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“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.
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.
@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~
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
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
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 TH-cam 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 TH-cam BLACK SABBATH PIZZA its my story I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND
@@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
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.
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!
YES you will then ,and now, and whats to come, you will never be able to take away that statement, thats forever. Check TH-cam 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)..
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 👌🤘
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
"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.
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 !
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.
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.
" 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
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.
Tony Iommi is my favorite percussion was my first love and I failed miserably ....then I met someone who taught me my first chords when I was eleven.....I picked the guitar up on a week. I got my first black Sabbath record when i was 13. We should our souls for rock and roll. When I was 26 made the final decision that Black Sabbath would be king! Tony Iommi the greatest guitarists ever! . I saw them in bristow va 2016. The end tour. Wow never got my fingers chopped off....yet I have common ground with Iommi and I found that out today. I own an 1963 reissue Les Paul sg custom 2010.....God bless Black Sabbath they weren't evil....they spoke about life.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
there's a saying in my family - "kol akava le'tova", which is Hebrew for "every hinder or delay is for the best in the end". to think that a horrible accident that had cost Iommi his fingers would result in him finding a new sound, that went up to be one of the most iconic sounds in metal history! Iommi is a legend, deserving of all the fame he has.
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.
When I met Tony at NAMM, I told Tony how much I loved 🥰 Born Again with Ian Gillan. Tony gave me the biggest smile ever grabbed my hand and shook it hard, so hard I said Tony I play bass. We both had a huge belly laugh and then Tony looked deep into my eyes and said Thank you 🙏..💯🎸💫🤩..
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.
Heard my first Sabbath song in 1972. Bought an SG in ‘76 and just ordered a Jaydee Iommi Custom for my 60th. Been part of my life for nearly 50yrs. I bow to the man that made it all possible. The undisputed King of the Riffs. Thank you Tony Iommi.👍🙈
GibsonTV Hey man! Killing Yourself to Live. So many different aspects to the song it is probably my favourite. But Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, National Acrobat and KYtL, that Vinyl is constantly on my turntable, is pretty much always on CD in the car although 13 and Vol4 get a run but sooo many fantastic tracks Into the Void, Dirty Women, I have about 30 on my IPhone that just get shuffled. Always start my guitar warm up with Iron Man. God I love that. Planet Caravan, it’s only couple of chords but the solo is sublime. I could go on but you get my drift.👍
B. SMILEY III Hey, Yeah Jaydee put Custom crucifixes into a black SG for me about twenty years ago but decided to treat myself for my 60th. Red mahogany Custom with 3 crucifixes for stoptail. Just got to waaaaiit a long time for it😢. You can see a pic of one on their Facebook page. Cheers.
Yes he does from the 70s till now and years to come the Gibson SG . From the 70s till now I had 7 of them. Check TH-cam THE BLACK SABBATH PIZZA STORY and see my Tony Iommi guitar it most likely one of a kind ,I am very proud of it. The pick guard has pictures of me with TONY and SABBATH over the years . The pick guard I got made see through plastic when I play that guitar I see my years of me being SABBATAIS I think you will like the show .
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!
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.
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Whoever decided to put him on a throne deserves a god damn raise.
As he should be. The very first heavy metal guitarist. Tony Iommi is the king
That's where he belongs \m/
Yes.
I've got one but his is nicer.
True! Iommi is King!
“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
But speed can definitely effect heaviness
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.
Well I guess as Iommi fans we don't have to choose... he was supernatually quick when he wanted 2 B
And the fat thick riffs that fills your head. That's the main tone of it.
Bolt Thrower
Tony iommi is the reason heavy metal was even a thing, what a legend.
As Tony Iommi said, I don't really consider Black Sabbath to be "Heavy Metal". They are much more Hard Rock to me.
The man wrote the songs. Can't argue with that.
@@spartan2188doesn't matter what genre they are. You can't argue against them starting metal.
@@spartan2188Listen to the intro of Under the Sun by Black Sabbath and tell me that's not metal lol
@@spartan2188 He's just being humble. Metal started with Black Sabbath. End of discussion.
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.
MarkBarna1 This is how it should be done..
And not one boring moment
That was fucking boring as heck.
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.
@@auntjenifer7774 not at all, I couldn't stop listening
Tony lost his fingers making steel
That’s pretty metal ;)
Underrated comment
LOL
Thats true
The real Iron Man!
he may not have had his revenge, but he sure as hell has done well for himself and all ourselves~~ RESPECTO, MAESTRO~!!
@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~
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.
Nothing to prove whenever youve ruled the world. They humbled themselves through karma.
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
And none of them have lost their accents 👏👍
@@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec Anf they borrowed a lot of ideas... Sabbath is way more original.
That manager that brought the Django record to you is a god damn hero.
Absolutely! I hope he was thanked, somewhere along the line.
That was truly an act of kindness to share that story and music. What a demonstration of love. Thank you!
@hans meier his boss at the plant, I think?
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....
I love how Tony has this dark aura, but he is also very educated and polite. He is basically the count Dracula of the guitar world
@perception's door's I was kinda sleepy when I wrote. Thanks for the headsup
Legends are immortal
And he's pretty damn funny and can tell a good story.
Yes! He's always wearing only black, speaks in a low volume, but always seems like a nice guy!
He's also a big fan of Doris Day's music :)
No guitar player will ever write as many amazing riffs as Tony Iommi. He will always be the king of riffs.
Jerry Cantrell?
Keith richards?
James Hetfield
Malcolm Young
Mick Mars
Of course Heavy Metal was born of a guitarist having his fingers cut off .. It just makes sense .
Cut of by a metal guilioutine as he put it.🤘
Heavy Metal borne of literal heavy metal.....
It was destiny
A blood sacrifice to our lord sweet satan
Now I know why is heavy metal hand sign like that
"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.
That's why He's so brilliant, because he applied guitar riffs to the bass.
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.
He is sooooooooo underrated. Using all his fingers constantly.
His book Iron Man is awesome...
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
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...
@@FancyNoisesyou probably should change your whole outlook on musicians...
@@RaspiRoope "Tell me why-ee"
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"satanic sellout." 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂
@@JakeStrange66 so cool & edgy
“It was a bit silly, we could have killed him.
& then there was the time we set him on fire...”
ShakespearesBruv 😂😂😂
God damn that was funny
Tony: "Bill can I set fire to you?"
Bill: "Not just now I'm" busy"
Tony: "OK then"
Poor Bill Ward! Drummer and whipping boy. I'm glad he survived all those pranks.
And Bill's mom called Tony and told him to leave her Bill alone.
Let me just state the facts: he is the greatest metal guitarist of all time:
Definitely the o.g. that started metal
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.
@@codysroom6303 yeah it's all subjective opinions at this point but there's one objective truth... Iommy is a fucking legend :DDD
@@ivanemilov522 for sure is
I love how Tony just casually laughs about almost murdering his drummer.
TWICE, lmao
Now you know what the influences of This Is Spinal Tap are.
Tony... Living legend. What he gave to music is indescribable in words. His guitar riffs are history.
So many great riffs!!!!!
Let's not forget the great guitar solos too.
@@BITESIZEJONES Sure! It was obvious! 😁🤘
yes , his guitar riffs are his story
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.
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.
I can't deny a word of that. Well put.
Totally. Metal as we know it would be either non-existent, or completely different.
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.
@@modernapexfinancials There’s plenty of good metal today 😒 You’re obviously not looking.
@@facelessandnameless theres good metal as theres is lots of garbage metal.
Tony Iommi : he didn't write a riff or two, he forged every note in steel.
Factory standard brummy steel
Agreed
This is a beautiful comment
To invent a genre. To have your own signature sound. Legend
60 years of success... more isnt to say.. no band will ever beat that...
@another pizza no one cares about them tho
Anyone who has ever played a metal riff owes something to this man
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, I've got tons of riffs still..."
WHAT!!?? YESSSSS!
I really hope those riffs see the light of day
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.
He single-handedly kickstarted a music genre
Perfectly stated! Cooler than a penguin's flipper too.
In short, he invented metal
@Luca Gabino... Well said, well said.
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.
God this guy has it all. Style, looks, eloquence and especially sound. Long live Tony iommi
Tony comes over as really decent guy. He doesn't have a bad word to say about anyone.
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 TH-cam 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.
@@frankscuderi7605 Tony is one mysterious metal man. I'd like to think (then amd ever) he is the original heavy metal sound.
Tony is Black Sabbath and Tony is Heavy metal. Ozzy is great - but Tony created the sound and drove the band to being the pioneers of metal.
@@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 TH-cam BLACK SABBATH PIZZA its my story I think you will like it. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND
he is just plain LEGIT
Tony Iommi is one of the reasons I picked up the guitar.
hes the reason i put it back down again lol
I have an ampli by black star designed by Iommi
@@MzuMzu-nx1em i have a laney la 30 / black country customs boost - i win lol
@@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
Same here, and I still play on the same SG.
This interview belongs to rock history. This needs to preserved on every media there is today.
Original title: Gods: Tony Iommi
God with a spray can,rubbing alcohol, a zippo and a SG.
why the volume is so slow, and they have money and stuff
Not A God by any means
EXACTLY!
@@officialgmusic A metal God dude. You must be fun at parties.
If this guys music career doesn’t pan out I think he should try his luck at audiobook reading
every great guitarists story begins with his parents not wanting drums because they are too loud
100%
Same here, I’ve been playing guitar for almost 20 years and I started cuz the same xD
I may not be a guitar god but this statement is accurate for me
Eventually even the metal guitar was too loud so I ruined my life when I then became a jazz guitarist
I actually started planning to play bass but when i started borrowing a guitar to play 4 strings, it kinda struck me
Tony's voice was recorded with great technique, there's no room reverb considering the location. Good job Gibson!
Same ^
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.
@@kristopherryanwatson All while the riff lord looks on you from a wooden throne. I couldnt pause this video once it just sucked me in
@@nathanielleack4842 Right !!
More down to mic choice, probably. He might be wearing a lapel mic.
“Well, what’s wrong with him?” “He’s painted gold”
80085word69 I read about this in his book, though he didn’t mention lacquering with clear-coat after hahaha!!!
I laughed after that when Tony said so casually ''And the same with setting him on fire''
Quick get the lauqer thinner. 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!
I love the format here: no fluff, just Tony sharing his stories. Well done!
Heheh. No Fluff...
steve m :)
his guitar also deserves to have a throne
Fuckin awesome!!!!!!... well said!!!
Monkey with a violin...🦜
Sounds of thunder it begins...⚡
Push the equalizer up! 🎵
It's the beginning of rock......,🎸
Heavy Metal wouldn’t be what it is today without this icon.
In 100 years black sabbath will be considered classical music.
YES you will then ,and now, and whats to come, you will never be able to take away that statement, thats forever. Check TH-cam 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)..
I mean they get genred for classic rock and heavy metal so there almost there now aye
mr zed I think there’s a lot to what you say. They did pretty much create a whole genre.
@@michaelolz ye
His "Iommi" album from 2000 is one of the most unappreciated recordings ever. That whole thing smokes!!
Yeah his first with just his name,when that album came out it was really good I bought it before it got out the box to the shelf
Terry Hesticles You need to check out the 1996 DEP Sessions with Glenn Hughes if you haven’t already. You’ll love it!
Agree, so many good songs
@Terry Hesticles... ABSOLUTELY!
I could sit and listen to him for hours...
Tony Iommi is my favorite guitarist ever. Black Sabbath rules my life..
I cant pick a favorite of all time but if I had to pick 5 its gonna have to be Tony Iommi, dimebag, Jerry Cantrell, and Zakk wylde
My favorite is George Harrison and then Keith Richards and then Tony Iommi
Haha i see you on every sabbath bootleg video! I agree 100% tony made me pick up an SG 1 year ago. Playing Sabbath tunes daily :D!
@@KainenBurgess that's 4 bud
Yeah, can be heard in your music. Though you sing more in Halford/Owens style.
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 👌🤘
I'd love to hear Adam "pacman" Jones talk too man !!
Yes please. Adam Jones next
Jimmy page
Agreed. I loved hammets . plus ernie ball string theory is a killer and similiar deal.just ernie ball artists.
Would love Dug Pinnick from King's X
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
Ok?
Same here, started listening in year 7
@@ygslyn6732 shut up
@@ygslyn6732 surprise its a comment section where people can type things
I was born in ‘62 and Black Sabbath is also my favorite.
"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.
Hahaha ahh the good ole days of lightning your mates on fire... Good times. 😊
Volume 4, IMO is Sabbath's best with Ozzy.
May be because it's also because it's rated number one album in all history of music being having the highest cocaïne rate per person.
the weight of devil’s dandruff smashed during the recording of Vol 4 is probably heavier than all of the riffs on that album
@ 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.
I like to think this throne is where Tony spends most of his time
Fun fact he filmed this himself. Theres nobody else there. He just loves to hear himself talk :P :P
@@DavidOakesMusic honestly I cant blame him
Dio had chairs like this in his living room and dining area.
He looks like a sinister guy in a throne in an evil lair. The true prince of darkness.
Rightfully so
Thank you, Gibson! Celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the Black Sabbath debut this way, is simply perfect!
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.
The best video I've seen on TH-cam this year.
Thanks for watching!!!
@@gibsonguitar i will lose my ever-loving mind if you guys get Jimmy Page on this show.
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!
First album I got from the library!!!!!!...... blew me away!!!!!!!
"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 !
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.
That’s saying a lot, because Birmingham is a tough town.
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.
Mike Riesco because sound is in a person
How the fuck is that 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.
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.
Can't wait for the day that Iommi, Ringo Starr, and Geddy Lee finally take their sunglasses off
Jackson Gatens
Ian Hunter told them not to
That would be a great super group
Kerry king
Jackson Gatens he's Toni fucking Iommi, he does what he wants and you'll like it!
And Bono
Iommi not only created the backbone for metal, he forged it in hell, south of heaven.
Thank you Tony.
" 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
@Eric Draven indeed the riffs you find in RZ music are so simple
They didn't write Smoke on the Water. I think he was late for the bus that day :)
@@lmtsonic6117 yeah, the song that gets boring after the intro
@@guitaristssuck8979 Thought it was the best when I was a kid. Now, not so!
Lol what?
May he live for another 100 years.
Tony has always been my number one favorite guitarist. Love his sound and style of playing.
This is nice change from the five minute run-of-the-mill artist profile. Good length, lots of info straight from the artist's mouth. Love it!!! ❤❤❤
More episodes coming soon!
@@gibsonguitar Word, this was rad!
@@gibsonguitar hopefully Keith Richards
Heavy Metal's Wizard sitting on a throne like a King, Tony such a badass!
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.
All hail The Godfather of Heavy Metal!
YES
MrRocknroIl I married my wife just because her maiden name is Reinhardt! 😂
I wish that Iommi and Bill Ward would put out an instrumental album nowadays and call it MYTHOLOGY!
Abraham Ramirez yes!!!!
@@abe1sapien up
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.
@@carpademen1066 Yes, it was rather sad in the end, also I didn't really like this drummer they took
They can call it what ever they want? Just do it!
Tony Iommi is my favorite percussion was my first love and I failed miserably ....then I met someone who taught me my first chords when I was eleven.....I picked the guitar up on a week. I got my first black Sabbath record when i was 13. We should our souls for rock and roll. When I was 26 made the final decision that Black Sabbath would be king! Tony Iommi the greatest guitarists ever! . I saw them in bristow va 2016. The end tour. Wow never got my fingers chopped off....yet I have common ground with Iommi and I found that out today. I own an 1963 reissue Les Paul sg custom 2010.....God bless Black Sabbath they weren't evil....they spoke about life.
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.
@@dagony7383 Well I guess you don’t have to worry about Eddie now since he’s gone :(
If you didn’t know who tony is you wouldn’t be able to tell he’s a massive rockstar and legend in rock music... Such a normal down to earth guy.
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!!
if Cliff Burton were still alive, he'd be absolutely GEEKING OUT watching this shit
Tony Iommi and Angus Young is why I love my SG.
Same
Poor, Bill. Tony, Geezer, and Ozzy always trying to kill him. LOL
Bill is a fantastic guy. Too bad he hardly ever gives interviews.
@@joelhammer3538 so disappointed that he wasn't on the last album 13
Kenny from South park in real life
Bill said okay I'm ready for you to set me on Fire 🔥Bill's the Dumb ass. We Love you Bill 😍❤🖤👍👏🕳🔗⛓✝️☮
I hope I am not the only one who at random days feels grateful that this legend is still alive
The Tony Iommi tone, he has improved all throughout his career, I can't believe how good he sounds now, improving on perfection really.
He never stopped working. He's better every time I see him to this very day.
Cant improve perfection
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.
The world owes him a lot for what he gave us. Best band the world will ever see.
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.
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.
😒
Love my Epiphone Tony Iommi signature. It's a very high quality guitar. Had it for 10 years and it feels like a Gibson.
A fine guitar, the Epi Iommi model. Even if Chinese.
@@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
What a gentleman this man is, when he is The most influential rock guitarist of our time period!
Tony is a really interesting person. Well-spoken and humble. My hero for over 40 years!
Iommi is a total OG. Honest, witty and the father of a music genre. Live forever King!
Tony Iommi = THE RIFF KING
The true father of heavy metal
No, Alex Lora is
@@nemesysxr0163 no
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.
there's a saying in my family - "kol akava le'tova", which is Hebrew for "every hinder or delay is for the best in the end". to think that a horrible accident that had cost Iommi his fingers would result in him finding a new sound, that went up to be one of the most iconic sounds in metal history! Iommi is a legend, deserving of all the fame he has.
Not just one of the most iconic sounds in metal history, literally it’s genesis 👌
"And the same with setting him on fire" is the best way to start a story
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.
Thanks for watching!
When I met Tony at NAMM, I told Tony how much I loved 🥰 Born Again with Ian Gillan. Tony gave me the biggest smile ever grabbed my hand and shook it hard, so hard I said Tony I play bass. We both had a huge belly laugh and then Tony looked deep into my eyes and said Thank you 🙏..💯🎸💫🤩..
Tony Iommi calling KISS for PISS is the most epic thing ever haha
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.
Love tony with all my heart. He didn't created a sound, he created an entire musical genre.
Heard my first Sabbath song in 1972. Bought an SG in ‘76 and just ordered a Jaydee Iommi Custom for my 60th. Been part of my life for nearly 50yrs. I bow to the man that made it all possible. The undisputed King of the Riffs. Thank you Tony Iommi.👍🙈
What's your all time favorite Iommi riff?
GibsonTV Hey man! Killing Yourself to Live. So many different aspects to the song it is probably my favourite. But Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, National Acrobat and KYtL, that Vinyl is constantly on my turntable, is pretty much always on CD in the car although 13 and Vol4 get a run but sooo many fantastic tracks Into the Void, Dirty Women, I have about 30 on my IPhone that just get shuffled. Always start my guitar warm up with Iron Man. God I love that. Planet Caravan, it’s only couple of chords but the solo is sublime. I could go on but you get my drift.👍
I am dying for a JayDee custom. The bevel on them is perfect. And 24 frets. Lucky!
B. SMILEY III Hey, Yeah Jaydee put Custom crucifixes into a black SG for me about twenty years ago but decided to treat myself for my 60th. Red mahogany Custom with 3 crucifixes for stoptail. Just got to waaaaiit a long time for it😢. You can see a pic of one on their Facebook page. Cheers.
@@marygaleac awesome! Hope you enjoy it, and happy bday! You deserve it!
Tony Iommi is a guitar virtuoso. He's definitely helped Gibson sell a lot of guitars.
Yes he does from the 70s till now and years to come the Gibson SG . From the 70s till now I had 7 of them. Check TH-cam THE BLACK SABBATH PIZZA STORY and see my Tony Iommi guitar it most likely one of a kind ,I am very proud of it. The pick guard has pictures of me with TONY and SABBATH over the years . The pick guard I got made see through plastic when I play that guitar I see my years of me being SABBATAIS I think you will like the show .
Now we need an hour of him playing the guitar, and talking about it
I wonder how many world famous musicians watching this video with the same enthusiasm as i do.
If this was all Gibson did in 2019, that would be totally fine.
The fact Gibson liked this
@@thisdude773 , caught this while listening to "Evil Eye" Black Sabbath song with EVH. Paying tribute to a legend.
Please please do more icons!!!!!
So many greats out there!
Thanks Gibson!
More episodes coming soon!
Heard a cool story about him showing up to a parent/teacher night with the long black leather coat and the sunglasses on at 7pm in winter. Cool dude
Jim love it!
An inspiring human creator, overcame a carreer-ending incident,forged an entire genre of music,inspired generations
So humble. The mans a musical genius.
LEGEND-TONY IOMMI
Thank you Tony for the music you’ve gave us and for all the great musicians you’ve inspired!
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!
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.
One of the only albums Tony produced. Spiral Architect is epic.
@@ihatespam2 Spiral Architect...what LYRICS! (thank you Geezer!)
My favorite album bar none
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.
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH is a banger from start to finish, my favourite song apart from the title track would be “Sabbra Cadabra”
I have a Gibson SG because of him... Thank you for all Tony Iommi.
Same here
I bought my first black SG because of Tony. But I blame Tony AND Angus for my obsession with SG's!
@@peterschmidt9942 same here
For me Tony is the man with the heavy and sometimes menacing riffs that I love. Black Sabbath were perfect complements to each other.