2. Black SabbathMaster Of Reality
Similar [to Wu-Tang] in that, the album gives me a feeling that I don’t think is really natural for me. It’s something I long for but I don’t really get it on a day-to-day basis. It’s almost like a drug in that way. It’s like, you feel so high. I wanna feel like this all the time but I can’t because it’s not who I am. It’s like the rawness and the rockiness of it… I’m a subdued kind of a guy, so having that hyped up, ripping feeling is really attractive to me. There’s a lot of Sabbath albums that I like. The riffing – the performances and the playing – are all so great. But what separates Master Of Reality is the really tender moments. There are a few tracks that have really beautiful sections to them, and that’s what makes that one stick out for me.
I read that they downtuned their guitars to get that sound.
It was like a precursor to grunge – that sludgey sound. It gives everything a little more weight.
The album starts with Tony Iommi coughing because he’s just been handed this really amazing spliff by Ozzy.
‘Sweet Leaf’ is a great opening to the album. It’s a song that’s an homage to weed. I have my own version of that. I did a song called ‘Cosplay’ that hasn’t been released yet but was part of this group of songs. It’s about how I appreciate the perspective that weed gives me. We’re going to release it at some point.
