My guitar tutor once said "Toni Iommi has wrote every riff you're going to think of, and that's ok". Great video. I got chills listening to this.

When it comes to the start of a musical journey, the siren of War Pigs is about as good as it gets

"Every little thing he plays is a riff" best description of Tony Iommi

I love how much this guy loves Black Sabbath

Who knew Bradley Cooper was so good at teaching music. Fantastic.

Iommi will put more solid riffs in one song than some bands do in their entire careers

Men i got chillz just listening the story without hearing the actual show. Your love for music is inspiring

Even a 50 string guitar cannot match the heaviness of Tony Iommi's SG

Sabbath swings. Bill Ward had jazz roots. Heavy music with a groove. Can’t be beat.

To this day Geezer’s bass is the single loudest thing I have ever heard in my life. First time I saw them with Ozzy they opened with the trio of War Pigs, Into the Void, & Under the Sun… nothing comes close to how mindblowingly heavy that was

But imagine being told theres a Tornado WARNING....then to hear the War Pigs SIREN? Spooky AF!

1997 Nissan Pavilion - The actual reunion show. The field crowd was ripping up the wet sod and tossing it into the pavilion seating. It was pandemonium. Amazing time.

What a band. They’ve meant so much to me over the years it’s crazy. Tony and Geezer are unequivocal geniuses, and Ozzy and Bill are no slouches either. But far more important is how the band is greater than the sum of their parts. They are storytellers with sound.

Geezer + Bill : the absolute reference rythmic section. Cannot get any better.

Man, you got it. I'm 62 years old and when I first heard this in the very early 1970's the same words where going through my head, this is epic, it's it! the start, middle and future of it all musically.

Bill Ward is in my top 5 all time. Bill in his prime was like a freight train, unstoppable. Even here just powerhouse!

This is a great video. Your excitement matches mine, and you smile the entire time as you watch the video. You have that true appreciation for Sabbath that makes one feel like a kid, no matter their age. I still get chills when I hear live Sabbath, and I’ve been listening since 1970. As a grown man, I cried the first time I saw them live from the front row in 1975. No words can describe that sound, and I’ve never heard a recording that accurately recreates that devastating blast from the amps and sound system. Nobody can touch what they did 52 years on, nor will they in the future. Those four guys created something unique and lasting. Only God himself could lead them to develop those incredible sounds and songs with the power they managed to harness. Thank you for posting this sweet, inspiring video!

Tony Iommi is the Vito Corleone of Heavy Metal - period!

Epic indeed. It's difficult to nail Tony's sound on that Em riff. Takes a knack from playing it a hundred times. Tony is an epic riff creator. Huge fuc#ing tone and addictive riffs and memes. This song changed my life too. My neighborhood clan called ourselves the War Pigs and would jam this tune for hours in my parents garage. Keg party and all that. 1979/1980 thereabouts.

I saw them on Nova Rock 2014. A line-up so packed it puts a lot of festivals to shame. Seen a lot of great bands, and just on Sunday afternoon/evening i went directly from Off Spring to Soungarden to Black Sabbath. Lot of great music throughout the weekend, but boy did Black Sabbath show everyone how it's done. It almost seemed like everyone else were a local band :D Just a whole other level. I was in tears of pure joy and the power i recived. I doubt i will ever see a performance so epic again. Truly one of the gereatest bends tro ever do it!

He has such a good touch and he’s missing the tips on his two middle fingers! Absolutely phenomenal. There will never be another Toni Iommi.

Black Sabbath was one of the only trios that I have ever heard that doesn't lose any power from the guitarist goes to play leads. So many other bands get instantly thinner in sound but that never happened with Black Sabbath. Tribute to Geezer, Bill and how Tony plays and that massive, brain crushing power he has.

Man, I'm with you. I saw Black Sabbath in 1971 on their 'Paranoid' tour. I've never been the same since. In a good way. This is one of the greatest songs in rock history. And this is one of the best reaction videos I've seen.

i love that its Bill Ward playing Drums. i feel it bro i feel it!!!!!

When I was in the military, I would occasionally blast War Pigs at full volume while driving past the General’s HQ. Fun times.

Dude, I love your enthusiasm for Sabbath. I love me some Sabbath too. Each time I saw them live, it was like a religious experience. Just tremendous!

It's awesome to see folks that know the technical music part explain Black Sabbath. My favorite band, always will be. Junior's Eyes is my favorite jam to air drum along to!

You should react to the performance to when they were very young and they slaughter it ! The video is called war pigs live in Paris 1970. Just in case you haven’t seen it I would love to see your reaction and definitely recommend it !

Geezer’s bass tone is so awesome!

I heard them live too and i totally agree. I never heard a guitar sound more intense then Tony Iommi´s. Theres something uniquely powerfull about his style. I describe it as a claw reaching out from the speakers directly gripping you by your intestines.

Always amazed how calm Tony plays, and then you see Geezer totally rockin out.

It’s great to see someone who teaches music hearing/seeing the music their talking about be nearly speechless during a performance. Black Sabbath isn’t just a band or music, it’s an experience to be witnessed and appreciated.

completely agree with you about bill ward. his absence is the reason i didn't go to final tour show in my town. i fell in love with sabbath's music around age 10 or 11, An older kid in my neighborhood was a guitarist and had a band that played in his basement. wasn't allowed down there but I used to hang around his house and listen to them practice Black Sabbath songs like Electric Funeral, Paranoid, War Pigs and Iron Man. Since 76 up to Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz I loved all their music but then stopped listening to them for over 20 years then revisited their albums. I understand now why I liked and still like their music so much. there is something so special about the 4 of them together that's impossible to replicate. For that reason I refrained from attending the last tour because Bill Ward wasn't there, it's just not Black Sabbath without him.

Dude, I was second rough at that concert. And totally remember the entire scene play out. They were telling the crowd to leave because of the tornado warning and remember the entire place was completely wet and muddy. I've been playing guitar since I was 4 years old, and now 51. Black Sabbath is definitely one of my all time influencing bands for sure. I believe it was the first reunion concert since they broke up.. And also I to went to every Ozz Fests until they stopped in 2007.. Love the axx btw

I was at that show. The guy driving decided it was time to leave. I’ll never forget pulling out of the parking lot and hearing the beginning of War Pigs. To this day I never let him live this down.

Great video. Your smiling as you explain and play the techniques that Sabbath use made me smile so thank you. Iommi's riffs are still epic, 50 years on. Geezer's bass lines just motor whilst shaking your insides and as for Bill Ward, we'll, the hammer of the God's. Did I forget Ozzie? Simply a true rock legend.

Love your reviews!! Black Sabbath did it for me back in the early 1970's after I went to their concert in November 1974 at the Horden pavilion here in Sydney Australia...and....the support band was someone we had never heard of before....AC/DC....they opened with some kid dressed for school with a red SG reaching up to his Marshall stack and started playing She's Got Balls!! Then came the Sabbath...they just blew the house down. I am 64 and still playing their songs!

Its amazing how it seems that Ozzy just got 40 years younger when hes on the stage.

Seen them in 72 bro like going to church they were part of the holy trinity back then Sabbath Zeppelin and Purple!!

Is it just me or does he seem to like Sabbath a little bit? 🤔 I completely understand!!

Black Sabbath!!! When I put Paranoid on my turn table I played side one three times before flipping to side two......that same day I first played the Montrose (Rock the Nation, Bad motor scooter...) - the best day of discovering new music life!!!!

It was 1974 for me when I first heard sabbath, they immediately became my favorite band and still are.

"The Beacon the calling card" and the song was 30 years old when you saw them. I saw them 1978 front row Charleston Civic Center. Transformative. Timeless they are.

Thank you so much for this video my brother this family has had such an impact on me even when I watch the video it brings me to tears in Goosebumps over my entire body. It's like when the siren comes on in your in the crowd this feeling that goes through your body is an absolute addiction and you get to leave this god-awful place for a short. Period in the journey it takes you on is just Indescribable in words I just appreciate the fact that somebody else has tried to illustrate that in a video just like the concert you have also given me goosebumps sir thank you

i always knew i wasn’t the only one who felt this way about war pigs!! this is the song that got me into rock and roll and metal i would not be where i am musically today if it weren’t for this song

Tone, Tone, Tone is everything. We can get it, it's a whole new ballgame if we can play it. Not so easy. Sabbath had an incredible rhythm maybe one of the best in the Heavy Rock, period. You can listen to other bands play the same song, it is missing something. That depth, feel, and thick sound.

Huge fan of black sabbath from South Africa. 21 yrs old. Wish I could see them live 💔 that fkn siren!

I saw Sabbath live in Duisburg, W Germany, in 1971. Amazing gig which went smoothly. At the end the crown suddenly went crazy and wrecked the place! In all an amazing memory.

Well if I wasn't already feeling nostalgic enough today as it is, this was 25 minutes of Black Sabbath reaction vid clearly worth every second of watching. It brought me back to my first time hearing their first album in the early 70's. I wanted to jump out of my skin trying to describe to everyone who'd never heard them how they MUST listen and how much their music affected me. This band still moves me and motivates my days in ways that I could go on an on, but I'll just stop here. I'll only say this.... with 100% certainty that I will till the day I die forever be a fan of the greatest band that ever lived! Thanks so much for your vid. I truly enjoyed it!!

Not only is this one of Black Sabbaths greatest songs, it's one of the greatest songs in rock n roll history...

I'm so happy you pointed out the value of his touch. He is known for his sound and riffs but in my humble opinion his lead style just as good. He has a certain way of playing leads and he phrase simple blues licks to sounds completely different than they usually sound.

Half the fun of watching your videos is watching your face when things get smokin’ Love your channel!

That song definitely blew everyone away when it came out... Still does today! Epic

New to this channel, but love how Mike gets sincerely amped up..sometimes even emotional (I see those eyes) lol..its how I feel too! Loved his Mike Love looper reaction video, too:)

LOVE IT with you totally getting it!!!!!!! Black Sabbath is like thunder LIVE..........carry on my friend

I was 13 years old and into pop music really hard a friend of mine called me and said you got to listen to this. So he brought it over War Pigs who changed my life forever. I have never heard anything like that at the time. I'm 63 years old and I still crank Maiden priest Ozzy Black Sabbath Slayer with devil horns in the air brother. I love your Channel and more importantly how much you love music

Insane how you pick these things up by ear! Truely inspiring! Picked my guitar up 1.5 years ago and still enjoying every minute of it! Hope to be able to do such things aswell one day! Thanks a bunch!

Glad you mention geezer butler, one of the best bassists for me.

Sabbath has an amazing catalog of great rock and roll. It truly is unbelievable. Incredible band!

Michael I love how you review and bring out the most important aspects of every piece of a performance. Thank you! Awesome!

That sound like ozzfest 2000 at Nissan I was there also I remember getting knocked out in the pit during pantera's set and woke up covered head to toe in mud

I was smiling and laughing the whole time because I was watching your reaction and how absolutely hard you're nerding out about this song. I feel that. I was 13 watching Rise Against play Audience of One at Red Rocks Amphitheater (best damn concert venue in the world, if you ask me) to the thunder and lightening crashing behind them over Denver: it's transformative.

War Pigs is to Black Sabbath as Locomotive Breath is to Jethro Tull. Both masterpieces.

I learned how to play guitar with 3 bands, and THIS is one of them

Not even an Ozzy fan but as a guitar guy i geek out big time on just how authentic of a reaction we get from Michael...its infectious...

2000 OZZFEST HARTFORD CONNECTICUT I SAW THIS TOUR AS WELL AS MANY YOU MENTIONED..IM A NEW SUB AND A DRUMMER BUT ALSO NODDLE ON THE AXE AND WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A METAL HEADN . ROCK ON HOPE UR WEATHERING THE APOCALYPSE BROTHER 🤘

The power of this song will remain the same for ever.If there is a song that can decribes what is rock music about i cant think any better one

Hey Michael, I was in the 10th grade when Black Sabbath One came out. I first listened to it ,on headphones, in a strobe light room filled with posters....having my first psychedelic experience. Love your content.

This my dude is 2005 donnington Park England, I was right at the front for this entire show and it was epic.

Great story Mike!Black Sabbath changed my life too!They are my favorite band!

My first concert was The Monkeys, I was like 12...1972 my best friends big brother takes us to see Black Sabbath and it changed me forever. I'm 65, still rockin...always will

You can see how much you just love this stuff. Minutes went by when you were just locked in and smiling.....probably remembering your younger years of seeing them live but also recognizing their talent and togetherness. As you said, EPIC STUFF.

Dude, obviously you’re an EXTREMELY talented Musician and a Great Teacher. Your reaction and respect and fandom for Black Sabbath, have made me a fan of you! I’m glad Rick was wrong and it stayed up, Thank you SO much for recognizing Bill Ward was an unbelievable drummer & was SO important to the Sabbath sound but yet he’s so underrated! If you don’t get what Michael said, then you just don’t get it, period! Awesome breakdown bro, awesome, I just subscribed to your channel 👍

We had to sneak to listen to the 1st album...it literally changed music and scared the shit out of us....Sabbath will never get the credit they deserve....fricking one of the top 5 rock bands ever...ever

Dude, DUDE! LOVE to see folks so ENJOY music. This is what it's ALL ABOUT!!! Been a music lover FOREVER. Absolutely tone deaf. Hs music teacher was one of the original members of KISS. He asked me to try out for hs rock band. After a couple bottles of Wild Irish Rose with the drummer I went to the try out to sing Old Time Rock n Roll and Whitesnakes Here I Go Again. Well I'd used a live Seager album my parents had and the band played it in a different key, I didn't even notice. Lol and even though the teacher wanted my stage presents, he couldn't stand to listen to me outta key. But even though I can't hear what you all can, I LOVE GREAT MUSIC and am easily moved by greatness

I saw Sabbath in Chicago at the International Amphitheater in 76. This song blew the roof off the place

You've given me a whole new appreciation for the song🎸

His guitar face is always like he's questioning his life choices

Im totally into it! Seeing your face, that you love Sabbath as much as I do is something I totally love about being at a concert and sharing a bond with people around me. Awesome

Coincidentally been flogging the guts out of Sabbath's early catalogue during the lockdown - strangely comforting . To me, the music hasn't aged (though I have). The goosebump inducing moments on different tracks still kick-in. Magic stuff. Finally, great vid on your behalf.Onya !!.

Randy Rhoads was it for me. That tone on Flying High Again just became ingrained in my mind. That solo is just a thing of beauty.

Sabbath is the best. Period. You should react to "Sign of the Southern Cross live at Radio City Music Hall" !!! Excellence from everybody

Great companion between this and We Will Rock You which,for me,is the greatest call and response in rock music history!

Saw them last time Feb 2016. Ozzy was all over the place while and music and sound was like the record. The audience singing the ending guitar melody gave me goose bumps.

Ozzy is gonna out live us all

Geezers bass is criminally underrated. Vastly. Monster of bass

Bill Ward was paramount to Sabbath's 70s sound and surely deserves the recognition he doesn't get enough of.

OzzFest 99 - Dallas, TX - best show I’ve ever seen. I was 19 years old and I was melting…worth it.

you gotta check out Soft Machine’s “Hazard Profile Part 1” and “Land of the Bag Snake.” Allan Holdsworth - proof that shredding and blues melody aren’t mutually exclusive

Bill Ward is so underrated. I'm not a drummer fan but Bill Ward is on another level. When I went to see Sabbath in 1980 in England, Ozzy couldn't sing a note in tune. The rest of the band were brilliant, though they were blown off the stage by the support act, Van Halen

Went to Ozzfest I think 2003 or 2005 the one with Iron Maiden. I can remember how great Sabbath sounded live. Ozzy throwing buckets of water on the crowd and scratching himself lol. It was Epic. Tony Iommi was legendary

@Michael Palmisano I believe that was Ozzfest 1997. The crowd on the lawn lost their collective mind during Pantera’s set and tore up the sod. By the time the rain came, all the grass that would have helped soak it up was ripped up & thrown around the whole pavilion… hence the overflowing water & mud. Amazing show to be at as a teenager getting into metal & guitar. Glad we have that shared experience. 🤘🏻

Jeez, Ozzy has the most impressive monitor setup I've ever seen!

I saw Sabbath for the first time during their reunion tour and I remember that Geezer was playing the bass SO hard that I had the feeling that my pants were flapping around my legs. I got so choked up seeing their greatness live for the first time.

Michael - thank you so much! Sabbath is the band that made me go buy my first guitar in 1974. Too bad they didn’t have Bill Ward join them in their farewell tour. They wouldn’t have been Sabbath without him.

I like hearing someone else express what I also felt about the influence they had. I was about 13 years old when this came out and I still love this music.`

I don't feel this old but my first love was the day my best friend's big sister put their Dad's headphones on me and placed the needle on Black Sabbath. The debut album from 1970. As others have said it was life changing. 1974 Black Sabbath is coming to the Hampton Coliseum, my hometown. Will I be able to get tickets and will my Mom let me go? My friends and I got tickets and all the Mom's got together and put the most senior friend, probably 17, in charge. The excitement waiting for the date was excruciating. The day arrived, we had prepared ourselves with the required recreational goods. What I remember most was the volume. The loudest show I have ever heard. My ears rang for two days and I couldn't sleep for one. Ozzy had on a white leather vest with full body length fringe that made him look like an angel when he lifted his arms up showing double peace signs. My personal disappointment was how little they played from the first album. Duh they were promoting the current album which I think was Black Sabbath 4. Absolutely amazing even after all these years. My collection includes a signed photo of Geezer Butler. I loved that bass guitar. Never to be repeated and that night was awesome.

"Goosed up" I like that, Sounds like something my dad would say.

You can't fake this enthusiasm, Rick Beato is the same, and it is so infectious.

My dad took me to Download festival when I was 15 to watch Sabbath, it blew my mind! SO GOOD!!!