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“This religious freak came on stage with a dagger to stab me!”: Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi's most dangerous gig
By Paul Elliott published
"When we got to the venue, somebody had painted a cross on a door in red..."

“I can’t think why, but we recorded the track prancing around naked!” Tony Iommi recalls the madness of Black Sabbath
By Paul Elliott published
When Iommi's guitar went 'Boing!' a strange track was born

“A noise like God conducting the soundtrack to the end of the world!”: Ozzy on Black Sabbath’s most bizarre song
By Paul Elliott published
Drummer Bill Ward called that song “a demonic chant”

Geezer Butler remembers the ups and downs of Black Sabbath being upstaged by Van Halen
By Rob Laing published
He also weighs in on what went wrong with the Rick Rubin-produced 13 album: "Tony was incredibly disappointed in him"

Learn 10 essential guitar rock riffs for beginner players
By Leigh Fuge published
Get started with the classics from the Beatles to the Stones, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Hendrix and more

Luthier John Diggins of Jaydee Custom Guitars has passed away – Tony Iommi pays tribute
By Rob Laing published
"He was a very dear friend to me and we’d known each other since the '70s"

5 essential Jethro Tull songs guitar players need to hear
By Neil Crossley published
"And here was Jimmy Page waving like mad… I'm thinking, 'I can't wave back, or I'm going to blow the solo'”

See Tony Iommi become an honoury 'Vampire' as he joins Johnny Depp, Joe Perry and Alice Cooper to perform Black Sabbath's Paranoid in Birmingham
By Rob Laing published
The Sabbath legend guested with the Hollywood Vampires supergroup

Tony Iommi admits that, yes, sometimes he got carried away playing guitar solos – but Ronnie James Dio was his enabler
By Jonathan Horsley published
Iommi says the Dio years challenged Black Sabbath to up their game and RJD would tell him to solo longer. “Listening back to things, you think, ’Bloody hell! That was a bit over the top‘”
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