I have yet to hear a Black Sabbath song I didn't like; the less informed and more narrow-minded despise Dio and praise Ozzy, but anybody who actually knows that Dio was on very few of the late Sabbath albums and knows all of the other singers will feel otherwise. I favor some albums over others, but they're all worth listening to in my mind. However, I don't think that anybody performed the songs composed in Ozzy's time as well as he did.
I've got a couple versions of Tony singing changes and they aren't very good... like this one. Ozzys very unconvensional vocal sytle, tone and richness is unique, and a very important aspect of Black Sabbath. I've never heard any singer pull off an Ozzy. The standard convenstional singer like Tony, or operatic singer like Dio, just make a mess of all Ozzy songs, and they lose half thier of appeal. The only reason i can even listen to Dio or Tony sing ozzy songs is because Iommi is playing them.
@JaydeeOldBoy You're absolutely right! Dio singing (over-singing?) War pigs and Iron Man is absolutely dreadful! Kinda like Steve Perry if he were trying to sing Neil Young songs, Please check out our Sabbath tribute band website sabbathonlysabbath. com. We are seriously the best Sabbath tribute band out there...there are numerous songs posted in the sounds section, unfortunately our version of Changes won't play on the player for some reason...but our singer nails OZZY, looks and sounds!
I like all the Sabbath line ups. Tony Martin is a poweful and dynamic singer, especially on the Headless Cross album (Eternal Idol and Tyr are both brilliant also). Whoever says this singer sucks obviously doesn't know the difference between good and bad.
this singer sucks, ozzys the only good one, dio was alright. he doesn't even have a good voice. too bad ozzy got kicked out for shitty reason cuz he was always drunk and high even though the whole band were always high and drunk.
I love Black Sabbath, regardless of singer. I'm a Tony Iommi fan, and I have every studio album from Black Sabbath to Forbidden, but this song only works with Ozzy. I'd much rather hear Tony Martin sing Iron man than this.
Not to dis Tony Martin, who helped keep Sabbath alive during the late '80's and '90's, but this song just doesn't work without Ozzy's vocals. It describes the pain he felt after his divorce from his first wife Thelma, and it's uniquely suited to his voice.
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i see in stores all the time Black Sabbath best of the Ozzy years,Best of the Dio years, they need to make Best of the Tony Martin years,because there are so many classic metal songs on those albums.
This guy is good no doubt but OZZY helped define what sabbath was to be and some things should be left alone . . . .like this song . .. . .compare martin and osbourne? why? it is like comparing Elf to Rainbow . . . . . .Just not quite the same
i like each of these singers but dio and ozzy blazed a path behind them and it will always be remembered but i do like tony martin i have all the cds by sabbath with tony,BuT!!i put neither one above the voice of metal/hard rock Ronnie James Dio
Why does everyone discount Martin's work with Sabbath? With the exception of TYR and Forbidden, I think his work with Sabbath is pretty fucking awesome.
Who gives a fk about any "definition" of how a singer should sound....metal has broken ever rule on how a guitar, bass, drums, and vocals "should be" if you want to put rules on what to do an not do...stay out of metal we have no rules. With that said Tony Martin is not metal...he's not cool, and he was one of the biggest blunders to put as the front of Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath should be bad ass...who care about pretty ballads and nice vocals.
ehhh?ballads????Tony martin made only ballads for you????headless cross is a ballad?devil and daughter?call of the wild?jerusalem?the law maker?the sabbath stones?i I Witness?Virtual Death?cardinal sin?I must go on?maybe some could be called "epic" ma thsi songs are not ballads..he's made some ballads but not ONLY ballads...ONLY ballds?ah ah ah very funny
I never dug The "Tony Martin" era Sabbath, some songs were good like "Anno Mundi" and Headless Cross" and The Shining" but I think this was Sabbaths weakest period.
big mistake was bringing back dio,TONY MARTIN was one and only,he is the reason,why i love sabbath,when you talking about reunion,did maiden have to united with first singer and fired up bruce?! when the last time TONY M. left ,they are starting to go down,no albums ,no carma-nothing!
He's my favorite Sabbath singer, it's a shame things didn't work out after Forbidden came out...FORBIDDEN WAS A GOOD ALBUM I DON'T CARE WTF YOU SAY... Tony made some fuckin epic material like Headless Cross and TYR during his time with Sabbath, I'm glad I own most of the Martin era albums, I just need Eternal Idol and I'll have them all. KEEP UP THE GREAT SINGING TONY, Why did Iommi fire him??????? THere needs to be a Cross Purposes or TYR reunion tour!!!!!!
Great video! You use the word "fired" a lot and I totally agree he's had to put up with a lot of things. But when your in a band as huge as Black Sabbath you have to accept the fact that you have to leave when former members want to reunite. Iommi and Martin knew all along that it would have been for the best if they've started from scratch under a different band name when they released The Eternal Idol. Then this wouldn't been a problem.
I love Tony Martin great singer.But if you ever get the chance to meet him.Say excuse me are you Fish from Marillion.He goes fuckin mental.Like a red rag to a bull.Read it inna magazine,And it does work i felt tony's wrath lol.But i do love the guy.Great singer
Tony Martin is agreat singer, I prefer him over Dio on Sabbath. As a Sabbath fan I obviously like the classic stuf (with Ozzy) better. But Tony Martin stuff is great. Headless Cross is an excellent album, Croos Purposes is a very good album.
Tony Martin - Geezer Butler - Tony Iommi - Bobby Rondinelli that's a great line-up.
You said everything pal... good comment... the years of Martin were great... and I dont know why he left... i think cause Iommi prefer Dio... but if you think better... Iommi always want to be the boss of Sabbath... =(
Iommi is a cunt, there's no doubt about that. What he did with Sabbath in the 80s was just wrong, and although there were great albums like Headless Cross and Cross Purposes, something like "Seventh Star" is just awful. Iommi is a great guitar player, but a cunt.
Actually it was the great Rob Halford that stepped in for the 2 remaining 'Dehumanizer' shows, at Costa Mesa, where Ozzy and Bill would be joining them as well, not Tony. Reunion plans fell apart after that, and Dio and Appice officially left, but Geezer stayed, Tony returned, and Bobby Rondinelli was called in for 'Cross Purposes'. During that tour, Bill joined Sabbath for the south american leg, as Bobby had left mid tour. Geezer then left after the tour, and Neil Murray was called in and Cozy
Tony has 2 solo albums actually, one from 1992 as well, which is very hard to find, and includes a different rendition of 'Jerusalem', which 2 years earlier originally appeared on the 'TYR' album.
Black Sabbath started it, and Metallica perfected it. Ozzy`s voice and antics made Sabbath popular. If the guitar god Randy Roads would have survived long enough Ozzy would be the best hands down. For only being 25 years old the man was amazing.
Sabbath & early Metallica material don't really bear comparison. Sabbath's early work cannot realy be described as metal in the way that kill em all is, or justice for all (or any other metallica album ending with all). Randy rhoads with ozzy would never have been more popular than sabbath if rhoads had lived to be 100, genius that he was
ozzy is one that was lucky enough to be there at the right time..just imagine what metal could be like if tony or dio was in ozzy's shoes at the start....haha..divinestuff
Ozzy was right for them at the time. His voice, the chemistry, his persona. Dio has only joined innovative, original bands. Never been part of one at the start. he joined Sabbath & started Rainbow, who were great but never as original as Deep Purple. they were a force of nature, as were Sabbath with Ozzy
Ah, I apologise, I never knew that. I'm a big Tony "The Cat" Martin fan, and I'm glad he returned to do two more albums with Black Sabbath. I'm one of those that really loves the 'Forbidden' album, and the tour was brilliant, that was the first time I saw BS live. 'Cross Purposes' is a great effort as well, and I'm glad I have the ltd. edition Hammersmith concert from 1994 on VHS..."Cross Purposes Live", and the live album w. the same name.
@jimmywires500 that isn't true, he was an original member of Elf which was a blues rock band from ithaca new york, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, and his solo band
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Ozzy is an embarassment to metal music and all of us who are not burnt out and braindead. Heavy music does not have to be Halloween crap like Ozzy, Alice Cooper or any of that spectacle gimmick shit. After Ozzy left, Sabbath grew musically. There's no going back to the Ozzy era for anything but money dished out by fools who think they're seeing "the real thing". Iommi would team up with Justin Timberlake if it meant he could avoid fading away. No integrity there or in the Osbourne camp.
No sir... Ozzy can't properly sing... Ozzy is a showman, a damn good one, but Tony is a SINGER under the best definition of the word. I mean, ask any singer around, Bruce Dickinson, Dio, Halford and they will tell you: Tony Martin stuff with sabbath is one of the most dificult things to sing ever, so many layers, feelings and melodys!
Indeed! I still love the Ozzy era stuff (not the "Reunion" live album, and the two new songs that accompanied that double album), and I love everything he has released since he left Sabbath, till' 1991. After 'No More Tears', he has just released mediocre stuff, with a few good songs on them. When I saw Ozzy last year or so, he was relying on backing tracks/prerecorded vocals...what a shame. I can't stand Sharon Osbourne, she and Ozzy have sued Tony over the BS name.
@rodrigozzy i agree, you can say WHO IS THE BEST singer, but not always the best singer is the MOST KNOWN, or the MOST BELOVED one, the best singer i really do not know who could it be, but, IMO, Ozzy has sort preference among the eldest Black Sabbath fans, because Ozzy is an icon he was a founder... so, don´t mix things, but for me Black Sabbath the real Black Sabbath is with Ozzy. (and yees, he s not the BEST SINGER i agree lol)
@rodrigozzy agree... but if you go to a sabbath concert who wants to hear a high pitch replacement singer sing note 4 note high and low like your at some school christmas concert
nobody sings this song quite like ozzy. with that said i have to say tony martin has one hell of a heavy metal voice. he could go far with the right band. he did some great work with sabbath. NOW personally knowing ronnie james dio and not being partial, he has the best heavy metal voice there is. period.
Tony's era in Sabbath is sorely underrated IMHO. He sounds good here but the song has never done that much for me. Still good to hear and thanks for posting. BTW, check out Tony's stint with Misha Calvin on Evolution and the Mollo-Martin albums too. All excellent slabs of melodic metal!
The difference is that Tony can actually sing whereas Ozzy's voice has so many effects on it that its a fucking crime to discount Tony's ability in comparison. Hes a better singer. end of story!
The only thing I despise about Tony Martin is the fact that he never stuck with one image. He started out with a mullet, then long hair and a goatee, then long receding hairline and overwieght, then all that and a freeky looking goatee, and now he's bald!
I made that comment a long time ago, but I guess I was trying to imply that he was fake.
He was not a bad singer, though he didnt have the projection Dio had or the Stage presence of Gillen, Gillan, or even Ozzy, but he was reliable.
The one thing I dislike him for is his version of the Eternal Idol, which Gillen without question did much stronger and more melodic, but Martin couldn't hit those notes half the time. I wish Gillen had stayed with Sabbath.
No disrespect, but perhaps it's better to move on and do new things, rather than reviving songs that can't be improved on. Ozzy's beautifully rich and mature voice is perfect for this song - this version doesn't stand a chance in comparison - SORRY!
@makiney13 - sorry, but I have no idea what my original comment was ;-) And I don't know whether your comment is intended to be a joke, but Robbie Williams does a grand job of singing Frank Sinatra's and other 1940s-1960s songs on his 'Swing When Your Winning' CD. In fact he actually sings with the late, great Frankie Boy in a posthumous duet.
@expatbritingermany hi, well the attempt that i was trying to achiev, was a joke, because, i really dont like robbie´s voice for a Sinatra song, i rather another singer for those songs. thanks boy
I liked the Seventh Star album but this was the beginning of pop Sabbath and I stopped buying Sabbath albums. I turned to other bands and the old sabbath albums instead. Ozzy, Dio and Ian not whats his name?.
Right man Elf was really good I had a cassette of them years ago and loved it! Singin bout rainbows and stuff way back then too!! Gotta try to find it again.
I only have to post a note: Tony Martin doesn't just learned the lyrics, he did more: he has re-wrote the lyrics than registered them in only 7 days!!!
Gret Tribute!!im glad that there are many people like you me and others who recognize tony martin his albums were great i don't agree with you in one thing i think dio did the right thing in not opening for ozzy why should he?after all those things he said and look he didn't reunited with the band instead he return to his solo career and left tony iommi with no singer and drummer good thing tony return and finished with 2 great albums thanks for the tribute.
Very good rendition of this classic. Tony Martin is very underrated as a vocalist. Forbidden was not nearly as good as Cross Purposes, but Martin played the good soldier for Sabbath for many years. I didn't know Geoff Nicholls was performing with him. I do know that Dio's keyboardist Scott Warren is performing with Heaven and Hell.
beautiful tribute to an underrated vocal talent. not my favourite Sab vocalist (those would be, in order, Dio, Gillan, then Hughes, Martin & Ozzy all about tied), but, as a real trooper & standard bearer for Sabbath, he's right up there with Geoff Nicholls as a sadly all too often unsung hero of the greatest rock band ever (IMO..). rock on Tony 'Cat' Martin.. we love you!!!
Thanks for posting! Please post more Tony Martin with Black Sabbath if you possess. I am still waiting to see him perform live one day with Black Sabbath and Tony Martin Band. Please lobby for this to transpire! All of the videos constantly being uploaded and viewed illustrates that I am not alone in this sentiment. Perhaps notice will be taken the more that our voices our heard.
Joe Lynn Turner is another fabulous vocalist who has no unique qualities but posesses an excellent technical ability..Technically he and Tony Martin are simmilar...And Technically they are probably both better than Dio and Ozzy....But music is alot like cooking...knowing the exact measurements and technique doesn't necessarily produce the same results..Grandma's cookies are always better aren't they?...She put her heart and soul into it...thats the difference.
what did dio ever do?give me a break, how about all the rainbow albums/how about heaven and hell, mob rules, I like martin , but to call iommi a loser for going back to dio is a bit of a stretch. I mean dio is more identified with sabbath then martin. iommi is in the record bussiness. bottom line, he needs to sell records. a lp with dio is going to sell far more copies then with martin.I like headless cross. think martin is great, but heaven and hell and mob rules are better albums
What did Dio ever do?...You really cant be serious...Ronnie James Dio wrote the lyrics to 3 of the top ten metal albums of all time...Heaven and Hell,Rainbow Rising, and Holy diver...Look ....Tony is a fabulous vocalist...but he has not earned the title of legend like Ozzy and Dio have..and he never will...He is another JLT and god knows the world is full of them...There is only ONE Ronnie James Dio and only ONE Ozzy ...Sorry
why do people always forget about the band Dio was in before he joined Rainbow, ever heard of the blues rock band Elf, they were amazing, that is the band I am speaking of in which Dio was in.
tony martin was the best sabbath singer and composer. headless cross and tyr are the best sabbath albums. then iommi jerked him around, going back to dio, then running back to martin again for forbidden without time for a good album, intending to rejoin ozzie. what a loser iommi was to leave martin for dio. what did dio ever do. his best song is heaven and hell which hardly holds a candle to any of the songs on headless cross or tyr
I agree and it is infuriating. Tony Martin did nothing but accomodate and this was how he was treated. I like DIO as well though but Tony Martin is fabulous. Black Sabbath should indulge the fans that want to see Tony Martin perform these songs live again. Tony Martin could still maintain the Tony Martin Band as well and perform.
I think Tony could have learned from Dio's mistakes where Sabbath was concerned..both got burned and used...I think Tony is much better off by himself..I bet you his solo album will be quite impressive and more personalized...I cant wait to hear it.
I think this performance is special because of the musicians who performed it. Meaning the amazing Geoff Nicholls, a man who I think deserves way more respect and acknowledgment than he actually gets. I believe he was replaced with Adam Wakeman. But I digress, this song is special because all three of the guys performing it knew that they were going to be out of a job. Tony Martin, Geoff Nicholls and Neil Murray all talented musicians realizing that hey must move on.
Cross of thorns pyscophobia headless cross glory ride many many more .I asked Tony if he had plans on bringing him back sadly he said there are no current plans to have another Tony Martin album.
When i met all the origonal members of Black sabbath at a meet and greet in taylor michigan at a harmony house record store back in 97 i asked Iomni if there were plans to do more stuff with Martin he said sadly that there was nothing in the works for any more material with him as singer of Sabbath .
Thank you for your response. I would not even mind if there was perhaps a trilogy of the three prevalant vocalists to satisfy each of our individual appetites. I am hopeful that maybe I can put a bug in Iommi's ear at the VIP meet and greet Metal Masters tour in August. Dreams die hard and I may be extremely optimistic or naive, however, maybe there is a mending of fences in the cards.
Dio hadn't have any attack, hir qiut is not the 1992 ozzfest.
It was due to his contract with Sabbath finished, that;s all.
He blessed Halford to replace him on the Ozzfest.
SFtheGreat 1 week ago
I have yet to hear a Black Sabbath song I didn't like; the less informed and more narrow-minded despise Dio and praise Ozzy, but anybody who actually knows that Dio was on very few of the late Sabbath albums and knows all of the other singers will feel otherwise. I favor some albums over others, but they're all worth listening to in my mind. However, I don't think that anybody performed the songs composed in Ozzy's time as well as he did.
Osteoporozis 1 month ago
come on this fucking blows cock....ozzy kills this shit ....hell even kelly does this better and she really sucks bad
s1march 2 months ago
I've got a couple versions of Tony singing changes and they aren't very good... like this one. Ozzys very unconvensional vocal sytle, tone and richness is unique, and a very important aspect of Black Sabbath. I've never heard any singer pull off an Ozzy. The standard convenstional singer like Tony, or operatic singer like Dio, just make a mess of all Ozzy songs, and they lose half thier of appeal. The only reason i can even listen to Dio or Tony sing ozzy songs is because Iommi is playing them.
JaydeeOldBoy 4 months ago
@JaydeeOldBoy You're absolutely right! Dio singing (over-singing?) War pigs and Iron Man is absolutely dreadful! Kinda like Steve Perry if he were trying to sing Neil Young songs, Please check out our Sabbath tribute band website sabbathonlysabbath. com. We are seriously the best Sabbath tribute band out there...there are numerous songs posted in the sounds section, unfortunately our version of Changes won't play on the player for some reason...but our singer nails OZZY, looks and sounds!
nailband 3 months ago
Little known fact: Tony is the first Black Sabbath singer to play this live.
cubby3o5 5 months ago
Of course the Ozzy version is better, but this isn't a bad job. Martin's era in the band is criminally underrated.
ejl1000 5 months ago
Bash Tony all you want at the end of the day him and Dio kill ozzy so stfu
nano952 6 months ago
I love Tony Martin's era, all the line ups. This is a gem. Beautiful. Thank you for posting. Sabbath is a thing of Tonys, both Martin and Iommi!
moonlightdriver800 6 months ago
This sucks. The Ozzy version is better. Don't me wrong I love Tony but this is one song I like Ozzy on much better.
dcfanchris 7 months ago
Tony Martin > Ozzy
XrenanXmattos 9 months ago 4
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great...I'm agree with you...I'm recently bought "Scream" and I like it so much!great Tony!
cisteina1 10 months ago
no one can beat ozzy singing changes....but i have to admit that this version is awesome the second best version of changes in my opinion
jjairojj 10 months ago
I like all the Sabbath line ups. Tony Martin is a poweful and dynamic singer, especially on the Headless Cross album (Eternal Idol and Tyr are both brilliant also). Whoever says this singer sucks obviously doesn't know the difference between good and bad.
mkcwebmaster 11 months ago 2
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oh one person that use the brain when speaks...I'm totally agree with you!
cisteina1 10 months ago
Tony Martin sucks!
palimonroe 11 months ago
@palimonroe Ozzy and Palimonroe SUCKS !!! Tony Martin the real voice of Sabbath.
OZBOURNE3 8 months ago
this singer sucks, ozzys the only good one, dio was alright. he doesn't even have a good voice. too bad ozzy got kicked out for shitty reason cuz he was always drunk and high even though the whole band were always high and drunk.
blacklabelfanatic666 11 months ago
The piano plays quite bad here imo.
antiglobe 1 year ago
I did buy "Scream" after I started listening to the Martin era Sabbath. I really liked it. It's much different but it has a lot of good songs on it.
JimithLander88 1 year ago
THIS SUCKS !!! THIS NOT SABBATH ! DIO OR OZZY AND THATS IT !!
cash1115 1 year ago
@cash1115 hey man, its all sabbath. just think of it as a differnt perspective of sabbath.
epicblogofdoom 1 year ago
Tony Martin should sing for Heaven & Hell
TurboThrash 1 year ago
I love Black Sabbath, regardless of singer. I'm a Tony Iommi fan, and I have every studio album from Black Sabbath to Forbidden, but this song only works with Ozzy. I'd much rather hear Tony Martin sing Iron man than this.
SaintWicked721 1 year ago
@SaintWicked721 Surely you mean from Black Sabbath to The Devil You Know? ;)
ant3115 1 year ago
Not to dis Tony Martin, who helped keep Sabbath alive during the late '80's and '90's, but this song just doesn't work without Ozzy's vocals. It describes the pain he felt after his divorce from his first wife Thelma, and it's uniquely suited to his voice.
DoctorPretorious616 1 year ago
tony martin? what the fuck is tony martin? this guy suck...
MVDOTTLINGER 1 year ago
Tony Martin & Black Sabbath is my best combination no matter what they say.
Nevsky100 1 year ago
tony martin is an amazing singer but i can't understand why he's so underated live long in my heart Tony cheers!
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74irondad 1 year ago
i see in stores all the time Black Sabbath best of the Ozzy years,Best of the Dio years, they need to make Best of the Tony Martin years,because there are so many classic metal songs on those albums.
MSTmike3k 1 year ago
@MSTmike3k I think they should have a Tony Martin fronted Sabbath boxset since they had one for Ozzy and one for Dio
JIF882 1 year ago
This guy is good no doubt but OZZY helped define what sabbath was to be and some things should be left alone . . . .like this song . .. . .compare martin and osbourne? why? it is like comparing Elf to Rainbow . . . . . .Just not quite the same
wickedwyrd 1 year ago
i like each of these singers but dio and ozzy blazed a path behind them and it will always be remembered but i do like tony martin i have all the cds by sabbath with tony,BuT!!i put neither one above the voice of metal/hard rock Ronnie James Dio
metalwizard65 1 year ago
Why does everyone discount Martin's work with Sabbath? With the exception of TYR and Forbidden, I think his work with Sabbath is pretty fucking awesome.
morbidanjel44 1 year ago
Who gives a fk about any "definition" of how a singer should sound....metal has broken ever rule on how a guitar, bass, drums, and vocals "should be" if you want to put rules on what to do an not do...stay out of metal we have no rules. With that said Tony Martin is not metal...he's not cool, and he was one of the biggest blunders to put as the front of Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath should be bad ass...who care about pretty ballads and nice vocals.
revolt1999 1 year ago
@revolt1999
ehhh?ballads????Tony martin made only ballads for you????headless cross is a ballad?devil and daughter?call of the wild?jerusalem?the law maker?the sabbath stones?i I Witness?Virtual Death?cardinal sin?I must go on?maybe some could be called "epic" ma thsi songs are not ballads..he's made some ballads but not ONLY ballads...ONLY ballds?ah ah ah very funny
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Mannerl 1 year ago
you can't compare ozzy and tony with each other , they have both different styles of singing, and they both rock!!!
yourietje96 1 year ago
Of courdse Tony is better than Ozzy.
MelekBetul 1 year ago
With some practice, I could sing it better than Tony.
78772j 1 year ago
fuck, im sorry, y rather this one with Michael Osbourne
makiney13 1 year ago
WTF!! Tony is a peace of shyt!
OZZY is God!
and fuckin Better!!
CheRRyBomB931 1 year ago
I never dug The "Tony Martin" era Sabbath, some songs were good like "Anno Mundi" and Headless Cross" and The Shining" but I think this was Sabbaths weakest period.
HOTROD74GremlinX 1 year ago
TONY MARTIN rules !!!
bartdragonight 1 year ago
Very underrated singer.
metallica628 1 year ago
Tony Martin is one of the best singers, who work with Tommy Iommi!!!!
frosthamer 1 year ago
i wish gillen had stayed out of other mens ass's !
werjuke138 1 year ago
thanks.
risingfr 1 year ago
big mistake was bringing back dio,TONY MARTIN was one and only,he is the reason,why i love sabbath,when you talking about reunion,did maiden have to united with first singer and fired up bruce?! when the last time TONY M. left ,they are starting to go down,no albums ,no carma-nothing!
greatmacedonia3 2 years ago
He's my favorite Sabbath singer, it's a shame things didn't work out after Forbidden came out...FORBIDDEN WAS A GOOD ALBUM I DON'T CARE WTF YOU SAY... Tony made some fuckin epic material like Headless Cross and TYR during his time with Sabbath, I'm glad I own most of the Martin era albums, I just need Eternal Idol and I'll have them all. KEEP UP THE GREAT SINGING TONY, Why did Iommi fire him??????? THere needs to be a Cross Purposes or TYR reunion tour!!!!!!
HolyN0va 2 years ago
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agreed there are some good tracks on Forbidden, people are too quick to write it off...
veinsofman 2 years ago
Great video! You use the word "fired" a lot and I totally agree he's had to put up with a lot of things. But when your in a band as huge as Black Sabbath you have to accept the fact that you have to leave when former members want to reunite. Iommi and Martin knew all along that it would have been for the best if they've started from scratch under a different band name when they released The Eternal Idol. Then this wouldn't been a problem.
KejsiRocks 2 years ago
Nah he cant sing ozzys songs,sorry.
MrTabby5000 2 years ago
@MrTabby5000 totally agree
makiney13 1 year ago
Epic! A fine singer, love the albums Sabbath did w. Tony.
SilverTounge85 2 years ago 3
Ozzy? who the fuck is Ozzy!!!!??????
slaintemath 2 years ago 14
@slaintemath your father, show some love motherfucker, with out him, it wouldnt exist Black Sabbath as you known right now... stupid cunt!
makiney13 1 year ago
@slaintemath Fuck you
kowaldino 1 year ago
@slaintemath As my high school history teacher Mr. Hand once famously stated. Are you on Dope?
jwdub75 10 months ago
@slaintemath Ozzy sucks !!!!
OZBOURNE3 8 months ago
a true icon.please get the album talisman from the band forcefield if you wanted to know how tony was recognized as a true metal icon.
masterpatric07 2 years ago 2
I knew Tony at restaurant he was in my town Ventimiglia Italy and He sung for us.
we was so happy!!!!
sweetjamrock 2 years ago 3
Brilliant voice! Best singer in Black Babbath.
Panzerwolff 2 years ago 5
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pub singer!! always last choice!
garethparrot 2 years ago
I love Tony Martin great singer.But if you ever get the chance to meet him.Say excuse me are you Fish from Marillion.He goes fuckin mental.Like a red rag to a bull.Read it inna magazine,And it does work i felt tony's wrath lol.But i do love the guy.Great singer
basscadet007 2 years ago 2
ohh please...give it a rest
baldbollocks 2 years ago
Tony Martin is agreat singer, I prefer him over Dio on Sabbath. As a Sabbath fan I obviously like the classic stuf (with Ozzy) better. But Tony Martin stuff is great. Headless Cross is an excellent album, Croos Purposes is a very good album.
Tony Martin - Geezer Butler - Tony Iommi - Bobby Rondinelli that's a great line-up.
Bobby is my fav. SAbbath drummer after Bill Ward.
Great video Rodrigozzy.
iuricastro22 2 years ago
You said everything pal... good comment... the years of Martin were great... and I dont know why he left... i think cause Iommi prefer Dio... but if you think better... Iommi always want to be the boss of Sabbath... =(
gringojames 2 years ago
Iommi is a cunt, there's no doubt about that. What he did with Sabbath in the 80s was just wrong, and although there were great albums like Headless Cross and Cross Purposes, something like "Seventh Star" is just awful. Iommi is a great guitar player, but a cunt.
iuricastro22 2 years ago
Agree Pal, he is really a BIG cunt...
I so sad... I loose the chance to see Martin in my city last year... I really try but i can't... may next time...
tkss,
gringojames 2 years ago
wow, that was nice! i adore tony and i often feel he does not get the appreciation he deserves. thank you for that clip!
perfectstranger04 2 years ago
Actually it was the great Rob Halford that stepped in for the 2 remaining 'Dehumanizer' shows, at Costa Mesa, where Ozzy and Bill would be joining them as well, not Tony. Reunion plans fell apart after that, and Dio and Appice officially left, but Geezer stayed, Tony returned, and Bobby Rondinelli was called in for 'Cross Purposes'. During that tour, Bill joined Sabbath for the south american leg, as Bobby had left mid tour. Geezer then left after the tour, and Neil Murray was called in and Cozy
SilverTounge85 2 years ago
Yes, I know... But Tony was the first one called to step in for the gig, but since he couldn't get a working visa, Halford was called to replace him.
rodrigozzy 2 years ago
not the best version but its still good
rockzilla99 2 years ago
I cannot wait to see them live in California in July.
My space Headless Cross tour 2009
July and August 2009
Enigma7418 2 years ago 2
ozzy is sad :(
scorpionlover157980 2 years ago 2
my only reason to like sabbath was this legendary voice-thank you tony-you have sense for singing right...makedonija forever
greatmacedonia3 2 years ago
like to get his solo album
martins vocals are amazing on headless cross,
mrfenderbenderman 2 years ago 3
Tony has 2 solo albums actually, one from 1992 as well, which is very hard to find, and includes a different rendition of 'Jerusalem', which 2 years earlier originally appeared on the 'TYR' album.
SilverTounge85 2 years ago
I'm agree with you friends. Tony Martis was great and Headless Cross one the best heavy metal album
victoralbo 2 years ago 2
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i cant listen to this he sounds nothing to ozzy
and i hate to say this how much i hate dio
but dio kicks this guys ass as well
i wonder how many people went to tony if thats who it is live like 200
sabbath died almost when ozzy left it got a little some where with dio
fastlambovette 2 years ago
Thank you Tony Martin!!! You are te best singer of Black Sabbath and the only one loyal to this band, more than Dio, more than Ozzy.
This video is epic, very very beautiful.
Tony Martin rules!!!
peque985 2 years ago 20
Metallica hasn´t perfected any of Sabbath´s work. I´d just like to make that clear to you, forcefulentry.
mrkulan 2 years ago
I didn't meant for it to come off like that, I didn't mean they perfected Sabbaths work just metal in general. Pre 90`s stuff that is.
forcefulentry 2 years ago
Well, then I agree with you. The early Metallica stuff is great :)
mrkulan 2 years ago
Black Sabbath started it, and Metallica perfected it. Ozzy`s voice and antics made Sabbath popular. If the guitar god Randy Roads would have survived long enough Ozzy would be the best hands down. For only being 25 years old the man was amazing.
forcefulentry 2 years ago
Sabbath & early Metallica material don't really bear comparison. Sabbath's early work cannot realy be described as metal in the way that kill em all is, or justice for all (or any other metallica album ending with all). Randy rhoads with ozzy would never have been more popular than sabbath if rhoads had lived to be 100, genius that he was
jimmywires500 2 years ago
ozzy is one that was lucky enough to be there at the right time..just imagine what metal could be like if tony or dio was in ozzy's shoes at the start....haha..divinestuff
thorstormlord 2 years ago
Ozzy was right for them at the time. His voice, the chemistry, his persona. Dio has only joined innovative, original bands. Never been part of one at the start. he joined Sabbath & started Rainbow, who were great but never as original as Deep Purple. they were a force of nature, as were Sabbath with Ozzy
jimmywires500 2 years ago
Agree... Ozzy isn't the best vocalist on Sabbath but he was the best for Sabbath at the time, no doubt on that.
rodrigozzy 2 years ago 2
Ah, I apologise, I never knew that. I'm a big Tony "The Cat" Martin fan, and I'm glad he returned to do two more albums with Black Sabbath. I'm one of those that really loves the 'Forbidden' album, and the tour was brilliant, that was the first time I saw BS live. 'Cross Purposes' is a great effort as well, and I'm glad I have the ltd. edition Hammersmith concert from 1994 on VHS..."Cross Purposes Live", and the live album w. the same name.
SilverTounge85 2 years ago
@jimmywires500 that isn't true, he was an original member of Elf which was a blues rock band from ithaca new york, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, and his solo band
AleksandrScheffler 1 year ago
@thorstormlord hahhaa thats right
makiney13 1 year ago
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Ozzy is an embarassment to metal music and all of us who are not burnt out and braindead. Heavy music does not have to be Halloween crap like Ozzy, Alice Cooper or any of that spectacle gimmick shit. After Ozzy left, Sabbath grew musically. There's no going back to the Ozzy era for anything but money dished out by fools who think they're seeing "the real thing". Iommi would team up with Justin Timberlake if it meant he could avoid fading away. No integrity there or in the Osbourne camp.
davebain69 2 years ago
Ozzy is the godfather of Metal show some respect dumb fuck!
M1dnightSou1 2 years ago
Blow me loser!!!
davebain69 2 years ago
@M1dnightSou1 fucking right !!! at last, finally someone has brains!
makiney13 1 year ago
he is a god..ozzy doesnt even exist before him...all hail tony martin..
thorstormlord 2 years ago
your out of your damn mind to say Tony is better than Ozzy I mean Tony is good ,but hes no where near as a god as Ozzy is!!!
M1dnightSou1 2 years ago
No sir... Ozzy can't properly sing... Ozzy is a showman, a damn good one, but Tony is a SINGER under the best definition of the word. I mean, ask any singer around, Bruce Dickinson, Dio, Halford and they will tell you: Tony Martin stuff with sabbath is one of the most dificult things to sing ever, so many layers, feelings and melodys!
rodrigozzy 2 years ago 9
Indeed! I still love the Ozzy era stuff (not the "Reunion" live album, and the two new songs that accompanied that double album), and I love everything he has released since he left Sabbath, till' 1991. After 'No More Tears', he has just released mediocre stuff, with a few good songs on them. When I saw Ozzy last year or so, he was relying on backing tracks/prerecorded vocals...what a shame. I can't stand Sharon Osbourne, she and Ozzy have sued Tony over the BS name.
SilverTounge85 2 years ago
@rodrigozzy i agree, you can say WHO IS THE BEST singer, but not always the best singer is the MOST KNOWN, or the MOST BELOVED one, the best singer i really do not know who could it be, but, IMO, Ozzy has sort preference among the eldest Black Sabbath fans, because Ozzy is an icon he was a founder... so, don´t mix things, but for me Black Sabbath the real Black Sabbath is with Ozzy. (and yees, he s not the BEST SINGER i agree lol)
makiney13 1 year ago
@rodrigozzy i agree.ozzy has a unique sounding voice that turned the early sabbath songs into pure gold.
spoondogcuz 1 year ago
@rodrigozzy agree... but if you go to a sabbath concert who wants to hear a high pitch replacement singer sing note 4 note high and low like your at some school christmas concert
bowmanspawn 1 year ago
@rodrigozzy,exactly!
MelekBetul 1 year ago
@rodrigozzy hmmm, so where then is the sadness inherent in ozzy's version of this song?
bookworm1138 1 year ago
cant you hear it? his voice is so heavy, so depressing. he sings it with the same sorrow that ozzy sings it with, its just expressed differently
seantheman121 1 year ago
@M1dnightSou1 man fuck ozzy and fuck ozzy fronted sabbath.......
TheSabbathaddict 1 year ago
nobody sings this song quite like ozzy. with that said i have to say tony martin has one hell of a heavy metal voice. he could go far with the right band. he did some great work with sabbath. NOW personally knowing ronnie james dio and not being partial, he has the best heavy metal voice there is. period.
tank9105 2 years ago
Tony's era in Sabbath is sorely underrated IMHO. He sounds good here but the song has never done that much for me. Still good to hear and thanks for posting. BTW, check out Tony's stint with Misha Calvin on Evolution and the Mollo-Martin albums too. All excellent slabs of melodic metal!
SteveRoamer7 2 years ago
The difference is that Tony can actually sing whereas Ozzy's voice has so many effects on it that its a fucking crime to discount Tony's ability in comparison. Hes a better singer. end of story!
Poor song to compare him against tho
Digideus 2 years ago
The only thing I despise about Tony Martin is the fact that he never stuck with one image. He started out with a mullet, then long hair and a goatee, then long receding hairline and overwieght, then all that and a freeky looking goatee, and now he's bald!
CoonMike 2 years ago
U DISPISE? its called getting older. how do u "despise" som1 4 that? your input has no value to anyone here.
WELL mabey if u just wanted change "despise" to "i dont care for his looks as he gets older"(even then thats if u wer a woman,wat wud a dude care?)
z1inspector 2 years ago
Ok dispise was too strong of a word, but He's just not someone who I would love to look like.
CoonMike 2 years ago
Well, ur alrite after all,
hey i donno if ur a dio fan, i love 2 bands Zep & Sabbath w/Dio Both alot ,Man when i say "alot" imean "ALOT"
BUT if iwer walkn down a dark ally & ran into that little bastard dude id be like gggooooonnne !!!!
god love em
z1inspector 2 years ago
hey man ,give him a break after all
he's singin n tellin ya "he's going thru changes" lol
z1inspector 2 years ago
@CoonMike so what if he changes his fucking appearance, that has nothing to do with his fucking voice douchebag
AleksandrScheffler 1 year ago
I made that comment a long time ago, but I guess I was trying to imply that he was fake.
He was not a bad singer, though he didnt have the projection Dio had or the Stage presence of Gillen, Gillan, or even Ozzy, but he was reliable.
The one thing I dislike him for is his version of the Eternal Idol, which Gillen without question did much stronger and more melodic, but Martin couldn't hit those notes half the time. I wish Gillen had stayed with Sabbath.
CoonMike 1 year ago
Sorry, Can't do this.Nothing is My OZZY-Except Ozzy!
LizzyThin4444 2 years ago
Tony was the Sabbs frontman for many years! Some respect please!
drummerhellas 2 years ago 4
No disrespect, but perhaps it's better to move on and do new things, rather than reviving songs that can't be improved on. Ozzy's beautifully rich and mature voice is perfect for this song - this version doesn't stand a chance in comparison - SORRY!
expatbritingermany 2 years ago
@expatbritingermany yes, its like robbie williams singing a Sinatra song!!! come on!
makiney13 1 year ago
@makiney13 - sorry, but I have no idea what my original comment was ;-) And I don't know whether your comment is intended to be a joke, but Robbie Williams does a grand job of singing Frank Sinatra's and other 1940s-1960s songs on his 'Swing When Your Winning' CD. In fact he actually sings with the late, great Frankie Boy in a posthumous duet.
expatbritingermany 1 year ago
@expatbritingermany hi, well the attempt that i was trying to achiev, was a joke, because, i really dont like robbie´s voice for a Sinatra song, i rather another singer for those songs. thanks boy
makiney13 1 year ago
this sucks! you have to have Ozzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
celticsarebest 2 years ago
Tony totally kills Ozzy on vocals. nuff said.
ZakMayers 2 years ago 2
that cunt- stick to your headless fucking cross, bastard martin. OZZY is A+
kornflayx 2 years ago
No doubt that Ozzy is A+, but Tony should deserve some respect for singing the classics, while Dio just sounded lame on it
rodrigozzy 2 years ago
true. Dio did not at all fit in with the Ozzy era songs.
rockfreak611 2 years ago
Tony, the best metal vocalist in the world,
Ozzy my ass.
dani988 2 years ago
see... even considering he can sing like ozzy he never wanted to sound like ozzy. i respect Tony, one of the most underrated vocalists on metal.
elgordosensual 2 years ago
Sabbath had two singers Dio and Martin!!!!!
ozzy who?
stl6281z 2 years ago
Try Close to nine singers over the years! lol
Osbourne, Walker, Dio, Gillan, Donato, Hughes, Gillen, Martin, and Halford
Robthewild1 2 years ago
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rockfreak611 2 years ago
YES, OZZY RULES,BUT RESPECT FOR TONY!
Dzipalo 2 years ago 2
I liked the Eternal Idol and Cross Purposes but other than that nothing else in the Martin era, I like all of Dio and Ozzy's stuff though
M1dnightSou1 3 years ago
I liked the Seventh Star album but this was the beginning of pop Sabbath and I stopped buying Sabbath albums. I turned to other bands and the old sabbath albums instead. Ozzy, Dio and Ian not whats his name?.
Dannymusic1999 3 years ago
I never heard Tony Martin's version, but it's awesome man thanks for the vid!
M1dnightSou1 3 years ago
Right man Elf was really good I had a cassette of them years ago and loved it! Singin bout rainbows and stuff way back then too!! Gotta try to find it again.
archeeizm 3 years ago
I only have to post a note: Tony Martin doesn't just learned the lyrics, he did more: he has re-wrote the lyrics than registered them in only 7 days!!!
Nescional 3 years ago
OZZY/OZZY!!!!
pauloecipriano 3 years ago
Gret Tribute!!im glad that there are many people like you me and others who recognize tony martin his albums were great i don't agree with you in one thing i think dio did the right thing in not opening for ozzy why should he?after all those things he said and look he didn't reunited with the band instead he return to his solo career and left tony iommi with no singer and drummer good thing tony return and finished with 2 great albums thanks for the tribute.
nightwingyzoc 3 years ago 2
love black sababth!my favourite band!!!
blazingvolcanoe 3 years ago
Hats off to Tony Martin. Cool video. Great Vid.
cschurawel7 3 years ago 4
Yeah, the guy is such a good fella. Hail to Tony!
MAJINDIEGO 3 years ago
Very good rendition of this classic. Tony Martin is very underrated as a vocalist. Forbidden was not nearly as good as Cross Purposes, but Martin played the good soldier for Sabbath for many years. I didn't know Geoff Nicholls was performing with him. I do know that Dio's keyboardist Scott Warren is performing with Heaven and Hell.
ManAndAHalf 3 years ago
beautiful tribute to an underrated vocal talent. not my favourite Sab vocalist (those would be, in order, Dio, Gillan, then Hughes, Martin & Ozzy all about tied), but, as a real trooper & standard bearer for Sabbath, he's right up there with Geoff Nicholls as a sadly all too often unsung hero of the greatest rock band ever (IMO..). rock on Tony 'Cat' Martin.. we love you!!!
HenryCovert 3 years ago 4
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Thanks for posting! Please post more Tony Martin with Black Sabbath if you possess. I am still waiting to see him perform live one day with Black Sabbath and Tony Martin Band. Please lobby for this to transpire! All of the videos constantly being uploaded and viewed illustrates that I am not alone in this sentiment. Perhaps notice will be taken the more that our voices our heard.
seventhstar8 3 years ago
what does JLT mean?(the crucified71)
smithdsmit 3 years ago
JLT means John Lynn Turner, ex-rainbow and Deep Purple singer!
rodrigozzy 3 years ago
Joe Lynn Turner is another fabulous vocalist who has no unique qualities but posesses an excellent technical ability..Technically he and Tony Martin are simmilar...And Technically they are probably both better than Dio and Ozzy....But music is alot like cooking...knowing the exact measurements and technique doesn't necessarily produce the same results..Grandma's cookies are always better aren't they?...She put her heart and soul into it...thats the difference.
thecrucified1971 3 years ago
whoosh whizz fiz bang bonk x
cjsavfc1 3 years ago
what did dio ever do?give me a break, how about all the rainbow albums/how about heaven and hell, mob rules, I like martin , but to call iommi a loser for going back to dio is a bit of a stretch. I mean dio is more identified with sabbath then martin. iommi is in the record bussiness. bottom line, he needs to sell records. a lp with dio is going to sell far more copies then with martin.I like headless cross. think martin is great, but heaven and hell and mob rules are better albums
smithdsmit 3 years ago
Actually, Headless Cross sold more on Europe than any album with Dio! =p
rodrigozzy 3 years ago
What did Dio ever do?...You really cant be serious...Ronnie James Dio wrote the lyrics to 3 of the top ten metal albums of all time...Heaven and Hell,Rainbow Rising, and Holy diver...Look ....Tony is a fabulous vocalist...but he has not earned the title of legend like Ozzy and Dio have..and he never will...He is another JLT and god knows the world is full of them...There is only ONE Ronnie James Dio and only ONE Ozzy ...Sorry
thecrucified1971 3 years ago
why do people always forget about the band Dio was in before he joined Rainbow, ever heard of the blues rock band Elf, they were amazing, that is the band I am speaking of in which Dio was in.
Blacksabbathisgod 3 years ago 2
Certainly can hold his own can't he?
lrbloom 3 years ago
He certainly does!
rodrigozzy 3 years ago
tony martin was the best sabbath singer and composer. headless cross and tyr are the best sabbath albums. then iommi jerked him around, going back to dio, then running back to martin again for forbidden without time for a good album, intending to rejoin ozzie. what a loser iommi was to leave martin for dio. what did dio ever do. his best song is heaven and hell which hardly holds a candle to any of the songs on headless cross or tyr
staplersandstaples 3 years ago 3
Amen
JustinMetal88 3 years ago
You forgot about Cross Purposes, which is a awesome album!
rodrigozzy 3 years ago
I agree and it is infuriating. Tony Martin did nothing but accomodate and this was how he was treated. I like DIO as well though but Tony Martin is fabulous. Black Sabbath should indulge the fans that want to see Tony Martin perform these songs live again. Tony Martin could still maintain the Tony Martin Band as well and perform.
seventhstar8 3 years ago
I think Tony could have learned from Dio's mistakes where Sabbath was concerned..both got burned and used...I think Tony is much better off by himself..I bet you his solo album will be quite impressive and more personalized...I cant wait to hear it.
thecrucified1971 3 years ago 2
to staplersandstaples: Die Young also kicks ass. Mob Rules and H&H are amazing albums.
On the other hand songs like When Death Calls, Headless Cross and Nightwing with Martin, they just... blow one away!!
They both rock!! \o/
MagellanOfBass 3 years ago 2
Tony Martin, thanks!
SabbathBro 3 years ago 2
i love the martin era. Martin's voice is better than Rio's.
vuhongthao 3 years ago
I think this performance is special because of the musicians who performed it. Meaning the amazing Geoff Nicholls, a man who I think deserves way more respect and acknowledgment than he actually gets. I believe he was replaced with Adam Wakeman. But I digress, this song is special because all three of the guys performing it knew that they were going to be out of a job. Tony Martin, Geoff Nicholls and Neil Murray all talented musicians realizing that hey must move on.
JVipeRodriguez 3 years ago
I'm with you all the way, JVipeRodriguez!
theeternalidol 3 years ago
Actually, Nichols performed on most of the reunion tours with Ozzy.
bRain524 3 years ago 2
Tony Martins time in Sabbath was legendary !
Cross of thorns pyscophobia headless cross glory ride many many more .I asked Tony if he had plans on bringing him back sadly he said there are no current plans to have another Tony Martin album.
kingdiamond69 3 years ago 3
Some of us want another Tony Martin era. Why does he refuse to listen to the fan's desires?
seventhstar8 3 years ago
When i met all the origonal members of Black sabbath at a meet and greet in taylor michigan at a harmony house record store back in 97 i asked Iomni if there were plans to do more stuff with Martin he said sadly that there was nothing in the works for any more material with him as singer of Sabbath .
kingdiamond69 3 years ago
Thank you for your response. I would not even mind if there was perhaps a trilogy of the three prevalant vocalists to satisfy each of our individual appetites. I am hopeful that maybe I can put a bug in Iommi's ear at the VIP meet and greet Metal Masters tour in August. Dreams die hard and I may be extremely optimistic or naive, however, maybe there is a mending of fences in the cards.
seventhstar8 3 years ago
Well i never thought that Dio would ever return to the band so anythings possible.
kingdiamond69 3 years ago