Tony Iommi is starting to make the promotional "rounds" for his solo album. Here’s some details: 1) Tony Iommi to appear on Rockline – The Prince of Darkness will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated interview program ‘Rockline’ Monday, September 18. For a listing of stations, go to http://drchuck.net/rockline/stations.html. 2) Tony Iommi to […]

You can now pre-order the Tony Iommi solo album through CD-Now. Long time site visitors have known that I’ve linked to CD-Now since the start of my site, and they’re a good, reputable place. If you want to pre-order the CD, you can do so by clicking on the logo below. The street date is […]

The Tony Iommi solo album "Iommi" (whatever happened to that name the album contest on his web site? This couldn’t have been the winner) is still due to be released on October 10th. I’ve not been able to find it available for pre-order on any of the usual web sites. Once I do, I’ll make […]

A rep from Divine Recordings emailed me last night after I posted the story on Iommi last night. He told me the name of the bass player on the song – Laurence Cottle. Someone whose name should already be known to Sabbath fans (if you need a prod, he played bass on Headless Cross, and […]

This news update just in from the Divine Recordings Web site…Ozzy has given his blessing to the final mix of ‘Who’s Fooling Who’, the last song completed for the long-awaited Tony Iommi solo album. The song is an almost-Sabbath reunion: Bill Ward plays drums! Hallelujah! Also, Tony’s web site at http://www.iommi.com is back online – […]

Tony Iommi’s first solo album (aptly named "Iommi") finally has some movement in the way of news. Check it out: Master Tape Delivered – After months of anticipation, the IOMMI album master tape has been delivered to Divine Recordings headquarters in Los Angeles. Street Date: October 10, 2000 and featuring Henry Rollins, Skin from Skunk […]

This past week Tony Iommi appeared on KNAC radio in Los Angeles, and answered a bunch of questions from one of the staffers there. Unfortunately, it wasn’t Mike Stark, who probably would have been a better interviewer. Why is it that when someone interviews one of the Sabbath members, they ask the same lame ass […]

There isn’t one – I wish to god I could tell you something, but I can’t. All I know is that it’s coming out on Priority Records, and is supposed to be out around the start of the Ozzfest 2000 (which Tony & Sabbath have nothing to do with). That’s all I know.

When I was going through my mail folders, I found the graphic shown to the right here. It’s an amusing ad for the Tony Iommi solo album (which is supposed to show up early in 2000). The ad is featured in the Ozzy Osbourne comic book published by Tom McFarlane (who also makes Ozzy’s action […]