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Monday, August 13, 2012

Tony Iommi

For all the Black Sabbath fans who read this.

Tony Iommi

Birth name: Frank Anthony Iommi
DOB: Feb. 19, 1948
Where: Birmingham, England
Height: 6'2''
Spouse: Maria Sjoholm(1999-present)

Trademarks
-Black leather jacket
-Large silver cross necklace
-Black mustache
-His left-handed Gibson guitar
-Sunglasses
-Mostly black clothes
-Jet black hair
-His long guitar solos and droning riffs
Trivia
-He is the only member of Black Sabbath to have stayed with the band throughout the various changes
-In grade school, he bullied the man who later became his Sabbath band mate, Ozzy Osbourne
-Guitarist for Black Sabbath
-Has played guitars with plastic tips since 1969, when he accidentally cut the tips of his middle and ring fingers off
-Was briefly with Jethro Tull; played with them during The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
-He is the only Black Sabbath member to appear on every one of their album covers
-Best friends with KISS member Gene Simmons
-Best friends with Queen guitarist Brian May
-Born to Italian immigrants

1 comment:

  1. My hubby is a Black Sabbath fan - infact he loves most "Metal". We went to a friends funeral a couple of weeks ago and they blasted Led Zepplin out for him. Its what he wanted and it sounded great and made us all smile. x

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