Guitar Tricks Insider August/September Issue | Page 49

LISTEN HEAR So went this advice from a Leppard’s lips to the ears of The Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, or even Metallica. As such, Black Sabbath’s influence is heard in musicians decades younger giving the still contemporary band a new measure of importance – perhaps even bigger than in their heyday. So with contemporary rock and metal bands heralding an era of Sabbath superlatives, and keeping Steve Clark’s words in mind, we looked into the musical roots of Black Sabbath. That is to say, the American blues masters. AUG/SEPT DIGITAL EDITION 49