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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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