Lost Gem: "Zero the Hero" - Black Sabbath (1983)


"Impossibility.
Impissibolity."
--> Black Sabbath <--


 "Born Again" (1983) is a pretty good Black Sabbath album...but receives even higher marks as a post-Ozzy album.

Ronnie James Dio had a good run as the first Ozzy replacement. (four albums...the first one being diamonds.). But near the end of his tenure... Dio (may he RIP) was sounding a wee-bit tired and uninspired. Hence he cut bait.

This allowed legendary screamer Ian Gillan of Deep Purple to be brought into the fold...(this move caused a nasty backlash from Sabbath fans...Dio wizards...and Deep Purple purists!)
After one album...Gillan left.

However, Gillan's banshee vocals wailing atop classic Sabbath thunder riffs sometimes worked. The album deserved better.

LOST GEM:--> "Zero The Hero"...is dark, heavy and catchy. Tony Iommi fires off blistering riffs and solos...while Ian Gillan's vocals give the song a fresh twist of metal magic. Nicely done.

Have you heard this gem?


Accept the fact that you're second rate life is easy for you
It's all served up on a gold plated plate
And we don't even have to talk to you
Your face is normal that's the way you're bred
And that's the way you're going to stay
Your head is firmly nailed to your TV channel
But someone else's fingers on the control panel

 What you gonna be brother - Zero the hero
Don't you wanna be brother - Zero the hero
When you gonna be brother - Zero the hero
Impossibility impissibolity mother really a hero

 You sit there watch it all burn down
It's easy and breezy for you
You play your life to a different sound
No edge no edge you got no knife have you
Your life is a six lane highway to nowhere
You're going so fast you're never ever gonna get down there
Where the heroes sit by the river
With a magic in their music as they eat raw liver

 You stand there captain we all look
You really are mediocre
You are the champion in the Acme form book
But I think you're just a joker
Your freedom life ain't so much of a pity
But the luv-a-duckin' way you're walkin' around
The city with your balls and your head full of nothing
It's easy for you sucker but you really need stuffing.

Good stuff!

Casey Chambers
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dom said…
hi casey

Yeah I agree - a total lost gem - in fact I have added it to my sabbath lost gems widget on homepage of

www.classicrockshop.co.uk - along with 4 other lost sabbath gems

what would you have in there?
November 22, 2011 at 7:29 AM
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