Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi on stage, June 18, 2005, Nijmegen
Background information
Birth name	Frank Anthony Iommi
Born	February 19, 1948 (1948-02-19) (age 59) Birmingham, England
Genre(s)	Heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1966 - present
Associated acts	Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Heaven and Hell
Website	Official website
Notable instrument(s)
Tony Iommi Signature Model SG

Frank Anthony "Tony" Iommi (born February 19, 1948, in Aston, Birmingham, England) is a guitarist best known for his tenure in the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He is the only person to have remained in Black Sabbath throughout the band's entire lifespan. Currently Iommi, bandmate Geezer Butler and former Black Sabbath members Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice, are touring under the name Heaven and Hell. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also Birmingham, USA, and other places called Birmingham. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... For the 18th-century agriculturist after whom the band was named, see Jethro Tull (agriculturist). ... Heaven and Hell is a music collaboration featuring current Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler along with former members Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice (who post-Sabbath worked together in Dio playing songs from their Black Sabbath era together at times). ... The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aston is an area of the City of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. ... See also Birmingham, USA, and other places called Birmingham. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is an American heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf, and his own band Dio. ... Vinny Appice (born September 13, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a rock drummer, best known for his work with the bands Dio and Black Sabbath. ... Heaven and Hell is a music collaboration featuring current Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler along with former members Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice (who post-Sabbath worked together in Dio playing songs from their Black Sabbath era together at times). ...

Career

Early history

Tony Iommi picked up the guitar as a teenager, after being inspired by the likes of Hank Marvin and The Shadows. In an industrial accident at the age of 18 on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory, he lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand. Being left-handed, he used his right hand to fret the strings of a guitar. He initially thought that his days of playing guitar were over, but his boss (who knew of his "night job" as a pub band guitar player) paid him a visit during his recovery and encouraged him to reconsider by playing a Django Reinhardt record, because Reinhardt lost mobility in the third and fourth fingers of his fretting hand in a fire. After attempting to learn to play right-handed, Iommi strung his guitars with extra-light strings (using banjo strings, which were a lighter gauge than even the lightest guitar-strings of the time) and wore plastic covers over the two damaged fingers. He fashioned the latter himself, by melting washing-up liquid bottles into a ball and then using a soldering iron to make holes into this ball, putting his fingers in whilst the plastic was still soft enough to be shaped. He then trimmed and sanded away the excess plastic to leave himself with two thimbles, which he then covered with leather, to provide better grip on the strings. Subsequent tips have been custom-made. Brian Robson Rankin (born 28 October 1941), better known by the stage name Hank B. Marvin, is the English lead guitarist for the band The Shadows. ... The Shadows were an English instrumental rock n roll group active from the 1950s to the 2000s. ... People who are left-handed are more dextrous with their left hand than with their right hand: they will probably also use their left hand for tasks such as personal care, cooking, and so on. ... The neck of a guitar showing the first four frets. ... Jean Django Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Sinto Gypsy jazz guitarist. ... For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments. ... A thimble A thimble is a protective shield worn on the finger or thumb. ...

Pre-Black Sabbath

Iommi has played in several blues/rock bands, the earliest of which was The Rockin' Chevrolets between 1964 and 1965. The band had regular bookings and when they were offered work in Germany, Iommi decided to leave his factory job to take up the opportunity. Between 1966 and 1967 Iommi played in a band named The Rest. This was the first time Iommi played with old school friend and future Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward. For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

From January of 1968 till July 1968, Iommi was guitarist in Mythology, with Ward joining a month later in February. In May 1968, police raided the group's practice flat and found cannabis resin, which resulted in a £15 fine and a two-year conditional discharge for Iommi, Ward, Smith and Marshall. Mythology split up after a gig in Silloth on 13th July, 1968.

In August 1968, at the same time as the breakup of Mythology, a band called Rare Breed also broke up. Rare Breed vocalist John "Ozzy" Osbourne and rhythm guitarist Terry "Geezer" Butler joined with Iommi and Ward from Mythology and also slide guitarist Jimmy Phillips and saxophonist Alan "Aker" Clarke. The six-piece band, now with Butler as bassist, were named the Polka Tulk Blues Company. After just two gigs (the last of which was at the Banklands Youth Club in Workington), Phillips and Clarke were dismissed from the band, which soon after shortened its name to Polka Tulk. Ozzy redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Earth & Jethro Tull

Iommi, Butler, Ward and Osbourne renamed their band in September 1968 to Earth. They carried on under this moniker until August 1969 when Iommi briefly departed to play in Jethro Tull. However after only one performance (an appearance on "The Rolling Stones' Rock'n'Roll Circus" in which the band mimed to "A Song For Jeffrey", whilst Ian Anderson sang live), Iommi was back with Earth once more. For the 18th-century agriculturist after whom the band was named, see Jethro Tull (agriculturist). ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ...

Tony Iommi on his working-relation with Jethro Tull vocalist Ian Anderson: I learned quite a lot from him, I must say. I learned that you have got to work at it. You have to rehearse. When I came back and I got the band (Black Sabbath) back together, I made sure that everybody was up early in the morning and rehearsing. I used to go and pick them up. I was the only one at the time that could drive. I used to have to drive the bloody van and get them up at quarter of nine every morning; which was, believe me, early for us then. I said to them, "This is how we have got to do it because this is how Jethro Tull did it." They had a schedule and they knew that they were going to work from this time till that time. I tried that with our band and we got into doing it. It worked. Instead of just strolling in at any hour, it made it more like we were saying, "Let’s do it!" This article is about the lead singer of Jethro Tull. ...

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath: Iommi (left) with Ozzy Osbourne in 1973

In August 1969, following the confusion with another group named Earth (who had minor success in England), the group renamed themselves Black Sabbath. His aforementioned factory accident impacted the Black Sabbath sound later on, as Iommi detuned his guitar from E to C# (3 half-steps down), in order to ease the tension on his fingers. As a result, Sabbath were among the first bands to detune and resulted in the technique being a mainstay of heavy metal music. The first two Black Sabbath albums are in standard tuning, however, as Iommi didn't start tuning down to C# until 1971's Master of Reality. Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler also tuned his instrument down to match Iommi's. It may be argued that Tony Iommi was a pioneer of heavy metal riffing, due to his guitar playing on now famous tracks such as "Paranoid", "War Pigs", "Iron Man", and "Into The Void". Iommi combined blues-like guitar solos and dark, minor-key riffing with a revolutionary high-gain, heavily distorted tone with his use of a modified treble-boosting effect-pedal and a Gibson SG, as well as plugging his guitar into his amp's bass socket. Image File history File links BlackSabbath19720012200. ... Image File history File links BlackSabbath19720012200. ... Ozzy redirects here. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Master of Reality is the third album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A riff is an ostinato figure: a repeated chord progression or melodic figure, often played by the rhythm section instruments, that forms the basis or accompaniment of a rock music or jazz composition. ... Paranoid is a song by Black Sabbath that appears on the bands breakthrough album Paranoid. ... War Pigs is an anti-war song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1970 album, Paranoid. ... Iron Man is a signature song of Birmingham, England heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. ... Into the Void is a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1971 on their album, Master of Reality. ... Blues music redirects here. ... The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s. ...

By the mid 1970s, incessant drug usage, managerial problems and constant touring had taken its toll on the band, and Ozzy Osbourne was fired in 1979. Osbourne was replaced with Ronnie James Dio, the vocalist for Rainbow (a band formed by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore). With Dio, Black Sabbath produced Heaven and Hell, prior to replacing Bill Ward with Vinny Appice. With Iommi and Geezer Butler the only original members, this line-up produced The Mob Rules. During the '80s and '90s Iommi rebuilt the band with many lineup changes with vocalists including Ian Gillan (formerly of Deep Purple), Glenn Hughes, Tony Martin and Ray Gillen. After Ian Gillan departed the band in 1984, Iommi recorded his first solo album, entitled Seventh Star. The album featured Glenn Hughes (formerly of Deep Purple) on vocals, but due to label pressures, it was billed as a release by "Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi". The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is an American heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf, and his own band Dio. ... This article is about Ritchie Blackmores band. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Richard Hugh Blackmore, (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist. ... Heaven and Hell is an album by Black Sabbath, released in May 1980 (see 1980 in music). ... Vinny Appice (born September 13, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a rock drummer, best known for his work with the bands Dio and Black Sabbath. ... Mob Rules is Black Sabbaths 11th album. ... Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. ... This article is about the rock band. ... For the Village People member see Glenn Hughes (American singer). ... Tony Martin (born April 19, 1957) was the seventh and final vocalist for the legendary rock band Black Sabbath before the eventual reunion of their original lineup. ... This article is about the year. ... Seventh Star is the twelfth studio album by the rock band Black Sabbath. ... For the Village People member see Glenn Hughes (American singer). ...

In 1992, Iommi appeared at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, playing four songs with the remaining members of Queen and other guest artists. Also, in the following year Iommi teamed up with fellow Black Country band Diamond Head and co-wrote the song Starcrossed (Lovers in the Night) off their 1993 Death and Progress album. At Ozzy's 'farewell' concert at Costa Mesa in 1992, Ronnie James Dio refused to perform and abruptly left the band. As a result, Rob Halford (vocalist for Judas Priest) was recruited to perform as the vocalist for two gigs (Halford also sang at one of the dates on the 2004 Ozzfest tour, when Ozzy couldn't perform due to bronchitis). The show concluded with Ozzy bringing out the other members of the original Black Sabbath line-up (following the end of Osbourne's solo set) for a 4-song reunion. An open air concert on Easter Monday, April 20th 1992 at Londons Wembley Stadium, televised live to over one billion people. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ... The Black Country is a loosely-defined area of the English West Midlands conurbation, to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton, around the South Staffordshire coalfield. ... Diamond Head Diamond Head are a British heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is in need of attention. ... Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is an American heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf, and his own band Dio. ... Robert John Arthur Halford (born August 25, 1951) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Judas Priest. ... For other uses, see Judas priest (curse). ...

Black Sabbath went on a hiatus until the original line-up reunited as a touring band in 1997 (although Bill Ward was not present for the first two reunion tours, the second being due to a heart attack. Ward was replaced by Vinny Appice on this tour). For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Vinny Appice (born September 13, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a rock drummer, best known for his work with the bands Dio and Black Sabbath. ...

Solo career

In 2000, Iommi finally released his first legitimate solo album, titled Iommi. The album featured several guest vocalists that included Henry Rollins, Serj Tankian, Dave Grohl, Billy Corgan, Phil Anselmo, and Ozzy Osbourne. In late 2004, Iommi's second solo album was released, entitled The 1996 DEP Sessions. This album was originally recorded in 1996, but was never officially released. However, a copy with a drum track by Dave Holland was available as a bootleg called Eighth Star. Glenn Hughes performed vocals on the album, and he furthered his collaboration with Hughes with the release of his third solo album, Fused. Released on July 12, 2005, John Mellencamp drummer Kenny Aronoff completed the trio on the album. Iommi is a Heavy Metal album by former Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and a myriad of guest musicians and vocalists, including Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, Serj Tankian of System Of A Down, Billy Idol and former bandmate Ozzy Osbourne, to name... Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer and songwriter, spoken word artist and author. ... Serj Tankian (Armenian: ) (born August 21, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon[1]) is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist. ... David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. ... William Patrick Corgan, Jr. ... Philip Hansen Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a heavy metal vocalist and musician, currently performing with Down. ... Ozzy redirects here. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Track List Gone From Another World Dont You Tell Me Dont Drag the River Fine Time is the Healer Im Not the Same Man It Falls Through Me ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Dave Holland, born on April 5, 1948 in Northamptonshire, Wolverhampton, England was the drummer for the rock band Trapeze. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into The 1996 DEP Sessions. ... For the Village People member see Glenn Hughes (American singer). ... The 2005 album of the legendary guitarist of Black Sabbath. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951) is best known for being an American rock singer-songwriter. ... Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American drummer who is a noted session musician and has played with a wide array of rock bands. ...

Heaven and Hell

In October 2006 it was reported that Iommi would tour with Bill Ward, Geezer Butler and Ronnie James Dio again, but under the moniker 'Heaven and Hell'. Later it was announced that Ward had decided not to participate and Vinny Appice was hired as his replacement.^[1]). Rhino Records released "The Dio Years" (under the 'Black Sabbath' moniker) album on April 3, 2007. The album showcased older tracks with Dio and also included three brand new songs recorded with Dio and Vinny Appice. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is an American heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf, and his own band Dio. ... Heaven and Hell is a music collaboration featuring current Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler along with former members Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice (who post-Sabbath worked together in Dio playing songs from their Black Sabbath era together at times). ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

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Trivia

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• Iommi's Original "Old Boy" SG was actually made by Jaydee Guitars.^[2] His first black, cross inlay SG was built by Diggin's original employer, John Birch.
• The Gibson Iommi SG is actually a copy of the Jaydee SG.
• He's married to Maria Sjöholm, vocalist of the now defunct Swedish band Drain STH
• Now presenting on UK DAB Radio Station - Planet Rock
• He appeared on Gene Simmons show "Rock School"
• Iommi is ranked #86 on the Rolling Stone magazine list of greatest guitarists ever
• Iommi placed 1st in Guitar World's List of "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time."^[3]
• When backlash hit that he planned on keeping the Black Sabbath name for all subsequent Ozzy/Dio albums, he claimed that he "wrote 99.5% of the songs, so I feel I could call the band whatever the hell I want..."^{[citation needed]}

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Discography

1970s

• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
• Black Sabbath - Paranoid
• Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, Vol. 4
• Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
• Black Sabbath - Sabotage
• Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'n' Roll
• Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
• Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!

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1980s

• Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
• Various Artists - Heavy Metal Soundtrack
• Black Sabbath - Live At Last
• Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
• Black Sabbath - Live Evil
• Black Sabbath - Born Again
• Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi - Seventh Star
• Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
• Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
• Various Artists - Rock Aid Armenia

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1990s

• Black Sabbath - TYR
• Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
• Ozzy Osbourne - Live and Loud
• Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
• Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes Live
• Black Sabbath - Forbidden
• Black Sabbath - The Sabbath Stones
• Ozzy Osbourne - The Ozzman Cometh
• Black Sabbath - Reunion

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2000s

• Iommi - Iommi
• Black Sabbath - Past Lives
• Iommi with Glenn Hughes - The 1996 DEP Sessions
• Black Sabbath - Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)
• Iommi with Glenn Hughes - Fused
• Black Sabbath - The Best of Black Sabbath
• Black Sabbath - Greatest Hits 1970-1978
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath: The Dio Years
• Heaven and Hell - Live from Radio City Music Hall

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References

External links

• Official Tony Iommi web site
• 2005 Tony Iommi interview