Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath
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In an emotional essay, Geezer Butler recalled his decades-long friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final rehearsals.
Iconic Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has opened up about the recent death of longtime bandmate and fellow icon, Ozzy Osbourne. The 76-year-old passed away on Tuesday, just weeks after his final performance with other original Black Sabbath members on their home turf in Birmingham, England.
"People always thought Ozzy was a feral wild man, but he had a heart of pure gold," he wrote of Osbourne, who died last week at age 76
Tony Iommi is more riff machine than man these days, but he felt that some of his iconic licks shouldn't be as memorable as they are. Read more here.
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, otherwise known as “the god father of heavy metal,” has just released his first piece of new music since Black Sabbath’s final album, 13 (2013).
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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi explains how an accident at work changed his life.
Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when they began playing together in Birmingham. Naming themselves after an Italian horror film in early 1969,