A cinema across the street from the band's rehearsal room was showing the 1963 horror film Black Sabbath starring Boris Karloff and directed by Mario Bava. While playing shows in England in 1969, the band discovered they were being mistaken for another English group named Earth. They taught me that to get on, you got to work for it." When I came back from Tull, I came back with a new attitude altogether. "At first I thought Tull were great, but I didn't much go for having a leader in the band, which was Ian Anderson's way. "It just wasn't right, so I left", Iommi said. Unsatisfied with the direction of Jethro Tull, Iommi returned to Earth in January 1969. In December 1968, Iommi abruptly left Earth to join Jethro Tull. Although his stint with the band would be short-lived, Iommi made an appearance with Jethro Tull on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus TV show. The audience response was positive and Simpson agreed to manage Earth. Simpson had recently opened a new pub named Henry's Blues House and offered to let Earth play some gigs in his club. Simpson was also a trumpet player for the group Locomotive. Jim Simpson was a manager for the band's Bakerloo Blues Line and Tea & Symphony. Rather than asking them to leave, they instead decided to break up and then quietly reformed the band as a four-piece. While the band was performing under the Earth title, they recorded several demos written by Norman Haines such as "The Rebel", "Song for Jim", and "When I Came Down". The demo titled "Song for Jim" was in reference to Jim Simpson. Iommi became concerned that Phillips and Clarke lacked the necessary dedication and were not taking the band seriously. After shortening the name to Polka Tulk, the band again changed their name to Earth (which Osbourne hated) and continued as a four-piece without Phillips and Clarke. The Polka Tulk Blues Band featured slide guitarist Jimmy Phillips, a childhood friend of Osbourne's, and saxophonist Alan "Aker" Clarke. They enlisted vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler, who had played together in a band called Rare Breed, Osbourne having placed an advertisement in a local music shop: "Ozzy Zig Needs Gig – has own PA". The new group was initially named the Polka Tulk Blues Band, the name was taken either from a brand of talcum powder or an Indian/Pakistani clothing shop the exact origin is confused. Sadly, the only way you can get to hear the studio sessions is through unofficial bootleg CDs and MP3s as the band doesn't want to release any of their demos with Earth.įollowing the break-up of their previous band Mythology in 1968, guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward sought to form a heavy blues-rock band in Aston, Birmingham. The band was more centered on hard blues rock before they created the heavy metal sound. It was formed by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward in 1968 before they changed their name to what would become Black Sabbath. Earth was a band that came from the band Polka Tulk.
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