When he eventually lit a match, it traveled to Ward’s close and engulfed him in flames. Ward jokingly asked if Iommi was going to set him on fire, and Iommi put rubbing alcohol on Ward. The band had a new producer who was apprehensive about the band’s rumored Satanism, so Iommi brought a voodoo doll as a joke. That would have been bad enough, but Iommi also remarked about the time he actually set Ward on fire. The ambulance people gave us a right bollocking: “You idiots! You could have killed him.” They gave him adrenalin and we had to use paint stripper to get it off. “We found all this paint in the garage, and were all pissed, so thought it would be fun to paint Bill gold from head to toe. One came when they were staying at painting magnate John DuPont’s LA residence. Iommi remarked about some of the more dastardly pranks made at Ward’s expense. The most extreme pranks Black Sabbath ever pulled off involved painting Bill Ward Gold and setting him on fire They had another great one on Ward, the band’s drummer that’s almost too crazy to be believed. It wouldn’t be the only prank the band would pull. A neighboring church reported them to local authorities.
They lit fireworks located around his tent, creating the effect of “a mushroom cloud like an atomic bomb.” The explosion caused the fish in a nearby lake to come flying up into the air. Iommi said the band got back from a night out at a bar and decided to pull a prank on Gillan. Gillan had a somewhat diva-like request to sleep outdoors. The band’s then lead singer was Ian Gillan, formerly of the band Deep Purple. They were staying at the mogul’s house to work on an upcoming album. He even recounted one made at the expense of Virgin executive Richard Branson. Iommi did an interview with The Guardian and talked about some of the more infamous pranks he pulled off. The band has some legendary stories from the road, including some unbelievable pranks they’ve pulled. The band members of Black Sabbath committed some legendary pranks Black Sabbath, 1970s: Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne | Chris Walter/WireImage
The band became notorious for their partying, drug use, and for many people thinking they were involved with the occult. The band continued its run well past the ’70s, but Osbourne left to embark on a solo career that would make him a rock and roll legend. Its most famous and iconic member, Ozzy Osbourne.Their most successful run came from the late 60s throughout the 70s. For the next 30 years the band would continue to record and tour with an ever-changing lineup, with original guitarist Tony Iommi the only consistent member, and occasional reunions with Dio and Osbourne, who’d gone on to a successful solo career. In 2013 the original line up (with Brad Wilk from Rage Against the Machine on drums) released a new album, “13.RELATED: Ozzy Osbourne Wasn’t Welcome in San Antonio for Years After Pissing on AlamoĪccording to, Black Sabbath was a “metal institution whose influence cannot be overstated.” The band helped usher in a new era of heavy metal. His replacement was former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who quit Sabbath in 1982 after three albums. The two albums proved hugely influential, with many bands soon emulating their dark, dense sound.īlack Sabbath toured incessantly and released six more albums before Osbourne's drug use led to his departure in 1978. Their intense live shows got the attention of record labels, and their first album, “Black Sabbath” (recorded in a single day), and second album, “Paranoid,” were both released in 1970. They changed their name to Black Sabbath and became one the earliest rock bands whose music was described as “Heavy Metal.” It also became more dissonant, making use of the tritone, or so-called “devil’s chord,” a discordant combination of notes producing an unsettling feeling in the listener. But the band quickly found their own sound: their lyrics took on darker themes, often focusing on occultism and drugs, and the music became thicker, louder and more riff-based.
At first the quartet, called Earth at the time, played straightforward Blues Rock in the vein of popular bands like Cream. The pioneering Heavy Metal band Black Sabbath was formed in the industrial city of Birmingham, England, in 1968, by four teenage friends: bassist Geezer Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward.
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