Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about Black Sabbath are insane.

Their guitarist Tony Iommi lost his fingers and still became one of the most influential guitar players in music history.

They quite literally invented a genre of music, heavy metal, and rose to the top of the pop charts without

any help from the critics who hated the band. But kids loved them. So too did the Satanus. Despite

composing songs, it warned against the evils of the occult. The band attracted legions of devil

worshippers, occultists, in 1970s freak flag-flying practitioners

of the dark arts. They had giant amounts of cocaine shipped into the studio and empty speaker

cabinets. Groupies lined up down the block, lit themselves and others on fire, literally,

and throughout the 70s, Black Sabbath made great music. Unlike that music I played for you

at the top of the show, that wasn't great music. That was a preset loop from my Melotron called

Oil Can Swank, MK1. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to Mama told me not to come

by Three Dog Night. And why would I play you that loop because I can't afford the rights to Mama told me not to come by Three Dog Night.

And why would I play you that specific slice of party foulout cheese could I afford it?

Because that was the number one song in America on July 16th, 1970.

And that was the day Black Sabbath was to touch down in San Francisco for the start of their first

U.S. tour. It inspired a literal parade of Satanus to take to the streets in their honor,

kicking off one of the strangest, heaviest, most evil tales in rock and roll, the wicked story

of Black Sabbath. On this, a special Halloween episode,

Satan's, severed limbs, dismembered fingers,

mountains of cocaine,

and the invention of heavy metal with Black Sabbath.

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