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Tony Iommi is raffling off one of his Gibson SGs to support the hospital that treated his cancer
By Phil Weller published
Iommi was treated at the hospital for four years and is now helping fund the refurbishment of its cancer center

Halestorm reveal the song they were originally set to play at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show
By Janelle Borg published
The band ended up putting their own spin on Perry Mason, from Ozzy’s 1995 record, Ozzmosis

Bass journeyman Jo Burt on playing with Freddie Mercury, Brian Setzer and The Troggs – and getting booted from Black Sabbath
By Andrew Daly published
The veteran bassist on his Queen and Led Zeppelin links, love for fretless, fighting with a Music Man EQ, and Tony Iommi’s smile when Geezer Butler’s Ampeg rig made a bass feel like an animal

The life and times of Ozzy Osbourne – metal’s godfather and Prince of Darkness
By Joel McIver published
Remembering John “Ozzy” Osbourne, the frontman who breathed life into heavy metal and found some of its greatest guitar players

Reverb and Ashdown are selling bass amps used by Geezer Butler during rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show
By Janelle Borg published
15 Head Of Doom amp heads will be sold exclusively via Ashdown’s Reverb Shop

How Geezer Butler went from playing bass on a guitar to the ominous riff that defined one of Black Sabbath’s darkest moments
By Chris Jisi published
Geezer Butler’s iconic bassline announces this tune from the classic 1970 LP Paranoid

Nuno Bettencourt remembers his final exchange with Ozzy Osbourne – a reminder of the gig he once turned down
By Matt Owen published
As a 15-year-old, Bettencourt auditioned to become Randy Rhoads’ replacement. When the gig presented itself years later, he declined

Jerry Cantrell looks back at the “walk-off home run” of Ozzy Osbourne’s final show
By Andrew Daly published
The Alice in Chains guitarist didn’t catch up with the Prince of Darkness before his death, but he’s satisfied to have been part of Back to the Beginning with musician friends Slash, Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett and others

Gus G on growing up on Black Sabbath, playing with Ozzy Osbourne – and why Tony Iommi’s style was the hardest to master
By Andrew Daly published
Gus G reflects on a life-changing moment when he joined the likes of Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde as one of the few to be chosen by Ozzy as his shredder-in-chief
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