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Old 01-02-2011, 07:03 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Perhaps I was reaching but I only reached to get across a point I was trying to make.

And I never said he was a great soloist[...]
Which essentially was my only point.

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The thing is Sabbath's sound is based of very primal basic sounds. Iommi for instance was one of the few guitarists that never played anything shred style like most people in that time were starting to do. I feel like such a proficient technically gifted drummer would have offset that band and not fit in.
I agree. Their strength didn't lie in virtuosic playing (even if I'd say that Iommi sure could pick up steam every now and then), but rather in proving that you can be inventive without technical proficiency.
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