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The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...
Tony Iommi explains why Geezer Butler didn’t join him and Ozzy at Commonwealth Games closing ceremony
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Black Sabbath guitarist also reveals his reunion with Ozzy Osbourne was a last-minute deal that they had to keep secret
Tony Iommi to perform at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
By Matt Owen published
The Black Sabbath legend will share the roster with new wave icons Duran Duran for the show, which takes place in their home city of Birmingham, England – the birthplace of heavy metal
Ernie Ball Music Man model played by Eddie Van Halen during a spontaneous Black Sabbath studio session hits the auction block
By Matt Owen published
The axe had been borrowed from a music shop in England after Van Halen bumped into Sabbath’s Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi’s long-serving guitar tech, Mike Clement, is in an induced coma
By Jonathan Horsley published
Clement, who has been the Black Sabbath guitarist’s right-hand man for over three decades, took a “serious tumble” at work
Watch Robb Flynn cover Black Sabbath onstage with a tribute band
By Matt Parker published
The Machine Head man joined Back Stabbath at their show at Elbo Room Jack London in Oakland, CA
Slash thinks this is the heaviest riff of all time: "Not one band that I can think of has a riff that is as heavy"
By Matt Owen published
"There's just nothing that's ever come out that's heavier" than this metal classic, says the Guns N' Roses guitar slinger
Tony Iommi says he has “four or five hundred” unused riffs on his phone
By Sam Roche published
“I've got so much stuff – I just wanna get started on getting it together now,” the Black Sabbath legend reveals
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