Black Sabbath is an English <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/tag/heavy%20metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">heavy metal</a> band that formed in 1968 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, originally comprising <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Ozzy+Osbourne" class="bbcode_artist">Ozzy Osbourne</a> (vocals), <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tony+Iommi" class="bbcode_artist">Tony Iommi</a> (guitar), <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Geezer+Butler" class="bbcode_artist">Geezer Butler</a> (bass), and <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bill+Ward" class="bbcode_artist">Bill Ward</a> (drums). In the early <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/tag/70s" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">70s</a>, they were the first to pair heavily distorted, sonically dissonant <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/tag/blues%20rock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">blues rock</a> at slow speeds with lyrics about drugs, mental pain and abominations of war, thus giving birth to generations of metal bands that followed in their wake. <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/Black+Sabbath">Read more about Black Sabbath on Last.fm</a>. 5182c1d9-c7d2-4dad-afa0-ccfeada921a8 http://www.last.fm/music/Black+Sabbath http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/64/27904353.jpg http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126/27904353.jpg http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/27904353/Black+Sabbath+sabbath+1970.jpg