Guitarist Tony Iommi said that the line-up was “put together on paper” by their new management. Sadly, that’s how the Black Sabbath line-up of Born Again got together. The worst bands are the ones who are manufactured and put together by producers, like One Direction. That’s how the original line-up of Black Sabbath got together. The best bands are the ones who meet when they’re nobodies, get together and start jamming, and then go on to become a huge hit as a close-knit group of rockers.
I think it’s disgusting.” He doesn’t remember it fondly, does he? 17. Osbourne later decided he hated the album: “The last album I did with Sabbath was Never Say Die! and it was the worst piece of work that I’ve ever had anything to do with. The cracks in the band’s dynamic are starting to show. The fact that he’s on his way out is clear from the way the album has been hashed together and it’s being pulled in all kinds of different creative directions. Never Say Die! was the last album that Ozzy Osbourne recorded with Black Sabbath until he reunited with them 35 years later. How hard is that? Well, technically, they were all contracted elsewhere, but still! Blender magazine called Forbidden “an embarrassment” and “the band’s worst album.” Ouch! 18. It suffered from last minute changes to the band’s line-up and a mismatched collaboration with some members of Body Count (including Ice-T) and all of the members of the band recording their parts of the album separately – you can’t get any energy or chemistry among the band if they’re not at least all in the recording studio together at the same time. The fans, the critics, the general public – Forbidden is simply not a good album. Here are all of those albums, ranked from worst to best. But at least they’re leaving behind some great albums. It will find an audience, because everyone’s angry at the world! Black Sabbath have been on and off for years – kind of like Ross and Rachel – but after a triumphant comeback in 2013, they have sadly decided to close up shop forever with their “End of the End” tour.
They’re an inspiration to all of us to channel our anger at the world into art. A bunch of guys in Birmingham were getting angry at the monotony of their lives and they used loud, aggressive, rocking music to escape that. Few bands are as revolutionary as Black Sabbath.