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“When I worked with Tony Iommi, I had an epiphany... he sounded like him no matter what amp you’ve got him on”: Billy Corgan on how watching Iommi taught him the key to the playing style of Eddie Van Halen

As Corgan explains, the distinctive aspect he observed of the ’Sabbath great, also shaped his understanding of players like Eddie Van Halen and Uli Jon Roth

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“The sound quality is incredible; it can be quite hard to tell the difference between the Kemper and a real amp”: Tony Iommi has been experimenting with digital amp modelers – and he’s used one to record new material

The guitarist has been using a Kemper in the studio, and his new music features a blend of both tube and digital amps

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“People gravitate towards success. They say, ‘I want to play with Dio.’ I’ve always been able to surround myself with the top guys”: How Ronnie James Dio escaped Black Sabbath and launched one of metal‘s greatest solo careers

Singer, band leader, icon – this is the story of Ronnie James Dio’s epic solo career

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Tony Iommi admits Black Sabbath reunion concert is up 'in the air'

Tony Iommi has admitted a Black Sabbath reunion is reliant on the health of the band members and whether they can still sound good onstage.

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"I've seen Ozzy's arse more times than I've seen my own": That time Ozzy mooned the audience because he didn't think they were rocking hard enough

How Black Sabbath's induction at the 2005 UK Music Hall of Fame was overshadowed by Ozzy Osbourne's buttocks

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“The deal was if I wanted it back, I could let him know and buy it back. He passed away and Hard Rock Cafe knew nothing about the deal”: Tony Iommi tried to reclaim his iconic Gibson ‘Monkey’ SG but wasn’t allowed – because the person he sold it to died

After retiring the Monkey SG, the Black Sabbath legend sold it to the Hard Rock Cafe – but ran into a spot of bother when he tried to get it back

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“They knew nothing about the deal”: Hard Rock Cafe wouldn’t give Tony Iommi’s guitar back – because the employee who bought it died

The guitar Iommi played on the first “four or five” Black Sabbath albums is still in the restaurant franchise’s possession

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“My absolute favourite colours in the world have always been purple and black”: Adidas reveals Black Sabbath x Aston Villa shirts and shoes

The shirts will soon be available to buy in very limited quantities

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“When the Strat went, I couldn’t believe it. We went in to make our first album and the pickup went. I had to use the backup I kept on the side…” Tony Iommi was a Fender Stratocaster player before fate intervened – and he had to reach for his Gibson SG

Iommi went to the studio intent on recording Black Sabbath's debut album with his heavily modded Strat. Things didn't quite go according to plan...

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“We were in LA getting ready for a gig and I said, ‘Where’s Glenn?’ He’d gone to Atlanta. He was a loon, just through doing so much coke and drinking”: How Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes rekindled their turbulent friendship to make Fused

Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and ex-Deep Purple man Glenn Hughes reunited in 2005 to make the Fused album

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“I got really obsessed with fuzz when I got into stoner rock. I’d never heard a sound like it before”: He’s jammed with Tony Iommi, recorded at Abbey Road, now he’s cooking up hairy stoner riffs with Torus – and Alfie Glass is just getting started

Torus’ self-titled debut album is a feast of mammoth riffs, gnarly energy and grooves that will stick in your brain, and one for all you fuzz freaks seeking “a bold, no B.S. rock sound”

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“Daron’s the guitarist, I’m the vocalist, and yet he was using my Strat… Then somebody stole it after breaking our car window”: Serj Tankian reflects on his guitar journey with System of a Down, Tony Iommi, Buckethead and beyond

In a rare guitar interview, Serj Tankian breaks down his “fast folk” playing style and upcoming signature Gibson Les Paul, his love of shredders, and freaking out Maynard James Keenan (and being freaked out by Buckethead)

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“If it had come to fruition, it would have been phenomenal.” Eddie and Alex Van Halen wanted Ozzy Osbourne to front a new-look Van Halen, and Ozzy would have joined if his family's MTV show hadn't got in the way

Alex Van Halen reveals that Ozzy Osbourne was in the frame to front a new look Van Halen at the start of the millennium, and Ozzy says that he was up for it

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“As far as guitar playing goes, go to the old school - Randy Rhoads, Tony Iommi, Eddie Van Halen”: The wisdom of Dimebag in the final issue of Total Guitar

The famous guitar mag closes after 30 noisy years

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"Glenn Hughes might just have saved Iommi from terminal creative frustration": Tony Iommi unveils new skills on Fused and The DEP Sessions

The solo adventures of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, revisited

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“The Allman Brothers were unbelievable. When Duane came to the studio to play on Layla, I was so taken with him that I started ignoring my own band”: How the 1970s became the greatest decade for rock guitar

As big beasts like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple dominated the era, players such as Steve Howe and Brian May transformed the landscape and the guitar hero cult grew, producing its GOAT by the dawn of the ‘80s

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“Joe and I had been hanging out, secretively making music, knowing that one day we'd do something. Four sessions later, we had an album”: How Glenn Hughes brought his low-end expertise into the spotlight with Joe Bonamassa and Black Country Communion

The ageless rock veteran with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath recorded his most bass-intensive disc alongside guitarist Joe Bonamassa

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Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi to appear on Robbie Williams’ new rock album

Robbie Williams is gonna rock (DJ) with heavy metal’s original guitar hero, according to the ex-Take That member’s musical director

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“Tony has done his thing on it”: Robbie Williams and Tony Iommi just made a record

The Black Sabbath guitarist is just one component of Williams' new “guitar rock” musical direction

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“These are all guys I admire, but to pick one specific solo out?": Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell picks his 6 favourite guitar soloists of all time

Speaking to Rick Beato, the guitarist, songwriter and band founder dishes out six of the best

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"A new heavy metal classic for the ages": The song Ronnie James Dio called one of the "proudest things he'd ever done"

Begun by Dio when he was fronting Black Sabbath, it transformed his career and became one of the classic metal tracks of the 80s

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Tony Iommi to re-release his two solo albums recorded with Glenn Hughes

The 1996 DEP Sessions and Fused will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in October

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Black Sabbath Drummer Bill Ward Reunion Show Confirmed

Black Sabbath may reunite for a final show with drummer Bill Ward, offering a fitting conclusion to their legendary career.

Guitar World

“Deified is a heavier, more medieval track”: Tony Iommi has dropped his first new single in three years – and it’s accompanied by a signature fragrance

Iommi's second single/fragrance combo release sees the heavy metal godfather return with a darker and heavier sound

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"A heavy and mysterious masterpiece that possesses the mind in a dark and decadent vortex of mystery and wonder": Listen to the soundtrack to Tony Iommi's new perfume

Tony Iommi's Deified cologne is available now for those who'd like to smell extra nice

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