Tony Iommi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-02-19 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK

Tony Iommi

Biography

Anthony Frank Iommi (/aɪˈoʊmi/) (born 19 February 1948) is a British musician. He co-founded the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader and primary composer and sole continuous member for nearly five decades. Iommi was ranked number 25 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". On his last day of work in a sheet metal factory, as a teenager, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an accident, an event which crucially impacted his playing style. He briefly left Black Sabbath (then known as Earth) in 1968 to join Jethro Tull, but did not record any material with the band, and subsequently returned to Black Sabbath in 1969. 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 formed Heaven & Hell, which disbanded shortly after the death of Ronnie James Dio in 2010 (they toured on Black Sabbath songs when Dio was in the band but changed the name for legal reasons). In 2011, Iommi published his autobiography, entitled Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath.

Known For

Classic Albums
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
Black Sabbath: Vol. 4 Documentary
Black Sabbath: Live in Paris
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Seven Ages of Rock
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
Under the Volcano
Black Sabbath: Never Say Die
Heaven and Hell: Rockpalast
Black Sabbath: Master of Reality Documentary
Black Sabbath: The Last Supper
Black Sabbath: [1989] Headless in Russia
Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes Live
Guitar
Black Sabbath: [1999] Seattle, Washington
Black Sabbath: [1992] Live in Rio - Dehumanizer Tour
Black Sabbath: Live in Fresno
Black Sabbath - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Black Sabbath: [2012] Live at O2 Academy
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Black Sabbath: The End - Live In Birmingham
Black Sabbath: California Jam
Rockfield : The Studio on the Farm
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
Black Sabbath: Live Aid
Inside Black Sabbath: A Critical Review 1970-1992
Black Sabbath. River Plate Stadium Buenos Aries 1994
Black Sabbath: Monsters of Rock Italy
Black Sabbath: [1992] Beacon Theater, NY
Black Sabbath: The Black Sabbath Story, Volume Two
Black Sabbath: 13
We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony
Heaven & Hell: Neon Nights
Black Sabbath - Pop Shop: Part 1
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Black Sabbath: The End of The End
Black Sabbath: The Black Sabbath Story, Volume One
Black Sabbath - Paris 1970
Black Sabbath: [2005] Rockwave Festival
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
Heavy Metal Britannia
Black Sabbath - The Last Super
Heaven & Hell - Live at Wacken Open Air 2009
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Heavy: The Story of Metal
Black Sabbath - Musikladen Live
Black Sabbath [2004] with Rob Halford Live at Ozzfest
Live Aid
Ozzy Osbourne: Live & Loud
Black Sabbath: Undead and Alive
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Gibson TV: The Conversation
Black Sabbath & Blue Öyster Cult: Black and Blue
Black Sabbath – Paranoid (Quadio)
Heaven & Hell: Live From Radio City Music Hall
Hard Rock Treasures
Black Sabbath: Live... Gathered In Their Masses
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 2
Guitar Legends: The Ultimate Anthology
Black Sabbath: Burgettstown, PA 1999
Graspop Metal Meeting 2016 Compilation
Black Sabbath: Sabotage - The Documentary
Highway Star: Journey In Rock