sabbath/moorcock?

Ted Jackson jr. EL 84 TOJACKSO at HAWK.SYR.EDU
Thu Aug 22 17:07:22 EDT 1996


> Martyn White writes:
> >
> > >>
> > >I've always thought that Tony Martin had the best voice of any of
> > >the Sab singers.  Not that I think this is their best material.  Even
> > >though Ozzy's not really much of a singer, he suited the mood of
> >         What?  You can't be serious.  I think Ozzy has one
> > of the all-time greatest voices in rocknroll
>
> And I think you're both nuts!  :-) Dio was the best they ever had,
> even if he was an asshole (he and Iommi clearly deserve each other).
> Tony Martin's voice is no better than "acceptable".  It has a lot of
> the same tonalities as Dio's, but he doesn't have as much control,
> nor the expressive emotional range that Dio does.
>
> Ozzy is a great bandleader, but that's more in spite of his voice
> than because of it.  ;-)
>
> Steve
> swann at panix.com

I'd argue that 'Dehumanizer' is Sab's best album.
theo



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