Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi can both lay claim to be two of the most influential guitarists ever to grace the planet. Page was the dragon-suited gunslinger, the man whose fretboard heroics – and all-round vision – helped turn Led Zeppelin from a Yardbirds spin-off into one of the biggest rock’n’roll bands in history. Iommi was Black Sabbath’s Dark Lord, a man who helped lay down the foundations for heavy metal with his revolutionary – and seemingly inexhaustible –riffs.
Most rational human beings can recognise the brilliance of both, but let’s face it, we’ve all picked a side: Team Page or Team Iommi. Here, Classic Rock writers (and actual guitarists) Henry Yates – an Iommi acolyte – and Tim Batcup – a Page devotee – sharpen their axes and get ready to answer the $64,000 question: which one is better – Tony Iommi or Jimmy Page?
