News

When it came to guitar solos, Iommi says Dio was an enabler. The story had always been that there were creative tensions by the time Live Evil was recorded and released, that Dio was exerting too much ...
Beyond Black Sabbath, the storied solo career of the Prince of Darkness is also marked by a succession of influential ...
Tony Iommi recalled how much he hated the guitar solo on Black Sabbath’s breakthrough single “Paranoid,” and added that he spent time resenting the song. It was written at the last minute ...
Iommi’s world-altering riffs led to some of the all-star farewell show’s biggest singalongs – no wonder the supporting cast ...
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, is in the middle of a flame war with American late-night TV comedians.
In 2021, Iommi told Rolling Stone he would love to make more instrumental music. "As you know, I've got loads of riffs," he said at the time. "It's just trying to now get around to doing them." ...
In the '60s when Iommi first picked up a guitar, he didn't have limitless choices or the ability to pull a Gibson or Fender off a wall at a local music shop, but had to order the rare left-handed ...
Tony Iommi Teases New Solo Album, ... Released in 2000, Iommi found the guitar icon lining up to record original material alongside the likes of Henry Rollins, Dave Grohl, ...
Tony Iommi He pioneered heavy metal guitar with his dark, heavy riffs and detuned sound. Iconic for the fact that he lost the tips of his fingers, and often played with miniature thimbles - using ...
READ MORE: The Song That Broke Up Axl Rose + Slash Tony Iommi, on the other hand, was part of one of metal's pioneering bands, Black Sabbath, where his unique style of guitar work can be heard on ...
Iommi says the Dio years challenged Black Sabbath to up their game and RJD would tell him to solo longer. “Listening back to things, you think, ’Bloody hell! That was a bit over the top‘” Iommi might ...