Happy anniversary to Black Sabbath's Mob Rules album. Against all odds ... by Vinny Appice in the middle of the Heaven and Hell tour. At first, the transition was a major challenge, but gradually ...

The first Ronnie James Dio-fronted era of Black Sabbath was a remarkable rebound for a group that had lost direction at the end of the 1970s. Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules rebooted the Sabbath ...

The post Black Sabbath’s Live Evil to Receive 40th ... new liner notes and replicas of the concert book and the “Mob Rules” tour poster are included in both the CD and vinyl packages.

Sabbath did two studio albums with Dio ... and launching an international tour. The follow-up album Mob Rules went Gold and featured one of the most iconic heavy metal album covers of all time.

Black Sabbath: Live At Hammersmith Odeon. ‘Mob Rules’ boasts an expansive selection of rare and unreleased recordings. Along with additional tracks from Live At Hammersmith Odeon, the ...

On April 27, 1979, Black Sabbath kicked Ozzy ... The success of Heaven And Hell plugged Sabbath properly back in, and its follow-up, 1981’s Mob Rules, continued the upswing.

Black Sabbath‘s 1979 split with Ozzy Osbourne ... who took over for Bill Ward on Sabbath’s 1981 Mob Rules tour. “And he hated singing those songs. He hated singing ‘Iron Man’and ...

The future for Black Sabbath ... s a different sounding Sabbath album. The iconic band was reinvented. The short-lived Dio era, which also yielded 1981’s solid “Mob Rules,” found Sabbath ...

Guitarist Tony Iommi said Black Sabbath recorded “The Mob Rules” at the ex-Beatle’s house, though it’s not the version that made the record. The initial recording at Lennon’s place in ...