I can't seem to find anything about this but I remember hearing anecdoets about this a little while ago... does anyone have a go-to article on this? I'd be much obliged!
― Kissin' Cloacas (Viceroy), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link
I've mentioned that story now and then. I think I originally read it in one of the many books I've read on 'em or magazine interviews. You can see it rehashed on the nets:
And I also see every band member wearing aluminum crosses. The story behind those? A satanic cult wanted Black Sabbath to play at Stonehenge. When they declined, the cult informed the band they placed a hex on them and Ozzy had his dad construct the crosses for the band to wear, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. http://www.volumesofsin.com/2012/02/dispelling-satanic-metal-of-70s-black.html
As Black Sabbath made news, a group of Satanists asked them to play attheir "night of Satan" at Stonehenge. They refused. The head witch ofEngland, Alec Sanders who was a regular fan of Sabbaths, informed them thatthese Satanists had placed a hex on the band members. Ozzy asked his fatherto make aluminum crosses, which he did, and then had them blessed. Theywore these crosses 24 hours a day for protection.Read more: http://stason.org/TULARC/music-bands/ozzy-osbourne/1-5-How-did-Black-Sabbath-come-to-be-The-Osbournes.html#.UgHD5JLVDh4#ixzz2bFg9NJHJ
Read more: http://stason.org/TULARC/music-bands/ozzy-osbourne/1-5-How-did-Black-Sabbath-come-to-be-The-Osbournes.html#.UgHD5JLVDh4#ixzz2bFg9NJHJ
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 03:53 (ten years ago) link