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Black Sabbath plays its first ever gig under that name, at The Winter Garden, Malvern, UK. Formerly a jazz-blues combo called Earth, they have taken their new name from a Boris Karloff horror movie.Full article:
Geezer Butler (bassist, Black Sabbath) : We had a week to prepare for it, and I didn't even own a bass! It sounds ridiculous now, but I couldn't afford one. So I tuned down the strings on my Fender Telecaster, and we learned eighteen songs. I can't even imagine what the Tele must have sounded like. The other guys had to have a lot of faith in me.
I borrowed a Hofner Beatle bass for the gig - that was the very first time I played a bass guitar. It had only three strings on it, but it was much better than the detuned Tele. I didn't know how to set the amps properly, and people were throwing bottles at me! That was a tough, nerve-racking gig.
Tony (guitarist Tony Iommi) tuned down to make it easier to grip the strings; he had his fingertips chopped off in an accident, and he has plastic fingertips.
Tony Iommi : A couple of years before, the factory where I worked, I did sheet metal work and the cutter came down on my fingers, took the ends of my middle and ring finger off. I was in despair until my foreman came to my house and asked me to listen to a record he
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I borrowed a Hofner Beatle bass for the gig - that was the very first time I played a bass guitar. It had only three strings on it, but it was much better than the detuned Tele. I didn't know how to set the amps properly, and people were throwing bottles at me! That was a tough, nerve-racking gig.
Tony (guitarist Tony Iommi) tuned down to make it easier to grip the strings; he had his fingertips chopped off in an accident, and he has plastic fingertips.
Tony Iommi : A couple of years before, the factory where I worked, I did sheet metal work and the cutter came down on my fingers, took the ends of my middle and ring finger off. I was in despair until my foreman came to my house and asked me to listen to a record he