Near the end of the gig he walked off stage and collapsed." Regarding his writer's block, Iommi admitted to Phil Alexander in 2013, "I panicked because I didn't have a single idea about what to write.
You start seeing things that aren't there. I mean, that stuff just twists your whole idea of reality. Then we came back together to start on the next album, and couldn't come up with anything." In his autobiography I Am Ozzy, singer Ozzy Osbourne states that in the time leading up to the Hollywood Bowl "Tony had been doing coke literally for days – we all had, but Tony had gone over the edge. We got away from each other and had a social life.
So we had to cancel the rest of the tour and we actually took time off for the first time since the band started. It was really touch-and-go at one point whether he'd survive or not because he was totally depleted. 4 the band was "absolutely, completely exhausted" and by the time they played the Hollywood Bowl, "Tony collapsed. And if I didn't come up with anything, nobody would do anything." In 2013, bassist Geezer Butler told Mojo magazine that after the tour in support of Vol. "Everybody was sitting there waiting for me to come up with something. 4 and we really got discontent," guitarist and songwriter Tony Iommi said. "Ideas weren't coming out the way they were on Vol. The band rented a house in Bel Air and began writing in the summer of 1973 but, due in part to substance abuse and fatigue, were unable to complete any songs. 4, the band sought to recreate the recording atmosphere, and returned to the Record Plant Studios. 4, the group returned to Los Angeles to begin work on its successor. JSTOR ( October 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įollowing Black Sabbath's 1972–1973 world tour in support of their album, Vol.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification.
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