Tony Iommi
Biography
Anthony Frank Iommi (/aΙͺΛoΚmi/) (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 B...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Live Aid
1985
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
2025
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
2022
We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll
2001
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
N/A
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
2005
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
1996
Under the Volcano
2021
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
2020
Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2010
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002
Black Sabbath: Live in Paris
1970
Ozzy Osbourne: Live & Loud
1993
Black Sabbath: Monsters of Rock Italy
1992
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014
Heavy Metal Britannia
2010
Black Sabbath: Live in Fresno
1976
Black Sabbath: [1989] Headless in Russia
1989
Heaven and Hell: Rockpalast
2009
Black Sabbath - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1975
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
2022
Guitar
1991
Black Sabbath: The Black Sabbath Story, Volume One
1992
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
2014
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 2
1989
Black Sabbath - The Last Super
1999
Rockfield : The Studio on the Farm
2020
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony
2022
Black Sabbath: Live Aid
1985
Black Sabbath: 13
2013
Black Sabbath & Blue Γyster Cult: Black and Blue
1981
Black Sabbath: The End of The End
2017
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
1991
Black Sabbath: Live... Gathered In Their Masses
2013
Black Sabbath: Sabotage - The Documentary
2022
Heaven & Hell: Live From Radio City Music Hall
2007