PLANET ROCK 71Illustration
LYNN CURLEE
Words
PAUL BRANNIGAN
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THE DEAD
BLACK SABBATH WERE DEAD MEN WALKING
LONG BEFORE THEY TOOK THE DECISION TO
SACK FRONTMAN OZZY OSBOURNE IN APRIL 1979.
WORN DOWN BY DRUG ADDICTION, LEGAL
WOES AND RECORD COMPANY INDIFFERENCE,
THE GODFATHERS OF HEAVY METAL WERE “LOST”.
BUT SALVATION WOULD SOON COME IN THE
) 250 2 )$ 728 *+7,1<,7$/,$ 1 ĥ$ 0 (5,&$ 1
WITH A SURNAME MEANING ‘GOD’. HERE’S
HOW SABBATH CONQUERED THEIR DEMONS
WITH HEAVEN AND HELL...
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