This just posted from the Official Black Sabbath Facebook page. With the news that Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, his bandmates would like everyone to send positive vibes to the guitarist at this time. Iommi is currently working with his doctors to establish the best treatment plan–the […]
Tony Iommi Book Review & News Report
November 2, 2011 by 3 Comments
“I will never set fire to Bill Ward again.” You’ve got to love a book whose last line of text is that, don’t you? I’ve been a Black Sabbath fan since 1981 (30 years, man). Anyway, over the years, I’ve read a ton of interviews, heard a lot of video, listened to many an […]
Tony Iommi’s Book Info
May 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I was emailed over the weekend by someone who sent me a link to a book on Amazon’s UK site, which says it is Tony Iommi’s memoirs book. It’s been known for some time now that he was working on one. I looked, and it’s on the Amazon US site, too. The UK site is […]
Armenian Charity Music Information
April 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
Pre-Order Links: [ UK CD | UK MP3 | US Not yet available ] Some months ago there was news that Tony Iommi & Ian Gillan were writing new music, the first new music the two of them have done since 1983 and the Born Again album. Tony & Ian did work together about five […]
Tony Iommi / Ian Gillan Charity Song Update
September 28, 2010 by
This was posted today on Tony Iommi’s website. This souns seriously badass. Jon Lord? Nicko McBrain? w00t! In 1989 Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan were just a few names in a long list of talent involved in the recording of the Deep Purple track “Smoke on The Water.” This song was re-recorded to raise money […]
Tony Iommi’s Guitar Stolen
August 11, 2010 by
I’ve received a request from Tony’s management to post a news story. “Sadly, my RED CUSTOM SHOP IOMMI SG was stolen at the tribute show Heaven and Hell performed at High Voltage on July 24th. If you have any information or leads please let us know, we are offering a reward” – Tony They’ve also […]
Tony Iommi Signature Humbucker
March 24, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Gibson Strings & Accessories unveils the new Tony Iommi Signature Humbucker! Gibson Strings & Accessories, based in Elgin, IL (a division of Gibson Musical Instruments), announces a new collaboration with Tony Iommi, lead guitarist of Black Sabbath, one of Heavy Metal’s reigning pioneers. The result is the new Gibson “Tony Iommi Signature” humbucking pickup. Tony […]
Tony Iommi’s Black Sunday returns this weekend
August 29, 2006 by
For those of you who followed Series 1 of Tony Iommi’s radio show, “Black Sunday”, you’ll be glad to know that Series 2 is set to kick off this coming Sunday. Here’s some text from Tony’s site about this: A reminder that Tony will be on air on Planet Rock this coming Sunday night (3rd […]
Iommi & Bevan’s Belch?
February 24, 2006 by
I was looking around for some info on Bev Bevan a little while ago, and ran across this link. It talks about a side project that Tony Iommi was in with Bev Bevan simply called “Belch!”. Here’s the relevant bits: Bev has also admitted to being a partner-in-crime with Jasper Carrott and Tony Iommi in […]
Some recent Tony Iommi Updates
January 26, 2006 by
Tony Iommi gives masterclass for TV’s ‘Rock School’ The new series of ‘Rock School’ presented by Gene Simmons takes to the screens in the UK on Sunday 29th January, and features Tony in the second episode which goes out on 5th February at 9pm on Channel 4. Tony took over the teacher role for an […]
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