"Black Sabbath" is a song by the
heavy metal pioneers of the
same name. It was written in
1969 and released on the band's debut album
Black Sabbath. At concerts,
Ozzy often tells the story of how the band changed its name. In the
VH1 documentary , he says, "Before we were Black Sabbath we were a band called Earth, when one day
Geezer noted how people pay money to see scary movies so we should try writing scary music. So we changed our band name to Black Sabbath." (There was another contemporary band called Earth, playing a different type of music, and Black Sabbath is a
1963 movie featuring
Boris Karloff).
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