Latest about Tony Iommi
Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has spent 3 years learning how to build guitars – and his prized SG was played at metal’s most historic concert
Gueikian has juggled the demands of his CEO role with learning the art of guitar making, and his builds already have some high-profile admirers – including Jason Momoa, Kirk Hammett and Tony Iommi
Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil on why he fell in love with Kirk Hammett’s Greeny – even if he’s still Team Strat
With their 10th album, Futique, Biffy Clyro remind us exactly why they are one of the most important rock bands of the modern age
Tony Iommi is raffling off one of his Gibson SGs to support the hospital that treated his cancer
Iommi was treated at the hospital for four years and is now helping fund the refurbishment of its cancer center
How Geezer Butler went from playing bass on a guitar to the ominous riff that defined one of Black Sabbath’s darkest moments
Geezer Butler’s iconic bassline announces this tune from the classic 1970 LP Paranoid
Gus G on growing up on Black Sabbath, playing with Ozzy Osbourne – and why Tony Iommi’s style was the hardest to master
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
Tony Iommi on why he never became a Les Paul player – despite wanting to become one
The Black Sabbath riff lord made the reveal at the launch of his newly revived signature Gibson humbuckers
All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – and is that a new Epiphone double-neck?
New launches from Boss, PRS, Fender and Third Man Hardware headline the biggest guitar gear drops this week
Tony Iommi on the time two of his prized early Gibson SGs went missing
Iommi reminisced about his long-lost Gibsons at an event celebrating the relaunch of the Tony Iommi humbucker
Gibson has relaunched its first ever signature pickup – the Tony Iommi humbucker
The resurrected 'bucker is designed to help guitarists emulate the mighty, distorted rumble of the metal godfather's tone, without descending into overcooked, blown-out mush
Ozzy Osbourne couldn’t play guitar. Yet he changed the guitar world by introducing some of its greatest heroes
The late heavy-metal icon did not, could not, play guitar. Yet his contribution to the scene – whether giving a platform to fledgling gunslingers or igniting their talents – was inestimable
