Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
Anthony Frank "Tony" Iommi /aɪˈoʊmiː/is an English guitarist, songwriter and producer. Best known as lead guitarist and founding member of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, he has been the band's sole continual member and primary composer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth19 February 1948
certainly enthusiasm forward glenn kenny looking lots onstage playing push
I'm really looking forward to playing onstage with these guys, ... Kenny and Glenn have lots of enthusiasm and they certainly push me when we're all playing together, which is great.
album music sabbath time waited
I've waited around a long time to do a Sabbath album ... and I've got a lot of music to put out and I just want to do it.
devil sabbath stuff
When I started writing Sabbath stuff it was just something that sounded right. I didn't think I was going to make it Devil music.
silly talking feelings
The feeling you get from playing to a good audience is hard to describe without sounding as though you are talking silly. But reaction is important. You might feel in yourself that you're doing it ok but it's when you get the live reaction that you know you're doing it right.
three week yeah
Yeah, I was with Jethro Tull for three weeks, so what?
nice rap artist
I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honoured. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it.
made my-own
I didn't follow any rules at all. I made my own.
influential vans van-halen
Eddie Van Halen was probably the most influential.
player shadow band
My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period.
album almost band black fell full glenn good guys hours ideas love playing pulling rehearsals rehearse six tend three time work
We wanted it to have the same feel as a band playing live, ... It all fell into place very quickly, almost too quickly. It was so simple. I'd love to do another album with these guys because they're all so good to work with. With Black Sabbath, we take a really long time over rehearsals and pulling ideas together. And we tend to rehearse for two or three hours and then that's it. But with Glenn and Kenny, we'll be in there playing for a full six hours and we'll want to keep going.