Black Sabbath

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

unclebill — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:10:42 GMT

There is a (semi?) official release in Malaysia entitled "Black Sabbath Live in USA '94" In spite of the 'photos of Ozzy on the cover, the CD includes Smoke on the Water, so features Mr Gillan. The sound quality is good, and Ian sounds in good voice. Also, no sound effects of Spinal Tap-style Stonehenge falling over!!

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

Jack Straw — Wed, 23 May 2007 23:00:07 GMT

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Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

WoeDog — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:55:44 GMT

That concert was a little "Spinal Tap(y)" wasn't it? With the Dwarf Satan and all. But it was the first time that I had seen Sabath , or Ian Gillan so I will definately remember that one.

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

Crisao23 — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:13:15 GMT

I got this one here. Pretty good performance.

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

grimjack — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:38:06 GMT

I have the Worchester MA show on CD (dubbed from FM Audio master). Hot Line, Zero the Hero and Smoke on the Water all kick ass. I missed this line-up, but did get to see the Live Aid reunion in Philly, and the Seventh Star tour with Ray Gillen the next year. Got my tickets for Heaven and Hell in May.

I'd be happy to do trades for the show.

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

larsfarmer — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:22:57 GMT

Dood,

There's a bunch of bootleg videos from the "Born Again" tour on YouTube.com. I spent most of my weekend watching early Deep Purple videos on YouTube. Not a bad weekend.

- Lars

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

patrick422 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:57:26 GMT

The born again tour was effing great, it was at the cleveland convention center Quiet Riot opened the the show,the Stonehenge stage was cool,tons of crosses comming down from the stage and the little born again guy on the album cover running around the stage.

I was sitting at the side of the stage for Deep Purple and saw Mr Blackmoore toss his guitar on the stage and walk off during during encores, i dont think too many people saw it,so i never seen Deep Purple do smoke on the water, but i did see Sabbath do smoke on the water.

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

RastaManDan — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:06:26 GMT

Any word on USA Tour dates other than NYC?

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

rootshall — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:27:59 GMT

my first Sabbath show was with Ozzy , June 10th 1978 at Hammersmith Odeon London with Van Halen as support act. I caught several shows with Ronnie James Dio and was at the Reading Festival in August 1983 for the only UK show featuring Ian Gillan.

The BBC recorded the Reading show and should still be available as a bootleg if you search hard enough for it. The BBC also recorded another Sabbath show at the Manchester Apollo circa 88-89 featuring Tony Martin on vocals which was a very good gig.

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

Peter Grant — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:51:53 GMT

My first real concert was Sabbath with Dio on the Mob Rules tour in Edmonton. Still have the ticket stub - $15 Canadian. I pulled a clip off youtube of the band back in 1981 0r 82 and RJD looks a hundred years old back then but Iommi was kicking ass.....

If only I could get in the Wayback machine and watch the show again and really appreciate it...

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

d g — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:31:28 GMT

I seen the Born Again Tour in Detroit at Cobo Arena wow is all i can say Gillian was sweet with Zero, Trashed that hollowing was sweet . seen sabbath with dio also heaven and mob , this was almost as good .didnt need smoke on the water, should have played runnin white face city boy.Digital *** ruled that night! Stone Henge stage was cool!!!!!!!!!!! Long live Heavy Meatal!!! d town d O blitz my soulllllllllllllllllllll

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

Johnny Spider — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:00:55 GMT

All I know is that I reviewed Born Again for my high school newspaper and I basically said it sucked. I made fun of the song "Thrashed" and called these guys over-the-hill geezers wanting to reclaim their past glory with a has-been singer who couldn't remember any of Black Sabbath's song lyrics whenver he played live with them. The paper came out on a Friday and that night I went to a party. Some guy in a black leather jacket came over and asked me if I was the guy who wrote that record review ripping into the band. I told him it was me and he hit me... Well, I was shocked because I couldn't believe that someone would get that mad over a record review- I thought the pen was mightier than the sword- I was listening to The Doors, The Clash, Bowie, XTC, Buzzcocks, etc.. and thought the New Wave of British Heavy Metal was for silly people. Well, I finally listened to this album a few weeks ago and it isn't that bad. Tony's guitar tone is nice and Ian doesn't sound like an over-the-hill geezer. There are some memorable riffs that were even ripped off by Guns n Roses a few years later (i.e. Zero). Anyway, I still don't think that I should have gotten hit over the record review, but the older I get, I realize that this isn't that bad of an album and that Black Sabbath will alway have fans no matter what incarnation the band takes... Of course, if I were to review Black Sabbath's 1986 album Seventh Star.....................................................................

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

nwobhm — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:39:29 GMT

err...that was not Ian Gillan he left in '83 (see all previous posts for reasons) but Ray Gillen ( Gillen with an E ) or possibly Tony Martin but definitely NOT Ian Gillan - but then again Reading was defunct by '86, so.... you must mean 1983. Perhaps you had been ligging too much special brew eh?

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

valandil — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:26:06 GMT

I wouldn't bother looking for any gillan/sabbath stuff, i saw them in 1986 at the reading festival (england), they had bev bevan on drums (ex elo) and they were total cr*p

Re: Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan?

ROCKGUY — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:31:56 GMT

THAT'S FUNNY, I JUST WATCHED SOME VIDEO I FOUND OF SABBATH WITH IAN GILLAN. IT WAS ON A SABBATH FAN SIGHT AND THE FOOTAGE WAS FROM SOME TV SHOW. SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND!!!