Student Name: Nancy Johnson
Student ID number: AC0539463
Course number and title: EN13022 English Composition II
Assignment number and title: 05 Compare/contrast two music groups or two teams
Date of submission: 05/02/15

When you think of classic rock what comes to mind? What bands do you think of? For some it can be Metallica. For others it may be Megadeth. What came before that though, was also just as incredible. Bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath paved the way for those heavier 80's band. The godfathers of thrash are direct products of 60's and, more specifically, 70's hard rock bands. The debate remains the same though, who ushered in heavy metal? Some argue Black Sabbath, while others claim Led Zeppelin. Let's get a better look at those two bands though. Who are they, where did they come from and what did they leave for a legacy? Let's go back to 1968 Birmingham, England. Times were hard, growing up was harder. You either ended up in the factory, military or a criminal. If you lived long enough that is. For some there was an alternate escape. Music was a way to not think about how bad things were and how much worse they could become. Four young men were about to embark on a lifelong journey of music, mayhem and madness. John “Ozzy” Osbourne, Terence “Geezer” Butler, Bill Ward and Tony Iommi had come together to form a band called Earth. However things weren't going well for them. They kept getting confused with another band named Earth, so they opted to change their name. A theater across the street was playing horror movies, and they noted how people more or less paid to be scared. So they decided to go with a more horror-style theme, more dark and bleak music. Adopting the name of a Boris Karloff movie, Black Sabbath, they created a new style of music. About magic, the devil, war and death. They created an entire genre of music. Instead of