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According to tony iommi and ozzy in his book, all of that was so much smoke, as a way for the band to get noticed in the first place. Not only is it a great read, but its lavishly illustrated with tons of live shots, vintage gig posters, weird foreign singles, and other cool stuff to geek out on. In october 2011, tony joined a new rank of media, when he because an author. Anthony frank tony iommi is an english guitarist and songwriter best known as the founding member of pioneering heavy metal band black sabbath, and its sole continual member through multiple personnel changes. Black sabbath featuring tony iommi seventh star 1986. Iron man chronicles the story of both pioneering guitarist tony iommi and legendary band black sabbath, dubbed the beatles of heavy metal by rolling stone. The style was a little different from the classic sabbath. Published on mar 2, 2019 tony iommi talks about his book iron man, welding accident, django reinhartd, first gig, getting chased by skinheads, jethro tull, spraying bill ward. Anthony frank iommi is an english guitarist, songwriter and producer. Iron man and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. Iron man reveals the man behind the icon yet still captures iommis humor, intelligence, and warmth. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. By types i am referring to those fans who are particularly supportive and interested into a certain era of the band.
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