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[freedom78]

If you want I can hook you up, it's awesome - a KBFH radio recording which was never broadcast from the Sabotage tour.

Yes, please.

[michelle]

HEAVEN & HELL/BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler has told Decibel magazine that working with singer Ronnie James Dio is a hell of a lot easier than working with Ozzy Osbourne. "Ronnie's a songwriter in his own right — he's got tons of ideas," the bassist said. "Whereas Ozzy... in the old days, he'd come up with a vocal line and I'd write the lyrics. Ronnie is 100 percent involved in both the musical side and the vocal side, and he writes his own lyrics as well."

Ozzy never took Butler's musical ideas seriously, either. "If we were with Ozzy and I came in with the killer riff of all time, Ozzy wouldn't even think of doing it because I'm not the guitarist and that's the way he thinks," Butler said. "When we tried to do a SABBATH album in 2001, we all gave each other CDs of our riffs or song ideas. Ozzy didn't even listen to mine. Because I'm not a guitarist, he felt I shouldn't be playing guitar. That's why it was so bloody hard to write anything."

Geezer Butler on HEAVEN & HELL's debut CD, "The Devil You Know": "If we'd written this album with Ozzy, we'd still be working on the first track."

The contrast between Ozzy and Dio comes into even sharper focus on tour. "It was great being with Ozzy on the road," HEAVEN & HELL/BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi enthuses. "We had a great time and we still will have hopefully at some point, but with Ronnie it's a lot different, because we go out and we know exactly what we're gonna be doing. With Ozzy, we didn't really know. It was touch and go sometimes on some of those early shows, whether he was gonna turn up, if he'd be able to sing, if his voice was gone, or what. We'd have to cancel shows, which Geezer and myself really hated. But with Ronnie, we've never cancelled a show. He'd have to be seriously, seriously ill before we cancelled a show."

Read the entire interview in the May 2009 issue of Decibel magazine, available on newsstands now.

For more information, visit DecibelMagazine.com


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[freedom78]

If you want I can hook you up, it's awesome - a KBFH radio recording which was never broadcast from the Sabotage tour.

This is damned good. Easily as good as any of their official live releases. They sound loose (in a good way).

[TAP]

If you want I can hook you up, it's awesome - a KBFH radio recording which was never broadcast from the Sabotage tour.

This is damned good. Easily as good as any of their official live releases. They sound loose (in a good way).

It's really the holy grail of classic Sabbath, a few tracks were in circulation but I don't think many people even knew it existed until it showe up a few years back. 2 or 3 of the tracks are actually on Past Lives.

[freedom78]

Hmm... a second listen has me convinced that I was a tad harsh with my first. I still don't care for Dio's performance (I don't blame him, though...he's just gettin' old). But the rest of the band does a good job. If this had classic Dio singing, I think it would be a pretty strong album.

[Mr. Roboto]

I can accept his singing, taking into account his age, and think the music itself is great. The lyrics suck balls though.

[TAP]

Hmm... a second listen has me convinced that I was a tad harsh with my first. I still don't care for Dio's performance (I don't blame him, though...he's just gettin' old). But the rest of the band does a good job.

If this had classic Dio singing, I think it would be a pretty strong album.

Bit and pieces of it have grown on me, but it's real hard to get past the singing.

[freedom78]

I can accept his singing, taking into account his age, and think the music itself is great. The lyrics suck balls though.

Yeah...I just pretend they aren't written as they are.