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Unfaithfully Metalhead vbmenu_register("postmenu_3013351", true); Ozzy...progressed metal more then Tony ever did.. Randy blows Tony away..after i heard Randy play those Sabbath songs live.. on that album. i was like Tony who?
Holy fuck man, that's just plain wrong! Randy was great but Tony Iommi is the godfather of all metal. I have never, in well over three decades, heard Tony play anything even close to sub-par.
Tony still lives in the past
And there's something wrong with that because.........? There's nothing incorrect with remaining true to tradition. Otherwise it really wouldn't sound like Sabbath, would it?
And sounding "flashy" is not the be all end all. Don't get me wrong, I've always deeply admired all the material Randy ever did. I would love to hear what he would've done in later years had not his life been cut so tragically short.
after all who wants to hear some other vocalist other then the original one sing a classic Sabbath song
I, for one, do. I enjoy hearing the other vocalist's interpretation of the songs. Although, as I previously stated elsewhere, Glenn Hughes butchered the hell out of the old classics live. He reportedly was sick or fucked up all of the time depending on which story you believe.
Anyways, if you really are willing to check out their other material I'd suggest Tyr, Born Again, Eternal Idol, Dehumanizer and Cross Purposes to start with. Plus try to snag a few bootleg shows and see how they sounded throughout the years.