"Paranoid" is a song by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1970 on the band's second studio album, Paranoid. It is the first single from the album, while the B-side is the song "T
1976 UK reissue picture sleeve, featuring "Snowblind" as the B-side.
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John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. Dubbed the "Prince of Darkness", he is widely credited as a pioneer of heavy metal music. He co-founded the band
Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)
…was written as an afterthought. We basically needed a 3 minute filler for the album, and Tony came up with the riff. I quickly did the lyrics, and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing. The song is an E minor pentatonic and only uses power chords. The guitar solo is a dry signal on the left channel…
Osbourne in 1970
Black Sabbath in the mid-1970s. L-R: Tony Iommi, Osbourne, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler
Osbourne performing at California Jam in Ontario, California, 1974
Osbourne in 1975