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Black Sabbath in the 1970s:

from left,

Geezer Butler,

Tony Iommi,

Bill Ward

and Ozzy Osbourne.

Photograph: Chris Walter

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One hell of a city:

how Birmingham embraced its heavy metal legacy

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Sun 23 Jun 2019    07.59 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/23/
birmingham-heavy-metal-history-embraced-black-sabbath-one-hell-of-a-city

Black Sabbath

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
blacksabbath

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Black_Sabbath

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Black_Sabbath_discography

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ozzy-osbourne-was-the-wild-man-of-metal-performance-
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913974144/50-years-ago-black-sabbath-found-its-sound-
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martin-birch-producer-for-iron-maiden-black-sabbath-and-more-
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black-sabbath-paranoid-at-50-
potent-anthems-of-working-class-strife

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ozzy-osbourne-reveals-parkinsons-disease-diagnosis

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birmingham-heavy-metal-history-embraced-black-sabbath-
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history-of-headbangers-black-sabbath-memorabilia-on-show

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farewell-to-black-sabbath-ozzy-osbourne-in-pictures

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tony-iommi-black-sabbath-final-tour

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black-sabbath-tony-iommi-video

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ozzy-osbourne-interview 

https://www.npr.org/2010/02/26/
124120813/ozzy-osbourne-the-prince-of-darkness-gets-a-book

https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2010/05/17/
126884055/ronnie-james-dio-remembering-a-vocal-cannon

Geoff Nicholls    1944-2017

Black Sabbath's

keyboardist for 25 years

between 1979 and 2004

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Geoff_Nicholls

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/01/28/
512175669/geoff-nicholls-longtime-keyboardist-for-black-sabbath-
dies-aged-68

Ronnie James Dio    USA    1942-2010

born Ronald James Padavona

https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2010/05/17/
126884055/ronnie-james-dio-remembering-a-vocal-cannon

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/
arts/music/17dio.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/may/17/
ronnie-james-dio

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2010/may/16/
ronnie-james-dio-dies-gallery

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