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Tony Iommi admits that, yes, sometimes he got carried away playing guitar solos – but Ronnie James Dio was his enabler

Iommi says the Dio years challenged Black Sabbath to up their game and RJD would tell him to solo longer. “Listening back to things, you think, ’Bloody hell! That was a bit over the top‘”

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"It’s basically this story of rags to riches" - Behind the scenes at the Black Sabbath ballet

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and the project’s creative team explain what the hell is on on at the Black Sabbath ballet

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"We'd spend all day farting about and end up with nothing usable": the aggravating story of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Write some songs, get into studio, come out with an album. It worked before. But when it came to making the follow-up to Vol. 4, Black Sabbath couldn’t even get started

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Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi once had an onstage guitar solo interrupted by local taxi firm orders coming through his amp

Black Sabbath's 1981 UK tour was a victory lap for their rebirth with Ronnie James Dio. A shame then that a local taxi company gatecrashed the celebrations

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In 1968 Tony Iommi joined Jethro Tull for two weeks: it was the making of Black Sabbath

Tony Iommi left Birmingham to join Jethro Tull in time for the filming of The Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus, but he didn't hang around for long

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Geezer Butler: “Originally it was titled ‘Nib’, which was Bill’s beard and looked like a pen nib because it was pointy”

Geezer Butler explains the obscure title behind one of Black Sabbath’s most recognisable riffs

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Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler sets 6/6/6 release date for his autobiography Into The Void

Geezer Butler says his memoir Into The Void "is coming out 6/6/23. Yes, I know that 2×3=6. Although unintentional, having that as a release date suits me fine"

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The story of Randy Rhoads and Blizzard Of Ozz: "He was the best guy at overdubbing solos and tracking them that I’ve ever seen. I mean, he used to blow me away"

Classic interview: Remembering the genius of Randy Rhoads, 41 years after his tragic death

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T-Pain has covered Black Sabbath's War Pigs and it's even weirder than you might expect

Auto-tune pioneer T-Pain has released a cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs and it's not what you'd imagine

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