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Black Sabbath ↔ Deep Purple
Black Sabbath and Deep Purple are directly connected through shared musician Ian Gillan.
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Origin Band
Black Sabbath
📍 Birmingham, England
The fathers of heavy metal. Tony Iommi’s downtuned tritone riffs, Geezer Butler’s driving bass and dark lyrics, Bill Ward’s jazz-metal swing, and Ozzy Osbourne’s eerie delivery created the genre.
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Connecting Bridge (musician)
Ian Gillan
Lead Vocals
Connected Band
Deep Purple
📍 London, United Kingdom
English rock band
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