Now follow your favourite television celebs and telly updates. Get the latest entertainment news from India & around the world. Now named Van Halen after their lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen, the band earlier considered calling themselves Rat Salad which was the 7th song of the album Paranoid.Īlso Read: Karan Johar, Deepika, Vicky & Others Named As NCB Takes Up Sirsa's Bollywood-drugs PlaintĪlso Read: Sushant Death Probe LIVE Updates: Bail Plea Of Samuel Miranda, Dipesh Sawant Adjourned They sang covers of songs by other bands and Black Sabbath was one band whose songs they performed a lot. Van Halen rose to fame in 1978, prior to this the band used to perform at clubs. However, this did not stop the album’s title track from being liked by the audiences, and it reached Number 4 in the UK Top 10 charts. They only had a certain group of followers. The band now has a massive fan-following and are considered pioneers of heavy metal now but weren’t thriving back then. Paranoid was a song written just as an obligation as the band wanted to launch their second album. Paranoid is the only song to be in the UK Top 10 charts However, the fact remains that the artwork remained unchanged. However, Ozzy Osbourne later mentioned in his book that the change was made because the band had a feeling that Paranoid will garner positive reviews. The name of the album was reportedly changed from War Pigs to Paranoid as the band had doubts that it might lead to negative reviews as there was the Vietnam War that was going on back then. ![]() Only name of album changed, and not the artwork The notes don’t completely match each other, but the similarities are evident. So, when the band had to write another song in haste, they picked up from Led Zeppelin’s Communication Breakdown. It made to number 4 on UK Top 20 hits chart.Īlso Read: Kangana Ranaut 'not Ladaku I Never Start A Fight, Will Quit Twitter If Proved Otherwise' Paranoid's similarity with Led Zeppelin’s Communication Breakdownīack then, it was a common thing for bands that played in clubs to rip-off from other’s songs and/or music. ![]() Although written as a song just to complete the album, Paranoid is the most famous and acclaimed song from the album. Just to get done with the album, the band came up with Paranoid. After they took it to the record label, they were told to write another song. A post shared by Black Sabbath on at 7:26am PDTīlack Sabbath had finished writing and composing for their second album within 4 months after releasing their first in February 1970.
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