The name 'Tony Iommi' sends shivers down the spines of guitarists around the world.
As lead guitarist and songwriter of Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of the past four decades and the inventor of heavy metal. From working class, Midlands roots, his unique playing style - a result of a disfiguring hand injury he suffered working in a sheet metal factory - created a dark and gothic sound unlike anything that had been heard before and which captured the mood of its time. Sabbath went on to become a superband, playing to massive audiences around the world and selling millions of records, and Iommi led the life of a rockstar to the fullest - with the scars from all the drug-fuelled nights of excess and wildness to show for it.
Iron Manis the exclusive account of the life and adventures of one of rock's greatest heroes.
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9781849833219
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- Introduction: The Sound of Heavy Metal
- 1 The birth of a Cub
- 2 Itâs the Italian thing
- 3 The shop on Park Lane
- 4 The school of hard knocks
- 5 Out of The Shadows, into the limelight
- 6 Why donât you just give me the finger?
- 7 A career hanging off an extra thin string
- 8 Meeting Bill Ward and The Rest
- 9 Job-hopping into nowhere
- 10 How three angels saved heavy metal
- 11 Things go horribly south up north
- 12 Down to Earth
- 13 A flirt with Tull in a Rock ânâ Roll Circus
- 14 The early birds catch the first songs
- 15 Earth to Black Sabbath
- 16 Black Sabbath records Black Sabbath
- 17 Now under new management
- 18 Getting Paranoid
- 19 Sabbath, Zeppelin and Purple
- 20 This is America?
- 21 Happy birthday witches to you
- 22 Ozzyâs shockers
- 23 An Antipodean murder mystery
- 24 Flying fish
- 25 Number 3, Master of Reality
- 26 No, really, itâs too much . . .
- 27 White lines and white suits
- 28 Air Elvis
- 29 Going Snowblind
- 30 This is your captain freaking . . .
- 31 A rather white wedding
- 32 Going to the big house
- 33 One against nature
- 34 The well runs dry
- 35 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
- 36 The California Jam
- 37 Where did all the money go?
- 38 Everythingâs being Sabotaged!
- 39 Bruiser in a boozer
- 40 Me on Ecstasy
- 41 Ecstasy on tour
- 42 We Never Say Die
- 43 Ozzy goes
- 44 Susanâs Scottish sect
- 45 Dio does but Don donât
- 46 Bill goes to shits
- 47 Heaven And Hell
- 48 Ignition
- 49 Vinny says Aloha
- 50 Getting Black and Blue
- 51 Melinda
- 52 Friends forever
- 53 The Mob Rules
- 54 The Mob tours
- 55 A Munster in the mix
- 56 To The Manor Born Again
- 57 Size matters
- 58 Last man standing
- 59 The mysterious case of the lofty lodgers
- 60 Lovely Lita
- 61 Together again, for a day
- 62 Twinkle twinkle Seventh Star
- 63 Glenn falls, but there is a Ray of hope
- 64 The quest for The Eternal Idol
- 65 Taxman!
- 66 Headless but happy
- 67 Oh no, not caviar again!
- 68 TYR and tired
- 69 Itâs Heaven and Hell again
- 70 Bound and shackled
- 71 In harmony with Cross Purposes
- 72 The one that shouldâve been Forbidden
- 73 Flying solo with Glenn Hughes
- 74 Living apart together
- 75 The love of my life
- 76 Reunion
- 77 Cozyâs crash
- 78 Bill, Vinny, and Bill and Vinny
- 79 Belching after a Weenie Roast
- 80 Iommi, the album
- 81 An audience with the Queen
- 82 Hats off to Rob Halford
- 83 Fused with Glenn again
- 84 Entering the Halls of Fame
- 85 This is for peace
- 86 Heaven and Hell, tour and band
- 87 The Devil You Know
- 88 Farewell to a dear friend
- 89 Not a right-hand man
- 90 Good news and bad
- 91 Coming out the other side
- 92 Reflections
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- About the Author
- List of Illustrations