Tom Ewing | How wrong we were about Black Sabbath

Rock writers can't predict the future, but what music are they wrong about now? Like mall emo, it's probably hiding in plain sightThe 40th anniversary last week of the release of Black Sabbath's debut album was cause for nostalgic throwing of metal horns across the blogosphere. And for a little bit of schadenfreude – ­Sabbath are one of those bands ­famously ­disregarded by rock critics at the time, so there's an opportunity to revel in hindsight. Lester Bangs, for ­instance, ...

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