Tony Iommi says he couldn’t buy the guitar he played on Black Sabbath’s earliest albums back from the Hard Rock Cafe, because the person who bought it off him died.
In a new interview with Guitar World, the pioneering metal player reveals he once sold a custom Gibson “Monkey” SG to the restaurant franchise, with the option that he could buy it back at the same price if he ever wished. However, the deal ultimately wasn’t honoured due to one tragic loophole.
