How Black Was Our Sabbath An Unauthorized View From The Crew

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.Wright, Graham is the author of 'How Black Was Our Sabbath An Unauthorized View From The Crew', published 2004 under ISBN 9780283073687 and ISBN 0283073683.