Dio or Ozzy? A Poll

[Butcher of Birth]

Ozzy Sabbath everyday of the week. You can use all your fingers and toes naming the great songs of the Ozzy years, not the same for Dio.

[evildeadjedi]

Originally Posted by JRA

You will never ever see Strange Highways on a list of great metal albums from the 90's. Even if you take off the bullshit fluff that plagues those lists like Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails, Helmet and Korn, you'd still have about 15, if not 50 other contenders from any sub-genre able to take those spots.

Woah woah wait a minute Faith No More is not bullshit fluff!

Ozzy definitely

[rjturtle9]

I vote Dio. I'd rather listen to his Sabbath records then any other Sabbath era record any day!

[makethemsuffer12]

Originally Posted by Butcher of Birth

Ozzy Sabbath everyday of the week. You can use all your fingers and toes naming the great songs of the Ozzy years, not the same for Dio.

FOOL FOOL!

Keep in mind also that they had twice as many albums with Ozzy.

[Blitzkrieg Witchcraft]

Originally Posted by rjturtle9

I vote Dio. I'd rather listen to his Sabbath records then any other Sabbath era record any day!

This.

Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules are both some of the best metal music ever recorded.

[hellawaits77ny]

I prefer Ozzy-era Sabbath

[Butcher of Birth]

Originally Posted by makethemsuffer12

Keep in mind also that they had twice as many albums with Ozzy.

Maybe because it worked better with Ozzy? Maybe because more fans liked it? Maybe it was just better as a whole? The albums of the 70's stand the test of time, were it not for "Heaven and Hell," we would not be talking about Dio Sabbath as much as we are today.

Black Sabbath is forever the four boys from Birmingham.

[adamclark52]

I respect Dio a lot more than I do Ozzy, but there was so much classic music during the Ozzy era of Sabbath that I can't vote for anyone else. Ozzy.

[ravenheart]

Originally Posted by Butcher of Birth

Maybe because it worked better with Ozzy? Maybe because more fans liked it? Maybe it was just better as a whole?

Or, to be more accurate, none of those things. There are twice as many albums with Ozzy than with Ronnie because internal issues forced the band apart in '82 which they later all regretted and realised should never have happened. Most of the reason they split was because Ronnie, and the rest of the band, were each being lied to by one of the engineers working on the 'Live Evil' album.

Ronnie left again in '92 because Ozzy had done nothing but bad-mouth him in the press when he was in Sabbath, and then the rest of the guys wanted to open for Ozzy on his farewell tour and Ronnie refused.

[Sanitarium78]

Since we're talking about Sabbath I voted Ozzy.

If we were talking the overall body of work I would go with Dio. Both had very good solo careers but i'd give the edge to Ronnie there as well.