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Can't you help me find my brain - the complete history of Ozzy's Barmy Army. This work is a full-colour, full-on retrospective of the Sabbath's 37-year history - song by song, album by album and incandescent freakout by incandescent freakout! Including rare and previously unpublished material from Popoff's interviews over the last decade with all the principal members of the band, "Black Sabbath" takes readers on the ultimate trek through the history of one of the greatest heavy metal bands in history. One-on-one conversations with Ozzy, tony, Geezer and Bill - as well as 10 interviews with Ronnie James Dio and additional interviews with supporting musicians such as Tony Martin, Ian Gillian, Glenn Hughes, Vinny Appice and Neil Murray - make this colourful retrospective a must-have for any fan. With a full documentation of the Sabbath's tour history, including information on support acts and the legendary efforts of the fearsome foursome to hold themselves together in the face of a storm of drug abuse and rock 'n' roll craziness, "Black Sabbath" digs into the manic career of the Midlands metallers with expertise and unbounded enthusiasm.Includes heaps of Sabbath photos and artefacts for a complete picture of the world's favourite fame casualties.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Doom Let Loose is a great Black Sabbath biography and very well executed for a number of reasons: Many other band biographies make the mistake of spending what seems to be an endless amount of time dissecting the band's prehistoric days, describing the band members' childhood and other ancient stuff that hasn't really got anything to do with the music, and by the time the band releases their first album we're already halfway through the book. Doom Let Loose, however, goes straight to the point, with only one chapter devoted to the time before Sabbath's first album. From that point on, every album has its own chapter in the book, and each album and song is analysed carefully. Yes, it's Sabbath's whole recording career (up to 1998's "Reunion") that is being discussed, rather than just focusing on the Ozzy years. Digging into the obscure period of circa 1984 - 1989 is especially compelling. And whether you like it or not, it should be acknowledged that all those albums and years do have their place in the Sabbath chronology, and should not be ignored.
The book is filled with numerous interviews of various Sabbath members (past and present), and full of countless little snippets and musical trivia. Of course, in some instances the different parties contradict each other's stories, and it's difficult to sort out who is telling the truth, but I guess that's just unavoidable due to all the acrimonious splits and line-up changes in the band. Also, what is great about this book are the numerous colour pictures: promotional photos, live pics, scans of magazine covers, singles and bootleg albums... it's all rather compelling stuff.
Although chapter titles such as "Lots of dope on the fire" or "Smashed out of me brains" might suggest otherwise, the emphasis in this book is first and foremost on the music, rather than the band members' various escapades with booze and narcotics, or other backstage shenanigans (if it's that part of the story you're after, check out Ozzy's own I Am Ozzy). And for once, the grimace-inducing The Osbournes is left unmentioned.
Occasionally, the perspective isn't 100% objective, and the writer's own opinions are voiced here and there, but even that is done in a way that isn't really annoying. Popoff usually supports his arguments convincingly, rather than just bluntly stating "this is great, but that sucks" (if you've read Joel McIver's Slayer biography, you know what I mean).
Writing a great band biography is very difficult, and with a band with a career as long as Sabbath's, the penning of this book must have been an arduous task. Still, Popoff has managed to create what is by far one of the best rock biographies I've come across. Highly recommended.
The book is filled with numerous interviews of various Sabbath members (past and present), and full of countless little snippets and musical trivia. Of course, in some instances the different parties contradict each other's stories, and it's difficult to sort out who is telling the truth, but I guess that's just unavoidable due to all the acrimonious splits and line-up changes in the band. Also, what is great about this book are the numerous colour pictures: promotional photos, live pics, scans of magazine covers, singles and bootleg albums... it's all rather compelling stuff.
Although chapter titles such as "Lots of dope on the fire" or "Smashed out of me brains" might suggest otherwise, the emphasis in this book is first and foremost on the music, rather than the band members' various escapades with booze and narcotics, or other backstage shenanigans (if it's that part of the story you're after, check out Ozzy's own I Am Ozzy). And for once, the grimace-inducing The Osbournes is left unmentioned.
Occasionally, the perspective isn't 100% objective, and the writer's own opinions are voiced here and there, but even that is done in a way that isn't really annoying. Popoff usually supports his arguments convincingly, rather than just bluntly stating "this is great, but that sucks" (if you've read Joel McIver's Slayer biography, you know what I mean).
Writing a great band biography is very difficult, and with a band with a career as long as Sabbath's, the penning of this book must have been an arduous task. Still, Popoff has managed to create what is by far one of the best rock biographies I've come across. Highly recommended.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
An enjoyable read and unique Black Sabbath Book
26 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback
In another "unique" style of presentation, Martin Popoff has taken a critical and enjoyable look at a hard rock/heavy metal group. In his latest book, Black Sabbath: Doom Let Loose, Popoff has given the reader a clear and logical presentation of the band in a straight-forward and enjoyable style. As a signature of all of his books, Popoff adds unique stories from the band members and recreates the time periods of each album with critical reviews and recollections of the band members to give the reader a feel of the history of the band and how the music related.
The quality of the paper, the presentation of the material, the unique photos and the enlightened prose has made this a high quality book and a more than enjoyable read. There are fantastic photos of unique bits and pieces of memorabilia from Black Sabbath archives.
What I personally appreciate is how Popoff shows all incantations and line-ups of Black Sabbath. His volume is one of the band, not simply the Ozzy years--and all have equal weight in his eyes and are worthy of consideration by the hard rock/metal fan. Popoff's thorough look at the Gillian years, as an example, give a comprehensive look at how the band truly could have thrived under Ian Gillian's voice; but with the Deep Purple being reformed, such things could not be.
I highly recommend this book to more than the Black Sabbath fan--although the Black Sabbath fan will undoubtedly love this book. Doom Let Loose is a book for anyone who enjoys rock music; especially hard rock and heavy metal. I would also recommend Popoff's UFO book Shoot Out The Lights, his Blue Oyster Cult book Secrets Revealed, his Rush book Contents Under Pressure, and any of his guides to Heavy Metal.
The quality of the paper, the presentation of the material, the unique photos and the enlightened prose has made this a high quality book and a more than enjoyable read. There are fantastic photos of unique bits and pieces of memorabilia from Black Sabbath archives.
What I personally appreciate is how Popoff shows all incantations and line-ups of Black Sabbath. His volume is one of the band, not simply the Ozzy years--and all have equal weight in his eyes and are worthy of consideration by the hard rock/metal fan. Popoff's thorough look at the Gillian years, as an example, give a comprehensive look at how the band truly could have thrived under Ian Gillian's voice; but with the Deep Purple being reformed, such things could not be.
I highly recommend this book to more than the Black Sabbath fan--although the Black Sabbath fan will undoubtedly love this book. Doom Let Loose is a book for anyone who enjoys rock music; especially hard rock and heavy metal. I would also recommend Popoff's UFO book Shoot Out The Lights, his Blue Oyster Cult book Secrets Revealed, his Rush book Contents Under Pressure, and any of his guides to Heavy Metal.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
One of the best books on Black Sabbath
21 Mar 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The latest book from Martin Popoff covers every era of Black Sabbath from Ozzy to Tony Martin. There are plenty of entertaining stories and each album is explored. This is definitely the highest quality book that Martin has put out. The quality of the paper is very good and there are plenty of excellent pictures of current and former band members as well as pictures of Sabbath memorabilia. If you are a fan of one or all of the eras of Black Sabbath you should get this book!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Complete Sabbath History in Detail
24 July 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Martin Popoff knows his hard rock and heavy metal and this book is excellent. He goes into detail about every lp ever released and goes into depth about the songwriting at the time the songs were written. Tony Iommi's riffs are legendary and so are the details about the history of Black Sabbath in this book. This is a must read for any Black Sabbath or hard rock fan, it has everything, from Ozzy to Tony Martin from Dio to The late Ray Gillian to the legendary Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillian.
This book is the best Black Sabbath book out there bar none and Martin Popoff did a wonderful job. Buy this book.
This book is the best Black Sabbath book out there bar none and Martin Popoff did a wonderful job. Buy this book.
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