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Aeschylus 99 on music and verse 64, 65, 66, “After All (The )” 82 67 “After Forever” 25, 34, 69 Nicomachean Ethics 72, 73, 74 Ain, Martin Eric 133 on pleasure 73 “Air Dance” 83 Poetics 63–4, 65, 69, 72 Åkerfeldt, Mikael 133 Politics 66, 72, 73 artwork 39, 84, 88 Rhetoric 72 83–4, 85 on tragedy 69–70 “Am I Going Insane?” 163 art Anthrax 92 of 63–75 anti-war 171 Black Sabbath’s sound of doom apocalyptic literature 22–3 as 87–94 Apollo 96–7, 99, 103–5 defining 87–90 Appice, Vinny 127 and expression 88–9 Aristotle 63–74 non-representational 88 bringing up to date 64–6 and science 91 and concept of genre 78 () 43, 46, 48, on difference between history and 151 poetry 71 Athens/Athenians see Greeks, on drinking 73 ancient on functions of good art 66, 70–1 atomic bomb/war 25, 26, 71, 174, and horror 69,COPYRIGHTED 70 177, MATERIAL179 joining of Black Sabbath 67–8, Augustine, St 15 74 Axenrot, Martin 133

Black Sabbath and Philosophy: Mastering Reality, First Edition. Edited by William Irwin. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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name love is better than hate theme changes in line-ups and continuity 68–9 of 140–8 metaphysics of 115–16 bands name 20 distinction between line-ups and on-stage persona 18 127 as original heavy metal band Bangs, Lester 44 42, 56 Barrett, Syd 127 origins 43–4, 113 Beatles 43, 93 politics of the supernatural in “Behind the Wall of Sleep” 34 151–62 Bettencourt, Nuno 187 as a prototype for heavy metal Bieber, Justin 120, 121 81–5 Birmingham 21, 43, 46 and qualifying a band as metal 80, 93 76–85 Black Sabbath: The Dio Years reasons for songs sounding evil 135, 145 33–40 Black Sabbath response to first album 44 apocalyptic and eschatological reunion of (2012) 122–3, 144 lyrics 21–9 rise of and success 42, 44–5, 49 art of 63–75 setbacks 101 Birmingham background 21, 43, sound of doom as art 87–94 151 and sound of evil 33–40 cathartic nature of music 70–1 stereotyping of 182–9 and cosmic travel 27–8 war songs 24 darkness of music 68–70, 155 women in lyrics 187 and deliverance 25–6 Black Sabbath (album) 20, 23, depicting evil 13–15 33, 44 detuning of guitars 65 Black Sabbath (film) 20 drinking and drug-taking 8, “Black Sabbath” () 12, 14–15, 73–4, 97–8, 101 23, 28, 33, 37–8, 43–4, 47, 69, essence and identity of 118–22 70, 72, 79, 82, 104, 105, 123, essentiality of Ozzy to band 155–6, 157 issue 132–4 Blackmore, Ritchie 141 existentialism of 3–10 74, 128–9 figure of in lyrics 23–5 body firing of Ozzy and replacement and mind 52 with Dio 28, 73, 74, 113, 134 phenomenal 54–5, 56 forces of good will win in the end body schema 54–6 message 69 Bonham, John 101 legal interpretation of 120 Born Again 83, 135 line-up changes creating a Burton, Cliff 101, 118 different band debate 113–24, Butler, Geezer 5, 21, 22, 35, 68, 77, 126–39 93, 133–4

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apparition story 105, 155 Daniel, Book of 22 and Catholicism 22 death metal 82–3, 93 interest in occult 24, 155 Deathridge, Professor John 186 as vegan and pacifist 12, 18, 171, 56, 92, 141, 144 172, 177 84 deliverance 25–6 Camus, Albert 4, 5, 9, 10 demon, Descartes’ 163–4, 165, capitalism 152 166, 167 Carson, Dylan 94 Descartes, René 55, 126, 163–4 categorical imperative 142, 142–3 demon of 163–4, 165, 166, catharsis 70, 71, 100 167 caveman stereotype Meditations on First and heavy metal fan 182–3, Philosophy 52 185 Devil You Know, The 135, 145 133 Devil’s Dictionary 87 Channing, Chad 132 devil’s interval () 36–7, “” 8, 16, 26, 39–40, 47–8, 186 34, 72, 79, 176, 179, 183 diabolus in musica 47 “Children of the Sea” 83 Di’Anno, Paul 118 Christgau, 44 Diary of a Madman 74 Christian eschatology 22, 25, 27 Dickinson, Bruce 83, 118, 141, Christianity 15, 22, 26, 28, 29 176 criticism of by Nietzsche 7 Dio, Ronnie James 34, 74, 84, 113, Clapton, Eric 89 114–15, 119, 146 classical music 186 Diogenes Laertius 67 Cobain, Kurt 132, 133 Dionysus 96–7, 99–100, 102 cocaine 49, 73, 74, 98 “Dirty Women” 83, 187 Cold War 23 “Disturbing the Priest” 83 commonsense view of the world 79, 82, 93 165–7, 168 double-pedalling 79 “Computer God” 84 down-tuning 76–7, 79, 93 continuity criterion 129–30, 132, dreams 164 135 drone 94 Corgan, Billy 133 drugs 8, 73–4, 97–9, 101 “Cornucopia” 9 Duchamp, Marcel cosmic travel 27–8 Fountain 89 Count Raven 94 Duncan, Robert 183 creativity duty 142 as response to pain and difficulties 8 Earth 94, 127–8 85, 135 Einstein, Albert Crowley, Aleister 22 and Special Theory of Moonchild 24 Relativity 90–1

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“Electric Funeral” 12, 13–14, 25, family resemblance concept 81 34, 69, 71–2, 94, 175–6, 179 Fischer, Tom Gabriel 133 94 Forbidden 85, 135, 146 emotions Formula of Respect 143 and existentialism 6 Formula of Universal Law 142–3 epistemology 163–4 Freud, Sigmund 46 eros 46 Eros, Emil 129 genres, musical 41, 77–8 eschatology 22, 25, 27 Gillan, Ian 126, 144 Eternal Idol, The 135 Gillen, Ray 126, 145 ethics Gilmour, David 127 band name continuity and Gittins, Ian 187 changes in line-ups 140–8 God 13, 15, 28–9, 154, 161 evil 12–18 Gorgoroth 131 Black Sabbath and sound of 83 33–40 Greeks, ancient 46, 64, 104 definition 13 plays and tragedies of 69–70, and existence of God 13, 15 99–100, 102, 105 fighting with love 16 Grotius, Hugo 179 and imagining a better reality 83 16–18 guitar picks 56 and Manichaeism 15 guitar playing 52–3 natural and moral 13 phenomenological observations pictures of in Black Sabbath of 53 songs 13–15 guitars problem of 12–13 tuning/detuning 65 and St Augustine 15 Guns N’ Roses 83 on stage 18 existentialism 3–10 Hakius, Chris 129 as call for overcoming 7, 9 Halford, Rob 141, 146, 188 and creating your self 8–9 “” 12, 14, 25, 74, definition 4 98, 122, 172 and emotions 6 Harris, Mick 129 and ethics of personal hasty generalization, fallacy of responsibility 6–7 183–4 opposition to conformity 8 Haunted, The rejection of religion 7 Unseen 77 Exodus 92 Headless Cross 135 Heaven and Hell (album) 74, 83, Fahrenheit 9/11 (film) 186 91, 114–15, 120 “” 7, 35, 74, 105 Heaven and Hell (group) 135, fallacy 183–4 145–6

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heavy metal 20, 21, 41–2, 47, creative freedom of and birth of 63, 96 heavy metal 56–9 and anti-war messages 171 and drugs 98 birth of tragedy and birth of essentiality of to Black 99–100 Sabbath 132–3, 134 Black Sabbath and qualifying a industrial accident and loss of band as 76–85 fingertips 36, 38, 51, 58, 93 Black Sabbath as prototype of Iron Man 98, 104–5 81–5 and lower tuning 36 caveman stereotype 182–3, playing with plastic fingertips 51, 185, 188 53–4, 55–6, 58 conditions for being 79 and album connection with classical 144–5 music 186–7 use of devil’s interval 36–7, Iommi’s creative freedom and 186 birth of 56–9 Iron Butterfly 92 sex and drug stereotypes 184–5 83, 118, 141, 171, Hetfield, James 90 173, 174 Hilbert, David 91 “Iron Man” 6, 25, 34, 35, 71 88 John of Patmos, St 22 21, 48 “Johnny Blade” 4 Hobbes, Thomas 116 141, 146 “Hole in the Sky” 27–8, 69, 84 jus ad bellum 173 Holst jus in bello 173, 174 “Mars, Bringer of War” 48 just war theory 171–7 Homer pacifist response to 175–7 Iliad 104 and war on terror 177–9 Horkheimer, Max 153–4 Hughes, Glenn 126, 144 Kant, Immanuel 114, 142, 143–4 Husserl, Edmund 51–2 Karma To Burn 94 katharsis see catharsis “I think therefore I am” 52 “Keep It Warm” 82 “Illusion of Power” 85 Kierkegaard, Søren 3 insanity 164, 167 “Killer of Giants” 179 intention criterion 130–1, 132, 135 “Killing Yourself to Live” 83, 122 “Into the Void” 12, 17, 27, 69, 83, King Buzzo 132, 133 122, 188 Iommi, Tony 21, 22, 34, 35, 77, language theory 80 120, 132–3 Last Supper, The (DVD) 101, 105 belief in phantom presence last things 22–3 104–5 Levinson, Jerrold 90

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line-ups Load 77 and continuity criterion 129–30, “” 82 132, 135 Master of Puppets tour 101 and creating a different band metaphysics 115–16, 126–7, 128 debate 113–24, 126–39 mind distinction between bands and and body 52 127 minor chords 38 ethics of changes in and continuity Mob Rules 74, 83, 120 of band’s name 140–8 94 and intention criterion 130–1, Moody, Edward 155–6 132, 135 Moore, Vinnie 186 and uniqueness criterion 131–2, 92 135 Illud Divinus Insanus 77 Liszt Mötley Crüe 101 Dante Sonata 47 Motörhead 67, 92 “Lord of this World” 5, 26, 69, 154 Murray, Neil 146 love fighting of evil with 16 Napalm Death loss of 6 Scum 129 lower tuning 36 “National Acrobat, A” 26–7, 69 “Neon Knights” 122 McGovney, Ron 118 ! (album) 28, 83 Malmsteen, Yngwie 187 “Never Say Die” (song) 8 Manichaeism 15 Nevermore 84 marijuana 73, 74 New Testament 22 Martin, Tony 126, 146 “N.I.B.” 7, 23–4, 34, 157–8 Marx, Karl 152, 153, 160, 161 Nicholls, Geoff 145 Mason, Nick 127 Nietzsche, Friedrich 3, 7, 8, 100, Massacre 102–3, 105 “Dawn of Eternity” 48 The Birth of Tragedy 99, 103 Master of Reality 27, 79, 83, 98 as Black Sabbath fan 102–3 Twilight of the Idols 97 “Amerikhastan” 177 Nirvana 132 132 nuclear war 12, 13–14, 23, 25, Mendel, Gregor 78 176, 179 Merleau-Ponty, Maurice 51–2, 54, 55, 56, 58–9 Oedipus, King 69–70, 71 Phenomenology of Perception Om 129 51, 52, 53, 57, 58 133 64, 92, 141, 171, 176 Heritage 77 “All Nightmare Long” 177 “Orchid” 34 firing of McGovney 118 Osbourne, Ozzy 22

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class clown persona and power chord 38 daredevilry 101 power metal 83 drug and alcohol problem 74, 97, progressive metal 80, 83 98–9, 101 prototype theories 81–2 essentiality of to Black Sabbath psychoacoustics 35 issue 132–4 psychology 52 firing of from band 28, 73, 74, Psychotic Waltz 83 113, 134 Into the Everflow 83 health of 106 Pythagoras 47 I am Ozzy 97, 101 insanity question 163–70 Queens of the Stone Age 84 relationship with Sharon 187 Trust Me, I’m Dr. Ozzy 106 85 vocals 5, 38 Rameau 47 Osbourne, Sharon 187 rebellion 7 Owens, Tim “Ripper” 146 Reed, Lou Metal Machine Music 44 pacifism/pacifists 176–7, 180 Reinhardt, Django 58 Pagels, Elaine 22, 24–5 Relativity, Special Theory of Paglia, Camille 90–1 Sex, Art and American religion 152–4 Culture 99 Marx on 152, 153, 160 Sexual Personae 99 as opium of the people 154 Paranoid (album) 27, 44, 79, 98, rejection of by existentialism 7 159 representation “Paranoid” (song) 5, 6, 69, 71, 82 and will 45–6 perception 52 respect 143 personal responsibility, ethics of Revelation, Book of 22, 23, 27 6–7 Rhapsody of Fire 128 phenomenal body 54–5, 56 Rhoads, Randy 186 phenomenology 51–6 Rockstar (film) 184–5 philosophy/philosophers 52, 114 Rosemary’s Baby 20 Pink Floyd 127 Russell, Bertrand 13 Pinnick, Doug “A Free Man’s Worship” 16–17 Pineappleskunk 77 “Planet Caravan” 27 “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” Plato 33, 88 (single) 27, 101 Plutarch 115 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (album) politics 152–3 17, 26, 39, 83, 84, 88, 92 Pollock, Jackson 88 Sabotage 27, 83–4, 84 Popoff, Martin 158 “St. Vitus Dance” 87, 88 Powell, Cozy 146 “San Francisco” 21

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Sartre, Jean-Paul 4, 8 Struzan, Drew 88 Being and Nothingness 57–8 Sunn O 94 Nausea 4 supernatural No Exit 5–6 politics of in Black Sabbath Satan 23–5, 26, 27, 70, 154, 156, 151–62 157–8 “Supernaut” 7, 27 Satanists 155–6 “” 7, 73–4, 89, 98 Satyrs 102 Symphony X 84 Schenker, Michael 141, 142 “Symptom of the Universe” 17–18, schizophrenia 163 72, 82 Schopenhauer, Arthur 39, 45–7, 49 The World as Will and Technical Ecstasy 8 Representation 45–6 terrorists/terrorism 177–8 Science war on 177–9 and art 91 “Thank God for the Bomb” 172, Sesa, Franco 133 174, 177, 179 Seventh Star 135, 144–5 thought experiments 118–21 sex 82, 92 and heavy metal stereotypes Tolstoy, Leo 88 184–5 “Tomorrow’s Dream” 6 Shadow Theory torture 179 Behind the Black Veil 84 tragedy, Greek 69–70, 102, 105 Sherman, General William birth of heavy metal and birth Tecumseh 172 of 99–100 Ship of Theseus Paradox 115–17, tritone (devil’s interval) 36–7, 118 39–40, 47–8, 186 “Shock Wave” 28 tuning-down see down-tuning Sisyphus 10 “TV Crimes” 84 skepticism 164–7 TYR 79, 135 82, 92 Smashing Pumpkins 132 UFO 141, 142 “Snowblind” 7, 74, 89, 98 Ulrich, Lars 64 “Solitude” 6, 12, 14 “Under the Sun/Every Day Comes Sophocles 99 and Goes” 8–9, 10, 26, 83, 94 Oedipus the King 69–70 uniqueness criterion 131–2, 135 83 universal law 142–3 Southern Lord 94 Uriah Heep 92 “Spiral Architect” 17 Star Wars , Eddie 186 Darth Vader’s “Imperial Venom 91 March” 38 Vietnam War 23, 24, 25, 159, 76, 94 174, 186

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“Virtual Death” 85 Wheatley, Dennis 20 Vol.4 27, 98 “Wheels of Confusion” 4, 69 “Wicked World” 12, 69, 83, 89, Wagner, Richard 186 158–9, 175–6 Walpurgis Night festival 24 Wild One, The 7 war Wilkinson, Paul 161 as hell 172–3 will 49 see also just war theory and representation 45–6 war literature 22–3 Wittgenstein, Ludwig 80, 81, 82 “” 1–6, 24, 26, 39, 69, 71, “Wizard, The” 34, 72, 84, 156–7, 72, 82, 88, 159–61, 171, 177, 167 183, 186 women, in Black Sabbath’s lyrics war on terror 177–9 187 Ward, Bill 21, 28–9, 38–9, 105, World War II 174, 175, 176, 177 122–3 Wright, Richard 127 drum parts 39 Wynhof, Dave 94 drumming of as integral to Sabbath Sound 123 “You Won’t Change Me” 25–6 non participation in 2012 reunion of Black Sabbath 123, 144 Zacharias, Ravi 13, 15 “Warning” 24 Zeppelin, Led 44, 56, 92, 128 Waters, Roger 127 “Zero the Hero” 83

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