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"War Pigs" is an anti-war protest song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1970. It is the opening track from the band's second studio album Paranoid (1970). Overview
The album's opening track "War Pigs" was originally intended to be called "Walpurgis". [10] It was then changed to "War Pigs", which the band intended to name the album until it was changed to Paranoid after the record company became convinced that the song of the same name had potential as a single. [10]
"Paranoid" was the first Black Sabbath single release, coming six months after their self-titled debut was released. Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler (from Guitar World magazine, March 2004): A lot of the Paranoid album was written around the time of our first album, Black Sabbath. We recorded the whole thing in about 2 or 3 days, live in ...
"Children of the Grave" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath, from their 1971 album Master of Reality. The song lyrically continues with the same anti-war themes brought on by "War Pigs" and "Electric Funeral" from the band's previous album Paranoid.
The band returned to the studio in June 1970, just four months after Black Sabbath was released. The new album was initially set to be named War Pigs after the song "War Pigs", which was critical of the Vietnam War; however, Warner changed the title of the album to Paranoid.
"Fairies Wear Boots" is a song by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, appearing on their 1970 album Paranoid. It was released in 1971 as the B-side to the single " After Forever ". On original 1970 US copies of the Paranoid album, the song's intro was listed under the title " Jack the Stripper ", formatted as "Jack the Stripper/Fairies ...
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.
Cancer Bats covered War Pigs on their EP "Bat Sabbath Bastard of Reality". The Flaming Lips have covered "War Pigs" regularly in concert. [38] Arctic Monkeys often play part of the song during the live performance of "Arabella", from the AM album (2013). [39] Foo Fighters and Zac Brown from Zac Brown Band also covered the song