Tony Iommi
Born | February 19, 1948 |
Hometown | Birmingham, England |
Net worth | $140 million |
Height | 6'0" (1.83m) |
Spouse | Maria Sjöholm (m 2005 - present) , Valery Iommi (m 1987 - 1993) , Melinda Diaz (m 1980 - 1985) , Susan Snowdon (m 1973 - 1976) |
Children | Toni-Marie Iommi |
Parents | Sylvia Maria Iommi , Anthony Frank |
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‘He was for the downtrodden’: remembering Ronnie James Dio, the most decent man in rock
Prior to the start of the British premiere of the documentary film Dio: Dreamers Never Die, on a Monday night in September, bowls of tissues were placed on the bar of the Curzon cinema in Soho. Bound in black vinyl, each parcel was adorned with a photographic image of the late heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, whose life the film celebrates. Confused, I asked one of the event’s organisers to explain. “Oh,” I was told, “it’s so people can have a good cry at the end.”
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Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi Teams With Epiphone For New SG Special Guitar
Iommi's iconic riffs and heavy tones, and Black Sabbath's influential albums created the blueprint for heavy metal and many other genres to follow.
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Sumerlands Soundtrack the Moody ‘80s Movie in Your Mind, and More New Metal
There’s a new Ozzy Osbourne album out this month. There’s also a new Striborg album out: two and a half hours of oppressively bleak — and, at its best, downright chilling — “blackwave” courtesy of the Tasmanian loner known as Sin Nanna. I state these facts to demonstrate a simple point: The universe of what … Sumerlands Soundtrack the Moody ‘80s Movie in Your Mind, and More New Metal Read More » The post Sumerlands Soundtrack the Moody ‘80s Movie in Your Mind, and More New Metal appeared first o
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Ozzy Osbourne is planning a new project to share unreleased material recorded with Taylor Hawkins
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Ozzy Osbourne Once Picketed His Own Gig and 12 Other Things We Learned Hanging out With the Iron Man
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Ozzy Osbourne Shares Full NFL Halftime Performance That Barely Aired on TV: Watch
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There was a time when it seemed unlikely that we would hear from Ozzy Osbourne again. Heavy metal’s clown prince of darkness has had a rough few years, in which he revealed that he has Parkinson’s disease (diagnosed in 2003 but kept secret until 2019), was hospitalised for pneumonia, Covid and blood clots, and underwent “life-changing” surgery following a fall. A planned farewell tour has been postponed multiple times: the dates are currently pencilled in for 2023.
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Ozzy Osbourne Is a Bright Light on Star-Studded Album Patient Number 9: Review
The metal icon's strong vocal performance is backed by an all-star cast of rock luminaries. Ozzy Osbourne Is a Bright Light on Star-Studded Album Patient Number 9: Review Greg Prato
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