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“When the Strat went, I couldn’t believe it. We went in to make our first album and the pickup went. I had to use the backup I kept on the side…” Tony Iommi was a Fender Stratocaster player before fate intervened – and he had to reach for his Gibson SG

Iommi went to the studio intent on recording Black Sabbath's debut album with his heavily modded Strat. Things didn't quite go according to plan...

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“We were in LA getting ready for a gig and I said, ‘Where’s Glenn?’ He’d gone to Atlanta. He was a loon, just through doing so much coke and drinking”: How Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes rekindled their turbulent friendship to make Fused

Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and ex-Deep Purple man Glenn Hughes reunited in 2005 to make the Fused album

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"I saw Black Sabbath one month before their first album came out – and I was right in the front row": Billy Idol on his love for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne

Billy Idol was part of the celebration that saw Ozzy Osbourne inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame at the weekend

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"All abooooaard!" Watch the all-star Hall Of Fame tribute to Ozzy Osbourne starring Maynard James Keenan, Billy Idol, Rob Trujillo, Chad Smith, Wolfgang Van Halen, Andrew Watt, Adam Wakeman, Steve Stevens, Zakk Wylde and Jelly Roll

The all-star band assembled in Cleveland to pay tribute to the Prince Of Darkness as he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame for the second time

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"It feels like Black Sabbath decided to couple with Santana. Then raise their child as a rock musical": Lucifer's Friend mix it up on fourth album Banquet

In which four Germans and a Brit hook up and invent prog-jazz-rock showtunes

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"I’m not going to bore you with a long, drawn out f****** monologue": Ozzy Osbourne has made his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame acceptance speech and it was delightfully short

The Prince Of Darkness has spoken, and it was brief

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"I’m so glad I still live in a world where Ozzy walks the Earth." The greatest Ozzy Osbourne songs as picked by members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Halestorm and more

To celebrate Ozzy Osbourne's solo induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, we asked some of metal's biggest stars for the ultimate Ozzy playlist

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“This is a chance to own a piece of history!” Fancy owning a window pane from Iron Maiden's Ed Force One plane? Check out the Heavy Metal Truants' latest charity auction, but be quick, as it closes before midnight

Get your bids in NOW for a chance to own ultra-rare collector's items from Iron Maiden, AC/DC, The Cure, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and more - and help support four amazing charities - in the Heavy Metal Truants' Monster Rock Auction, closing tonight, October 16

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"It is no exaggeration to say that millions of animals will be spared torment and cruelty because of their selfless dedication." Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler dubbed 'Rock Star for Animals' in animal welfare award

The Center For A Humane Economy organisation has honoured Geezer Butler for his commitment to animal welfare

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“There was one gig where Eric and I stopped playing for two choruses. Jack didn’t even know”: Cream were one of the loudest rock bands of their time – but the excessive volume tore the band apart

During Cream's late '60s heyday, and again during their brief reunion in 2005, drummer Ginger Baker felt that both his – and even Eric Clapton's – contributions were often drowned out by bandmate Jack Bruce's

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“I’ve seen a lot of things. Supernatural things. I’ve seen the place between heaven and hell”: The outrageous life of King Diamond, the occult metal icon Metallica love and Gene Simmons wanted to sue

Hauntings, heart attacks, exorcisms and lawsuits – King Diamond looks back on 40 years as Satan’s Little Helper

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“Everyone I've ever met that I worshipped has been a disappointment, so I want to keep him as my hero”: Geezer Butler names his favorite bassist of all time

His basslines with Black Sabbath are iconic, but Geezer Butler’s still a fan with his own four-string idols

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"Glenn Hughes might just have saved Iommi from terminal creative frustration": Tony Iommi unveils new skills on Fused and The DEP Sessions

The solo adventures of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, revisited

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Jack Black will induct Ozzy Osbourne into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame; Metallica, Tool and Red Hot Chili Peppers members to perform

The Prince Of Darkness will join the annals of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame on October 19

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“Joe and I had been hanging out, secretively making music, knowing that one day we'd do something. Four sessions later, we had an album”: How Glenn Hughes brought his low-end expertise into the spotlight with Joe Bonamassa and Black Country Communion

The ageless rock veteran with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath recorded his most bass-intensive disc alongside guitarist Joe Bonamassa

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Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi to appear on Robbie Williams’ new rock album

Robbie Williams is gonna rock (DJ) with heavy metal’s original guitar hero, according to the ex-Take That member’s musical director

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“Tony has done his thing on it”: Robbie Williams and Tony Iommi just made a record

The Black Sabbath guitarist is just one component of Williams' new “guitar rock” musical direction

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What links Robert Downey Jr, Ted Hughes and Black Sabbath? The Saturday quiz

From ‘donkey’s back’ to chitlins and haggis, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

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“Every time I hear it on the radio it’s like, ‘I’m glad they’re playing this instead of Crazy Train!’” Slayer’s Kerry King names his favourite Ozzy Osbourne song, and it’s one of his most obscure

When we asked Slayer’s guitarist to name the best Ozzy Osbourne track, he picked the deepest of deep cuts

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"A lot of squawking that overshadows everything else": Sir Lord Baltimore conjure up the right sounds on Kingdom Come, but about those vocals...

Hailed as a proto-metal classic, Sir Lord Baltimore's debut album is perhaps more 60s than 70s

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Jazz Sabbath to release third album The 1968 Tapes

Jazz Sabbath have also been added to the 2025 Cruise To The Edge bill

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"If the world was a fair place, everyone's Greta Van Fleet records would spontaneously turn into Great Western Valkyrie": Rival Sons' fourth album finds them on top of their game

After turning heads with Pressure & Time in 2011, Rival Sons returned to the studio with a new bassist and a fistful of big ideas

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“Were Black Sabbath heavy metal? They were? Then I guess we are too”: How Tool pushed back the boundaries of metal and prog with 10,000 Days

Mystery, secrecy and Arsenal FC – the world of prog metal heavyweights Tool is like no other

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Watch Cozy Powell and Co. rattle through Dance With The Devil, their iconic glam rock tribute to Jimi Hendrix

Rare 1974 footage of Bedlam featuring Cozy Powell playing the classic Dance With The Devil has appeared online

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The 50 most metal movie moments ever

From the sinister appearance of Count Orlok to Iron Man rocking out to AC/DC, these are the 50 most metal movie moments ever

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