The Music of Black Sabbath

Chris Wade's book on the music of Black Sabbath, beginning with their Birmingham blues roots, to their landmark innovative albums of the 70s with Ozzy Osbourne, into the Dio and Tony Martin years of the 80s and beyond. Wade delves into their back catalogue, interspersing album analysis with biographical information, with new Q and As with such people as former lead singer of Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Ian Gillan, Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull), 80s Sabbath drummer Eric Singer, their first manager Jim Simpson, engineer Tony Cousins and more. Chris Wade is a Uk based writer and musician. His music project Dodson and Fogg has been widely acclaimed and he has written books on Malcolm McDowell, The Incredible String Band and The Kinks. He has also worked with comedian Rik Mayall on an audiobook of his novels.