#black sabbath featuring tony iommi

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Queen - The Show Must Go On 1991

Innuendo is the fourteenth studio album by the British rockband Queen, released on 4 February 1991. It was the band's last album to be released in lead singer Freddie Mercury's lifetime. It reached the number 1 spot on the UK album charts for two weeks, and also peaked at number 1 in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland, staying at the top for three weeks, four weeks, six weeks, and eight weeks, respectively. It was the first Queen album to go Gold in the US upon its release since The Works in 1984.

The album was recorded between March 1989 and November 1990. In the spring of 1987, Mercury had been diagnosed with AIDS, although he kept his illness a secret from the public and denied numerous media reports that he was seriously ill. The band and producers were aiming for a November or December release date in order to catch the crucial Christmas market, but Mercury's declining health meant that the release of the album did not take place until February. Nine months after the album was released, Mercury died of AIDS-derived bronchopneumonia.

"The Show Must Go On" was written by Brian May, based on a chord sequence he had been working on. May decided to use the sequence, and both he and Mercury decided the theme of the lyrics and wrote the first verse together. From then on May finished the lyrics, completed the vocal melody and wrote the bridge, inspired by Pachelbel's Canon. The song chronicles the effort of Mercury continuing to perform despite approaching the end of his life. When the band recorded the song in 1990, Mercury's condition had deteriorated to the point that May had concerns as to whether he was physically capable of singing it. May recalls; "I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing.' And he went, 'I'll fucking do it, darling' — vodka down — and went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal".

The song was initially not released as a single as part of promotion for the Innuendo album, but was released in October 1991 as the band launched their Greatest Hits II album. The video for the song featured a compilation of clips from all their videos since 1982. Due to Mercury's critical health at the time of its production, a fresh appearance by the band in a video was not possible.

"The Show Must Go On" was released as a single in the UK on 14 October 1991, just six weeks before Mercury died. Following his death on 24 November 1991, the song re-entered the British charts and spent as many weeks in the top 75 (five) as it did upon its original release, initially reaching a peak of 16. In 1992, the song was released as a double A-side with "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the US and reached number 2 in the US.

It was first played live on 20 April 1992, during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by the three remaining members of Queen, with Elton John singing lead vocals and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi playing rhythm guitar. A different live version featuring Elton John on vocals later appeared on Queen's Greatest Hits III album.

Since its release, the song has appeared on television and film, including Moulin Rouge!.

"The Show Must Go On" received a total of 85,2% yes votes! Previous Queen polls: #29 "Mustapha"

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Black Sabbath: Anno Domini 1989-1995 (2024)

Black Sabbath Anno Domini 1989-1995

4LP Super Deluxe Edition Featuring

• 3 Albums Newly Remastered

• 2024 Tony Iommi Remix Of Forbidden

• 1989 Headless Cross Tour Replica Concert Book

• 40-Page Book With Photos, Artwork & Liner Notes

• Headless Cross Poster

Warner Records

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Friday, September 6: Black Sabbath, "Sins of the Father"

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010)

Dehumanizer was one of the rare instances where a difficult recording process not only permeated the finished product but actually managed to enhance the final album.  And while nobody, least of all the artists themselves, would want the act of making a record to be a struggle, the uneasy vibes gave tunes like “Sins of the Father” more weight and made the reunion of Black Sabbath’s Mob Rules lineup even more malicious than expected.  Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice were an overwhelmingly forceful rhythm section, Ronnie James Dio was forceful, emotive and urgent, and Tony Iommi’s riffing was just straight up mean.  This was an ugly track that obscured some of its hooks by smothering them with globules of noise, and that wasn’t simply due to Mack’s hammering production: Dio had a way of arranging his vocals such that his cadence became its own melody line, and parts of Appice’s pummeling were catchy in their way, but “Sins of the Father” almost felt designed to create discomfort.  This was ultimately why Dehumanizer remains something of a dark horse in the Sabbath catalogue- what was supposed to be a triumphant return became something ugly and a bit uninviting, but deeper listens revealed that to be more of a feature than a bug, and the sturdiness of the writing was undeniable.

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Trucks and road at the evening. Black Sabbath -TYR.

So, in July I was listening a disk Black Sabbath – TYR. Tony Iommi, is there, guitar. And singer Tony Martin. So, how cool, they do a rock music, they cool with writing music style of 80s. The same rock, I like the most! Excellent rock 80s!

I was listening, while was on the road from countryside. Including a time, when it is, already, getting dark, if to go home late. And, I think about a – what is good for this music. What can goes good to this tracks as visual? Album is cool! 80s! Rock! Heavy metal! And, I decide, that during the road, a trucks are suits well! So, this is visual line.

Album is so cool! Good rock! So, I am a big fan of this sound! As I can say, it is so sad point, that 80s are goes to its end. Album sounds like a little tragical, not, not like this, it is charismatic, energetical. And there is a place for lyrical part and rock features. Excellent chorus, excellent guitars.

Personally me, I more and more like era with Tony Martin with the vocal. Tony Iommi and Tony Martin -musicians duet. In terms of Black Sabbath. They do a cool music! For some reason, these their art, it was in a shadows for me. So, I discover it for myself. This disk and Headless Cross, I listened before. But, this summer, I dive into TYR, again. I listened it in a car. It is like thoughts, thoughtful episodes. Heavy. And road is going on. Evening after a countryside.

Such a vocal and guitar turns it have!

So, first three songs - they are strong at once. Such a style 80s out of them. And, I also was watching concerts in internet. Not exactly, from tout TYR. And with Tony Martin at vocal. I don’t remember a year. But, it was a concert in Olimpiyskiy or place like that in 1989 year. So, this concert I watched, I remember. Good example of rock music 80s.

Battle of TYR is so synthesized thing, as I hear it! Synthesizers, also, my theme of interest! So wonderful and sorcery kind. Epic in some moments. Rock music, it is anyways a rock music, so this is intro purpose. For something else fragments it will be further, something like that again. Just like it is made for some opera.

Later, next is goes Odin`s Court. It is not heavy, but absolutely stylish song. Tony Martin sings cool there. Guitar is so cool. As it is like something Blackmore. But Blackmore - it is another thing. Here Tony Iommi is playing. It is very spectacular. And it like shows, predicts a future. Before the storm, something like that.

And, it is, also, a special moment, some joke like for me. Cause this song, as a fact, goes into next track at once – Valhalla is next track. I am, u know, when I don’t listen it for a long time, I start to think. I start to shake and feel little confusion. That it is something wrong with these songs. Because of, first song goes very fast and it interrupts very fast at one moment. Just like it interrupts somewhere in the middle of the track, and you lost data, or broken data. Some funny thing for me!

But, next it is goes a main track, of this segment, Valhalla. So here it is a heavy metal. Rock 80s. With good chorus and rhythm guitars. Something like that you can find at Yngwie Malmsteen music.

Later, next one is goes a ballad. Feels good to me. And it is a curtain falls for a cd. Coolest songs it have, this cd. Rock. Heavy metal. 80s. It is good example of a good sound. Heaven in Black. They play and sound, as it should to be! Ensemble! They play very cool, of course!

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A young Tony Iommi holding a Fender Stratocaster, 1965-66.

Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. /aɪˈoʊmi/, eye-OH-mee; born (February 19, 1948) is an English-Italian musician. He co-founded the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader and primary composer and sole continuous member for nearly five decades. Iommi was ranked number 13 in Rolling Stone magazine's 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time.

On his last day of work in a sheet metal factory, as a teenager, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an accident, an event which crucially impacted his playing style. He briefly left Black Sabbath (then known as Earth) in 1968 to join Jethro Tull, but did not record any material with the band, and subsequently returned to Black Sabbath in 1969. In 2000, he released his first solo album Iommi, followed by 2005's Fused, which featured his former bandmate Glenn Hughes. After releasing Fused, he formed Heaven & Hell, which disbanded shortly after the death of Ronnie James Dio in 2010 (they toured on Black Sabbath songs when Dio was in the band but changed the name for legal reasons).

In 2011, Iommi published his autobiography, entitled Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath.

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“Stone Cold Crazy”, live at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert, featuring James Hetfield singing with Queen and Tony Iommi (from Black Sabbath) playing.

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Last weeks poll ended with 16 votes, the winner (it was to be expected) was ZZ Top's 1983 "Eliminator" with 31,3%. It was a struggle for me aswell, but i ended up choosing "Afterburner" because it's the one that i keep going back to. It's must have something to do with that unique 80's sound...

The video for "Paranoid" was filmed in Belgium (1970), it was the first song i ever heard by Ozzy and Black Sabbath... i was hooked instantly! It's still my favorite Sabbath album to date, i mean... how can it not be with classics like "War Pigs", Paranoid", "Planet Caravan", "Iron Man" and "Fairies Wear Boots"?

Considered by many to be the first heavy metal band, Black Sabbath was formed in 1968 by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward in Birmingham, UK. The band's original name was the Polka Tulk Blues Band (later shortened to Polka Tulk) and later on changed to Earth before becoming Black Sabbath inspired by an Italian horror movie of the same name. The original line-up lasted until 1979, after which Osbourne was fired and replaced by Ronnie James Dio. The line-up changes would continue, with no line-up remaining intact for consecutive studio releases. Throughout the changes, only Tony Iommi and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, who also joined the band in 1979, would remain with Black Sabbath, although Nicholls would not always be credited as a full member. In 1997, Iommi, Butler, Ward, and Osbourne reunited, touring and releasing a live album in 1998, although a long-rumored studio release did not appear (the group attempted to record a new album in 2001 with producer Rick Rubin but the sessions were scrapped). After that, the group periodically reunited to tour with Ozzy's "Ozzfest" tour. In 2004, longtime keyboardist Geoff Nicholls was replaced by Adam Wakeman for an Ozzfest tour. No reason was given for the replacement. In 2006, the original line-up was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame.

In 2007, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (who were featured on 1981's "Mob Rules" and 1992's "Dehumanizer") announced that they would tour together as Heaven & Hell (with Iommi, who owns the Black Sabbath name, deciding to keep the Black Sabbath name solely for the original line-up in light of their Rock 'n' Roll HOF induction) to support a Dio-era greatest hits release, which also featured 3 new Dio/Iommi compositions. A brand new live album was released under the Heaven & Hell name that same year, followed by a studio album in 2009.

In 2009, Osbourne sued Iommi over control of the Black Sabbath name. The lawsuit was settled the following year. In late 2011, it was announced that the original line-up would be recording and touring. Shortly, afterward, Bill Ward dropped out, stating he had been given a contract that was "unsignable". The three remaining members opted to continue without him. In 2013, the band released "13", their first studio album with Osbourne in 34 years. The band played their final live show in Birmingham, UK, on February 4, 2017. Although the band has announced that full-scale touring is done, Tony Iommi has stated that the door is still open for future music and possible live appearances.

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"Seventh Star"BLACK SABBATH

ご存じの通り"Featuring Tony Iommi"と副題がついてるんだけど、題名の文字数足りないので、そこは省略で。

���来はTony Iommiのソロアルバムだったはずが、営業上の都合でBLACK SABBATH名義でリリースされたもの。サバスの本質であるあの重いグルーヴがギリギリまで減退した、RAINBOW直系のメロディックHM/HRを聴かせる。ヴォーカルはGlenn Hughesですしね。ドラムはEric Singer。ブルーズ色も強いんですけど、いやはやいいですね。やはり僕はサバスは苦手でも、Tony Iommiは好きなのかもしれない。他のサバスのアルバムと比べて小粒な気もするけど、ブリティッシュメタルとして普通に優秀ですよ。

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Forbidden is the eighteenth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released on 5 June 1995. This recording saw the reunion of Black Sabbath's Tyr-era line-up from 1990, with the return of Neil Murray and Cozy Powell. It was the last album to feature Tony Martin on vocals and Geoff Nicholls on keyboards, and the last by the band until 2013 when Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler returned for the album 13. The album sold 21,000 copies in the US in its first week and as of 2013, Forbidden has sold 191,000 copies in the US.[4] The album received a generally negative response from critics and fans alike. After its release, the band underwent several line-up changes and found itself at a career crossroads. However, original Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne would reconcile with guitarist Tony Iommi not long afterwards.[5]

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TONY IOMMI Set To Feature On ROBBIE WILLIAMS' Upcoming Album

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi will appear on the upcoming rock album by British pop star Robbie Williams. The collaboration was announced by Robbie‘s drummer and musical director, Karl Brazil, during an episode of the “Percussion Discussion” podcast. “[Robbie‘s] got an album to follow that we’ve been working on,” Brazil said. “He’s working with various people, but I’ve been fortunate…

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TONY IOMMI WORE A SIMILAR ALL WHITE-ROBED LOOK IN THE SUPER-SEVENTIES.

PIC(S) INFO: Resolution at 701×1000 -- Spotlight on cover art to "Analog" Science Fiction/Science Fact magazine, published August 1982. New York: Davis Publications, Inc., 1982. Featuring contributions by James Gunn, Andrew Offutt, Richard Lyon, and others. Cover art by Kelly Freas.

PIC #2: BLACK SABBATH guiarist & co-founder Tony Iommi, decked out in his white-caped outfit, c. the band's "Sabotage" Tour, c. late 1975.

Sources: www.parigibooks.com/pages/books/27089 & Pinterest.

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The much anticipated Black Sabbath - Anno Domini box set featuring some of the bands most rare & sought-after vinyl pressings from 1989-1995 back in print for the first time in decades.

The box set includes newly remastered versions of the albums "Headless Cross" (1989), "Tyr" (1990) and "Cross Purposes" (1994), as well as a new version of "Forbidden" (1995), which guitarist Tony Iommi remixed specifically for this compilation. None of the albums have been reissued on vinyl since their original release.

Also included in the box set is a 40-page booklet with photos, artwork, liner notes by Hugh Gilmour, a "Headless Cross" poster and a replica of the concert book from the "Headless Cross" tour."

Available for $230. Also available to order as a CD box set for $150.

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Monday, February 20: Quartz, “Fear No Evil”

R.I.P. Geoff Nicholls (1944-2017)

Although the New Wave of British Heavy Metal is still considered an especially magical time in the genre’s history, it was still just a moment in time that only a very small handful of bands were able to successfully move past.  Of course, lingering affection for the era enabled virtually every British heavy rock band that managed a couple singles to reemerge from their day jobs and put out new material that nobody cared about.  And so Quartz recorded Fear No Evil over 30 years after first sinking into obscurity, though in fairness Geoff Nicholls had garnered some notoriety in the intervening years as Tony Iommi’s one consistent sideman while he kept Black Sabbath afloat.  And for what it was worth, the Quartz reunion featured an almost entirely original lineup, with only David Garner singing in place of the recently deceased Mike Taylor.  In any event, the album’s title track was a bit heavier than one might expect for a bunch of grizzled weekend warriors whose most famous member played keyboards: there was some crunch in the guitars and urgency in Garner’s vocals, and some thought was put into the arrangement.  It was pretty enjoyable considering Quartz hadn’t really been on anybody’s mind since Stand Up and Fight in 1980, and worked pretty well for a bunch of old guys getting together on their days off to play some tunes.

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Ex-Black Sabbath Singer Tony Martin: "Tony Iommi is now validating the new Black Sabbath Box Set, He's loving what we did"

BLACK SABBATH – L-R: Tony Martin, Tony Iommi, Cozy Powell, Neil Murray – photosession – Sep 1989. Photo credit: Pete Cronin/IconicPix Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke to former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin about the upcoming new Box set “Anno Domini featuring his era with the band from 1989-1995. This new collection that brings four albums back into print after an…

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Time for your Rock Report

Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes recently released the official video for "Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)." The star-studded re-recording of Knopfler's 1983 solo single was released in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. For the nearly 10-minute new take of the Local Hero theme song, Knopfler joined forces with numerous rock icons, including Queen's Brian May, Bruce Springsteen, Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. Guitar Heroes' take on "Going Home" also contains the last ever recording by the late Jeff Beck. The new version also features The Beatles' Ringo Starr on drums, Sting on bass and The Who frontman (and Teenage Cancer Trust patron) Roger Daltrey on harmonica.

The Pretty Reckless are set to provide support for AC/DC on their upcoming European tour. The news was announced earlier this week, when AC/DC shared a poster for their first European tour in eight years, which will feature the Taylor Momsen-fronted band as the only opener on all 24 dates. The tour is slated to kick off on May 17 at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The trek follows AC/DC's 2023 Power Trip performance and marks their first full-length tour since 2016. AC/DC released a new album, Power Up, in 2020. The album featured the reunion of the surviving members of the Back in Black lineup: Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams.