Black Sabbath - Rock N' Roll Doctor (Ian Gillan Vocals)

[gayskunk]

I wish Ian had stayed with Sabbath. Yet, later came Tony Martin, so i can't really complain; hes really fuckn good.

[marmas58ink]

I like Ozzy better, one of my favorite vocalists actually... both Gillian and Dio sound more y'er typical hard rock style singers to me by comparison.

By the last 2 Ozzy albums Sabbath were losing /departing from the original sound that they had invented..

not necessarily a bad thing.. but were mostly tending toward areas already played by others. RnR Dr was a case in point, ('more cowbell!) more sex, more drugs more flat out RnR.

Ozzy didn't seem too influenced by blues, was more 'note pure'

[benedictus1964]

Ozzy & The Blizzards nailed this when they re-did it as No Bone Movies;-).

But this is pretty cool with Gillan singing and the rest of the band jamming away...

[timm441]

The trouble was Tony tried to keep Sabbath going with all these different singers and it's just impossible to sing the same stuff as Ozzy or Ronnie. He did a pretty good job in keeping Sabbath going, but he probably should have tried something different.

[lidbjork]

Funnily, this sounds quite a bit like Mountain with Leslie West on guitar and vocals, especially when Ian is growling on lower notes.

[vesposito27]

Arguably better than the original - the song is an almost perfect fit for Ian's voice.

[Takeshi357]

I didn't think Seventh Star was a bad album. I quite like "Angry Heart" myself.

[zeppelin1996]

Nothing annoys me more than when people type in all capitol letters.

[Takeshi357]

@zeppelin1996 And people who use quotation marks for emphasis.

[olhole]

Never liked "Rock N' Roll Doctor" before I heard this version.

Thanks for posting this.

[PatrickCervantez]

That's cool. Thanks for sharing. I heard they played it on the Born Again tour, it's nice to see proof! I have a version of children of the grave with him on vocals, it's pretty good.

[DontShakeItUp]

Wow, he fits it better than the original singer.

[Refrescospepito]

"Born Again" is in my top five Sabbath records.

I think that is a wonderful albums.

I thing that Sabbath with Gillan was firs class.

[TheStaticage01]

@Refrescospepito No doubt! Agreed!-I had always wished there had been a Gillian fronting Sabbath follow up album to Born Again?

[SilverTounge85]

@TheStaticage01 Yes, I prefer Gillan over Glenn Hughes. Glenn was a cocaine snorting funk-rock guy back then, when he joined for the follow up to 'Born Again', 'Seventh Star' (originally intended to be a Iommi solo record). Some stuff on 'Seventh Star' is fair, but it's nowere as good as the whole of 'Born Again'. Purple w. Gillan was better than Purple w. Hughes/Coverdale, same goes for Sabbath. These days Hughes is a soul/funk-rock guy that has found "God". Gillan is and old man still rockin'.

[TheStaticage01]

@SilverTounge85 Yea...I never did like Glen Hughes...and I always thought Seventh Star was God aweful personally? I remember buying it. I listened to it once(cried silently) And threw it the fuck out!

[SilverTounge85]

@TheStaticage01 I agree to some degree. I've never been fond of Glenn Hughes, especially in Deep Purple (when Coverdale sings, it's ok), and I used to hate 'Seventh Star', but after a few listens, for me personally, there are a few good songs, but Hughes is no heavy metal/hardrock singer anyway. I liked the 'Seventh Star' material better when Ray Gillen did it on the tour, supporting that album. The weakest Sabbath album for me, is either 'Seventh Star', 'Forbidden' or 'Cross Purposes'.

[hector69ize]

Don't know about THIS one,but FOR ME Ian Gillan belongs to Deep Purple and Purple alone. This misadventure and misfortune with Sabbath is ALL bad thinkin'

on his behalf. NOne can replace Ozzy and Ozzy is Black Sabbath in my humble opinion. Thank god this project lasted NO more than a handful of songs.

[DontShakeItUp]

@hector69ize How can you say Ozzy is Black Sabbath? Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill is Black Sabbath.

[hector69ize]

@DontShakeItUp I THINK WHAT I MEANT WAS THAT OZZY BELONGS "IN" SABBATH AND SOMEONE ELSE IIS OUT OF THE PICTURE, IN MY OPINION. AND RELAX DUDE TONI,GEEZER, AND BILL AR SABBATH AS WELL

THERE, I SAID IT. HAPPY NOW?

[DontShakeItUp]

@hector69ize Relax? You're the one yelling. Haha.

[SilverTounge85]

@hector69ize Ozzy has hardly written anything when in Sabbath. We all know that Geezer was the lyricist and Iommi the musician that created the main portion of the music. I understand what you're saying to some degree, but classic Sabbath is Ozzy/Iommi/Butler/Ward, not Ozzy alone.

I love Purple w. Gillan, and used to hate this record, but I've grown quite fond of it, over the lastt few years. Some good stuff on it, but I'm glad Gillan reunited w. Purple in '84 for 'Perfect Strangers'.

[hector69ize]

@SilverTounge85 DUDE YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT. OZZY "IS NOT" BS ALONE. MY BLOODY MISTAKE ON THAT ONE COMMENT. TONI,GEEZER AND BILL "ARE" BS. THERE, I'VE SAID IT FOR THE SECOND TIME AROUND.

[SilverTounge85]

@hector69ize I love Ozzy w. BS and as a solo musician from 1980-1992, which I consider the golden years of Ozzy's career as a solo artist. Ozzy would hardly have any good solo material if it wasn't for Bob Daisley, Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wylde, Lee Kerslake, Jake E. Lee, who has contributed greatly to writing and creating his most famous solo songs. Gillan did some fantastic gigs and some good renditions of 'War Pigs' and 'Black Sabbath' I must confess, apart from that, he butchered the classics

[hector69ize]

@SilverTounge85 DUDE I COULD NOT HAVE AGREED ANY MORE WITH YOUR COMMENT. YOU'VE ENLIGHTENED MY LIMITED KNOLEDGE ON OZZY'S SOLO CARRER. FAROUT DUDE. FAROUT.

[spursareshit]

From 2:36 the riff sounds like "Wheels of Steel" by Saxon - cool.

[akaboo69]

he actually pulls this one off but not the others neither the dio stuff

[Aztlnight]

gillan es el mejor vocalista que pasó por black sabbath, lastima que no se quedo, pero bueno, gillan es de deep purple, así como ozzy es de black sabbath. nadie podria reemplazar a ozzy en sabbath, ni siquiera gillan, así como nadie podria reemplazar a gillan en deep purple, ni siquiera david coverdale.

[eveningtsar]

I always thought Lemmy could do a good rendition of this song . . .

Both album and line-up are sadly underrated.

[DontShakeItUp]

@eveningtsar But if Lemmy did it, it would just be a Motorhead song.

[kuaiat]

Uhm I like this version. One of the few Sabbath tunes who Gillan sings I like.. And for the record..I love Gillan's voice! but I dunno what the hell happend while in Sabbath

[skyywide]

song like this???? ---hail the drums -----

[skyywide]

everything was in place ----minus th guitar solo --------LOVE THIS ---LOVE IT -----such damnit ---I love it ---thank you ----

[skyywide]

sorry --tis just exciting ---------

[skyywide]

Bev Bevan on drums (onlly reason I know this ---is from those old magazines)

[deepindercheema]

@skyywide You kidding? Have you never listened to the Honeycombs Birmingham skool of drumming?

[skyywide]

this is THE coolest sh*t -----

[themanunseen]

Geezer looks like Animal in this photo

[Grreger21]

@themanunseen From the muppets show? Yes indeed!! hehe

[arturito98]

drums bev bevan genial

[j0shred1]

This is like a mix between deep purple and black sabbath

[ztormar]

visited this consert & the performance maked me ill, Sabs future was past at this present time and Ozzy caned the world on his own

[BlackBunch]

ahhh... just great... gillans vocals fit very good to this classic :D

[cardososeg]

@BlackBunch

[pa2camp]

Cant compare Gillan and dio cause dio sings with vibrato wich is rare for any singer but Gillan has a more powerfull range amplitude its like comparing a Hummer to a ferrrari. Its just stupid. Then comes Ozzy who can make tunes, cant really sing but nonetheless wrote the blueprint for rock and roll, how can anybody critisize ozzy?

[LORDHATE76]

I still like Tony Martine 2nd best aside from Ozzy, then Ian then Dio then Ray, well shit Halford was also good to Fuck it.

[MrRippedRocks]

What a great tour!

[Trashfished]

@MrRippedRocks Yes it was!!! I saw the in Kalamazoo Michigan,, Watchin Sabbath do smoke on the water was Cool and bizaar!!

[Nightermare09]

I'm reallyyy enjoying these tracks. thanks a bunch

[VUPURREDOX09]

Sabbath with Gillan? Yessssssss!!!!!!!!!

[nazzare79]

I always loved gillan with black sabbath...he is clearly better than ozzy and dio...he blew away them in two seconds...listen to the version of 'black sabbath' or 'war pigs' from worchester '83...just incredible vocals, interpretation and screams...not to mention the studio songs 'born again' and 'disturbing the priest'...

[sharrer2]

Gillian is better then ozzy, but Dio.

hey oh no.

Dio has him just by how long his voice has lasted!

Gillian is still amazing.

[DoomMetalSludge]

This line up was so good, that it just couldn't last. Imagine if this lineup had made 2 or 3 more albums... wow

[creekwaterbass]

i can wish what was to come.

[derangedband]

wow. so much comparing. i like it all! ian, ozzys and dios great & all important! if i was gonna compare anything id just compare it to the music of my generation-its easy to hear this music is superior. so melodic and powerful! i love it!

i think modern melodic classic rock esque bands should find it easier to get signed cuz im sure theres loads of great bands out there with the potential to do something half special, that just never get heard. how i envy the people of this era

[lagrasta666]

Ian Gillan did a perfect job with Black Sabbath. In fact "Born Again" remains one of my all time favorite albums. IMO Ian Gillan's vocals and screams diluted well with Iommi's thunderous riffs.

[mattlexington]

this song rocks BIG TIME with Gillan's voice,,,i can imagine him head banging on stage between words....I love his voice....

[1jammn57Dewd]

Killer !!!!!!!!!

[redbirdfan126]

Very cool, man

[DPboy20]

It was so cool that they revived this song and did it on the the 'Born Again' tour, this and 'Supernaut'. I think Gillan didn't want to sing songs with very dark themes, but more similar to what himself would have written and sung about.

[clintbronson5]

Agreed but when he did sing DARK THEMES(DISTURBING THE PRIEST-BLACK SABBATH & BORN AGAIN)they were fucking KILLER!!!!!!!!!!!

[optiklencse]

FREEDOM!PEACE!UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!Thanks for music,Ian Gillan.

[THECLASH1994]

hey in sweden!!

Im Norwegian!

Black sabbath RULE!

[halo9449]

I'm really starting to like Technical Ecstasy because of its obscurity compared to the other Sabb albums, and couple this recurring interest with Ian Gillan's singing (I love Born Again and his work with Deep Purple) and you've got a pretty interesting relic of a time gone by...

[CsemTam]

I like the original with Ozzy, and I thought this was a good choice to do with Gillan as it's suited more to his rock 'n' roll style than some of the heavier stuff, however he's just not in very good voice here. Sounds strained and yes, out of key quite a lot.

[acefrehley2001]

Not one of my favorite Sabb tunes, but Gillan jams on this. He's suited for this kind of stuff. Great version.

[talonofthesilverhawk]

come on its pretty shitty really. This man could sing big time but he gets the versus mixed up and is out of key most of the time.

[nadnathan]

I love Gillan in Black Sabbath..........

[p4horror]

Me too. As short-lived as it was, that was my favorite Black Sabbath. His range & screams added to Iommi's style in a way that sounded better than Ozzy & Dio I felt.

[romeorocker07]

I don't think Gillan was suited to Black Sabbath. He said himself he hates heavy metal and prefers hard rock. Gillan and satanic music don't mix. But he does sound good on this one, I admit.

[kyuss4me]

Born Again is a masterpiece though...heard it lately? It still kicks pretty damn good.... Personally I am liking the alternate Sabbath vocalists more and more as time goes on (tony martin, glen hughes, gillan, dio) I guess when you've heard Ozzy so many times as the standard the others got put on the backburner... now I appreciate them more... Heaven and Hell tour blew me away too lol... rock on

[DPMK11]

great song

[dieneshugi]

Brilliant song,well the rock and doctor sang it...

[hhomer]

Born Again and TECH EX ..

Take 2 of Sab's best album's..add some Gillan

..Add Gillan to anything and you have Gold

[slayerdug]

I hate to say it but it sounds better than

Ozzy. Damn!

[1134satinU]

This was a first hear for me. Thanks for the puttin it up !

[venomkill666]

I always wondered why they added this song in the Gillan set instead of say, Killing Yourself to Live or Tomorrow's Dream or After Forever or Sign of the Southern Cross. Maybe Rock n Roll Doctor sounded more "purple"?

[rennsouss]

Gillan still the best of hard heavy rock. In my opinion, this song is the face and feeling of Gillan. iaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuh

[UncleJimmema]

This is awesome?

Did Gillan ever do Cornucopia with Sabbath?

[blacksabfan]

No. The only song he did off of volume 4 was Supernaut.

[SilverTounge85]

@blacksabfan Yes! Though a lot of stuff from the Ozzy years were rehearsed according to Geoff Nicholls. 'Tommorows Dream' and 'The Wizard' they rehearsed and considered strongly, so Gillan could play a bit of harmonica as well. 'N.I.B.', 'Sympton Of the Universe', 'Sabbra Cadabra', 'Evil Woman' and 'Never Say Die' were some of the Ozzy-era songs that was rehearsed as well, but never done Live. The band rehearsed 'Children Of The Sea' and 'Trashed' too, but never did them Live.

[lamajr52]

is very very nice man

[ratbatblue555]

Gotta see my rock ´n´ roll doctor

He´s gonna blow me away

[gzr0]

Blooody heck!

I always like it when i see you have a new upload, but this is just so good.

I always asumed they stopped doing this after ozzy left. seriosuly great stuff

[iommisg]

Wow., This is great.. you got so much stuff I never knew existed man.  I Love it.