Tony Iommi

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(left to right) Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne perform live at New York City's Madison Square Garden on December 6, 1976

Black Sabbath announce extensive Technical Ecstasy reissue, including full-album remix by Steven Wilson

By Jackson Maxwell published

The penultimate album by the band's original lineup will be available in Super Deluxe, 4-CD and 5-LP versions on October 1

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Tony Iommi and James Hetfield on the cover of Guitar World, 1992

Tony Iommi and James Hetfield discuss their guitar journeys with Black Sabbath and Metallica in this classic 1992 Guitar World interview

By Brad Tolinski, Alan Paul published

The titanic pair on gear, influences, being heavy metal pioneers, setting bandmates on fire and everything in between

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Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen

Tony Iommi had to warn Eddie Van Halen to “behave” on the 1978 Black Sabbath/Van Halen tour

By Richard Bienstock published

The British metal legends feared the young support band was “ripping them off,” according to a new EVH biography

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Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen jammed

Recordings exist of Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen jamming at a Black Sabbath rehearsal

By Richard Bienstock published

Iommi even wandered into a store to procure an EVH guitar for the collaboration

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Tony Iommi says he's "not happy at all" with the release of new Dio-era Black Sabbath song, Slapback

By Matt Owen published

Iommi also claims Dio plays bass on the recording, rather than Geezer Butler

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Photo of Ronnie DIO and BLACK SABBATH; L-R - Geezer Butler, Ronnie Dio (doing devil horns - manu cornuta), Tony Iommi at Gaumont.

New Dio-era Black Sabbath song, Slapback, unearthed and verified by Geezer Butler

By Richard Bienstock published

The track is an outtake from Sabbath’s Heaven and Hell sessions

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Tony Iommi names his top 5 Dio-era Black Sabbath riffs

By Greg Prato published

Ahead of the reissues of two classic Ronnie James Dio-fronted Black Sabbath albums, the godfather of heavy metal takes a trip down memory lane

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Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath performs on stage at British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park on July 4, 2014 in London, United Kingdom.

Tony Iommi names the best (and worst) Black Sabbath albums

By Jeff Kitts published

The heart and soul of Black Sabbath offers his own thoughts on the highs and lows of the band's vast discography

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EVH Iommi

Tony Iommi pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “He created his own guitar world – and what a world it was“

By Guitar World Staff published

The Black Sabbath icon on taking Van Halen on tour, his friendship with Eddie, and their creative kinship

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Tony Iommi: "In them days, you had to MAKE your sound – you couldn’t buy a gadget that made whatever sound you wanted"

By Ellie Robinson published

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath's classic Paranoid album, we swung way back to its inception with the man, myth and maniac himself, Tony Iommi

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