- Hardcover: 237 pages
- Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson; 1 edition (Mar 5 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0283073683
- ISBN-13: 978-0283073687
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #906,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An outrageous, insiders` account of life on the road with Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath are the ultimate heavy rock band. They have sold millions of albums worldwide, with ardent fans across the globe. Dave Tangye and Graham Wright were in the crew during the seventies, the band`s heyday, and have the stories to prove it. For the first time they cover in detail the early days of the group, from a certain gig in the Scottish borders, where they were almost beaten up by the local farmers, to Ozzy`s encounter with a transvestite in Hamburg. As the Sabs rose to fame and notoriety, touring Europe, Australia and America, delighting fans and disgusting law-abiding members of the public, incidents of bad behaviour stack up alarmingly. Many focus on Ozzy Osbourne, from his obsession with guns and shooting things, which led to his country house being christened Atrocity Cottage, to his amazing capacity for alcohol. Full of new information, How Black Was Our Sabbath is a real Spinal Tap story, a warm, funny, poignant tribute to four mates from Birmingham who became the biggest heavy rock band in the world. - The massive success of The Osbournes has created a whole new market of readers who will want to see what Ozzy was like in his pre-Sharon days (just as mad but endearing). - The first insiders` book about Black Sabbath, this is funny, revealing and should become a rock classic like Hammer of the Gods. - Sabbath are still massively popular, still record and tour, and Ozzy pulls in the punters for his yearly Ozzfests. - Contains rare and never-before-published photographs.
About the Author
Dave Tangye was Ozzy's assistant throughout the seventies, and Graham Wright was assistant to drummer Bill Ward.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great view from the crew.,
By mc vie (Dundas.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How Black Was Our Sabbath: An Unauthorised View From the Crew (Hardcover)
This book is a most intriguing and fascinating insight into the world of rock music, a concise interpretation into one of the most sucessful and highly original bands on the planet today.The book covers Black Sabbath from their inception in 1968 through to the departure of their lead singer Ozzy Osbourne in 1979. The authors manage to cover in great detail the incarnation of Black Sabbath, their tours and recording sessions, at home and at play. If you would like to re-visit this historic period in time, and also read some very funny stories.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
How Excellent Was This Book,
By "sabbathology" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How Black Was Our Sabbath: An Unauthorised View From the Crew (Hardcover)
Fantastic view of the band as real people from the very beginnings before even the Polka Tulk Blues Band until the fateful year Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath went their separate ways. Anecdotes abound! Some hilarious and some just plain strange. Another positive thing is the roadies that wrote it were straight forward and upfront about their role. They didn't try to overgrandize or endulge their egos at all. The facts are written as they are. And done quite nicely. A real blast from the past.This book will give you a new appreciation for up and coming musicians to with the touring/recording stories from Earth/Black Sabbath's earliest days.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Black Sabbath History Book.,
By Rubin Ranzo (Rhodesia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How Black Was Our Sabbath: An Unauthorised View From the Crew (Hardcover)
Unlike your last reviewer who seems to have wanted to read an fictional take on Black Sabbath; purely to satisfy his cravings for supercilious tales of debauchery, backstabbing, and gross indecency (does he know something that the authors don't??).I have a totally different view on this book, the fact that it does cover quite succinctly the bands history, for the specific reason that it has corrected many mis-informed time line details of the bands rise to fame and notoriety. This book goes farther than many other of the 'Rock Bios' that I have read recently, It never strays from the storyline for one, so you get a free flowing book that is a real pleasure to read. Furthermore; the content is compiled from 100% genuine people who were with the band during the whole time from the beginning of the book right through to the last chapter. The writing is honest and frank, witty and humorous. The anecdotes are very funny and sometimes sad, but nevertheless a great insight into a great band.
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