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Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi reveals exactly how Ozzy Osbourne became band’s singer as heavy metal icons play final show
Tony Iommi has been Black Sabbath’s keeper of the flame. He is “Master Of The Riffs” — some say he invented heavy metal — and ...
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Black Sabbath share new photo featuring some of the metal legends set to honour them at their farewell show in Birmingham
Ozzy, Tony, Geezer, Bill and friends, including Metallica, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Sammy Hagar, Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and more ...
Tony Iommi was such a big influence on Scott Ian that he tried to play left-handed
Ahead of his performance at Back to the Beginning, Anthrax's riff-master reflects on the influence of Black Sabbath, and how ...
Ozzy Osbourne joins Black Sabbath for final performance this weekend in massive metal show
The original members of pioneer metal group Black Sabbath, Osbourne, "Geezer" Butler, Tony Iommi, and Bill Ward, will reunite ...
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Black Sabbath Releasing Early Earth Demos On ‘The Legendary Lost Tapes’ [Listen]
A new collection of rare 1969 demos will revisit the early days of Black Sabbath when the band was still known as Earth.
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The Strange, Forgotten Saga of Ozzy Osbourne’s Pre-‘Blizzard’ Solo Band
Despite being mentored by Tony Iommi and nearly chosen as Ozzy Osbourne's first solo band, the planets never quite aligned ...
Which artist did Tony Iommi call the epitome of rock?
Tony Iommi certainly defined a specific subsection of rock and roll, but he was far from the truest spokesman for the entire ...
Bill Kelliher on his awkward Tony Iommi encounter and Mastodon’s Back to the Beginning plans
As he gears up for Black Sabbath's last hurrah, the Mastodon man looks back on his brief – but probably very helpful! – ...