![]() ![]() I’m not bitter about it, but it is surprising.” I said to them, endlessly, that if there was anything they wanted changed, done differently, just to say and we could fix it, but clearly they hadn’t got the guts to, obviously, and to write about it in a book afterwards seems a bit daft to me. More fool them for not saying anything because we could have fixed it. Surely, if you’ve got a problem, the first person you should say something to is the person that’s in the band with you, you don’t wait ten years. Having never read the book, Tony’s reply when told in an interview with Uberrock was justifiably bemused when told: “It surprises me. I saw Iommi very briefly for a few hours in Russia a few years ago and he was very complimentary about me but after that I heard nothing.” Despite the lack of open hostility, in Iommi’s 2011 autobiography, Iron Man, the guitarist accuses Martin of being ‘unprofessional’ and having ‘no stage presence’. “The phone stopped ringing 16 years ago and they haven’t spoken to me since. "Though Ozzy is now the defacto frontman of the band once again, technically Tony was never fired. Some interesting parts regarding his relatyionship with Tony Iommi (who holds the rights to most of the BS catalog) and the possibility of reissues: Searching the web I also came across this interesting interview with Tony Martin. BTW I didn't mention Forbidden, because I think that's a true dud in the Sabbath catalog. I might take the plunge for 2nd hand copies on eBay, but was just wondering - is there any chance that these will be officially reissued in the near future? Does any forum member know how these albums were/are regarded by Tony Iommi himself? I'm sure reissuing these albums isn't high on his priority list, but whatever you may think of them, they ARE part of the Sabbath legacy IMO. I've searched the internet, but I can't find any info of these being re-released soon. Yes, they can be acquired on the second hand market, but they're not easy to come by and prices are all over the place. And since EMI has dissolved, these albums may very well be in some contractual limbo. There was an EMI reissue of the first 2 albums in their Classic Rock series, but these are long OOP too. I know they were originally issued on Miles Copeland's I.R.S. Nevertheless, I would like to buy these on CD, but they appear to be OOP for more than a decade or so. You could say that Sabbath were no longer leading the way, but following trends in the world of heavy metal and I would agree completely. era sounds different, like a pretty good but somewhat generic 80s hard rock outfit. I think these would have been held in higher regard if it weren't for the Sabbath moniker. But I like them in their own way as good to great hard rock and metal albums. Yes I know, many Sabbath fans do not view these albums as 'true' Sabbath albums and I agree that they don't have the same vibe as their 70s albums. I've been listening to these albums from various sources for a few months now and I am really starting to like them. ![]()
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