Favorite Black Sabbath era

[Taverner]

I will say that although I love Ozzy-era Sabbath, I also loved Gillian on "Born Again" and even liked "Headless Cross" Dio even had a few good tunes, "Neon Knights" and "Children of the Sea" being my faves...

[Initech]

1. The original, completely fucked-up Ozzy

Before he sold out and did Pepsi Cola commercials, that is!

Sabbath-era Dio did have its moments, I particularly liked "The Mob Rules" album.

[Taverner]

2. Wot? No love for Ronnie James?

I remember back in the 80's lots of my friends argued that Dio was better than Ozzy.

I disagreed, but where are those voices now?

[Common Sense Party]

3. Dio has the ultimate metal voice. Original Ozzy-era Sabbath had

excellent songs, but you had to suffer through Ozzy's whiny-ass voice singing them.

"Mob Rules" and "Heaven and Hell" were excellent albums.

[bullwinkle428]

4. Dio was technically a much better vocalist than Ozzy ever was;

however, all of the great classics that established them as a "founding father" of heavy metal came out of the Ozzy era...although I have to say I still love some of Dio's songs from Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules.

[Nickster]

5. Geez, that's a really tough question. They each have their own special

something.