Former Black Sabbath Singer Surprised By Iommi Revelation

But he remains proud of his time as replacement for Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio � and remembers how his 1987 audition came as a surprise to him.

In his biography Iron Man, Iommi slates Martin for being "unprofessional" and having "no stage presence." The singer tells Uber Rock: "They never said anything to me. We could have fixed it. I said to them endlessly that if there was anything they wanted changed, done differently, just to say � and we could fix it.