Rat Salad

Black Sabbath are one of the most outrageous yet longest-lived bands in the history of rock ''n'' roll. This informative, idiosyncratic and beguiling book paints a vivid picture of their colourful early history - interwoven with all the most crucial news stories of the time: from Vietnam to Bloody Sunday and the space programme.

Where Rat Salad diverges from routes taken by most rock biographies, h...