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3. Moving Heaven & Earth
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi reveals the moment the band had to make a big change.
In 1968, William ‘Bill’ Ward, Terence ‘Geezer’ Butler, Anthony ‘Tony’ Iommi and the late John ‘Ozzy’ Osbourne performed for the first time as ‘Earth’ at The Crown pub in Birmingham. Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and their first manager Jim Simpson reveals the moment the band knew they needed to change their name.
