The second and third Tony Iommi “solo” albums are getting a re-release treatment this fall.  Announced today, “The 1996 DEP Sessions” and “Fused” will be re-released on  4 October from BMG.  Given I tend to be known for posting details, I’ll go with the details I know first. Both albums will be released on CD, […]

My first news story of the year is one that talks about a not fun subject at all.  Tony Iommi’s cancer. While I’ve been seeing a lot of posts and requests (and even DEMANDS, if you can believe that) for Tony to record, tour, basically do the same thing as he’s always done..   This […]

Sabbath fan Philipp B sent me a note on Twitter saying he happened upon the music that Tony Iommi created for the CSI episode that aired here in the US a week ago or so.  That was cool, as I hadn’t heard it yet.

If you remember, there was some promotion with the CBS TV show, CSI where Black Sabbath played (mimed) in the episode, and Ozzy had a short speaking role.  Anyway, they must have remembered this, as Tony Iommi recently announced that a short music composition of his will appear in the November 9th episode of the […]

Today Tony Iommi was given an honorary doctorate from Coventry University.    The degree was, in the words of the university, “in recognition of his contribution to the world of popular music”.    Tony left from the school and went straight to the airport to head for Helsinki for the European Black Sabbath tour. Tony himself […]

21 years ago there was a really badass concert held in memory of then recently deceased Freddy Mercury of Queen.   The three surviving members played with a host of other guest stars for a medley of Queen hits over the years.   I remember watching this when it was new – and in fact, […]

A year ago (give or take) Tony Iommi’s autobiography came out.  I wrote about it a bunch, even had a reporter on side for one of the US Book signings (seems funny to say I have a reporter – haha).  You can read all of that here.   As with most books, some time down […]