b. Anthony Frank Iommi, 19 February 1948, Aston, Birmingham, England. A blues/jazz-influenced guitarist, Iommi was eager to escape the mundanity of industrial Birmingham and his job repairing typewriters. A number of small-time bands, including Polka Tulk and Earth, gradually led to the formation of Black Sabbath in 1969, with Iommi on guitar, Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Terry "Geezer" Butler (bass) and Bill Ward (drums). It was with Black Sabbath that Iommi established his international reputation as a guitarist of skill and invention. The Black Sabbath sound was built on his devastating riffing, delivered with a fuzzy, distorted guitar tone that became his trademark. He was, and still is, the godfather of the heavy metal riff. Iommi has a unique soloing and rhythm style, and sports an unusual set of plastic finger extensions on his right hand as a result of an accident (he is left-handed). A tall, dark, moustachioed man, he is also famed for his lack of movement on stage.

Listen to Tony Iommi at Finetune.

• (2008)  The 1996 DEP Sessions

• Don't Drag The River
• Don't You Tell Me
• Fine
• From Another World
• Gone

• AC/DC
• Black Sabbath
• Dokken
• Iced Earth
• Iommi
• Iron Maiden
• Judas Priest
• Motorhead
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Savatage
• Airbourne
• And Oceans
• Bal Sagoth
• Bolt Thrower
• Dead World
• Diecast
• Dream Evil
• Einherjer
• Hatesphere
• Internal Bleeding

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