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Guitar World on MSN7h
This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and it includes my new dream reverb machine
Elsewhere, Ibanez shows its RG range some love and Dunlop hopes to make you a better player with some newly engineered guitar ...
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi reveals exactly how Ozzy Osbourne became band’s singer as heavy metal icons play final show
Tony Iommi has been Black Sabbath’s keeper of the flame. He is “Master Of The Riffs” — some say he invented heavy metal — and ...
Tony Iommi was such a big influence on Scott Ian that he tried to play left-handed
Ahead of his performance at Back to the Beginning, Anthrax's riff-master reflects on the influence of Black Sabbath, and how ...
Ozzy Osbourne joins Black Sabbath for final performance this weekend in massive metal show
Metal legend Ozzy Osbourne will perform a final show with the original members of Black Sabbath on Saturday. The original ...
Ultimate Classic Rock on MSN2d
The Strange, Forgotten Saga of Ozzy Osbourne’s Pre-‘Blizzard’ Solo Band
Despite being mentored by Tony Iommi and nearly chosen as Ozzy Osbourne's first solo band, the planets never quite aligned ...
Which artist did Tony Iommi call the epitome of rock?
Tony Iommi certainly defined a specific subsection of rock and roll, but he was far from the truest spokesman for the entire ...
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Black Sabbath Releasing Early Earth Demos On ‘The Legendary Lost Tapes’ [Listen]
A new collection of rare 1969 demos will revisit the early days of Black Sabbath when the band was still known as Earth.
Bill Kelliher on his awkward Tony Iommi encounter and Mastodon’s Back to the Beginning plans
As he gears up for Black Sabbath's last hurrah, the Mastodon man looks back on his brief – but probably very helpful! – ...