BLACK SABBATH - The Eternal Idol: A Look Back

BLACK SABBATH - The Eternal Idol: A Look Back






Black-Sabbath.com webmaster Joe Siegler has posted a lengthy article on the 20th anniversary of BLACK SABBATH's Eternal Idol album. An excerpt follows:

"When the Seventh Star tour got started, it was by all accounts a mess. GLENN HUGHES (ex-DEEP PURPLE) was fired after just five dates for reasons that are an article on their own.. In at the last second came (at that time) New Jersey bar band singer Ray Gillen to take over the rest of the Seventh Star tour. After that tour finished, the subject came to the next record, and probably the most forgotten and arguably the most confusing period in the band's history. Out of the dark year of 1987 came several recording studios, a few record producers, a few vocalists, bassists.. you get the idea. But out of this chaos came one of the more solid albums to ever carry the Black Sabbath banner. That's the story of this article. Some facts about how the music came to be birthed, some of my own recollections, and some input from various band members about it."

Read more here.