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@Plymouth Fury think about it: no black sabbath, no metal! no god of thunder, no kiss, maybe no -huggy, maybe-no-weddin'-bell~ ...but on the bright side, farther-along-that-truly-bleak-and-nightmarish-'timeline', no 'nu-metal', either, haha~
How cool to have Tony Iommi talk for an hour with no interviewer's comments, questions and asides included. Watched the whole thing. Good job Gibson. This is an innovative artist spotlight.
Tony has told these stories dozens of times if not hundreds of times. I imagine he's a bit tired of it. It's always the same uninspired questions from interviewers. If you've never heard these stories and you don't find them interesting then you're just not a fan of Black Sabbath.
Not one member of Sabbath ever struck me as arrogant or pretentious. Four of the most humble men that ever graced the stage. They changed history, forever, and they are so down to earth about it. Can't be overstated how refreshing their attitude is. Especially Ozzy in recent interviews.
They’re working class boys. The kind of pomp and arrogance comes from the middle-classes, like page and zeppelin which was all very pompous and arrogant
“Heavy” isn’t about speed. It’s about tone, mood, feel, riff structure, and that thing you can’t quantify. It’s just in the player. Iommi is living proof. Rock god
Myler Wilson No doubt it’s a factor. It’s just sometimes it seems there’s a perception that heavy or intense rock has to be full of lightning fast runs and sweeps.
Huge props to Tony for being a welder prior to his music career, and to lose his fingers as a working class man and still play guitar is a true testimony to his strength to endure. God bless him!
Okay as a climbing tree surgeon, I did not know the welding and fingers story at all. I have anybody successful in music pegged as a satanic sellout, if only by default, but perhaps I'll look into Tony as one possible exception. Also gotta look into Randy Rhoads, Michael Schenker, and I forget who else...
Yes that wasn't lost on me either. That's the Universe in Motion. Always spinning, spinning, spinning... it's like a centrifuge that separates the Great Ones
I heard a few different stories on who showed him the Django EP....either Jim Simpson or his Boss at the Steel Plant. Everything in this story almost feels like it was destiny, but that’s easy with hindsight. It almost didn’t happen....
"Geezer never played the bass before..." and yet, he's one of the greatest bass players of all time. Loving hearing everything from Tony's perspective.
Richard Skipper So very true! So many persons get great at their skills despite their disabilities and shortcomings and not because of their obvious talent.
No jaco pastorius Gary thain Jonas hellborg Jack Bruce Colin hodginson Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen Stanley Clarke and me øssur johannesen are much Better bassplayers than geezer Also geddy Lee les claypool
Hmmm ... that's a bit childish, really. There is no one single "greatest metal guitarist of all time". Tony is effing brilliant though, a music legend.
@@tonyb9735 iommi is a legend his riffs are where most metal players start but what about alexi leaho (sure i spelled his name wrong) or how bout ingvey malmsteen, or john pattruccui? Or the 100s of others we could all name. Greatest guitarist are subjective to the person who is voicing there opinion. We could all argue forever at who is or was the best. What about abasi or tim henson or etcetera etcetera.
At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, this man's impact to music worldwide is arguably singular in its acuity. According to statistica heavy metal accounts for ~17% of all music in 2020. The revenue generated from this genre can be measured in the billions. There was nothing - and that nothing should be underscored - prior to his sessions in the late 60's. Thank you Gibson for this interview.
Yes but the trashy metal you have tpday is nothing compared to tony music. He is like the epitome of hard rock and roots of heavy music but his music is not heavy metal for sure. Atleast to what we have today day n age. Mosy heavy metal today is bs music. No melody just garbage noise, pure entertainment. Masks and makeup. Tony came from jazz and blues thats where he get his notes selection.
It seems every time I hear someone say "_____ isn't that great of a guitar player" They're the type of player that doesn't really "shred" but they've wrote dozens of iconic riffs. And the guitarist those people look up to, only other guitar players know who they are and the rest of the 99.5% of homosapiens couldn't give a shit. It's the riffs that they chant in sport stadiums. It's the riffs that all your favorite songs are made of. It's the riffs that make em dream.
This guy is as iconic as you can get. Today the word legend is thrown out without meaning but Tony Iommi is truly a living legend. A person that changed music forever and inspired million of people to pick up a guitar and thousands of bands to start play.
I saw Black Sabbath (minus Bill Ward) on the 2013 tour. Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler were both magnificent. Ozzy was crocked - but he got away with it because he's Ozzy.
Yes more than you think. Over the years the media had him as a devil pitchfork person more or less, especially in the early years they really played him to be just about everything he was not , I can tell you that first hand . I met him when I was 16 & now I AM 65 ,and been friends with him over the years . Who I thought he was because of the media I wanted to be just the way I seen him. In reality he was 21 and i was 16 and he said to me like a older brother that my act was not the way to be and the way the media made him to be ,that did me a world of good in growing up. So decent I would put it he was just real a person just like any one else in a good way. check RU-vid BLACK SABBATH PIZZA ,my story is on there you will get a better picture in what I am talking talking about .I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND.
@@Grimeyhoob I said over and over again, without Tony there be no Black SABBATH .The world would long for the sound and style and the ability ,Tony had to be all this just for starters. I feel it just all fits for the change TONY made in music and no one could ever take or deny any mark TONY became as a guitar innovator for all he did. Check RU-vid BLACK SABBATH PIZZA its my story I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND
Dave Davies of the Kinks created the first distortion by slashing his amp, Tony himself said as much.Can't take anything away from Tony though, a legend.
oh wow, i just realized that. youre right. props to Gibson for a good job on that. its like having an intimate conversation with him yet within the atmospher of a church. how fitting.
A lefty SG he got from a stranger in a Birmingham parking lot, a Rangemaster treble booster, and a simple Laney amp. That's it. With these simple tools (and 2 fingertips missing) he redefined rock music. Yikes.
almo Maybe yikes as in he didn’t need two pedal boards with fifty effects running into two different amps to have amazing tone and become a living legend.
almo because it’s scary how simple yet uncannily it all came about. Like it was meant to happen. Imagine if he hadn’t lost his fingertips and did go on that tour, the world would never had heard of Black Sabbath. Not in the way that we know and love, anyways. Yikes as in it’s crazy.
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I own a Laney. Fantastic amps. Unlike some Marshalls, Laney is strictly UK. And I've always loved the SG much more than the Les Paul. Especially when using strictly the bridge pickup. It can give Godzilla nightmares.
"One night Bill Ward got pissed as a parrot & we painted him gold......then a week later we set him on fire........anyways that was Volume 4" always wondered why i like that album so much. LOL.
@ i like Sabotage the most. Volume 4 perhaps my least favorite of first six albums. The songs were okay, but the production was awful. Terrible sound quality.
YES you will then ,and now, and whats to come, you will never be able to take away that statement, thats forever. Check RU-vid BLACK SABBATH PIZZA STORY I play guitar on that show, I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND
Required Course For All Musical Degrees... Ozzy may have his own case study, for Psychiatric Studies, & Biology (someone has to figure out how he's made it this long, with all he's ingested, lol)..
The King of Metal. Tony Iommi arguably invented the genre of metal guitar riffs, and tone. Black Sabbath be it with Ozzy, RJD or Tony Martin fronting the band, it’s Iommi’s monstrous Gibson riffs that drove the band. A legend and all time personal favorite guitarist of mine. Hail to TheRiffLord!
@@williamgainford9332 I am a bass player you would win in any case , I doubt that your ampli can do a better metal arpeggio than the black star ht5 metal
I was born in 2006. My classmates have heard of Black Sabbath. I listen to Black Sabbath. My mom used to listen to them. Black Sabbath is my favorite metal band
" Black Sabbath has already written every great guitar riff. Ever. You can slow it down, speed it up, or reverse it. But, Black Sabbath did it first......and they did it better." Rob Zombie
These "Icons" interviews are works of art. Couldn't ask for anything more then watching my guitar hero's in a comfortable environment speaking openly and freely without interruption. Please continue these, and if I could put in a vote for who to interview next, please get Adam Jones 👌🤘
In his biography Ozzie said that as a young man Tony was a well known knockout artist in his neighborhood, and somebody who could hold his own in any situation.
Tony Iommi's story is remarkable. A guitarist loses two fingertips, and instead of giving up, he does what he can, adapting his playing style to his changed circumstances. And as a result he creates heavy metal.
Their first album Black Sabbath is probably the only album I have ever bought because of how the cover looked, it put the hook right in me before I ever even heard one song,the best part about it is the band did not disappoint incredible sound, loved em ever since. Coolest album cover ever!
"Still falls the rain,the veils of darkness shroud the blackened trees, which, contorted by some unseen violence,shed their tired leaves, and bend their boughs toward a gray earth of severed bird wings...
AND one of the jammingest ! Love the whole style and tone . I had acquired two versions a single record double cover that had the inverted cross inside , that had "Evil Woman" on it . Single lp , single cover had "Wicked World" instead . Anybody know what's up w that ? Rock on !
I love this man, his guitar playing obviously, but also the smooth way he talks, his dark humor, all his aura. I bet he's a hell of a human being and that's the most important thing.
Bill wasn't treated well by Sabbath lately though, insulted and given a low percentage to do the last tour. Sad because he is as much Sabbath as anyone.
I CAN TELL YOU 1st HAND HOW TRUE THAT IS. Check U TUBE BLACK SABBATH PIZZA STORY that will show him from day one. I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND
When I saw them in the 90s and I migrated up to the stage during H & H and got there in time for his solo. I SWEAR on my mother's grave and my daughters life that he made eye contact with me. Pretty much everyone else in the audience was throwing the rock on sign and he threw it back to them. I threw the peace sign and he threw it back to me!!! THAT'S why I know we made eye contact. One of the fondest memories of my life!!
There will never be any guitarist like him, ever. He solidified the use of power chords in rock music unlike anyone else. So rightfully so, the great Iommi sits on his throne of riffs.
We owe that manager a great deal of gratitude for bringing him that record! Seriously though what a great person he was to give a young person that was injured and leaving some inspiration. Kindness for the win!
More of this Gibson, I just want to see artists talk. Without even an interviewer really talking about it, This video already makes me want to buy an SG.
@@Metalwheel Most of my Epis including the Iommi one are Korean made. It's a shame they switched to China the Korean Epis where fantastic. Also have a reissue of the first Korina Flying V. What a beautiful guitar, pickups suck so I'm gonna throw in some Burstbuckers and change the tuners to something that looks like the original Flying V but unplugged the sound is to die for and build quality is at least as good as cheaper Gibsons.
Apart from a B.C. Rich Warlock with Widowmaker headstock, I believe there's no more metal guitar on Earth than a black SG, I have the Tony Iommi signature series model, it's my main guitar and can handle all types of music; do yourself a favour bro
My older brothers took me to my first concert in 1978,i was 13- black sabbath/Van halen Madison Square garden. Sat right in front of Tony iommi mesmerized the whole show. Everyone left that show talking about EVH but all I talked about was I just saw the greatest guitarist ever:TONY IOMMI... the next day my father got me a used black gibson sg and a Marshall half stack and taught me to play, I'm 55 now and never stopped playing SGs or sabbath songs and passed it on to my son. Have to say thank you to Tony for inspiring me to play and inventing the greatest music ever, METAL!!!. Thanks gibson for the upload and for making the most amazing guitars!!!
@Chris Kinsella screw EVH hasn't done anything good since the the first four VH albums, same as metallica just living off their past glory. The VH reunion was such a joke without Michael Anthony. Eddie was great for the flash and tapping but had no longevity like iommi has and still does. My two cents anyway.
@Chris Kinsella didn't say he doesn't have talent, just saying he hasn't done anything with his talent after the fourth VH record, just same solo past thirty years. Every black sabbath album Tony shredded and every sabbath album rocked. 1984 van halen gave up being innovaters and became a top forty mtv pop video band. An I've been playing since 78.
When Tony and Geezer get together and tell these stories it is hilarious. Young guys rocking and having fun. The story of them blowing up Ian Gillans tent is a classic.
Our Heavy metal Godfather, the master of all riffs. Back in 1980 I saw the Sabbath concert in Paris, i was just 13 and it totally changed my Life. Love you Iron Man.
I know that Sabbath are the originators of metal but when I listen to them as a kid they were so much more than that...their musicality is varied and amazing. So much more than given credit for.
I have been watching videos on youtube since it began. This is my first ever comment. My brother (RIP) was 9 years older than me. Im 54 now. I will thank him now for allowing me to sit in his room and hear Sabbath, Zepplin, Hendrix, and others. Sabbath stuck with me though. I always bring up Tony when the conversations turn to music. Just yesterday I gave a 30-something dude at the office a short metal lesson and it involved Tony. He has always been the top name of my imaginary bucket list of people I would like to meet. I was able to attend several Sabbath shows with different singers and the reunion tour back in the 90's(?) with the original members. Still listen to them almost daily. That is all.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the best record of all time. Across all genres of music. To me that's the blueprint of how to write an album, and those songs... Killing Yourself to Live... This man jammed that shit up on the spot. Insane. What an album. That fat atmospheric castle dungeon sound and those prolongated vocal lines just makes the world a better place.
I prefer the production on Technical Ecstasy but the songs on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath are absolutely magical. Definitely a desert island disc of the highest order.
This is simply the best interview I've heard of any musician. The story is simple yet so mind blowing. It's filled with interesting anecdotes. I had all the respect in the world for Tony but didn't know much about his accident or that he said no to Jethro Tull because he didn't enjoy that lifestyle. True legend. Keep them coming Gibson.
This was the coolest thing ever. What a great guy. I've always been a huge fan, but never had the chance to actually see a proper interview of him. So humble and down-to-earth. Thanks for making this happen Gibson! :)