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"Iron Man" had about as much chance of being a hit as an edited version of The Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray", but still somehow was released on a 45 RPM which made some noise on the charts in 1972. At least when Alice sang "I'm 18" it was crafted with radio in mind. The radio world was not ready for the volume of Alice Cooper meeting the tempo of Vanilla Fudge with Ozzy Osbourne spouting grade-school lyrics over a non-traditional song. Defining hard rock beyond Steppenwolf's "heavy metal thunder", Black Sabbath issued a lethargic, overpowering six minute anthem to a Science Fiction character which may have been inspired by the Marvel Comics' hero of the same name.
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