Alice Cooper’s “shock rock” reputation apparently developed almost by accident at first. An unrehearsed stage routine involving a feather pillow and a live chicken garnered attention from the press; the band decided to capitalize on the tabloid sensationalism , creating in the process a new subgenre, shock rock . Cooper…
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The band’s first show as Black Sabbath took place on 30 August 1969 in Workington , England.
Inspired by the new sound, the band changed their name to Black Sabbath in August 1969, and made the decision to focus on writing similar material in an attempt to create the musical equivalent of horror films.
Deep Purple was released in late June 1969
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it was released in the UK, where it peaked at number 6, on 31 March.
By March of that year, the band had completed recording for their third album, Deep Purple .
In 1969, after the release of the album, Remi Aso and guitarist Katsuhiko Kobayashi relocated to the United States. Yuya dropped all the remaining members, except drummer George Wada, recruited guitarist Hideki Ishima and vocalist Joe Yamanaka from the blues group Mystic Morning and bassist Jun Kobayashi, and formed the…
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1969, the year of my birth
Most of this album’s songs were originally created in the fall of 1969 in a music club in Zurich , Switzerland. Black Sabbath’s engagement there included seven 45-minute sets per day for six weeks. They played at what was then known as the ‘Beat Club’ (also called the Hirschen Club)…
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