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<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Tony-iommi ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/tony-iommi Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:20:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Ed was under the same pressure we all were. You can play your old gear, but it sounds old”: Billy Corgan on what drives guitar heroes to change their tone – and how it led him to package his sound in a pedal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins-laney-supergrace-guitar-tone-journey sin4xAcceGSS9gyQaxYkZT Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:20:00 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:28:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Tony said, ‘Hey, you’re singing flat.’ My dad got really pissed off”: Jack Osbourne says a heated moment during soundcheck before Black Sabbath’s farewell show revealed everything about Tony Iommi and Ozzy’s relationship ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/jack-osbourne-on-tony-iommi-and-ozzy-osbourne-relationship-black-sabbath rNm9Z58RcVaHNVhRq9a2sm Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:42:54 +0000 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:47:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They said, ‘You're playing heavy metal.’ I said, ‘Heavy metal… what's that?’” Why Tony Iommi shunned the heavy metal tag during Black Sabbath's early days ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tony-iommi-shunned-the-heavy-metal-tag-during-black-sabbath-early-days DobAfCFFdEgSWgZs9PADDD Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:27:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was an advert saying, ‘Ozzy Zig requires gig.’ I said to Bill, ‘I know an Ozzy but it can't be him. He can't sing’”: Tony Iommi looks back at the birth of Black Sabbath – and their “horrible” first jam ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/gibson-tv-tony-iommi-documentary uVq9cc3qaMCdG8sJ9K3e8T Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A true gift, 2 years in the making”: Brian May gifts Tony Iommi a custom Red Special replica – but it’s taken some inspiration from his legendary 'Old Boy' SG ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/tony-iommi-red-special-replica ozpAhD8sdt94c3vqdViKAZ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:23:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I finished, I sent Kirk Hammett a picture and said, ‘Do you want to use it?’ He replied in all caps, ‘YES!’” Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has spent 4 years learning how to build guitars – and his prized SG was played at metal’s most historic concert ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/cesar-gueikian-ceo-4-kirk-hammett-back-to-the-beginning-auction-feature hyAAGWmWT4nws2fCxpk9fT Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:54:42 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:17:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m nervousof that guitar because it’s so expensive. I can barely look at it”: Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil on how you can shake the Earth with one finger, and why he fell in love with Kirk Hammett’s Greeny – even if he’s still Team Strat ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/biffy-clyro-simon-neil-futique maYT4NDKChLFnk74HuBtPZ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:09:43 +0000 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:17:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's really hard when you're going through that. I like to be able to give something back”: Tony Iommi is raffling off one of his Gibson SGs to support the hospital that treated his cancer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tony-iommi-to-raffle-gibson-sg-to-support-the-hospital-that-treated-his-cancer FpNDobC8nZaK87aWRGt3Nn Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:14:39 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:04:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I couldn't afford a real bass guitar, so I just tuned the strings down on a Telecaster”: How Geezer Butler went from playing bass on a guitar to the ominous riff that defined one of Black Sabbath’s darkest moments ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/geezer-butler-black-sabbath-hand-of-doom aSMPa7fdBjeMRwx4Brjgf3 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 16:28:00 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:16:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was starstruck when I first met Ozzy. He said he had ‘a good feeling’ about me. He just encouraged me to play with my heart”: Gus G on growing up on Black Sabbath, playing with Ozzy Osbourne – and why Tony Iommi’s style was the hardest to master ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/gus-g-looks-back-on-his-time-with-ozzy-osbourne PQGYxTjuCKVXbME4uChqZZ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:52:45 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:03:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I always wanted a Les Paul but I couldn’t play them”: Tony Iommi on why he never became a Les Paul player – despite wanting to become one ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tony-iommi-on-why-he-doesnt-play-a-les-paul 5TqpVP9FUSzm5y3e7K2j2E Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:37:23 +0000 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:03:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Watching Tony Iommi play Iron Man to demo his signature pickup in person was a borderline biblical experience”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – and is that a new Epiphone double-neck? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-gear-round-up-gibson-third-man-hardware-prs-boss iQ75NaQ42SNmnbQt97WAnf Sat, 30 Aug 2025 09:35:00 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:49:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Somebody stole it from the hotel. Then Gibson made another one, and somebody stole that as well! I couldn't believe it": Tony Iommi on the time two of his prized early Gibson SGs went missing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/somebody-stole-it-from-the-hotel-then-gibson-made-another-one-and-somebody-stole-that-as-well-i-couldnt-believe-it-tony-iommi-on-the-time-two-of-his-prized-early-gibson-sgs-went-missing hVwPc5nuvWqazWvP42FbnL Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:08:35 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:23:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They were getting pretty hard to find!” Gibson has re-launched its first ever signature pickup – the Tony Iommi humbucker ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pickups/gibson-tony-iommi-humbucker-re-release HbTmba2cUfjV5QFecvtzfg Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:38:03 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:17:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was all over the place. But when I first heard Randy play, it was poetry in motion. I thought, ‘Wow, I’m onto a good thing here’”: Ozzy Osbourne couldn’t play guitar. Yet he changed the guitar world by introducing some of its greatest heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/how-ozzy-osbourne-changed-the-guitar-world Vu5i7Mg8FbKuZFQoe4vkDP Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:04:11 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:19:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think he must have had something in his head that said, ‘Well, this is the last thing I’m ever gonna do’”: Tony Iommi opens up on Ozzy Osbourne’s passing – and his Back to the Beginning farewell show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tony-iommi-on-ozzy-osbournes-death J58JsNhL5SZRhE2FwDe4R3 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:19:34 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:43:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Goodbye, dear friend. So glad we got to do it one last time”: Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward pay tribute to the Prince of Darkness ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/black-sabbath-members-pay-tribute-to-ozzy-osbourne yqyEGTXFLuhnJF4w9PtDg4 Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:35:33 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:37:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I want someone that’s hungry. I want someone who wants to go out and kick Eddie Van Halen’s ass”: Ozzy Osbourne rates his guitarists – and reflects on the highs and lows of Black Sabbath ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/ozzy-osbourne-rates-his-guitarists-1990-interview CeNVAvPxt3Da4H5H6hJyLL Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:07:30 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:27:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “With him doing his own set – which I didn't think he should do – I didn't want him to get burnt out”: Tony Iommi reflects on Black Sabbath’s final performance, his concerns over Ozzy's solo set – and reveals the songs they rehearsed but didn’t play ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tony-iommi-reflects-on-back-to-the-beginning GtRpe6TKAvUdJkNgmNgX5H Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:19:53 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:19:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The songs, the artwork, the image, Ozzy’s sinister, untrained monotone, Iommi’s monolithic riffs. This was the emerging sound of heavy metal”: The complete history of Black Sabbath – lineup by lineup, album by album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/black-sabbath-album-by-album-guide FAqDpP2DbPKnpxbUm6iDg4 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:18:18 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:50:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Hearing the crowd sing the War Pigs solo gave me chills”: Back to the Beginning was Ozzy Osbourne’s night – but it was also a tribute to Tony Iommi’s singular impact on guitar music ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/back-to-the-beginning-tony-iommi-tribute f5diyhQ2kVKgyLZcYbL6d8 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 15:47:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:15:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I watched Tony a lot. We became friends. It was emotional – not in a ‘pinch me!’ sense, but realizing how on-point he was – and how much he was not phoning in that performance”: Rival Sons’ Scott Holiday on what it’s like to open a Black Sabbath show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/scott-holiday-rival-sons-black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning rVQrtRw5cFc9jV3tnjK7zi Sat, 05 Jul 2025 09:27:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Instead of being like, ‘Hey, man, you’re my favorite guitar player,’ I was like, ‘Watch out for that cable running across the floor’”: Bill Kelliher on his awkward Tony Iommi encounter and Mastodon’s Back to the Beginning plans ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mastodon-bill-kelliher-black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning-tony-iommi-encounter mz4PuJc7errhPtoYgtWS58 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:37:42 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Sabbath and AC/DC are similar to me because people make the mistake of thinking, ‘That’s so easy. It’s like a caveman. Anyone could play those parts’”: Tony Iommi was such a big influence on Scott Ian that he tried to play left-handed ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/anthrax-scott-ian-on-black-sabbath-tony-iommi-influence 8ACyi7iNWvSvxAGdbz9iWQ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:49:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:57:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Judas Priest were doing something different. Black Sabbath gave us a real confidence boost to carry on what we were doing”: K.K. Downing on coming up with fellow metal gods Black Sabbath in Birmingham, and why no-one can play like Tony Iommi ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/kk-downing-black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning EQdDrFrCMKrvJpyZ6CeWii Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:26:34 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:48:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The return of a legend”: Tony Iommi and Laney mark Black Sabbath’s final show with an ultra-limited signature amp – which revives an old favorite for the first time in 13 years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-amp-heads/laney-tony-iommi-ti100-limited-edition tUfY6gkuJJjXZFA84VXbgJ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:12:57 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:48:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Alice in Chains have had a long relationship with Ozzy, who gave us one of our first breaks – and gave us a bass player”: Jerry Cantrell on his lifelong love of Black Sabbath and touring with Ozzy Osbourne (before taking his bassist) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jerry-cantrell-on-black-sabbath-and-tony-iommi S4gB9jRBv2LvkjQN24idXG Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:12:35 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:48:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When you’re a kid, you go, ‘I could never be as good as a real rockstar,’ and here’s a guy that’s amazing, and he’s missing parts of his fingers”: Adam Jones on Tony Iommi’s influence and what took Tool so long to join Black Sabbath’s last hurrah ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tool-adam-jones-black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning FP2tu5ARH6QTQjv759noYg Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:15:43 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:39:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I called everybody! I looked at my heavy-metal Rolodex and just called up friends who Ozzy, Sharon and I had talked about having there”: Tom Morello on honoring Black Sabbath with the biggest metal show ever, and the all-star jam he is most psyched about ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morello-on-black-sabbath-final-show-back-to-the-beginning 3F9ZnZbTMAp3jo2XsfjN9Y Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:47:13 +0000 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:49:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The boys and I had just gotten off tour. We got a call from our booking agent…” How a “fluke accident” led to Lzzy Hale playing at Dio’s last-ever show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/lzzy-hale-on-playing-ronnie-james-dios-last-ever-show rsE97xaq5Jiu4WCn5LreMo Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:30:00 +0000 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:47:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Missed out on tickets to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s last-ever live gig? Here’s how you can still watch the “greatest heavy metal show ever” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning-live-stream ZCKGkAuKgGrujZVL6jkraG Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:29:56 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:12:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are more guitars than usual”: Tony Iommi lends his hellfire riffwork for his most obscure collaboration yet – a new single with the pop icon whose biopic starred a CGI monkey ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tony-iommi-robbie-williams-rocket r6zNnLGtPgdCpJ7GJT6rHk Thu, 22 May 2025 12:23:40 +0000 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:43:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m not planning on doing a set with Black Sabbath”: Ozzy Osbourne shares details on his last live performance – and says he’ll be “doing little bits and pieces” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/ozzy-doing-little-bits-and-pieces-at-black-sabbath-final-show BMFiVCvQioG3ALMqQGhZob Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:30:57 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:22:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you look at the leads he was doing and when he was doing ’em, he innovated a lot of that stuff”: Slayer's Kerry King reveals who he thinks is the most “overlooked” guitarist in metal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/slayer-kerry-king-on-the-most-overlooked-guitarist-in-metal uvTPDRPYKGGMGihbdzKfKD Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:58:36 +0000 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:25:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Joe Perry was running close to 15 cabs on stage, and he ended up asking Tony to turn down. The amp was only on 4”: From Eddie Van Halen’s amps to the art of boosting, here are Tony Iommi’s tone secrets – from the man who knows them best ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-exeter-on-how-tony-iommi-gets-his-tone wfKZopmyuFoAHaNSZ6nLMD Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:40:25 +0000 Thu, 29 May 2025 16:38:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jethro Tull would rehearse at a strict time every morning and then break for lunch. It was like going to work. In Black Sabbath, we never did that”: Tony Iommi on hanging out with Jimmy Page and Brian May, early Sabbath –and his time with Tull ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tony-iommi-on-jimmy-page-brian-may-and-jethro-tull 4daiNrrtpQWfApcBfqzBXn Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:31:39 +0000 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:02:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “IRs that faithfully capture the tones of two cabinets used extensively by Tony Iommi”: Celestion’s first Artist Series IRs bring Tony Iommi’s early- and latter-era Black Sabbath tones to the digital sphere ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/speaker-cabinets/celestion-artist-series-irs-tony-iommi LYZLX8TBRGDWm8pguT96xB Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:39:21 +0000 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:53:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tony-iommi-laney-and-kemper-comparison wwmnBvBNZ5HwkPBLhEhbGR Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:19:48 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:29:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tony-iommi-hard-rock-gibson-monkey-sg DCRqrCvHXeuGAxZzqEDEB8 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:08:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-tony-iommi-switched-from-fender-strat-to-gibson-sg qYB6mRbpwPM5hg3bi6weUY Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:22:18 +0000 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:44:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-1970s-became-greatest-decade-for-rock-guitar 8ZXc4TAAu2hmyVwBgjn8mY Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:50:55 +0000 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:45:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tony-iommi-deified rwkKQJrq7c2jegFAeHcWdT Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:12:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There's no pressure. It's been fun putting it together, and that's what it's all about”: Tony Iommi says his long-awaited solo album is coming along nicely – but he’s in no rush to finish it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tony-iommi-album-update 3ug86TsqBfPoTj9CiUxt54 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:03:34 +0000 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 15:36:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That record is such a wonderful thing for a beginner guitar player. The riffs are cool as hell and they're easy to figure out”: Tim Henson names the album that all aspiring guitarists should learn ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tim-henson-learning-paranoid-beginner-guitarists NS5AnEsR2PoYinGM3rQUnN Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:04:52 +0000 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:21:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That was a riff that I really liked, and that was Eddie Van Halen’s favorite”: Tony Iommi reveals the Black Sabbath riff EVH was always asking him to play ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tony-iommi-favorite-black-sabbath-riff SBKDqgSHB57J6QrBpYtqvZ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:29:25 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:42:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I picked him up and we drove by a music shop. I said, 'Do you want to pick a guitar up?' and we did – one of his Eddie Van Halen ones”: Tony Iommi on that time Eddie Van Halen helped co-write a Black Sabbath song – but didn’t get a credit ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tony-iommi-van-halen-evil-eye 75AAGHdHzCKAGyAbg6oP7n Tue, 28 May 2024 15:22:53 +0000 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:57:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I put this riff on it, which people are telling me is the birth of thrash metal or something”: Queen’s Stone Cold Crazy comes full circle with a live punk rendition by The Offspring and Brian May ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/queen-brian-may-the-offspring-starmus-festival-slovakia td6qnvxUinEpcH7WD8u7cG Tue, 21 May 2024 10:56:59 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:40:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s the Ozzy thing and the Ronnie thing, and then there’s this”: Black Sabbath’s “lost era” didn’t have Ozzy Osbourne or Ronnie James Dio – but it featured some of Tony Iommi’s best guitar playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/black-sabbath-anno-domini-box-set gob9CNBRA36KDhrSBZWiRC Mon, 13 May 2024 09:53:19 +0000 Mon, 13 May 2024 09:53:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was and is the best guitar player I've ever played with”: Ozzy Osbourne reveals the name he rates above all his other guitarist collaborators ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ozzy-osbourne-favorite-guitarist-of-all-time tvfRTDuppWuPSSUDjS6ePK Thu, 09 May 2024 12:56:47 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2024 14:38:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’d got it down to a tee. He wore one of my jackets, a wig, a mustache and I’m playing behind him”: Tony Iommi once dressed his guitar tech up as himself and sent him onstage as a prank on Sabbath singer Tony Martin ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/toni-iommi-tony-martin-prank q7UaKDuqsemeZ4jY39DHvH Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:48:23 +0000 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:48:05 +0000