Assuming the album’s title was to be War Pigs , he dressed his assistant and model Roger Brown with a sword, a shield, and a pig mask (though the shots eventually used didn’t feature the mask). The “Paranoid” single came out in July and quickly became a hit, and Warner Bros., the band’s U.S. label, decided it was a better album title than War Pigs and requested that the band change it. Ozzy Osbourne remembers seeing sleeves printed up that said War Pigs on the front with the image of Brown, and was horrified when the title was changed to Paranoid.
Author: Florian Hardwig
Published at: 2025-07-26 21:05:14
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