“The idea was to make an album heavier than anything that had ever before”: Tony Iommi on Black Sabbath’s classic debut
Black Sabbath’s first album is effectively ground zero for heavy metal - and as guitarist Tony Iommi recalled, it was an ...
The life and times of Tony Iommi, metal’s indestructible dark lord
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“I can’t think why, but we recorded the track prancing around naked!” Tony Iommi recalls the madness of Black Sabbath
And there were other experiments on Vol.4. The album’s opening track, Wheels Of Confusion, has the complexity of progressive rock. The heaviest number, Supernaut, turns funky halfway through. And then ...
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Tony Iommi was a Fender Stratocaster player before fate intervened – and he had to reach for his Gibson SG
Tony Iommi is synonymous with the Gibson SG, but if it weren’t for an electronics mishap on the very first day of recording ...
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“In my head, I could hear it as a monster.” Tony Iommi on the moment he instantly composed “Iron Man,” calling it one of two Black Sabbath songs he relates to
Iommi will be rejoining the original Black Sabbath ... "A lot of people say ‘Paranoid,’ but the song was written as a filler for the album — it was never intended on being anything else." ...
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As the only member to have appeared in every incarnation of Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi hasn't been the most prolific solo artist. In fact, this keeper of the flame has only releasing two albums as ...