Rolling Stone Australia — July 2017

N BLACK SABBATHlanded at JFK

rtfortheirfirstU.S.tour,Ozzy

rne scrawled “Satanist” as his

n on the immigration form.

who saw their shows – open-

r the Faces, Alice Cooper and

mes Gang – didn’t know what

ke of the shaggy Brits. A turn-

int came at New York’s Fill-

East. “I tore my fl oor tom off

er and threw it at the audience,”

rummer Bill Ward. “I was like,

ng move! Do something!’ Soon

ne was headbanging.” Relent-

uring in Europe had turned

th into a brutal assault force.

pr i m a l ,” s ay s Wa r d o f t he t ou r.

e’s a lower self that went on-

g and it was just dynamite.”A.G.

RE THE PRIVATEplanes, moun-

of cocaine and allegations of

magic,LedZeppelinwerefour

tearing a path through Amer-

r the first time. They hit the

n late December 1968, just be-

eirdebutLPhitshelves.“Ire-

erpullinguptoatheatreand

arqueesaid,‘VanillaFudge,Taj

l and support’,” Robert Plant

2005.“Ithought,‘Wow,here

:support!’”

ryone knew their name soon

h. A month in, they unleashed

-hour set at the Boston Tea

“We’d played our usual one-

et,usingallthematerialfrom

rst album,” John Paul Jones

The audience just wouldn’t let

ffstage.” Over 168 shows that

ear, as they unveiled new songs

like “Whole Lotta Love”, Zep’s

livefuryandfutureprom-

isecameintoview.“This

group could become one

ofthebiggestbandsinhis-

tory,” Jones said. “I hope we

don’t blow it.” ANDY GREENE

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