"I tre volti della paura" is Italian and roughly means "the three faces of fear".
The fine details of the story have changed with time, as is common with stories told verbally, and no two members of the band tell the story exactly the same way.
Certain details have remained consistent between band members and over the past fifty-five years.
The band changed names several times before becoming Black Sabbath, but the name they stuck with for the longest time was Earth. On their way to Earth's rehearsal space, Geezer or Tony (more likely the latter) walked by a theatre showing I tre volti della paura and noticed the significant attendance.
Commonly, even today, foreign titles are translated into things that bear no relation to the real meaning of the original title. In this case, the film was being sold in England as Black Sabbath.
Tony (or possibly Geezer) engaged in a discussion with the other members of the band about why people lined up and paid money to see films that scare them. The band struggled as a straight blues band in no small part because there was nothing special about the band. Nothing made them unique in a world saturated with blues bands. So they decided to give making "music that scares people" a try.
Tony and Geezer wrote a song that they called Black Sabbath. They were both so taken with the result and the degree of a change in direction it constituted for the band that they decided to keep the name for the band. The song's name was never changed. Contrary to belief and standard practice, the album has no title.
This album is more of a blues album with some doom elements. One song that appears on some compact discs of the album, Evil Woman, is a blues song with distortion and, of course, Ozzy's vocals. The transition of blues band Earth to doom metal band Black Sabbath was completed with the second album, Paranoid. The actual songs on Paranoid are unlikely to scare a reasonable adult, but the subjects of said songs should.
In the fifty-five years since both of those albums, more than a hundred thousand bands have formed and released demos that are to a significant degree influenced by Black Sabbath.
Certain details have remained consistent between band members and over the past fifty-five years.
The band changed names several times before becoming Black Sabbath, but the name they stuck with for the longest time was Earth. On their way to Earth's rehearsal space, Geezer or Tony (more likely the latter) walked by a theatre showing I tre volti della paura and noticed the significant attendance.
Commonly, even today, foreign titles are translated into things that bear no relation to the real meaning of the original title. In this case, the film was being sold in England as Black Sabbath.
Tony (or possibly Geezer) engaged in a discussion with the other members of the band about why people lined up and paid money to see films that scare them. The band struggled as a straight blues band in no small part because there was nothing special about the band. Nothing made them unique in a world saturated with blues bands. So they decided to give making "music that scares people" a try.
Tony and Geezer wrote a song that they called Black Sabbath. They were both so taken with the result and the degree of a change in direction it constituted for the band that they decided to keep the name for the band. The song's name was never changed. Contrary to belief and standard practice, the album has no title.
This album is more of a blues album with some doom elements. One song that appears on some compact discs of the album, Evil Woman, is a blues song with distortion and, of course, Ozzy's vocals. The transition of blues band Earth to doom metal band Black Sabbath was completed with the second album, Paranoid. The actual songs on Paranoid are unlikely to scare a reasonable adult, but the subjects of said songs should.
In the fifty-five years since both of those albums, more than a hundred thousand bands have formed and released demos that are to a significant degree influenced by Black Sabbath.
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- How long is Black Sabbath?1 hour and 32 minutes
- When was Black Sabbath released?May 6, 1964
- What is the IMDb rating of Black Sabbath?7 out of 10
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- What is the plot of Black Sabbath?Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories about a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.
- What is Black Sabbath rated?Approved
- What genre is Black Sabbath?Horror
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