Friday Music

This English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler and singer Ozzy Osbourne and is credited as the earliest innovators of heavy metal music.        

Osbourne was kicked from the group in 1979 as a consequence of alcohol and drug abuse and was replaced by Ronnie James Dio.  The band endured multiple personnel changes throughout the 1980s and 1990s.  The original group reunited with Osbourne in 1997 and released a live album - Reunion.   The group performed their final concert in Birmingham in February 2017 - after which they broke up. 

They’ve sold more than 70 million records and earned two Grammy Awards.  Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 in their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and they’ve been induced into both the UK and US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

Crank-up the volume on your office workstation for Black Sabbath and Paranoid…..