Tony Iommi IS Black Sabbath! The one member who is absolutely essential and cannot be replaced. Even Ozzy agrees.

@scottashe984

9 ай бұрын

None of them can be replaced. They wouldn't be Black Sabbath without Geezers lyrics, Ozzys vocals or Bill's drumming..

@exe2517

8 ай бұрын

@@scottashe984 Black Sabbath did great with Dio and Appice. Sadly, Ozzy was a shadow of his former self by the end of the 70s, and Ward's problems with alcohol got worse later.

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

5 ай бұрын

​@@scottashe984false

@helkas3316

5 ай бұрын

​@exe2517 What are you talking about, Ozzy, being a shadow of his former self ??, lol. Ozzy was absolutely great in 1978 NSD tour. I've seen Ozzy 5 times in the 80s and he was still great.

@georgemartin4354

4 ай бұрын

I love Tony's playing. But without Ozzy it totally changes the sound. In the end, it takes all of them to sound like Sabbath. Thats the beauty of it.

Tony Iommi will forever be on the Mount Rushmore of metal guitarists

Tony Iommi: Lord of the Riffs

@dominon929

5 жыл бұрын

David Topchiev Hell yea!

@Dicey6969

3 жыл бұрын

Paranoid👌

@madstylesnz

Жыл бұрын

That'd be a great name for a documentary about Iommi.

He’s such a gentleman. So humble. He’s The Godfather of Metal. Look how humble.

@genesis3790

5 жыл бұрын

humble? tony used to be a dick lol. cool ass hell though

@rockheadesq.8720

4 жыл бұрын

@@genesis3790 Feel better now?

@cav5659

4 жыл бұрын

Genesis H And how long ago was that? People change with age. Tony is humble.

@reggaefan2700

3 жыл бұрын

He's high clown.

@DB-eh5bs

3 жыл бұрын

@@genesis3790 when?

when so many people see Black Sabbath and just think Ozzy.....i love Ozzys input but to me Iommi is the true heart off Sabbath and just a huge trojan of metal!!! I just love hearing Iommi talk about his journey..

@tony69em

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Tony is the only member to be every carnation of Black Sabbath. He's the one that carried on the name.

@lntxp01

3 жыл бұрын

Iommi is the most important member

@tony69em

3 жыл бұрын

@@lntxp01 absolutely!! Everyone else walked away at various times. Tony is the only one who kept the band alive even when Sharon tried to destroy it by forcing tony to not use the name Black Sabbath. I admit, I know know who's idea it was to say ok. Fine, we'll use Heaven and Hell which everyone knows is the band Black Sabbath in reality.

@lntxp01

3 жыл бұрын

Yh, its even debatable if Ozzy is even the 2nd most important member as geezer's bass played an important part to black sabbaths quality as well as metal in general and he was the primary lyricist which is uncommon for someone who doesn't sing for or front the band.

@tony69em

3 жыл бұрын

@@lntxp01 agreed 100%! Bill created the classic Sabbath sound because of his jazz style of drumming but no matter who was in the band, it was always Tony on guitar and every single reincarnation of the band has remarkable albums. Anyone thAt is a true fan accepts that as fact.

"Sabbath has been together for 17 years!" And this interview is 38 years old. Its pretty insane.

@user-lv7ph7hs7l

Жыл бұрын

Yes, sadly the end has come now. I`m glad I got to see them, and got Tony`s autograph after the show, he was just as friendly and polite as he is in interviews.

@OlafProt

6 ай бұрын

its funny right? I was 12 in 1984, and we thought they were old men THEN. lol

Tony Iommi - The Gentleman of Metal.

@tinyman520

7 жыл бұрын

I have always thought Tony has had a calm polite and grateful demeanor. My favorite guitarist.

@gregg4164

6 жыл бұрын

I think Lita Ford would have a different opinion on that statement. They where engaged and it didnt turn out very well at all. look it up.

@zachbartlett2829

6 жыл бұрын

gregg4164 yes but Lita doesn’t hold him accountable for it. He was high as a kite back then and so was she. She knows that was not the real Tony

@Sam_artsy80

5 жыл бұрын

The King/father/founder of metal

@chriskroll4166

Жыл бұрын

@@gregg4164 yeah but who the hell really cares. Don't be a crap hound 😠

When Tony speaks, we listen.

Tony Iommi, is one of the original metal gods. He's a really great guitarist with a very unique sound. No one sounds anything like him, not only in the metal world, but in rock music. Today, Tony Iommi is untouchable, just an amazing rocker!!!!!!!

@cav5659

4 жыл бұрын

Your Momma To each is own. People see him more as a metal god than a rock god. And I agree. Sabbath had a different sound from the rock during that time.

@abelincoln5698

3 жыл бұрын

@Your Momma you're a chump.

@b_side8669

3 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna not give a shit about what I’m about to say & get heckled for it agree to disagree if you want but in my opinion everyone gives ozzy a bunch of kudos & he is the best etc etc but all around if you look at the history of sabbath Tony kept sabbath going all these years him & only him . when they had revolving singers & ward left & then geezer Tony was the damn glue for sabbath to me my Mount Rushmore of classic rockers singers or even Instrumental players ( RJD , Robert plant , Tony iommi , Jethro Tull & geddy lee) that’s just my opinion about sabbath

@miguelcorleone6633

3 жыл бұрын

Tony is heavy metal

@imaledzepfan

3 жыл бұрын

Amen brother

Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page...both were my main influences in learning and in playing guitar.

Tony looks like Vlad The Impaler

@octaaka4757

4 жыл бұрын

he really fucking does he's missing the hat

@Dagoth_Ur_1

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, dark lord of the riff is also dark lord of the impalings

@123612100

4 жыл бұрын

I think he looks like Tommy Chong.

@imaledzepfan

3 жыл бұрын

And look out.. he will impale you.. with his Riffs ..

@jdemarco

Жыл бұрын

News flash: He is...

Tony looked like a badass you wouldn't want to mess with, now he looks like a guy who'd serve you tea and biscuits smiling and telling you how nice the tea and biscuit is.

@Sam_artsy80

5 жыл бұрын

A great character

@Sam_artsy80

5 жыл бұрын

A great character

@stephencook4694

5 жыл бұрын

He is a brumie rich but tough as fuck no you stay on his good side lol

@cav5659

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Black He knows Karate and boxing quite well

@markb.humble6945

3 жыл бұрын

he seriously gives you tea and biscuits, if you run into him?

The Godfather of Heavy Metal, and also an English Gentleman. An absolute legend.

Even his voice sounds melodic

After all these years Toni is still my favorite guitar player!

"We played every Black Sabbath song. Into the void is the heaviest song ever made" Eddie Van Halen. "This is the band that influenced every metal band in the world, including us" James Hetfield, Metallica. From Motley Crew, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, to Pantera, Megadeath, Rush, and countless of others. Black Sabbath maybe the most influential Rock/Metal band in History. 🎸

@Ontariosound

Жыл бұрын

Dave Mustaine : “I was paired with him at a celebrity golf tournament. I don’t view him as an influence, so it was not a big deal for me.” Typical Dave…

@brittscott4673

Жыл бұрын

Van Halen opened for Black Sabbath in their early days.Talk about a great concert .

Best mustache in metal

@Daniel-kx7ip

3 жыл бұрын

@Your Momma no it's metal

@Jotizs

2 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-kx7ip Tony and Geezer themselves beg to differ.

@Jotizs

2 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-kx7ip 3:29 for you

@Daniel-kx7ip

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jotizs it's still metal

@orphnemusic6788

2 жыл бұрын

Frank had the best moustacheO in all of music!😎

Tony's really high here "glue" LOL

@PutItAway101

8 жыл бұрын

+Calebe Priester He's got that kind of "stuffy" look to his face like there's something up his nose... what could it be? LOL

@likkidixx

6 жыл бұрын

The "glue" part is just sarcastic British humor. Overall you're right, don't know why he thought going in an interview in that shape was a good idea.

@kentduggan8626

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with burning a good one for an interview

@markrago5338

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeff Eggleston Is that a fact?

@elonmust7470

4 жыл бұрын

He's actually sober... go watch more Interviews.... When he's coked up, he never stops moving and rubbing his nose.. His hands are completely still here.

The metal god of guitar no one can replace the original!

Tony Iommi is a humble human.

@grimlund

Жыл бұрын

I allways find him more gentleman-like then Ozzy for example. Ozzy swears more and use the f-word in interviews. Tony Its not like that.

A very cool looking dude... he was down to earth (for a rockstar)

Toni "Riff Master" Iommi 🎵🎼🎶🎸😎👊

Geezer told once in an interview that the term Heavy Metal came from seeing the steel mills in Bermingham,has nothing to do with Satanism and devil worship.

@RobotMillionaire

4 жыл бұрын

marc dewey I read it came from a Steppenwolf song

@abelincoln5698

3 жыл бұрын

he didn't coin the term or anything. But he definitely helped to pioneer the genre

@zenpaganwarrior

3 жыл бұрын

That's a very apt reference and a complete totem for metal!

@bikersoncall

2 жыл бұрын

Marc , You must be a youngster, that sentence makes no sense whatsoever, Heavy Metal and Satanism, what in the fk are you even talking about. No offence , but you are high dude, you have no clue what rock n' roll was , or hard rock , or heavy metal.

@bikersoncall

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobotMillionaire 'Born to be Wild' was the song, I'm not sure it that's where the term came from, could be, but whatever Marc is talking about is nothing about nothing.

"its so easy now to learn from video tapes and cassettes..." lol even easier now my friend.

@m42037

8 жыл бұрын

CDs were in their infancy in 1984, now they're on the way to their death like video tapes, and vinyl is back!

@HowlingFang6258

8 жыл бұрын

+Louise Sturm soon cds will be the new things people store away deep in their closets

@m42037

8 жыл бұрын

+HowlingFang6258 Lol. Like VHS. I still have about 25 VHS but my vhs player broke. I have some good movie's i won't throw away, they're still in good shape. Wonder what will replace the DVD? Maybe little computer chips?

@80sROCKKKKK

8 жыл бұрын

+Louise Sturm umm.... the net? People learn guitar from here only.

@m42037

8 жыл бұрын

I ment a physical thing.

My grandpa use to look like Toni, now my brother looks like him

@hyperpotamemusic4476

4 жыл бұрын

You have no idea how lucky you are. My mom looks like Lemmy.

@cav5659

4 жыл бұрын

Hyperpotame Music Jesus Christ

@darkness_rises1403

3 жыл бұрын

@@hyperpotamemusic4476 Holy moly! 😂😂😂

@imaledzepfan

3 жыл бұрын

@@hyperpotamemusic4476 hahaha.. too cool .. in good way

@HighOnFire1997

3 жыл бұрын

@@hyperpotamemusic4476 hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Was there a time when Toni looked like a young man? To me he looks 40 since the first album. Btw I love this guy, and it's maybe the first time I see him laugh at 4:38

@TheA13000

8 жыл бұрын

+Matt Moves Like in the late 90's he looks pretty cool! ahahah

@randallbrooks5787

8 жыл бұрын

+Matt Moves It's TONY, not Toni.

6 жыл бұрын

Matt Moves check out "black Sabbath live in Paris" . He was just a lad there. And the show imo is the best live rock recording EVER. No effects, no noise filters, nothing. Just black Sabbath unfiltered. If u haven't seen that one you really should.

@efilnikufesin2069

6 жыл бұрын

The Stache lol

@greatunz67

5 жыл бұрын

Bob Newhart syndrome, Bob Newhard is about 80 now, but looked like that way back in 1970 on his first tv show lol

A good bloke, and a real gentleman, yes. And a god of guitar!

Toni is a class act and always has been.

@masonbaker2377

3 жыл бұрын

Yes true that. With all that coke he snorted he still kept his shit together.

"How can any band stay together for 17 years? What makes it work that well?" "glue" omfg if I had a drink i'd fucking spit it out instantly, then RIP my computer monitor. fucking smartass

@marcdewey3848

6 жыл бұрын

Ninten The Metalhead .Somebody should ask the Stones how a band stay's together for 50 years.

One of the great men of history.

Tony is the man

A true Godfather of Heavy Metal music and one of the greatest metal guitar players of all time.

Tony Iommi is one of the greats! Zakk is right, saying that he is as good as Hendrix. Tony is really the riff god/master, in my opinion.....

The Master of Riff

"Everyone copying each other" Thats exactly how what happened in the 80's. 🎸

GLUE....LOL THAT TASH IS LIKE A BEAST, A GREAT WHITE... FUCKING ACE...

@6wm

7 жыл бұрын

His tash does look awesome here. He was rocking that style at Live Aid. Looked like the don there!

Tony Iommi is an innovative musician.Such an interesting human being.I love this interview.

What a strange first question. They had changed singer and drummers many times in 84. But nevertheless he is living music history and a true legend. I have met him. So nice person.

Legend - Born Again era.

I like the big deep breath before the interview. He must have been a little stressed out. How come no laugh on the "glue" joke? That was pretty funny I think. :D "Boo-geez" Love ya Tone!

@patrickmccutcheon8860

4 жыл бұрын

These interviewers are such tight asses, dude. It's always the same old shit and same old questions, these dudes are doing a job. They aren't fans. "What model guitar did you used to play? What was Band A B and C like before you got into the big time? What are your influences? Where do you see your music going in ten years?" Same old shit.

@paulvaladao8873

4 жыл бұрын

Interviewer sounds like a stoned mr Rodgers.

@neilarmstrongsson795

3 жыл бұрын

It's because the interviewer is American, the joke's go over their head because they don't understand British humour.

@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730

Жыл бұрын

@@neilarmstrongsson795 I am American...I got his glue joke immediately...wasnt really funny....a kids joke in America!

Tony iommi is my teacher and the master and always will be

He's my favorite guitarist 🎸🤘

They formed in 1968 which would have made it 16 years by 1984 and it's funny, they weren't the same band members in 1984 as the original lineup. Everyone had left by 1984. It was an entire new lineup with Tony.

That bit about the same sound from a different on a different man's setup is so true. Fingers are super underlooked when looking at sound.

He was like a different person back then. Way more of a badass. His personality completely changed (softened up). Reminds me of James Hetfield after he went sober. Night and day from the person he once was.

@omarmahfouz5599

3 жыл бұрын

He seems the same to me, unless you are referring to other interviews

Tony is my favorite guitar player

Tony is probably my biggest influence in my sound, in my playing.

@alf6259

Жыл бұрын

Tony is the biggest influence on my horseshoe mustache !!!

@Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066

Жыл бұрын

Sounds normal. Considering that if one play metal you have to look at the source

You can tell he really enjoys interviews,who could blame him

Great interview and video quality.

Lots of lip licking. . I once saw Geezer Butler being interviewed in which he talked about the days of recording Vol 4 in L.A. The band would order cocaine and he said the dealer would show up and pour a big mound of it on the table from a cereal box. That's a lot of fucking coke. Vol 4 liner notes: "We wish to thank the great COKE-Cola Company of Los Angeles" Indeed.

SO important, so unique, so original, so influential...

Iommi , always living the moment it seems...American Blues influenced England , and then kept the Blues alive while it was fading.

Can't think of anyone more influential than Black Sabbath. Just about everyone that follow from the 70's till 90's.

@keithj6251

5 жыл бұрын

Every record they did was groundbreaking as well. They invented so many styles. They were copied by so many.

@cav5659

4 жыл бұрын

Led Zeppelin

@brownieshytles9540

4 жыл бұрын

@@cav5659 led zeppelin didn't invent an entire genre though

Such a legend.

It’s funny most of the bands people consider to be pioneers of “heavy metal” don’t consider themselves heavy metal, except maybe Judas Priest. That’s because they’re original and played what the felt naturally and liked what they were playing, not worried if it would be acceptable to rock fans. True artists don’t try to be anything.

@keithj6251

5 жыл бұрын

Tony has said many times that he considered Black Sabbath a hard rock band. Hard rock was a category before heavy metal and was widely used through the 70's at least.

@rabola55

3 жыл бұрын

Music labelling was invented by the music critics, that way they think they have some sort of control of what's going on, which they don't obviously. The musicians themselves don't want to be labelled.

@jaidynheadford4092

Жыл бұрын

Do You Think Avenged Sevenfold was Trying to be Something in that Context?

@jaidynheadford4092

Жыл бұрын

I Like the Labeling. Because it Describes What Music it Is. it’s That Simple. I Think They are the Birth of Metal. The Baby Exiting the Vagina. The Beginning on the Other Hand, Probably Sister Rosetta Tharpe Maybe?

@user-lv7ph7hs7l

Жыл бұрын

@@keithj6251 Tony always said Heavy Rock but I think around the 2010s he said he accepted the Metal label.

I liked Tony's moustache back then. Much better than that tiny thing he has on his upper lip now.

4 жыл бұрын

up

@Syklonus

4 жыл бұрын

His tash game was mighty back then.

@afistfulofpimples1745

3 жыл бұрын

He'd fit right in with the village people.

Great guy. One of the best.

Great video. Thank you for sharing.

You just can't ask for a better musician to give it straight up and no sugar added .

Great great interview and opportunity to get to know a bit about Tony and Sabbath.

*God of Riff....Alpha Metal....Gentleman Swag....Tony Iommi*

The questions are so good ! Maybe the best musician video Iv seen

That stash rocks just as hard as Iommi does.

@aaronbickford8725

Жыл бұрын

It takes a real man to rock that liprug.

@TMoody

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronbickford8725 Liprug....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Great interview!

Black sabbath is my all time favourite metal band, also for me tony iommi is my all time favourite band member from the mighty black sabbath....

Awesome🤘

Love me some Iommi!

Father Iommi... Lord of the Dark Riff

Tony Iomi,o chefao supremo do heavy-metal,e fim de conversa.

If young players only knew how hard it was in the days before the 70s. They today don't even know those that made music today!

The King of metal.

Very down to earth classy, humble guy. But his guitar sound is brutal and punishing.

Black sabbath, both with Ozzy and Dio is so unique and original. Each song is even very unique. No two sound alike. Like he says the rest almost all sound the same.

In the top 5 best guitarists, in my opinion, he might be number 2. Fascinating individual Anthony is, killer guitarist

Really High.. Way High!!!

gods of music

Tony is just about a band by himself.

Don't think he is high, but he could certainly use a drink!!

@electrokinesis

7 жыл бұрын

MetalheadYA - He's definitely high, or very exhausted.

@andrealecrim2427

5 жыл бұрын

@@electrokinesis both

@blkmtlstv1265

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrealecrim2427 🍷🍸🍺🍻🥂

@sds4life17

4 жыл бұрын

Say what? He most likely be on Cocaine without a doubt, i know i would if it's time to Talk specifically in an interview and besides Coke was his thing!

@terrypussypower

4 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding! He's coked out of his tree here! It's blatantly obvious.

i licked the screen, my tongue got numb

@purppleskygaming1730

6 жыл бұрын

skaface32 why?

@CalebePriester

6 жыл бұрын

LOL dude!

@happeebirthdae8136

5 жыл бұрын

purpple sky gaming 17 cocaine

@bertjones3235

4 жыл бұрын

@@purppleskygaming1730 Cocaine!!

@Twotontessie

4 жыл бұрын

LOL!!!! Great comment. The TV was too loud and it was on "mute.''

Iommi el chingon de chingones de la lira

This is so strange. There is a clip of George Harrison being interviewed somewhere here in the States promoting Cloud 9. It's about three minutes and it's the one where he says "So how did I meet Eric Clapton? We shared the same wife." Watch that, then this. The facial mannerisms and expressions and the verbal (accent) similarities are uncanny.

My hero. Iommi taught me how to play, but he doesn't know it. Iron Man was the first song I learned how to play. Others were playing smoke on the water first..

Tony 🎸🙌🙌

Toni, the RIff master of metal

He’s talking about the band still being “together” in 84 … Ozzy had left (twice), Dio had left, Vinnie had left, Bill left and then returned in 84 and then left again the same year, even Geezer briefly left in 1980!

not a word that i wrote him all the riffs when i gave him lessons in a pub when we were drinking and playing darts

"Heavy Metal" was first coined in the song "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf.

@aaronbickford8725

Жыл бұрын

Actually, it was first coined by William Burroughs in 1959 in his novel “Naked Lunch”. If you don’t know or were born in the 2000s or later, William Burroughs was a notoriously deviant Beatnik author and well-known junkie.

The father of metal 🛐

Mr. Anthony "Riff Master" Frank Iommi 🎸⚡🔥

#1 guitar player

Tony is high AF here.

@elonmust7470

4 жыл бұрын

No he is not. Go try some coke yourself and then tell us how easy it is to sit there so scerene like .

The most layed back man ever

Great interview. Very good questions. Tony is candid and straightforward. I think Ozzy was an arrogant fool to leave Black Sabbath. Despite who he's tried to surround himself with over the years, he could never match the intensity of the original BS.

@tomlegat-parker5099

2 жыл бұрын

He was fired

@lamontprospect9974

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomlegat-parker5099 Darn it. 🙂

@Spy_shrimP

Жыл бұрын

He didn’t leave, he was simply fired. The death of Ozzy’s father was the end of his musical spirit. He had ideas of his own, but the band turned it down. Being frustrated of being pressed and the death of his father fuel him with more drug and alcohol. He was simply a mess. The band wanted to move on, Jack’a death impacted every members of B.S. but they couldn’t reach Ozzy, so he was fired.

@lamontprospect9974

Жыл бұрын

@@Spy_shrimP Interesting.

@alucardwingates447

11 ай бұрын

@@Spy_shrimP i saw in the new book of geezer that never say die ! was a bad album for them, and ozzy wanted to stay like the first albums, but they wanted to test new things.. the rest are history.. you see the 80s ozzy remember the firsts black sabbath album...

You can hear a tape loop of him coughing preceding the intro to "Sweet Leaf"

#Snowblind

@elonmust7470

4 жыл бұрын

No you epic tool...

Sir Tony Iommi

High as a kite tony, lol

@booshting3520

8 жыл бұрын

+GamerGirl1000 higher than a fictional character ?

@elonmust7470

4 жыл бұрын

No...

@elonmust7470

4 жыл бұрын

He is not high, kid.

@jennfaire8726

4 жыл бұрын

@@elonmust7470 FUCK U

@elonmust7470

4 жыл бұрын

@@jennfaire8726 Shut the fuck up little bitch.

10:52 And another! Hahahaha New drinking game. Every time he goes wide eyed or gets a drip, shot!

That classic Black Sabbath setup. A BC Rich through a Mesa Boogie. lol Still sounded exactly like the boss.

@aaronbickford8725

Жыл бұрын

Lol

😍💓💗