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"Rat Salad" is a two-and-a-half minute instrumental by Black Sabbath, from their 1970 album Paranoid. The song's most prominent feature is a drum solo by Bill Ward, bookended by guitar riffs by Tony Iommi.

The song is featured on the B-side on the "Paranoid" single. A live version was also present on the unofficial Live at Last and the official Past Lives.

The drum solo is in honor to John Bonham.

Personnel

Legacy

Rat Salad is also the name of a Black Sabbath tribute band.

v • d • e Black Sabbath

Ozzy Osbourne • Tony Iommi • Geezer Butler • Bill Ward Vinny Appice • Bev Bevan • Jo Burt • Bob Daisley • Ronnie James Dio • Ian Gillan • Ray Gillen • Glenn Hughes • Tony Martin • Neil Murray • Geoff Nicholls • Cozy Powell • Bobby Rondinelli • Eric Singer • Dave Spitz • Dave Walker

Studio albums	Black Sabbath • Paranoid • Master of Reality • Black Sabbath Vol. 4 • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath • Sabotage • Technical Ecstasy • Never Say Die! • Heaven and Hell • Mob Rules • Born Again • Seventh Star • The Eternal Idol • Headless Cross • Tyr • Dehumanizer • Cross Purposes • Forbidden

Live albums	Live Evil • Cross Purposes Live • Reunion • Past Lives • Live at Hammersmith Odeon

Compilations	We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll • The Sabbath Stones • Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978 • Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970–1978) • Greatest Hits 1970–1978 • The Dio Years • The Rules of Hell

Unofficial albums	Club Sonderauflage • Live at Last • The Sabbath Collection • The Ozzy Osbourne Years • Under Wheels of Confusion • The Best of Black Sabbath

Singles	"Evil Woman" • "N.I.B." • "The Wizard" • "Paranoid" • "Iron Man" • "War Pigs" • "Fairies Wear Boots" • "Sweet Leaf" • "Children of the Grave" • "After Forever" • "Changes" • "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" • "Symptom of the Universe" • "Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" • "Dirty Women" • "Never Say Die!" • "Neon Knights" • "Die Young" • "The Mob Rules" • "Turn Up the Night" • "Trashed" • "No Stranger to Love" • "TV Crimes" • "Psycho Man" • "The Devil Cried"

Videos	Never Say Die • Black and Blue • The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 1 • The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2 • The Last Supper • Inside Black Sabbath - 1970-1992 • Black Sabbath's Paranoid • Rock Review • In Their Own Words • Hangin' with Heaven and Hell

Related articles	Discography • Members • Heaven & Hell (tour) • Mythology • In These Black Days • In These Black Days: A Tribute to Black Sabbath Vol. 1 • Nativity in Black • Born Again Tour 1983

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