Black Sabbath's Paranoid and The Blueprint for Heavy Metal: How Black Is Your Sabbath?
The first thing I knew about Black Sabbath was the song Paranoid; as an avid fan of the Tour Of Duty soundtrack albums. I wasn’t sure if I liked the song or not – the voice was weird, the riff was relentless, but I did like the line about being called insane for frowning all the time.
I was about 12 years old.
A couple of years on I borrowed some albums f…
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