Ozzy was like Robert Plant’s crazy brother; it was all brand new.” Then there’s Tony Iommi’s guitar work. “The first six Sabbath albums are the Necronomicon of heavy metal,” he says.

Ward was a member of The Rest, before joining up with future Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi in Mythology, while Bonham passed through several local bands, including Terry Webb And The Spiders ...

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I started playing guitar when I was about 10, and Tony [Iommi] was definitely an influence, so I’d try and figure out how to play ‘Iron Man’ or ‘Paranoid.’ Just listening to the records ...

Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, and Ozzy Osbourne had left the studio to get lunch while Tony Iommi stayed behind. That’s when producer Rodger Bain approached Iommi with a request. “We need another ...

Guitarist Tony Iommi recalled in an interview with Classic Rock: “We wanted to do a rock album.” And certainly there are songs on Sabotage to rank among the heaviest that Sabbath ever recorded - songs ...

I really do, they have so much talent.” Cliff’s enthusiasm may have waned as Tull were gradually refashioned; Martin Barre replaced original guitarist Abrahams (but only after a pre-Black Sabbath Tony ...

While most Black Sabbath came down to the way Tony Iommi played guitar, they were bound to have a few bumps in the road when Ozzy Osbourne decided to leave the group. At the same time, it was becoming ...

The band's original lineup, consisting of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward, created a dark, heavy sound characterised by ominous guitar riffs, slow-churn tempos, and occult ...

A Scottish guitarist has taught himself how to play guitar one-handed and has made a triumphant return to the stage after a severe stroke left him unable to use his left arm. The history of guitar ...

And for Tony Iommi, that sometimes means going against the wishes of the rest of the members of Black Sabbath. Then again, no one was going to argue with what Iommi was doing when he put together the ...