Icons: Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath

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In this episode of “Icons,” GibsonTV sits down with Heavy Metal pioneer Tony Iommi to learn about his early years in Birmingham, England, the accident that almost ended his career as a guitarist and his 55 year musical journey with Black Sabbath.
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Chapters:
0:00 Wanting to be a drummer, growing up in Birmingham
1:38 Learning Cliff Richard & The Shadows songs
2:09 Tony Iommi’s first guitar
2:34 How Tony Iommi lost his fingertips & the sound of Black Sabbath
6:22 Tony’s first gigs
8:00 Developing a sound, Bill Ward & Mythology
9:26 The Gibson SG & Tony’s gear
12:17 Meeting Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler & first Black Sabbath gigs
15:37 Tony is asked to join Jethro Tull & Rolling Stones Movie
19:27 Getting Black Sabbath back together
21:25 Recording Black Sabbath & Paranoid
24:01 Black Sabbath’s first gigs in America & birth of Heavy Metal
28:02 Writing ‘War Pigs’,‘NIB’, ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’
31:04 Writing ‘Masters Of Reality’ and downtuning
33:19 Van Halen & KISS
35:28 Painting Bill Ward gold during ‘Volume 4’ recording sessions
37:45 Setting Bill Ward on fire & recording with Martin Birch
39:31 Recording ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’, Clearwell Castle & writer's block
41:16 Recording ‘Technical Ecstasy’, Ozzy leaving, recording ‘Never Say Die’
43:49 Working with Ronnie James Dio, writing ‘Heaven and Hell’
46:28 Working with Ian Gillan
48:08 Black Sabbath at Live Aid, Dehumanizer & Rob Halford gigs
49:57 Solo album, Eminimen, dave Grohl, Billy Corgan & Henry Rollins
53:21 Black Sabbath’s legacy & future plans
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@gibsonguitar 3 ай бұрын

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@hughjoelcock7145 3 жыл бұрын

Whoever decided to put him on a throne deserves a god damn raise.

@tkl7049 3 жыл бұрын

As he should be. The very first heavy metal guitarist. Tony Iommi is the king

@axelcaceres3582 3 жыл бұрын

That's where he belongs \m/

@andrewwheelerguitar 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@jakenorris6189 3 жыл бұрын

I've got one but his is nicer.

@fredericoalves2790 3 жыл бұрын

True! Iommi is King!

@jamesjoiner5766 3 жыл бұрын

Of course Heavy Metal was born of a guitarist having his fingers cut off .. It just makes sense .

@erikdahlgren6656 3 жыл бұрын

Cut of by a metal guilioutine as he put it.🤘

@Clafrance1971 3 жыл бұрын

Heavy Metal borne of literal heavy metal.....

@kebokev7519 3 жыл бұрын

It was destiny

@evansfanily7510 3 жыл бұрын

A blood sacrifice to our lord sweet satan

@bad4fi 3 жыл бұрын

Now I know why is heavy metal hand sign like that

@GeetarAddict 2 жыл бұрын

Tony iommi is the reason heavy metal was even a thing, what a legend.

@spartan2188 Жыл бұрын

As Tony Iommi said, I don't really consider Black Sabbath to be "Heavy Metal". They are much more Hard Rock to me.

@thelokifiles Жыл бұрын

The man wrote the songs. Can't argue with that.

@veikkajoensuu 6 ай бұрын

@@spartan2188doesn't matter what genre they are. You can't argue against them starting metal.

@dono2926 4 ай бұрын

@@spartan2188Listen to the intro of Under the Sun by Black Sabbath and tell me that's not metal lol

@chiron1st 3 ай бұрын

@@spartan2188 He's just being humble. Metal started with Black Sabbath. End of discussion.

@escherpainting8622 Жыл бұрын

Not one member of Sabbath ever struck me as arrogant or pretentious. Four of the most humble men that ever graced the stage. They changed history, forever, and they are so down to earth about it. Can't be overstated how refreshing their attitude is. Especially Ozzy in recent interviews.

@VantumSlaithe 8 ай бұрын

Nothing to prove whenever youve ruled the world. They humbled themselves through karma.

@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec 2 ай бұрын

They’re working class boys. The kind of pomp and arrogance comes from the middle-classes, like page and zeppelin which was all very pompous and arrogant

@ogazm1865 18 күн бұрын

And none of them have lost their accents 👏👍

@user-lv7ph7hs7l 16 күн бұрын

@@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec Anf they borrowed a lot of ideas... Sabbath is way more original.

@falconbaker8553 3 жыл бұрын

Tony lost his fingers making steel That’s pretty metal ;)

@younggoat3521 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@mhcpl772 3 жыл бұрын

LOL Thats true

@Yannnus 3 жыл бұрын

The real Iron Man!

@tinfoilhatter 3 жыл бұрын

he may not have had his revenge, but he sure as hell has done well for himself and all ourselves~~ RESPECTO, MAESTRO~!!

@tinfoilhatter 3 жыл бұрын

@Plymouth Fury think about it: no black sabbath, no metal! no god of thunder, no kiss, maybe no -huggy, maybe-no-weddin'-bell~ ...but on the bright side, farther-along-that-truly-bleak-and-nightmarish-'timeline', no 'nu-metal', either, haha~

@GoldTop57 3 жыл бұрын

“Heavy” isn’t about speed. It’s about tone, mood, feel, riff structure, and that thing you can’t quantify. It’s just in the player. Iommi is living proof. Rock god

@mylerwilson4879 3 жыл бұрын

But speed can definitely effect heaviness

@GoldTop57 3 жыл бұрын

Myler Wilson No doubt it’s a factor. It’s just sometimes it seems there’s a perception that heavy or intense rock has to be full of lightning fast runs and sweeps.

@MIKO_MDG 3 жыл бұрын

Well I guess as Iommi fans we don't have to choose... he was supernatually quick when he wanted 2 B

@Pirustae 3 жыл бұрын

And the fat thick riffs that fills your head. That's the main tone of it.

@iwillspam5985 3 жыл бұрын

Bolt Thrower

@johnkatsoudas4767 9 ай бұрын

No guitar player will ever write as many amazing riffs as Tony Iommi. He will always be the king of riffs.

@snausages69er 3 ай бұрын

Jerry Cantrell?

@85isaboat53 2 ай бұрын

Keith richards?

@romans003 2 ай бұрын

James Hetfield

@mikemyros4142 27 күн бұрын

Malcolm Young

@Naga_Starr 24 күн бұрын

Mick Mars

@moisescarvalho56 3 жыл бұрын

Let me just state the facts: he is the greatest metal guitarist of all time:

@codysroom6303 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely the o.g. that started metal

@tonyb9735 2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm ... that's a bit childish, really. There is no one single "greatest metal guitarist of all time". Tony is effing brilliant though, a music legend.

@codysroom6303 2 жыл бұрын

@@tonyb9735 iommi is a legend his riffs are where most metal players start but what about alexi leaho (sure i spelled his name wrong) or how bout ingvey malmsteen, or john pattruccui? Or the 100s of others we could all name. Greatest guitarist are subjective to the person who is voicing there opinion. We could all argue forever at who is or was the best. What about abasi or tim henson or etcetera etcetera.

@ivanemilov522 2 жыл бұрын

@@codysroom6303 yeah it's all subjective opinions at this point but there's one objective truth... Iommy is a fucking legend :DDD

@codysroom6303 2 жыл бұрын

@@ivanemilov522 for sure is

@MarkBarna1 4 жыл бұрын

How cool to have Tony Iommi talk for an hour with no interviewer's comments, questions and asides included. Watched the whole thing. Good job Gibson. This is an innovative artist spotlight.

@jeffheineken6709 4 жыл бұрын

MarkBarna1 This is how it should be done..

@jayrott81 4 жыл бұрын

And not one boring moment

@auntjenifer7774 4 жыл бұрын

That was fucking boring as heck.

@keithj6251 4 жыл бұрын

Tony has told these stories dozens of times if not hundreds of times. I imagine he's a bit tired of it. It's always the same uninspired questions from interviewers. If you've never heard these stories and you don't find them interesting then you're just not a fan of Black Sabbath.

@RichusRkr 4 жыл бұрын

@@auntjenifer7774 not at all, I couldn't stop listening

@musicsucks5843 4 жыл бұрын

I like to think this throne is where Tony spends most of his time

@DavidOakesMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact he filmed this himself. Theres nobody else there. He just loves to hear himself talk :P :P

@longinuscyclone213 4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidOakesMusic honestly I cant blame him

@whatcher8151 4 жыл бұрын

Dio had chairs like this in his living room and dining area.

@nhproductions1895 4 жыл бұрын

He looks like a sinister guy in a throne in an evil lair. The true prince of darkness.

@morrigan7066 4 жыл бұрын

Rightfully so

@HachiTheBullMoose 2 жыл бұрын

Tony didn't write riffs, he forged them.

@blakjack3053 2 жыл бұрын

This comment for the win

@letsstartawarsaidmaggieoneday 2 жыл бұрын

Damnnnnn

@mnetzer6777 Жыл бұрын

Great comment!!

@rashikislam3985 Жыл бұрын

Perfect !

@izzyoss773 Жыл бұрын

All did it same lol His works for him and band That is it

@amocmofficial 3 жыл бұрын

Huge props to Tony for being a welder prior to his music career, and to lose his fingers as a working class man and still play guitar is a true testimony to his strength to endure. God bless him!

@JakeKlineMusic Жыл бұрын

Okay as a climbing tree surgeon, I did not know the welding and fingers story at all. I have anybody successful in music pegged as a satanic sellout, if only by default, but perhaps I'll look into Tony as one possible exception. Also gotta look into Randy Rhoads, Michael Schenker, and I forget who else...

@RaspiRoope 7 ай бұрын

@@JakeKlineMusicyou probably should change your whole outlook on musicians...

@JakeKlineMusic 7 ай бұрын

@@RaspiRoope "Tell me why-ee" 😎

@JakeStrange66 5 ай бұрын

"satanic sellout." 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂

@JakeKlineMusic 5 ай бұрын

@@JakeStrange66 so cool & edgy

@modergav 4 жыл бұрын

I love how Tony has this dark aura, but he is also very educated and polite. He is basically the count Dracula of the guitar world

@modergav 4 жыл бұрын

@perception's door's I was kinda sleepy when I wrote. Thanks for the headsup

@edmundchoy2992 4 жыл бұрын

Legends are immortal

@nickknee3515 4 жыл бұрын

And he's pretty damn funny and can tell a good story.

@salottin 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! He's always wearing only black, speaks in a low volume, but always seems like a nice guy!

@renorailfanning5465 4 жыл бұрын

He's also a big fan of Doris Day's music :)

@freto_cognito9001 3 жыл бұрын

That manager that brought the Django record to you is a god damn hero.

@AUTHENTICAUTOBODY 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I hope he was thanked, somewhere along the line.

@leannnoland8537 3 жыл бұрын

That was truly an act of kindness to share that story and music. What a demonstration of love. Thank you!

@gordonbrown4673 3 жыл бұрын

@hans meier his boss at the plant, I think?

@MIKO_MDG 3 жыл бұрын

Yes that wasn't lost on me either. That's the Universe in Motion. Always spinning, spinning, spinning... it's like a centrifuge that separates the Great Ones

@jijja74 3 жыл бұрын

I heard a few different stories on who showed him the Django EP....either Jim Simpson or his Boss at the Steel Plant. Everything in this story almost feels like it was destiny, but that’s easy with hindsight. It almost didn’t happen....

@HansBernd180 3 жыл бұрын

every great guitarists story begins with his parents not wanting drums because they are too loud

@saedt 2 жыл бұрын

100%

@seba5837 2 жыл бұрын

Same here, I’ve been playing guitar for almost 20 years and I started cuz the same xD

@steventollefson5418 2 жыл бұрын

I may not be a guitar god but this statement is accurate for me

@bronzewand 2 жыл бұрын

Eventually even the metal guitar was too loud so I ruined my life when I then became a jazz guitarist

@johntimothypascual854 2 жыл бұрын

I actually started planning to play bass but when i started borrowing a guitar to play 4 strings, it kinda struck me

@tayljordan 3 жыл бұрын

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, this man's impact to music worldwide is arguably singular in its acuity. According to statistica heavy metal accounts for ~17% of all music in 2020. The revenue generated from this genre can be measured in the billions. There was nothing - and that nothing should be underscored - prior to his sessions in the late 60's. Thank you Gibson for this interview.

@DrJ-hx7wv 3 жыл бұрын

I can't deny a word of that. Well put.

@user-mz8iu7qx4n 3 жыл бұрын

Totally. Metal as we know it would be either non-existent, or completely different.

@modernapexfinancials 3 жыл бұрын

Yes but the trashy metal you have tpday is nothing compared to tony music. He is like the epitome of hard rock and roots of heavy music but his music is not heavy metal for sure. Atleast to what we have today day n age. Mosy heavy metal today is bs music. No melody just garbage noise, pure entertainment. Masks and makeup. Tony came from jazz and blues thats where he get his notes selection.

@facelessandnameless 3 жыл бұрын

@@modernapexfinancials There’s plenty of good metal today 😒 You’re obviously not looking.

@modernapexfinancials 3 жыл бұрын

@@facelessandnameless theres good metal as theres is lots of garbage metal.

@mach2223 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Tony just casually laughs about almost murdering his drummer.

@aresman1234 2 жыл бұрын

TWICE, lmao

@robwalsh9843 2 жыл бұрын

Now you know what the influences of This Is Spinal Tap are.

@runtwer5700 4 жыл бұрын

"Geezer never played the bass before..." and yet, he's one of the greatest bass players of all time. Loving hearing everything from Tony's perspective.

@scarakus 4 жыл бұрын

That's why He's so brilliant, because he applied guitar riffs to the bass.

@KurtGAndersen 4 жыл бұрын

Richard Skipper So very true! So many persons get great at their skills despite their disabilities and shortcomings and not because of their obvious talent.

@samiam9059 4 жыл бұрын

He is sooooooooo underrated. Using all his fingers constantly.

@renato7502 4 жыл бұрын

His book Iron Man is awesome...

@ssurjohannesen9653 4 жыл бұрын

No jaco pastorius Gary thain Jonas hellborg Jack Bruce Colin hodginson Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen Stanley Clarke and me øssur johannesen are much Better bassplayers than geezer Also geddy Lee les claypool

@ethankiter9323 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who has ever played a metal riff owes something to this man

@MrThebigredone 5 ай бұрын

Dave Davies of the Kinks created the first distortion by slashing his amp, Tony himself said as much.Can't take anything away from Tony though, a legend.

@CrimBJJ Жыл бұрын

God this guy has it all. Style, looks, eloquence and especially sound. Long live Tony iommi

@guym2222 3 жыл бұрын

"Oh, I've got tons of riffs still..." WHAT!!?? YESSSSS!

@maxbeale8186 3 күн бұрын

I really hope those riffs see the light of day

@andrewcorbett5729 4 жыл бұрын

To invent a genre. To have your own signature sound. Legend

@seelenwinter6662 3 жыл бұрын

60 years of success... more isnt to say.. no band will ever beat that...

@kippensport7530 3 жыл бұрын

@another pizza no one cares about them tho

@AlexKilinuwu 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 2006. My classmates have heard of Black Sabbath. I listen to Black Sabbath. My mom used to listen to them. Black Sabbath is my favorite metal band

@ygslyn6732 Жыл бұрын

Ok?

@Enraged-vu2vb Жыл бұрын

Same here, started listening in year 7

@Enraged-vu2vb Жыл бұрын

@@ygslyn6732 shut up

@helmsylvanian Жыл бұрын

@@ygslyn6732 surprise its a comment section where people can type things

@Blayze1017 Жыл бұрын

I was born in ‘62 and Black Sabbath is also my favorite.

@BootsORiley 3 жыл бұрын

if Cliff Burton were still alive, he'd be absolutely GEEKING OUT watching this shit

@ShakespearesBruv 3 жыл бұрын

“It was a bit silly, we could have killed him. & then there was the time we set him on fire...”

@vegashdrider 3 жыл бұрын

ShakespearesBruv 😂😂😂

@Mang213 3 жыл бұрын

God damn that was funny

@elgatofelix8917 3 жыл бұрын

Tony: "Bill can I set fire to you?" Bill: "Not just now I'm" busy" Tony: "OK then"

@michaelward9880 3 жыл бұрын

Poor Bill Ward! Drummer and whipping boy. I'm glad he survived all those pranks.

@buttkid3548 2 жыл бұрын

And Bill's mom called Tony and told him to leave her Bill alone.

@kariarabellalassauniere402 4 жыл бұрын

Tony Iommi : he didn't write a riff or two, he forged every note in steel.

@bushmanwest5109 3 жыл бұрын

Factory standard brummy steel

@markgasmanprothero4442 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@ABCDEFGHIJKELA... 2 жыл бұрын

This interview belongs to rock history. This needs to preserved on every media there is today.

@humanbeing2420 3 жыл бұрын

Tony Iommi's story is remarkable. A guitarist loses two fingertips, and instead of giving up, he does what he can, adapting his playing style to his changed circumstances. And as a result he creates heavy metal.

@komagome03 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is as iconic as you can get. Today the word legend is thrown out without meaning but Tony Iommi is truly a living legend. A person that changed music forever and inspired million of people to pick up a guitar and thousands of bands to start play.

@MozTheBoz 4 жыл бұрын

He single-handedly kickstarted a music genre

@strictlynorton 4 жыл бұрын

Perfectly stated! Cooler than a penguin's flipper too.

@piggsy20 4 жыл бұрын

In short, he invented metal

@kenduffy5397 4 жыл бұрын

@Luca Gabino... Well said, well said.

@threadbear 4 жыл бұрын

I saw Black Sabbath (minus Bill Ward) on the 2013 tour. Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler were both magnificent. Ozzy was crocked - but he got away with it because he's Ozzy.

@triledink 4 жыл бұрын

Original title: Gods: Tony Iommi

@whatcher8151 4 жыл бұрын

God with a spray can,rubbing alcohol, a zippo and a SG.

@isolan9 4 жыл бұрын

why the volume is so slow, and they have money and stuff

@officialgmusic 4 жыл бұрын

Not A God by any means

@Yankenzi 4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!

@DarthLithious501 4 жыл бұрын

@@officialgmusic A metal God dude. You must be fun at parties.

@troy78 2 жыл бұрын

The King of Metal. Tony Iommi arguably invented the genre of metal guitar riffs, and tone. Black Sabbath be it with Ozzy, RJD or Tony Martin fronting the band, it’s Iommi’s monstrous Gibson riffs that drove the band. A legend and all time personal favorite guitarist of mine. Hail to TheRiffLord!

@GregJay 3 жыл бұрын

Their first album Black Sabbath is probably the only album I have ever bought because of how the cover looked, it put the hook right in me before I ever even heard one song,the best part about it is the band did not disappoint incredible sound, loved em ever since. Coolest album cover ever!

@infiniteandroid 3 жыл бұрын

First album I got from the library!!!!!!...... blew me away!!!!!!!

@stephanielakin4666 Жыл бұрын

"Still falls the rain,the veils of darkness shroud the blackened trees, which, contorted by some unseen violence,shed their tired leaves, and bend their boughs toward a gray earth of severed bird wings...

@jeffreese1828 3 ай бұрын

AND one of the jammingest ! Love the whole style and tone . I had acquired two versions a single record double cover that had the inverted cross inside , that had "Evil Woman" on it . Single lp , single cover had "Wicked World" instead . Anybody know what's up w that ? Rock on !

@portugeseking7959 4 жыл бұрын

Tony Iommi is one of the reasons I picked up the guitar.

@williamgainford9332 4 жыл бұрын

hes the reason i put it back down again lol

@MzuMzu-nx1em 4 жыл бұрын

I have an ampli by black star designed by Iommi

@williamgainford9332 4 жыл бұрын

@@MzuMzu-nx1em i have a laney la 30 / black country customs boost - i win lol

@MzuMzu-nx1em 4 жыл бұрын

@@williamgainford9332 I am a bass player you would win in any case , I doubt that your ampli can do a better metal arpeggio than the black star ht5 metal

@moussetache1815 4 жыл бұрын

Same here, and I still play on the same SG.

@mrzed2349 4 жыл бұрын

In 100 years black sabbath will be considered classical music.

@frankscuderi7605 4 жыл бұрын

YES you will then ,and now, and whats to come, you will never be able to take away that statement, thats forever. Check KZfaq BLACK SABBATH PIZZA STORY I play guitar on that show, I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND

@randyjohnson1352 4 жыл бұрын

Required Course For All Musical Degrees... Ozzy may have his own case study, for Psychiatric Studies, & Biology (someone has to figure out how he's made it this long, with all he's ingested, lol)..

@nawco7138 4 жыл бұрын

I mean they get genred for classic rock and heavy metal so there almost there now aye

@michaelolz 3 жыл бұрын

mr zed I think there’s a lot to what you say. They did pretty much create a whole genre.

@nawco7138 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelolz ye

@FazzzyV 2 жыл бұрын

Heavy Metal wouldn’t be what it is today without this icon.

@toxtapodi2514 3 жыл бұрын

I could sit and listen to him for hours...

@AndreaMaccianti 4 жыл бұрын

Tony... Living legend. What he gave to music is indescribable in words. His guitar riffs are history.

@gibsonguitar 4 жыл бұрын

So many great riffs!!!!!

@BITESIZEJONES 4 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget the great guitar solos too.

@AndreaMaccianti 4 жыл бұрын

@@BITESIZEJONES Sure! It was obvious! 😁🤘

@2502may 4 жыл бұрын

yes , his guitar riffs are his story

@theriffwriter2194 4 жыл бұрын

It seems every time I hear someone say "_____ isn't that great of a guitar player" They're the type of player that doesn't really "shred" but they've wrote dozens of iconic riffs. And the guitarist those people look up to, only other guitar players know who they are and the rest of the 99.5% of homosapiens couldn't give a shit. It's the riffs that they chant in sport stadiums. It's the riffs that all your favorite songs are made of. It's the riffs that make em dream.

@murrgone6619 4 жыл бұрын

“Bill can I set fire to you?” “Not just now, I’m busy.”

@KidneyFailureGaming Жыл бұрын

Iommi not only created the backbone for metal, he forged it in hell, south of heaven. Thank you Tony.

@betterdeadthanred839 2 жыл бұрын

In his biography Ozzie said that as a young man Tony was a well known knockout artist in his neighborhood, and somebody who could hold his own in any situation.

@JMarinelli 2 жыл бұрын

That’s saying a lot, because Birmingham is a tough town.

@jarrettthomas4865 3 жыл бұрын

If this guys music career doesn’t pan out I think he should try his luck at audiobook reading

@davidtaylor4975 4 жыл бұрын

Tony comes over as really decent guy. He doesn't have a bad word to say about anyone.

@frankscuderi7605 4 жыл бұрын

Yes more than you think. Over the years the media had him as a devil pitchfork person more or less, especially in the early years they really played him to be just about everything he was not , I can tell you that first hand . I met him when I was 16 & now I AM 65 ,and been friends with him over the years . Who I thought he was because of the media I wanted to be just the way I seen him. In reality he was 21 and i was 16 and he said to me like a older brother that my act was not the way to be and the way the media made him to be ,that did me a world of good in growing up. So decent I would put it he was just real a person just like any one else in a good way. check KZfaq BLACK SABBATH PIZZA ,my story is on there you will get a better picture in what I am talking talking about .I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND.

@ZK-hh2or 3 жыл бұрын

@@frankscuderi7605 Tony is one mysterious metal man. I'd like to think (then amd ever) he is the original heavy metal sound.

@Grimeyhoob 3 жыл бұрын

Tony is Black Sabbath and Tony is Heavy metal. Ozzy is great - but Tony created the sound and drove the band to being the pioneers of metal.

@frankscuderi7605 3 жыл бұрын

@@Grimeyhoob I said over and over again, without Tony there be no Black SABBATH .The world would long for the sound and style and the ability ,Tony had to be all this just for starters. I feel it just all fits for the change TONY made in music and no one could ever take or deny any mark TONY became as a guitar innovator for all he did. Check KZfaq BLACK SABBATH PIZZA its my story I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND

@theblackswordsmandragonsla4079 3 жыл бұрын

he is just plain LEGIT

@rodrigofonseca6241 2 жыл бұрын

I love this man, his guitar playing obviously, but also the smooth way he talks, his dark humor, all his aura. I bet he's a hell of a human being and that's the most important thing.

@GTX1123 2 жыл бұрын

Tony Iommi = THE RIFF KING

@deanrussell5901 3 жыл бұрын

Tony's voice was recorded with great technique, there's no room reverb considering the location. Good job Gibson!

@marialiyubman 3 жыл бұрын

Same ^

@kristopherryanwatson 3 жыл бұрын

oh wow, i just realized that. youre right. props to Gibson for a good job on that. its like having an intimate conversation with him yet within the atmospher of a church. how fitting.

@nathanielleack4842 2 жыл бұрын

@@kristopherryanwatson All while the riff lord looks on you from a wooden throne. I couldnt pause this video once it just sucked me in

@kristopherryanwatson 2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanielleack4842 Right !!

@itswrongtokillanimalsifyou2837 2 жыл бұрын

More down to mic choice, probably. He might be wearing a lapel mic.

@worsfoldjm82 4 жыл бұрын

I could listen to him talking for hours. I also could also listen to him play for hours.

@gibsonguitar 4 жыл бұрын

Us too!!!!

@nickthess1982 4 жыл бұрын

agree

@agostocobain2729 3 жыл бұрын

What a gentleman this man is, when he is The most influential rock guitarist of our time period!

@janparadowski4894 Жыл бұрын

I hope I am not the only one who at random days feels grateful that this legend is still alive

@jacksongatens2419 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the day that Iommi, Ringo Starr, and Geddy Lee finally take their sunglasses off

@kasperkjrsgaard1447 3 жыл бұрын

Jackson Gatens Ian Hunter told them not to

@theknightsofawesomeness2701 3 жыл бұрын

That would be a great super group

@Wargasm644 3 жыл бұрын

Kerry king

@vegashdrider 3 жыл бұрын

Jackson Gatens he's Toni fucking Iommi, he does what he wants and you'll like it!

@edsaadi 3 жыл бұрын

And Bono

@80085word69 4 жыл бұрын

“Well, what’s wrong with him?” “He’s painted gold”

@Bumbaclot213 4 жыл бұрын

80085word69 I read about this in his book, though he didn’t mention lacquering with clear-coat after hahaha!!!

@leesmartin 4 жыл бұрын

I laughed after that when Tony said so casually ''And the same with setting him on fire''

@tomacosta85 4 жыл бұрын

Quick get the lauqer thinner. Lol

@Ramirods1986 Жыл бұрын

Love tony with all my heart. He didn't created a sound, he created an entire musical genre.

@vickyallen501 3 жыл бұрын

Please please do more icons!!!!! So many greats out there! Thanks Gibson!

@gibsonguitar 3 жыл бұрын

More episodes coming soon!

@alfiemoran6684 3 жыл бұрын

his guitar also deserves to have a throne

@infiniteandroid 3 жыл бұрын

Fuckin awesome!!!!!!... well said!!!

@johnk-ht4yj 4 жыл бұрын

"One night Bill Ward got pissed as a parrot & we painted him gold......then a week later we set him on fire........anyways that was Volume 4" always wondered why i like that album so much. LOL.

@nonexistenceisbliss9528 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha ahh the good ole days of lightning your mates on fire... Good times. 😊

4 жыл бұрын

Volume 4, IMO is Sabbath's best with Ozzy.

@ThomasL 4 жыл бұрын

May be because it's also because it's rated number one album in all history of music being having the highest cocaïne rate per person.

@Bumbaclot213 4 жыл бұрын

the weight of devil’s dandruff smashed during the recording of Vol 4 is probably heavier than all of the riffs on that album

@markrago7217 4 жыл бұрын

@ i like Sabotage the most. Volume 4 perhaps my least favorite of first six albums. The songs were okay, but the production was awful. Terrible sound quality.

@DuchDude 2 жыл бұрын

there's a saying in my family - "kol akava le'tova", which is Hebrew for "every hinder or delay is for the best in the end". to think that a horrible accident that had cost Iommi his fingers would result in him finding a new sound, that went up to be one of the most iconic sounds in metal history! Iommi is a legend, deserving of all the fame he has.

@graemecreegan6749 Жыл бұрын

Not just one of the most iconic sounds in metal history, literally it’s genesis 👌

@gs032009 2 жыл бұрын

Tony: a modest and polite artist, who changed modern guitar-driven music forever. Well done, buddy!:-)

@billjannusch 4 жыл бұрын

Tony Iommi is my favorite guitarist ever. Black Sabbath rules my life..

@KainenBurgess 4 жыл бұрын

I cant pick a favorite of all time but if I had to pick 5 its gonna have to be Tony Iommi, dimebag, Jerry Cantrell, and Zakk wylde

@frankmehrer9359 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite is George Harrison and then Keith Richards and then Tony Iommi

@sotis1756 4 жыл бұрын

Haha i see you on every sabbath bootleg video! I agree 100% tony made me pick up an SG 1 year ago. Playing Sabbath tunes daily :D!

@northernthrifter8817 4 жыл бұрын

@@KainenBurgess that's 4 bud

@nyalarhotep 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, can be heard in your music. Though you sing more in Halford/Owens style.

@revolutionday1 4 жыл бұрын

His "Iommi" album from 2000 is one of the most unappreciated recordings ever. That whole thing smokes!!

@kkdeveauxgue2784 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah his first with just his name,when that album came out it was really good I bought it before it got out the box to the shelf

@marcenlow 4 жыл бұрын

Terry Hesticles You need to check out the 1996 DEP Sessions with Glenn Hughes if you haven’t already. You’ll love it!

@ihatespam2 4 жыл бұрын

Agree, so many good songs

@kenduffy5397 4 жыл бұрын

@Terry Hesticles... ABSOLUTELY!

@Slowhand871 2 жыл бұрын

We owe that manager a great deal of gratitude for bringing him that record! Seriously though what a great person he was to give a young person that was injured and leaving some inspiration. Kindness for the win!

@mrwhompass1986 Жыл бұрын

So humble. The mans a musical genius.

@mikeriesco6174 4 жыл бұрын

A lefty SG he got from a stranger in a Birmingham parking lot, a Rangemaster treble booster, and a simple Laney amp. That's it. With these simple tools (and 2 fingertips missing) he redefined rock music. Yikes.

@00big_chungus00 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Riesco because sound is in a person

@almorik 4 жыл бұрын

How the fuck is that yikes

@TheLawlessproduction 4 жыл бұрын

almo Maybe yikes as in he didn’t need two pedal boards with fifty effects running into two different amps to have amazing tone and become a living legend.

@jayt7178 4 жыл бұрын

almo because it’s scary how simple yet uncannily it all came about. Like it was meant to happen. Imagine if he hadn’t lost his fingertips and did go on that tour, the world would never had heard of Black Sabbath. Not in the way that we know and love, anyways. Yikes as in it’s crazy.

4 жыл бұрын

I own a Laney. Fantastic amps. Unlike some Marshalls, Laney is strictly UK. And I've always loved the SG much more than the Les Paul. Especially when using strictly the bridge pickup. It can give Godzilla nightmares.

@nooneknows3478 3 жыл бұрын

These "Icons" interviews are works of art. Couldn't ask for anything more then watching my guitar hero's in a comfortable environment speaking openly and freely without interruption. Please continue these, and if I could put in a vote for who to interview next, please get Adam Jones 👌🤘

@dbarber3033 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear Adam "pacman" Jones talk too man !!

@SterlingSimmons22 3 жыл бұрын

Yes please. Adam Jones next

@donjohnson7550 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy page

@codysroom6303 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I loved hammets . plus ernie ball string theory is a killer and similiar deal.just ernie ball artists.

@XavierTansley 2 жыл бұрын

Would love Dug Pinnick from King's X

@sotis1756 3 жыл бұрын

Now we need an hour of him playing the guitar, and talking about it

@todddunn4719 2 жыл бұрын

The world owes him a lot for what he gave us. Best band the world will ever see.

@AndyDemos 4 жыл бұрын

I love the format here: no fluff, just Tony sharing his stories. Well done!

@Homie3794 3 жыл бұрын

Heheh. No Fluff...

@Psyfi85 3 жыл бұрын

steve m :)

@dantedoomsday 3 жыл бұрын

Poor, Bill. Tony, Geezer, and Ozzy always trying to kill him. LOL

@joelhammer3538 3 жыл бұрын

Bill is a fantastic guy. Too bad he hardly ever gives interviews.

@88omair 3 жыл бұрын

@@joelhammer3538 so disappointed that he wasn't on the last album 13

@thestig7603 3 жыл бұрын

Kenny from South park in real life

@randyheath8566 2 жыл бұрын

Bill said okay I'm ready for you to set me on Fire 🔥Bill's the Dumb ass. We Love you Bill 😍❤🖤👍👏🕳🔗⛓✝️☮

@That.old.mountain 3 жыл бұрын

Such a well made interview , letting him speak and with subtle but super high quality production

@user-iz1ob4jl4h 22 күн бұрын

Tony Iommi is my favorite percussion was my first love and I failed miserably ....then I met someone who taught me my first chords when I was eleven.....I picked the guitar up on a week. I got my first black Sabbath record when i was 13. We should our souls for rock and roll. When I was 26 made the final decision that Black Sabbath would be king! Tony Iommi the greatest guitarists ever! . I saw them in bristow va 2016. The end tour. Wow never got my fingers chopped off....yet I have common ground with Iommi and I found that out today. I own an 1963 reissue Les Paul sg custom 2010.....God bless Black Sabbath they weren't evil....they spoke about life.

@tritonusseitan6601 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Gibson! Celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the Black Sabbath debut this way, is simply perfect!

@socal9551 4 жыл бұрын

The best video I've seen on KZfaq this year.

@gibsonguitar 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!!!

@mysterii184 4 жыл бұрын

@@gibsonguitar i will lose my ever-loving mind if you guys get Jimmy Page on this show.

@valuedhumanoid6574 2 жыл бұрын

That Black Sabbath first album cover is haunting. The vibe and the feelings you get from it are deep and dark. Brilliant

@mikekeeler6362 6 ай бұрын

That's one of the best covers

@Apacheviking1961 Жыл бұрын

When I met Tony at NAMM, I told Tony how much I loved 🥰 Born Again with Ian Gillan. Tony gave me the biggest smile ever grabbed my hand and shook it hard, so hard I said Tony I play bass. We both had a huge belly laugh and then Tony looked deep into my eyes and said Thank you 🙏..💯🎸💫🤩..

@abrahamramirez3980 4 жыл бұрын

I wish that Iommi and Bill Ward would put out an instrumental album nowadays and call it MYTHOLOGY!

@abe1sapien 4 жыл бұрын

Abraham Ramirez yes!!!!

@ozzy358 4 жыл бұрын

@@abe1sapien up

@carpademen1066 4 жыл бұрын

Bill wasn't treated well by Sabbath lately though, insulted and given a low percentage to do the last tour. Sad because he is as much Sabbath as anyone.

@moussetache1815 4 жыл бұрын

@@carpademen1066 Yes, it was rather sad in the end, also I didn't really like this drummer they took

@cgkuch4184 4 жыл бұрын

They can call it what ever they want? Just do it!

@dagony7383 4 жыл бұрын

My older brothers took me to my first concert in 1978,i was 13- black sabbath/Van halen Madison Square garden. Sat right in front of Tony iommi mesmerized the whole show. Everyone left that show talking about EVH but all I talked about was I just saw the greatest guitarist ever:TONY IOMMI... the next day my father got me a used black gibson sg and a Marshall half stack and taught me to play, I'm 55 now and never stopped playing SGs or sabbath songs and passed it on to my son. Have to say thank you to Tony for inspiring me to play and inventing the greatest music ever, METAL!!!. Thanks gibson for the upload and for making the most amazing guitars!!!

@dagony7383 3 жыл бұрын

@Chris Kinsella screw EVH hasn't done anything good since the the first four VH albums, same as metallica just living off their past glory. The VH reunion was such a joke without Michael Anthony. Eddie was great for the flash and tapping but had no longevity like iommi has and still does. My two cents anyway.

@dagony7383 3 жыл бұрын

@Chris Kinsella didn't say he doesn't have talent, just saying he hasn't done anything with his talent after the fourth VH record, just same solo past thirty years. Every black sabbath album Tony shredded and every sabbath album rocked. 1984 van halen gave up being innovaters and became a top forty mtv pop video band. An I've been playing since 78.

@MitsubishiLancerEvo 3 жыл бұрын

@@dagony7383 Well I guess you don’t have to worry about Eddie now since he’s gone :(

@jeffroofdavis 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that Iommi is the most influential guitar player ever. He is truly a God.

@tonyfanfarone 7 ай бұрын

For me Tony is the man with the heavy and sometimes menacing riffs that I love. Black Sabbath were perfect complements to each other.

@MrRocknroIl 4 жыл бұрын

All hail The Godfather of Heavy Metal!

@frankscuderi7605 4 жыл бұрын

YES

@nativeeats8719 4 жыл бұрын

MrRocknroIl I married my wife just because her maiden name is Reinhardt! 😂

@markhoskins 4 жыл бұрын

This is nice change from the five minute run-of-the-mill artist profile. Good length, lots of info straight from the artist's mouth. Love it!!! ❤❤❤

@gibsonguitar 4 жыл бұрын

More episodes coming soon!

@jimtroeltsch5998 4 жыл бұрын

@@gibsonguitar Word, this was rad!

@frankmehrer9359 4 жыл бұрын

@@gibsonguitar hopefully Keith Richards

@JVDABEATS Жыл бұрын

Black Sabbath will always be my favorite band, and Tony Iommi will be my fav guitarist. They have such a special place in my life. I am so glad and proud, I've seen them live 3 times :)

@marklowe8087 Жыл бұрын

A modest man with good old fashioned values,family,hard work and perseverance.

@aperfecttool462 4 жыл бұрын

" Black Sabbath has already written every great guitar riff. Ever. You can slow it down, speed it up, or reverse it. But, Black Sabbath did it first......and they did it better." Rob Zombie

@guitaristssuck8979 4 жыл бұрын

@Eric Draven indeed the riffs you find in RZ music are so simple

@lmtsonic6117 4 жыл бұрын

They didn't write Smoke on the Water. I think he was late for the bus that day :)

@guitaristssuck8979 4 жыл бұрын

@@lmtsonic6117 yeah, the song that gets boring after the intro

@lmtsonic6117 4 жыл бұрын

@@guitaristssuck8979 Thought it was the best when I was a kid. Now, not so!

@bradhargis2261 4 жыл бұрын

Lol what?

@tryptamineodyssey5074 4 жыл бұрын

May he live for another 100 years.

@blackblurable 3 жыл бұрын

He’s got great memory of everything from how he came up, experiences, all the people he’s met or befriended along the way and everything in between. He’s humble and respectful knowing where he came from. He’s genuine, appreciative and beyond an icon. Toni is one of a kind, a legend that’ll never fade from memory. I still jam out to your tracks daily

@JB-up4pm Жыл бұрын

Tony so humble. Great storyteller!

@TS-wp3wt 4 жыл бұрын

If you didn’t know who tony is you wouldn’t be able to tell he’s a massive rockstar and legend in rock music... Such a normal down to earth guy.

@frankscuderi7605 4 жыл бұрын

I CAN TELL YOU 1st HAND HOW TRUE THAT IS. Check U TUBE BLACK SABBATH PIZZA STORY that will show him from day one. I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND

@gregrobertson7932 4 жыл бұрын

When I saw them in the 90s and I migrated up to the stage during H & H and got there in time for his solo. I SWEAR on my mother's grave and my daughters life that he made eye contact with me. Pretty much everyone else in the audience was throwing the rock on sign and he threw it back to them. I threw the peace sign and he threw it back to me!!! THAT'S why I know we made eye contact. One of the fondest memories of my life!!

@robwalsh9843 3 жыл бұрын

No other musician will ever define heavy metal like Tony. Tony is heavy metal, period.

@therealENENRA 3 ай бұрын

GOAT! As simple as that!!

@therealjohngalaxy 3 жыл бұрын

Ever worry about losing your ability to play the guitar? I do. And then I think about Tony. What an inspiring man. Thank you Tony. ❤️

@marcuschauvin7039 4 жыл бұрын

Tony Iommi and Angus Young is why I love my SG.

@Crazy-bq2ke 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@DareBear2099 4 жыл бұрын

More of this Gibson, I just want to see artists talk. Without even an interviewer really talking about it, This video already makes me want to buy an SG.

@Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward 4 жыл бұрын

😒

@user-lv7ph7hs7l 3 жыл бұрын

Love my Epiphone Tony Iommi signature. It's a very high quality guitar. Had it for 10 years and it feels like a Gibson.

@Metalwheel 3 жыл бұрын

A fine guitar, the Epi Iommi model. Even if Chinese.

@user-lv7ph7hs7l 3 жыл бұрын

@@Metalwheel Most of my Epis including the Iommi one are Korean made. It's a shame they switched to China the Korean Epis where fantastic. Also have a reissue of the first Korina Flying V. What a beautiful guitar, pickups suck so I'm gonna throw in some Burstbuckers and change the tuners to something that looks like the original Flying V but unplugged the sound is to die for and build quality is at least as good as cheaper Gibsons.

@metalmatt3431 3 жыл бұрын

Apart from a B.C. Rich Warlock with Widowmaker headstock, I believe there's no more metal guitar on Earth than a black SG, I have the Tony Iommi signature series model, it's my main guitar and can handle all types of music; do yourself a favour bro

@dmitryowens Ай бұрын

Tony Iommi is the icon of all icons when it comes to hard rock/heavy metal. And a really cool humble thoughtful intelligent guy too.

@louiehannigan2538 6 ай бұрын

The ultimate GOAT of heavy metal. 🤘🤘🤘🤘 Written so many iconic riffs

@user-eo1rm3eb6c 3 жыл бұрын

"Okay I'm ready now, do you want to set me on fire?" -Bill Ward

@groovetrain5756 4 жыл бұрын

If this was all Gibson did in 2019, that would be totally fine.

@thisdude773 3 жыл бұрын

The fact Gibson liked this

@groovetrain5756 3 жыл бұрын

@@thisdude773 , caught this while listening to "Evil Eye" Black Sabbath song with EVH. Paying tribute to a legend.

@maxbeale8186 2 жыл бұрын

Tony is my hero, it was him who inspired me to pick up a guitar and I love learning all the classic Sabbath riffs

@ralhamami 6 ай бұрын

This was the coolest thing ever. What a great guy. I've always been a huge fan, but never had the chance to actually see a proper interview of him. So humble and down-to-earth. Thanks for making this happen Gibson! :)

@tonymoruzzi 2 ай бұрын

Agreed. He’s a really nice bloke.