Who is the best vocalist black sabbath ever had?

MetalMat

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I would say old ronnie james dio.

BTW, for those of you that dont know, Ian Gillian was the singer for the band deep purple in the 70's and joined sabbath around 1983 and sabbath did a crappy album with him on vocals (Born Again). Sabbath toured with Ian Gillian as their vocalist and they had a stonehenge stage setup that could not fit on half the stages they played. Spinal Tap got alot of material from this period in black sabbath history.

Tony Martin was sabbath's singer for a while (1986-1995 except for the small episode with dio in the early 90's). They did 6 albums with him on vocals, even had an album in 1995 with Ice-T doing some guest vocals.
 

UsandThem

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Originally posted by: MetalMat
I smoke crack so I would say old ronnie james dio.

Fixed it for you.

Dio had some pipes, but Ozzy was Sabbath.

Could you imagine War Pigs with Dio?

 

trmiv

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Weren't there a few others mixed in there for a very short time too? Has Sabbath had the most different lead singers of any band ever?
 

SWScorch

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I knew about Ozzy and Dio... Ozzy is Sabbath, and although Dio rocks hard, it's just not the same.
 

country2

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Sabbath not the same without the ozz..Also Rainbow never the same without Dio ..and Richie Blackmore is all wacked out now!!!