43 YEARS AGO TODAY (April 25, 1980) BLACK SABBATH RELEASED THEIR 9TH STUDIO ALBUM 'HEAVEN AND HELL'. Did you know? Craig Gruber has stated that he cowrote most of Heaven and Hell's songs and that it was he and not Butler who played bass on the album. Which is your favorite track?

I was very interested in the Craig Gruber bit, so here's a bit more detail on all that jazz. From wikipedia.

Former Elf and Rainbow bassist Craig Gruber also rehearsed with the band, though the extent of his involvement is unclear. In a 1996 interview, Iommi stated that Gruber participated only "for a bit". Gruber has stated that his contribution was quite substantial; he says he cowrote most of Heaven and Hell's songs and that it was he and not Butler who played bass on the album.[10] Despite not being credited for his contributions, Gruber says he and the band nonetheless reached "a suitable financial arrangement".[10] Iommi conceded in his 2011 autobiography that Gruber had indeed recorded all the bass parts on Heaven and Hell, but Butler had re-recorded them upon his return, without listening to Gruber's bass tracks. Gruber later stated in an interview in 2009 that he only helped write "Die Young".

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