![]() ![]() It was reintroduced much later when the original quartet reunited in 1997. ‘Changes’ was a part of Black Sabbath’s set list for a couple of tours before taking a rest. “We will probably do ‘Changes’ on stage with a Mellotron but we’ll never take strings on stage with us or anything like that.” Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne put this concern to rest pretty swiftly when he said Since Black Sabbath’s fans were very devoted to the heavy metal style the band had forged they became slightly concerned that Sabbath was going soft. The Black Sabbath drummer had recently separated from his wife and Butler channeled the emotions he perceived into the heartfelt lyrics we all know now. Main lyricist, Geezer Butler was intrigued by the melody he was hearing and began to write something for his friend Bill Ward. At the time guitarist, Tony Iommi was experimenting with the piano as an instrument in order to diversify his songwriting. A combination of factors led to its composition. Ironically, ‘Changes’ was a contrast to everything Black Sabbath had released up until that point in their short career. Today’s feature song is ‘Changes’ from Black Sabbath’s fourth release known as ‘Volume 4’. Black Sabbath would become one of the most influential hard rock acts in the history of music pioneers of what would become known as heavy metal. This was the early days of what would evolve into Black Sabbath in less than a year. They had recently trimmed their act from six musicians to four. At the time the band was called Earth and it consisted of Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, ‘Geezer’ Butler and Ozzy Osbourne. This is exactly what happened at Henry’s Blueshouse at the Crown Hotel in Aston.
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