Fact #116962

Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) : This changed the way I thought when I was eight years old. I'd picked it up from my uncle. The album looked so cool with its dark evil colour and purple writing. I put it on and listened to its stupid Ozzy intro and it sounded so heavy. Okay, the lyrics are pretty hit or miss. Sweet Leaf is their bad ode to pot and never has a man rhymed 'insane' with 'brain' so many times. But the music is amazing. It spawned grunge. Unfortunately. A lot of bands wouldn't admit to its influence, I guess because of the satanic connection.