Tony Iommi
| Tony Iommi | |
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Iommi onstage with Heaven & Hell in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anthony Frank Iommi |
| Born |
19 February 1948 Handsworth, Birmingham, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros., I.R.S., Rhino |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | iommi |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson SG | |
Anthony Frank "Tony" Iommi (/aɪˈoʊmiː/; born 19 February 1948) is an English guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist and one of the four founding members of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and has been the band's sole continual member and primary composer for nearly five decades.
While working in a factory as a teenager, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring finger of his right hand in an accident; an event which crucially affected his playing style. Iommi briefly left Black Sabbath's forerunner, 'Earth', in 1968 to join Jethro Tull, after which he returned to Black Sabbath in 1969, recording their self-titled debut album. In 2000, he released his first solo album Iommi, followed by 2005's Fused, which featured his former bandmate Glenn Hughes. After releasing Fused, he joined Heaven & Hell, which disbanded after Ronnie James Dio's death in 2010.
Iommi was ranked number 25 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
In 2011, he published his autobiography, entitled Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath.
Anthony Frank Iommi was born in Birmingham, the only child of Anthony Frank and Sylvia Maria Iommi (née Valenti, born in Palermo). His mother's family were vineyard owners in Italy. The family were Catholic but rarely attended mass. The family home in the Park Lane area of Aston also housed a shop which was a popular meeting place in the neighbourhood. The family living room doubled as the shop's stockroom. His mother ran the shop while his father was a carpenter by trade.
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