This is a band trying new things, and it worked so well. The rock audience had made their tastes known, and the sales of Black Sabbath’s 1975 album ‘Sabotage’ did not hit the heights of Queen’s ‘A Night at The Opera’ or Eagles’ ‘One of These Nights’ and that made Tony want to change. Tony Iommi wanted to evolve the sound of the band and wanted to produce the album himself. And they felt that their signature sound had run its course. At this point (1976) Sabbath couldn’t even trust their own lawyers. Why does this album sound different? This is Sabbath being insecure, and rightly so. But it was, it is, most certainly Black Sabbath. No, it’s not as heavy as Slayer, and not trying to literally summon Beelzebub. I was wrong, Technical Ecstasy had imprinted on my brain. Because in 2014, the Album ‘Once More ‘Round the Sun’ by Mastodon was released, and the track ‘Motherload’ had me chasing my tail trying to remember what it reminded me of! The first track on Technical Ecstasy, ‘Back Street Kids’, is clearly an influence on ‘Motherload’ Hol’ up, wait a minute, suttin ait right! This is it! I have been racking my brains since 2014 to remember a track. So, I rolled my eyes, put my headphones on, poured myself a drink and was ready to be as arrogant as the 16 year old me. I had not listened to this album since 1995. The 2021 Super Deluxe reissue landed on my desk this week. I made the same shrug Alan Partridge did when he’s introduced to the man that is revamping the Current Affairs output. right up until I got my hands on a copy of Technical Ecstasy. I will however point out that the sound created by Tony does something to our emotions, it does sound unsettling, and evil. Or why those chords were considered bad form during the renaissance period. I’m not here to go into the missing appendages, or the types of chords Tony Iommi can play. Sabbath stand out from the crowd, and we know why. And by 16 I had also gone back to the classics, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and of course Black Sabbath. The 16-year-old me was now well versed in rock and metal, it didn’t take me long to get savvy with Slayer, Metallica and Pantera.
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I am a world away from the 9-year-old me, when I had no idea I could choose what music I could listen to, wearing cycling shorts and asking my older sister to teach me how to dance like New Kids On The Block…. I always respond by asking “Which younger me?” Hutchinson – What Doesn’t Kill YouĮvery now and then the question “If you could say anything to your younger self, what would it be?” pops up.
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