Iron Man (45 page)

Rainbow

Rammstein

Ramones, The

Rampa, Lobsang

Rare Breed

Red Caps, The

reference tones

rehab

Reinhardt, Django

Rest, The

Richard, Cliff

Richards, Keith

Richardson, Sir Ralph

Rockin' Chevrolets, The

Rodin, Auguste

Rogers, Paul

Rolling Stones, The

Rollins, Henry

Rondinelli, Bobby

Roth, David Lee

Rubin, Rick

Russia

Sanctuary Records

Sanders, Alex

Sargsian, Serzh

Savoy Brown

Scott, Bon

Seeger, Bob

Shadows, The

Shaffer, Paul

Silver Bullet Band

Simmons, Gene

Simpson, Jim

Singer, Eric

Sjöholm, Maria

Skunk Anansie

Slayer

Smith, Chris

Smith, Jaclyn

snakes

Snowdon, Susan

Soulfly

sound effects

South Africa

Speakeasy

Spinal Tap

Spitz, Dave

Spock

Spooky Tooth

stage fright

Starr, Ringo

Status Quo

Steele, Peter

Stewart, Rod

Stranglers, The

Struzan, Drew

Swansong label

Sykes, John

System of a Down

Taj Mahal

Tangye, Dave

Tankian, Serj

Ten Years After

Thrall, Pat

TIN

Tittenhurst Park

Top

Townshend, Pete

Tree, Phil

Tsangarides, Chris

Turner, Tina

Tyler, Bonnie

Type O Negative

UB40

UK Music Hall of Fame

Ulrich, Lars

Valery (third wife)

Van Halen, Eddie

Van Halen

Vertigo Records

Vincent, Gene

Wacken festival

Wakeman, Adam

Wakeman, Rick

Walker, Dave

Walsh, Joe

Ward, Bill

and cars

and drinking

drumming style

and Earth

first bands

first European tours

and ghosts

hairstyle

heart attack

and Heaven and Hell

leaves and rejoins band

and Led Zeppelin

lifestyle and escapades

and Ozzy's departure

and reunions

and
Sabotage
sleeve

set on fire

and song-writing

Ward, Jim

Warner Bros.

Washwood Heath

Weedon, Bert

Wehling, Dr Peter

West, Leslie

Whaddley, Dave

Whitesnake

Who, The

Wild Turkey

William, Prince

Winter, Edgar

Winter, Johnny

Wonder, Stevie

Woodroffe, Gerald ‘Jezz'

Woodward, Ron

Wright, Simon

Wylde, Zakk

Wyman, Bill

Yardbirds, The

Yardley's music shop

Yes

Young, Angus

Young, Malcolm

Zappa, Frank

Zemlyane

Zombie, Rob

Born in the midlands, Tony Iommi is the co-founding member of Black Sabbath, and creator of the sound that came to be known as Heavy Metal, one of the most enduring and important British contributions to popular music.

Copyright © 2011 by Tony Iommi

 

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