In 1992, Martin was pushed out of the band when Iommi put the Ronnie James Dio lineup back together for the Dehumanizer album and tour. They played 13 shows at Olympic Hall in Moscow and 12 shows at EKS Hall in Leningrad. Their most notable tour took place in 1989 when they become one of the first major rock bands to play Russia when Mikhail Gorbachev opened up the country to Western acts. Unlike Dio, Gillan, and Hughes, Martin wasn’t someone with a career of his own to fall back on and he committed himself 100 percent to the band. They finally found someone that stuck in 1987 when they brought in relative unknown Tony Martin for The Eternal Idol. Glenn Hughes stepped into the breach for 1986’s Seventh Star, but he also left the band after just a single tour.
Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan stepped in to front the band in 1983, but that lasted for just a single album and tour. When he left in 1983, the group devolved into a Spinal Tap–like situation where the lineup seemed to shift radically with each passing album and tour. Ronnie James Dio is the most famous singer to front Black Sabbath after Ozzy Osbourne left the band, but he was far from the last. The sets feature remastered sound, previously unreleased cuts, and live performances of classics like “Neon Knights” and “Die Young” recorded at various gigs between 19. Black Sabbath recently announced plans to release deluxe editions of Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules from their early-Eighties Ronnie James Dio period on March 8th.
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