War Pigs

"War Pigs" is an anti-war protest song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1970.

"[6] During this time period, national service had recently ended in the United Kingdom but with the Vietnam War still ongoing, many young men feared they'd be conscripted to fight in it.

[8] An example of this can be found on Ozzy Osbourne's compilation The Ozzman Cometh, which features an early version recorded by Black Sabbath for BBC Radio 1 on 26 April 1970.

[4] Co-writer and lead guitarist Tony Iommi has said that "War Pigs" originated from one of those jam sessions.

[13] The addition of the air-raid siren and the speeding up of the song's end were done by producer Rodger Bain and engineer Tom Allom.

[4] Music journalist Martin Popoff has called the song an "ugly, antiwar classic now considered one of Sabbath's top two or three most enduring compositions".

[15] Kelefa Sanneh wrote, "What is memorable is the way Osbourne evokes not merely war's cost but its seductive appeal.

[18] "War Pigs" was ranked the best Black Sabbath song by Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check.

Several of the University of Arkansas' sports teams, nicknamed the Razorbacks, use War Pigs as their run-out/tunnel walk music.

On 9 November 1990, Ozzy Osbourne performed the song together with Faith No More and James Hetfield of Metallica on guitar at the Hollywood Palladium.