dave Roth was yelling at people that were exiting some really nasty angry statements to those fans. It took them ahwhile to get set up, and Dave tried to MC while the rest set up their instruments. The statement he threw to one of the fans close to the stage was. “ Squirt me again, I will FU!K your girl friend”. Real nice considering they were the highest paid band to play. The performance was disappointing, but yea they closed the show that day. Wasn’t that many fans left from what I seen, compared to the days numbers. Triumph took the honors that day, and all the bands were great, except the closing. I think the police man’s statement in your reading was pointed toward difficulties with the many frustrated fans that exited before the VH showing. It was reported in the local papers some Rowdy fans may have busted up the display tents which were show casing Apple Computers would one day be like TV’s in every home in the USA. You could print anything, write letters electronically to whom ever, and what not. Appears they were right on that one.

I was born in England in 66. We emigrated to Australia in 67. We returned to England in 1974 and what you said is true. The country was bleak. The factories still had camouflage paint on them. The cities still had all the wartime signs painted on walls, such as EWS in yellow paint, with an arrow pointing to its direction and the distance in feet. This stood for emergency water supply, for the fire fighters during the bombings. Large white squares with the letter S painted in black inside, again with an arrow pointing to the location, showed where the nearest air raid shelter was. The cities were black. Coal was being phased out, but after a hundred years of it being the only source of heat and power, it had left its mark. This stood out to me as a child, being brought up in South Australia with weather like Southern California. Where the oldest buildings were Victorian, so most were less than 30 years old, the oldest perhaps a hundred. To arrive in Northern England, where most of the housing stock was built in the Victorian and Edwardian eras was a shock to say the least. Everything was run down and bleak. There was little money. It took the country over 60 years to pay off the war debt we owed your country. Unlike Ukraine we were not given freebies. Music was one of the few escapes from the grim reality of life back then

This bring back memories....I was a huge KISS fan...I was totally floored by the image and the music...I think Kiss Alive 2 was my fourth album...I was about 8 yrs old and was liked and hated for loving this group...but I didn't care... I loved Kiss and I loved Ace Frehley

'War Pigs' as the album title was "too controversial" for the record label.

Diana says "We have an agreement, Gene and I. I'm not fooling around, he's not fooling around." Replies Gene: "Fooled ya!"

It's GEEZER, not Giza

I was 14 when this came out and starting to get in to playing guitar, I liked IM but wasnt a aggressive fan, Like I was was for misfits, metallica and slayer. and those bands were easier to play along with then the much more talented IM. Much later I apprecated IM, ac/dc LZ but didnt listen to many of them as I was an angry 80's teen! lol. I did have IM posters and tee-shirts as the imagery was awesome and thought provoking.

I always listen to this when I get my guitar out. Awesome album

This format of older articles is pretty genius 🤙

I hear people say that Queen was on the same level as Zeppelin which is complete and utter nonsense. Queen was good but were definitely not on the same level and had maybe 1 or 2 songs with regular radio airplay. Zeppelin had about 15.

The overall sound of Alive 2 is lacking but 'flop' NO FUCKING WAY!!!! Theres great songs on there, you got a studio side 4 ( I could do without, 'Anyway You Want It') , a killer gatefold inside cover & best of all is the Lp cover itself!! That lp cover is ICONIC!!!!

Gene was also in a short relationship with the Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann.

I always wondered how cher would go with gene as homely as he is