Tony Iommi - Iommi

Iommi is a heavy metal album by Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and myriad guest musicians and vocalists, including:

Henry Rollins of Black Flag and Rollins Band
Skin of Skunk Anansie
Brian May of Queen
Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters
Phil Anselmo of Pantera and Down
Serj Tankian of System of a Down
Matt Cameron of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam
Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins
Ian Astbury of The Cult
Peter Steele of Type O Negative
Black Sabbath bandmates Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward
Billy Idol

The album took nearly 5 years to make. All of the songs were written by Iommi, producer Bob Marlette and the respective vocalists of each track (except "Black Oblivion", which was written by only Iommi and Billy Corgan).

According to Tony Iommi, he and Phil Anselmo had recorded three tracks together for the album, but only one was put onto the album. Iommi has also said he "Wrote a couple of tracks with Billy Idol and two with Billy Corgan, but you know, we could only use one of each".

The album peaked at number 129 on the charts and its only single, "Goodbye Lament" reached number 10 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.

Contents

1 Black Sabbath band members and former members on the album
2 Reception
3 Track listing
4 Other songs written
5 Credits
5.1 Guest Musicians
5.2 Singles


Black Sabbath band members and former members on the album

Iommi's career is closely linked to his time in Black Sabbath, a band he led from its formation in 1968 to its semi-retirement in 1999, and has continued to lead during sporadic reunions (in 2001, in some form or another every year from 2004–07 and again from 2011-present). Subsequently Iommi formed the band Heaven & Hell, a group featuring a collection of former Black Sabbath band members that had performed together under the Black Sabbath name in the past. A number of musicians associated with Black Sabbath appear on Iommi.

Track nine features Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath vocalist (1968–1979, 1996–2006, 2011-present) and drummer Bill Ward (1968–1980, 1983–1984, 1994, 1997–2006, 2011–2012). The track also features Laurence Cottle on bass, the session bassist for Black Sabbath's studio album Headless Cross. Cottle also features on tracks 3-5 and 7-9. Tracks 3 and 7 feature guitarist Brian May (of Queen), who had previously guest performed with Sabbath on their 1989 tour, performing a guitar solo on the Headless Cross album.
Reception

In 2005, Iommi was ranked number 451 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Track listing

"Laughing Man (In The Devil Mask)" – Henry Rollins (Iommi, Marlette, Rollins) 3:42
"Meat" – Skin (Iommi, Marlette, Skin) 4:55
"Goodbye Lament" – Dave Grohl (Grohl, Iommi, Marlette) 4:52
"Time is Mine" – Phil Anselmo (Anselmo, Iommi, Marlette) 4:58
"Patterns" – Serj Tankian (Iommi, Marlette, Tankian) 4:22
"Black Oblivion" – Billy Corgan (Corgan, Iommi) 8:22
"Flame On" – Ian Astbury (Astbury, Iommi, Marlette) 4:31
"Just Say No to Love" – Peter Steele (Iommi, Marlette, Steele) 4:29
"Who's Fooling Who" – Ozzy Osbourne (Iommi, Marlette, Osbourne) 6:12
"Into the Night" – Billy Idol (Idol, Iommi, Marlette) 5:06

Other songs written

In an interview with Cosmik Conversations, Iommi said that they "actually wrote a few tracks with Billy [Idol]...three with Phil Anselmo...and two tracks with Billy Corgan, but you know, we could only use one of each." There is also a track entitled "Something Wicked This Way Comes" written and recorded with Scooter Ward of the band Cold that was not included on the album. But, the track has been available through various filesharing networks. One of the unreleased tracks with Phil Anselmo is a faster-paced song entitled "Inversion of Saviours". It has also been available through various filesharing networks.
Credits
Guest Musicians

Terry Phillips – Bass on 1
Bob Marlette – Keyboards on all tracks, Bass on 2
Laurence Cottle – Bass on 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9
Billy Corgan – Bass on 6, additional guitar on 6
Peter Steele – Bass on 8
Ben Shepherd – Bass on 10
Ace (Martin Kent) – Additional guitar on 2
Brian May – Additional guitar on 3 & 7
Jimmy Copley – Drums on 1 & 5
John Tempesta – Drums on 2
Dave Grohl – Drums on 3
Matt Cameron – Drums on 4, 7, 8 & 10
Kenny Aronoff – Drums on 6
Bill Ward – Drums on 9

Singles

Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Peak
2000 "Goodbye Lament" Mainstream Rock Tracks #10
References

Anthony Frank "Tony" Iommi
Studio albums

Iommi

Albums with Glenn Hughes

The 1996 DEP Sessions
Fused

Related bands

Black Sabbath
Jethro Tull
Mythology
Heaven & Hell
Well I guess that about covers it . Enjoy and seed this if you keep.