{"id":3880,"date":"2019-02-13T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=3880"},"modified":"2019-02-13T08:13:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T08:13:27","slug":"on-this-day-in-rock-n-roll-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=3880","title":{"rendered":"On this day in Rock ‘n’ Roll history Metal is born thanks Ozzy, Tony, Gezzer and Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>on this day way back in 1970,\u00a0\u00a0Black Sabbath\u00a0<\/b>released their debut self-titled studio album on Vertigo records in the UK.\u00a0 The album happened to come out on a Friday which is a spooky fact. Peaking at No.8 on the charts which is something of a commercial success to be fair to the four lads from working-class backgrounds in Birmingham.<\/p>\n

Recognised as the first heavy metal record. It seems like so long ago and be thankful that it was this album and these people. I’m not sure we should blame the four for giving us the likes of Danger Danger, Steel Panther and Manowar but if they were the first then they should take some collective responsibility because had this record never have been made would we have had judas priest? Who knows.\u00a0 If only they’d added a keytar instead of Iommi’s Les Paul things might have ended so differently. Oh well. To think that back in 1970 the band released not one but two albums because later that year ‘Paranoid’ hit the streets and was responsible for that riff. Amazing work ethic and turn over that my friends wouldn’t happen today.<\/p>\n