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Fact #171474

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Short story:

Earth plays at The Gretna Hall Tavern, Carlisle, England, UK, Europe. Their vocalist is Ozzy Osbourne, and they will soon re-name themselves Black Sabbath.

Full article:

Ozzy Osbourne (vocalist, Black Sabbath) : I used to like what everybody else did: The Beatles and Rolling Stones. Geezer was into heavier things like The Mothers. We just started playing 12-bar blues and 12-bar jazz. (Source : interview with Harold Bronson in the in UCLA Daily Bruin, June 1972)