Type O Negative - N.I.B. (Black Sabbath Cover)

[1976Stratomaster]

totally wicked and yes black sabbath has dubbed this nativity in black even though the story of bill wards nib is also true, "for the record man"!

[GuiToni]

Very nice cover. But i really wish that they have covered "planet caravan"

anyone know if they do?

[Doctorwhodoo]

N.I.B. IS A FUCKIN' FACIAL HAIRSTYLE! The drummer had a nib so they named the song that...

[RedmawJoe26]

I'd like to think that "N.I.B." stands for "NATIVITY IN BIRMINGHAM" ! (The birthplace of BLACK SABBATH...VERY appropriate ! Even if it does NOT stand for "Nativity In Black" then we must still acknowledge the influence of this explanation and use of the abbreviation's meaning....even OVERKILL liked it and used the name "POWER IN BLACK" as the title of their 1st demo ever through inspiration from "Nativity In Black" 

[metallicakixtotalass]

BRILLIANT. FUCKING. BRILLIANT.

RIP Peter Steele, you god, you.

[tomfoolery2117]

so sweet to hear this no one else could have touched this song..but Pete

[xXWarPigs]

what does N.I.B. really mean

[TurtleFL]

@xXWarPigs The title refers to Bill Ward's beard, which at the time was shaped like the nib of a pen (the tip of a fountain pen.) That's as far as I know, anyway. Run across a lot of interesting trivia fronting a Black Sabbath tribute band.

[CHROMFINGER]

@xXWarPigs NATIVITY IN BLACK

[009skunkpiss]

home sweet homo!!

[Krazyk12200]

It oozes with sex and awesomeness!

[Laster82]

This is Killer!!!!

[BadassAnons]

type o negative is crap

[RidirichdFlann]

@BadassAnons then dont fucking watch it

[jakemann2000]

who gives a shit what it means? this is an awesome cover of an awesome song. that is something I think we all can agree on. r.i.p. peter steele.

[HeyPete80]

@jakemann2000 amen dude!

[TheNewsportPigs]

My dad didn't grow up listening to Sabbath, but he knew my best friend's dad since back in the day and called him a metalhead for being big into Sabbath. Years later, this same guy would be my ride to some kick-ass shows and for that I'm grateful.

[brnleague99]

Two points. One: Ozzy says in his book, I AM OZZY, that "N.I.B." was a reference to a "nib" which was what they called Bill Ward's beard. Two: I read a comment not too long ago in which a guy implored the YouTube fans..."Can you imagine Black Sabbath with Peter Steele singing, that'd be interesting." ...and you know what? Yes it would.

[eramir228]

@brnleague99 But someone decided to put the dots in between in letters, and people started saying Nativity in Black, which if you listen, is what the song is about

[ObeliskNashville666]

dude i had no idea they covered this!! i knew they did black sabbath which was creepy as fuck! but not NIB!

[xtwwrestling123]

Home Sweet Homo

[abaddon5]

For the record, N.I.B. does NOT stand for "Nativity In Black".

[HeyPete80]

@abaddon5 it's late man, there has been a very long debate about that and about Butler's beard some years ago

[NotSober100]

@HeyPete80 theres no debate the band have clarified the title derives from Bills beard; the nib, watch the ozzy reunion dvd or paranoid classic albums .

[thrasherlml]

@HeyPete80 ward. nt butler

[GeneLattanzi]

@HeyPete80 There is no debate. It's been hashed and rehashed by members of SABBATH about the title, in a million (give or take...) different interviews.

[MyNameIsPABL0]

@HeyPete80 It was Ward's beard ;)

[WisdomRiver]

@abaddon5  the song title was a joke about Bill wards facial hair or something i think...

[zeppelin1996]

@WisdomRiver Yeah, one night they were all high and Ozzy started saying that Bill Ward's beard looked like a pen nib. So that's what they named the song.

[flaopium138]

@abaddon5 what does N.I.B. stand for then?

[abaddon5]

@flaopium138

There was a guy who had some kind of relationship with the band (either a roadie or a friend, etc.) whose nickname was Nib. They added the periods just to make the title look cooler.

[flaopium138]

@abaddon5 oh thanks i love type o!!!!!!! 

[ruteparedes]

listen heypete08 can you tell me when and where this was recorded? thanks in advance, its brilliant stuff!!

[HeyPete80]

@ruteparedes hi dude, it should have been performed in a '99 show maybe in Pittsburgh but i don't know exactly cause it's not written on the ep i have.

[ruteparedes]

@HeyPete80 thank you so much for looking this up for me. I've shared it with a bunch of other TON fans and they've loved it. wouldn't have had the chance of listening to this gem if it weren't for you. major thanks, you rock.

[HeyPete80]

@ruteparedes you're welcome man. share it with everyone you know who like this kind of stuff and take a look to my channel. there's very cool stuff about Ton. Thanx for your consideration.

[SnakeheadVonZed]

@HeyPete80 Dude if you've seen Type O's live dvd and their bus antics...any idea what the hardcore/metal song in the background is? I'll try and find a link if you've seen it.

[dissonancor]

@ruteparedes as far as i know it's from 94s germany tour in ludwigsburg...at least ive got a bootleg that sounds exactly the same...

[ruteparedes]

"around the time your father were on top of your mothers producing you" ROFLMAO

thanks for sharing this!!!

[thrashguitarmaster70]

@HeyPete80 It's a reference to the beard Geezer Butler had at the time.

[malewhoreslag]

@thrashguitarmaster70 Bill Ward's beard, actually. :p

[Intent7is7Everything]

@HeyPete80 nativity in black

[Okarter]

@HeyPete80 Nativity in Black

[kk6downing]

I know this is fucked up, but someone said N.I.B. was Niggah In Black

[HeyPete80]

Guys, it was ironic...

[BirthOfFrankenstein]

@HeyPete80 Its commonly missused as Nativity in Black. But from the words of Black Sabbath themselves the name NIB cames from simply just a pin nib.

[dzamija922]

@HeyPete80 Nib stands for Bill Ward's beard which resembled a pen NIB. That's it. Ozzy himself said so.

[RoboticToe]

@HeyPete80

Nativity In Black

[ruteparedes]

dude, thanks so much for uploading this and other TON vids. Much appreciated!!!!!!

[ijemekkos4life]

@HeyPete80

N.I.B stands for nativity in black, just so you guys know.

[forumamt]

Fuck.

Why awesome people needs to die?

This guy is a fucking good singer.

[Guitargawd900]

@HeyPete80 Nativity in Black

[emorvis]

@HeyPete80 Nativity in black

[ikcinbaz]

@HeyPete80 Nativity In Black

[Speedoman1978]

@HeyPete80 Research, research, research, nib was an inside joke to Bill Ward. Because his beard looked like a nib. The periods were added for mystique.

[dbsk8r92]

@HeyPete80 nativity in black

[atruemetalfan]

N.I.B. STANDS FOR NATIVITY IN BLACK

[atruemetalfan]

N.I.B. STANDS FOR NATIVITY IN BLACK

[atruemetalfan]

N.I.B. STANDS FOR NATIVITY IN BLACK

[atruemetalfan]

N.I.B. STANDS FOR NATIVITY IN BLACK

[PainForWisdom]

hey dudes guess what i know these things becuz i read the little booklets inside the damn albums. ozzy said it was a name for geezers pen nib mustach. becuz they believed the devil had a pen nib bustache, and because geezer wore one they decided to name the song after his mustache, they added the dots because they thought it made it cool, N.I.B. doesnt mean or stand for anything

[corrob]

nib is the part of a quill, or fountain pen which comes into contact with the writing surface 1822 John Mitchell set up a factory in Birmingham, England to manufacture steel nibs, their popularity took off..... huh... never knew that, always thought it was nativity in black.

[xtwwrestling123]

how did you come about this recording?

[JoeAuriun]

They killed the song, awful

[MDizzle3282]

They owned this song!!

[ozzsabbath1]

gonna miss pete steele

[TheRippingCorpse]

:) :) :)



[xtwwrestling123]

Type O Negative is what Black Sabbath would sound like if they came out in the 90s

[metalabsynth]

@xtwwrestling123 type o negative is like an evolution of black sabbath, the greatest evolution in all zee world haha love em both

[BreakingGlass77]

I heard that N.I.B. actually doesn't stand for Nativity in Black.

[manozzified]

@BreakingGlass77 It doesn't. "nib" was Geezer's nickname, because his beard was like a bird's nib.....

[killerdugong]

@manozzified you couldnt be any more wrong you stupid asshole! it was Bill Ward's nickname cos his beard looked like a pen's nib!

[swizzlestickman]

my name is Lucifer.

[GodOViking]

A Nib is a small beard

[swizzlestickman]

@GodOViking: hahaha nice.

[Djarra]

@GodOViking Yep originally they (Sabbeth) called the song nib to take the piss out of a beard Geezer Butler had grown on the album it was written N.I.B and some time later Ozzy said it meant Nativity in Black.

[danila147]

bye Peter...

[lansed]

N.I.B is about the drummers beard......fuck...read up on your savvath history...

[LivKornell]

This is the best NIB cover I've ever heard.

[chronicreptile]

N.I.B. - Nativity In Black. It says on the vid!

[Metalbarbie1]

Ooohh Yeeaaah!!!!!

[HarlotBug3]

Thanks for posting. They really cover BS well ;)

[darthbdogg1]

nativity in black...

[alec12]

too fast

oh well....sounds like you brought the house down

[fireonhigh100]

NIB?? NEW IN BOX

COFFIN??

[casca520]

The world of metal, and especially the borough of BROOKLYN will miss it's native metal son.

RIP PETER! And keep on hating!

[mancho747heavy]

r.i.p peter

[vaguener]

rest in peace :(

[PaulJBrown]

Rest in Peace Peter Steele

[TheProggirl]

From Nativity in Black,a Tribute to Black Sabbath album! Oh yeah!

[Metalmotherfucker666]

this version aint bad actually

[HeyPete80]

Guys, no foul language here please. If u don't like a comment or what discuss but no offence please. Anyway, i wrote one time in the comments: this is the Ton version and this is what it's written on the bootleg tracklist. Don't forget that Ton changed the lyrics to Black Sabbath for their Satanic Perspective one. So, take it easy.

[destroysociety79]

@HeyPete80 go fuck yourself

[destroysociety79]

go fuck yourself. it's true. faggot

[destroysociety79]

NIB doesn't stand for Nativity In Black. it was a joke name Ozzy, Geezer and Tony made for drummer Bill Ward's beard which at the time of recording the song for their self-titled looked like a 'Nib'.

any self-respecting Sabbath fan knows that.

[PERROMALDO]

I´m not an english speaker so... What´s a nib? In second place, if not an acronyms what´s with the dotts? N.I.B.... it should be spelled Nib instead... No?

[HeyPete80]

hi man, you can read a sort of explaination in one of my old comments. Enjoy.

[dingo99]

@PERROMALDO it was apparantely called after Bill Ward's Beard as it looked like the Nib of a Pen i read this in the Black Sabbath album sleeve

[uofm97]

@dingo99 It does say that, but I don't buy that explanation.........the lyrics tell a completely different story about the Devil falling in love with a mortal woman. They just came up with that idea to get rid of the Satanist stigma surrounding the band at that time.

[SheFollowsMoon]

@PERROMALDO Nativity in Black.

[dbsk8r92]

@PERROMALDO its actually n.i.b. its an acronym which stands for nativity in black

[slash9217]

\m/

[venom71]

uaaooo great version!!! black sabbath and type o negative forever

[Maldibion]

They played this a couple weeks ago here in worcester, ma. It was an amazing show, they actually played really well and didn't seem to be too drunk.

[SirPsychosexY5150]

"a round of applause for your fukin parents!"

hellz yah as a child my father and I would listen to Sabbath songs and try to figure out the lyrics \m/

[JESSESIKORA]

they covered Paranoid too, very different sound but really good too

[cessaro6]

Type O Negative + Black Sabbath = too much!!!!!!

[octoberrust85]

A very groovy cover but I'd kill just to hear Type O doing "Hole In The Sky" or "Supernaut"...

[dave9772]

Home sweet homo....haha

[1maidenfan1]

Awesome version. Type O Negative ALWAYS does Excellent covers.. I really love the cover of "Summer Breeze" that they did

[ShaneMoFxxxinHuff]

yeah they did a studio version of Paranoid that was pretty fuckin kickass too

[07mantle07]

Peter Steele sounds like the guy from everybody loves ramond.i met them a tower records.

[triumphelf]

Good Cover---\m/ \m/

[android666metal]

i can't find the song by Black Sabbath, sung by Type O Negative the song called Black Sabbath.

[07mantle07]

Typo O' Negative covered n.i.b. nativity in black.

[octoberrust85]

They covered 'Black Sabbath' for a tribute album called 'Nativity In Black' but I think they only ever played N.I.B. live. :)

[bowiedarkchild]

It's on a black sabbath tribute album. Then there's another version from "the satanic perspective" on their least worst of album.

[carot2003]

I like it. Sounds good...

[GoddessElvina]

Actually they weren't copulating for 24 months Peter, I mean Dad didn't need Viagra but Geez. The Hotel California got the vintage right anyway. Some can't even get the Sacred V handshake from what they think is Satan's Minions. It would take me weeks to explain Lucifer from Satan as seperate beings they will never grasp The Devil or how I can Waltz with him & Tango with Jesus at the same ball. No wonder the Anti-Christ thinks it can control me indefinately....pfffttt.

[maowcat]

What the fuck are you talking about.

[GoddessElvina]

Lets face it Satan doesn't get himself mixed up with Lucifer...LMFAO.

[GoddessElvina]

The Black Family is Anti-Christ not Satan, its Rothchild.

[HeyPete80]

"The title was widely rumoured to have stood for "Nativity in Black" (or to a much lesser extent, "Name In Blood"). In a 1992 interview, Geezer Butler states that the title simply refers to Bill Ward's goatee at the time, which the rest of the band thought was shaped like a pen nib; also referred to as nibby."(Wikipedia)

Anyway, i wrote Nativity In Black cause it's what i found on my bootleg. Hey, i don't dine with Mr Butler usually to know... so take it easy guys,it's not the millionaire show!

[PERROMALDO]

I understand your point and I know that what your saying is what the Black Sabbath guys said. But I still don´t think that´s the truth because it´s dotted like an acronym instead of written like a word. I looked for the original album cover and there you can read N.I.B. A pen´s nib it´s not spelled that way. When you read three letters followed by dots it´s obvious that it stands for three specific words. They didn´t write P.A.R.A.N.O.I.D for instance. Not sure if you get my point.

[HeyPete80]

Sure i understand and i think so too. U know, in one of my comment's i wrote a wikipedia quote. Anyway, whatever that means, it remains always a great song right? :)

[dzamija922]

Trust me, it is, indeed, an implication towards Bill Ward's beard. Geezer himself said so in an interview, so, no doubts there. :)

[crazyirishdan]

@PERROMALDO This has been hashed out for 20 years now, if not longer. THey needed a song title, and at the same time were making fun of Bill's nose, whicht ey said looked like the nib of an old fashioned ink pen.

To make it a more appropriate song title and to make fanboys chase their tails around trying to figure out the meaning, they added the periods, and lo and behold, this little 'spell' they cast still seems to be working.

'Nativity In Black' was the most common/poetic guess.

[skatetolovemetal]

its not Nativity in Black! N.I.B. doesnt stand for anything! don't you guys fucking know that?

[igguasu]

one night ozzy took some drugs and he saw the word "warms" seem like N.I.B

[Infares]

NIB doesn't actually mean 'Nativity in Black'. According to the band, it was a reference to the little goatee beard Satan is often depicted as having, called a 'nib', which the band's drummer, Bill Ward, had as of the time of the song's writing. There's no particular reason it was capitalized.

[wraithis13]

Hey Pete, this clip wouldn't be from a Pittsburgh show they did in '99, would it?. I only ask because I have a video of that show where they do this song. It sounds scary similar; same stage banter and all.

[buffl777]

its great!!!!!!

[HeyPete80]

tnks to u. always so kind. :)

[laviergenoire]

tnks my friend for this gift, u are great like ever! A.

[1AzureSky]

Type O Negative is specifically tailored for doing good Black Sabbath covers. This is pretty damned awesome.

[godmakemyaimtrue]

Excellent cover!! It's cool hearing Peter sing a different style. He pulls it off I think, don't you?

[CDeanN]

This is freaking awesome. Where do you find this stuff?

[HeyPete80]

some bootleg cds i have

[fatjimmorrison]

Home sweet Homo!