![]() ![]() "It must have been fate," Dio recalled, "because we connected so instantly." The pair kept in touch via telephone, until Dio arrived at Iommi's Los Angeles house for a relaxed, getting-to-know-you jam session. ![]() Both men were in similar situations: Dio was seeking a new project and Iommi required a vocalist. The pair met again by chance at The Rainbow on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles later that year. Initially, Dio and Iommi discussed forming a new band, rather than a continuation of Black Sabbath. Ronnie James Dio was introduced to Iommi in 1979 by Sharon Arden, who would later marry Osbourne. In his memoir, Iommi revealed that he still possesses a recording featuring Osbourne singing an early version of what would become "Children of the Sea" with different lyrics and "a totally different vocal melody." ![]() Osbourne has stated that he had become fed up with the experimentation on the preceding albums Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die!, preferring the band's earlier, heavier sound. The band convened in Los Angeles for eleven months to record a new album, a process described by guitarist Tony Iommi as a "highly frustrating, never-ending process". The initial sessions for what became Heaven and Hell began with Ozzy Osbourne following the conclusion of Black Sabbath's Never Say Die! Tour. ![]()
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