According to Ian Gillan, Black Sabbath had a greater influence than Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, the other two members of the so-called “Unholy Trinity.” In the 1970s, music writers honoured Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath for their seismic influence on the harder side of the rock music genre by bestowing upon them the honorary designation the “Unholy Trinity of British Hard Rock and Heavy Metal.”
In a new interview to promote Deep Purple’s excellent new album ‘=1’, Ian Gillan said that Sabbath are perhaps the “most important” of the three due to their profound impact on heavy metal.
“Just like ‘sex, drugs and rock and roll’, the ‘unholy trinity’ was created entirely by our good friends the music journalists,” Gillan said
“We knew them, drank with them and they put into words what everyone was doing – something distinctive and identifiable.”
Gillan, who fronted Black Sabbath from 1982 and 1984 lending his trademark vocals to the ‘Born Again’ album, went on to highlight the Birmingham band’s significance.
“To a certain extent, Sabbath were the most important because without them there would have been no Seattle (grunge scene) or heavy metal,” he continued to the Bizarre column.
“What Tony was delivering in those early days was just awesome. It was so powerful.
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