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M h Welcome

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to Induction Vault, a production of I

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Heart Radio and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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m hmm. In

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two thousand and six, headbangers around

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the globe put up their sign of the Horns as

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heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath received

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rock's highest honor, induction

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into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The

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band kept their speeches short and sweet,

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and drummer Bill Ward spoke of his hopes

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that the knight would add further proof of

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the power and importance of Heaven music.

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Metal superstars James head Field and Lars

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Ulrich of Metallica honored their heroes.

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Ulrich summed up the impact of this eight

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band, declaring that he would scream

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it from every fucking root job that

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Black Sabbath is and always will

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be synonymous with heavy metal. I

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wonder how many times on this very night in the last

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twenty years that the words if it weren't

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for you, we wouldn't be here have been uttered.

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Well, here we go once more, Bill, Geezer,

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Aussie and Tony if it weren't for

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you, we wouldn't be here. Obviously,

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if there was no Black Sabbath, there

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would be no Metallica, and if there was no Black

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Sabbath, hard rock and heavy metal as

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we know what today would look, sound, and

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be shaped very very differently. Over

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the past twenty years, remarkable

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talent has been hailing this special

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night, talent whose names have

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been and will forever to find the broader

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term rock and roll. So it's

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really interesting to me how few

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of these names are synonymous

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with a single particular sub genre of

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music. And as one who has fought

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labeling at any opportunity given, I

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hereby not only acknowledged, but screamed

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from every rooftop that Black Sabbath

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is and always will be synonymous

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with the term heavy metal. Damn

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raid, are

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they taking the piss? The

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question are they taking the piss?

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Still rumbles in my mind. It's

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six and we're fortunate enough to land the

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much coveted support slot on

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Assie's Ultimate Sin Tour. We

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would, when given the chance to sound check, often

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start jamming on any number of Sabbath

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songs. Apparently, as the

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hallowed sounds of our meek attempt

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at Sabbath music reached into

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Azzie's dressing room,

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his first reaction, so I was told,

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was are they taking the piss,

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and as we were later threatened with, if

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indeed we were taking the piss,

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we would be at the receiving end of something

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I was unfamiliar with at the time, namely

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a Birmingham handshake. I

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wish I could only imagine the horrors so

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I can now answer Usie's question in

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person, face to face. No, AUSI,

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we weren't taking the piss. We were just forced

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snot noose kids on our first goal around

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in the big leagues, hoping that one of

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the key people that would be you, AUSSI,

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responsible for bringing us to that sound

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check, would honor us in

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a moment of the planet spontaneously aligning

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by joining us on stage and singing

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the words to the music, the very

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music that forever changed our lives,

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the music that was directly responsible for

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us not only being at that sound check,

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on that stage on that tour, but also

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the very music that is directly responsible

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for us being here tonight celebrating

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your triumphs, and

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in our turn, we are honored

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to be the ones chosen from the thousands

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of bands you have spawned in your wake

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to honor you Black Sabbath and induct

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you into the rock and roll Hall of Fame on this night,

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a decade late or not. And

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with that Bill Geezer oscient TONI,

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I salute you with much love, respect, appreciation,

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and gratitude. Thank you arrive.

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Black Sabbath is mammoth

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riffs with menacing lyrics that

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make me oh so happy. That

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was gonna be my speech and that was it. But Springsteen

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kind of up the antie last year. I'll

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go a little deeper picture

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a nine year old boy, quiet

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well behaved on the outside, but

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on the inside boiling, boiling,

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and dying for life to burst open

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with some sort of any sort of stimulation.

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And the discovery of music was what

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was to burst it wide open. But

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not just any music. This was more

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than just music, a powerful, loud,

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heavy sound that moved his soul.

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You see, this timid nine year old constantly

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rated his roommate slash older

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brothers record collection, and,

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going against his older brother's wishes,

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played those off limit records

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on the forbidden record player. He

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was drawn to them like a magnet to metal. That's

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pretty lame, Yes, okay, I'll

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try again, more like a

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shy boy to his own loud

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voice. Those monstrous

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riffs lived inside him

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and spoke the feelings he

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could never put into words, sending

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chills of inspiration through him.

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From those glue me lyrics and

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outlaw hords and all they

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helped crack the shell he was stuck in. Um.

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Also scaring his mom and sister was an

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extra bonus. And

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now, as the former nine year old

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speaks to you here as an

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adult musician, I

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know those two words really don't go together. I

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realize that without their defiant

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sound, as my friend Laws has said, there

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would be no Metallica, especially with one James

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Hetfield. Never have I known

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a more timeless and influential band. They

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have spread their wonderful disease

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through generations of musicians. They

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are always listed as an influence by heavy

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bands. To this day, they are loved

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and highly respected as the fathers of heavy

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music. It truly is a dream

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come true and an extreme

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honor for me and the nine year olds still

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inside of me to induct into

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the rock and roll Hall of Fame such a significant

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group of musicians. And in the words

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of our fearless leader Ozzy Osborne,

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let's go be crazy. Here

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is Black Sabbath. After

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the break, we'll hear from members of Black

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Sabbath on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

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Bault. First

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of all, I'd like to thank the

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people who arranged is to finally

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getting us up here, because we have

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We've been chosen

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for seven times to my my allege

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to receive this award

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and and this is the eighth time, and so we're

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finally here. I would also like to tell

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the opportunity just thank my business

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manager, Colin Newman, and my lovely wife and family

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Sharon and I am me and Kelly

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and Jack, thank you very much,

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thank you, my wife, Gloria, son,

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Biff and James.

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Try to dedicate this to Cliff Burton and

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dime bag Daryl cheers. Oh

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yeah. Thanks very

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much to all our friends out there and and

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the band. Thanks for everything, guys,

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you forgot about I think. And

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special thanks to Metallica. Thanks very much,

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guys, and thanks for

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all coming and thanks for buitness. It's

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nearly taken forward to you, but we thank

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thank you to all the Sabbath fans everywhere,

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Thank you, thank you. Congratulates

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to all those who have been inducted this evening.

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As also extra special

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greetings to the guys James

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Lars, love you incredible.

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Thank you for the honest. Hopefully

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our inductions and I will add further validation

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as other bands already inducted

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in the pastures have begun to establish with

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She is that hard rock and heavy metal

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UH may have an endearing and forever

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lasting place in rocky history, and that's

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what we hope for. ROLLA.

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