Thats not tape, theyre prosthetics... Tony cut the tips of his fingers off in a factory accident before Sabbath. had to relearn guitar with a whole new approach... ended up inventing Metal because of it 🤘🤘
Yeah and because even with the prosthetic fingetips (the first ones were homemade, melted plastic bottle with leather tips for grip) he still had trouble playing conventionally. So he started to rely on two-string power chords, thus inventing metal. Also they would tune down from Standard E to lessen the string tension to make it easier for him, which resulted in even more heaviness! Necessity is the mother of invention.
Lost in Vegas kept calling him Lommy too. Both sad and funny at the same time. Everyone should know Tony's name just like Ozzy. Same with Bill and Geezer. Randy seems to get almost all of the attention, but metal would not exist without Tony Iommi. He is owed a debt by all.
Blessed be Geezer my oldest friend I never met like the lyrics and Ozzys voice ur bass captured my heart just seeing u live was I felt ur bass drive thru or pound thru my being
There's actually a bass solo just prior to this on the album, they usually do it live too, called Bassically. It's a part of the studio N.I.B. track, check it out on your free time. You'll dig it.
Ozzy is a crackhead uncle who shows up only at family reunions and offers your 14 year old brother a cigarette, but also gives you good advice sometimes on accident
I remember years ago hearing a joke that the problem every metal guitar player has is wanting to write the heaviest song ever then remembering Sabbath already made Into The Void.
I have been listening to Sabbath since I was 14-15 years old and I still listen to them with the same enthusiasm. I went to every Ozz Fest that played in Devore/Glen Helen in Southern California. Introduced my nephew and his friends to Black Sabbath and Ozzy years ago and took them to four Ozz Fests as well. This was a great performance but just not the same without Bill Ward on drums. Those days were the beginning of an era. Between Sabbath and Zeppelin you just can't go wrong.
He lost the finger tips the day of a gig so he used sewing thimbles to protect his finger tips. The unique effect of the metal thimbles against the strings created this characteristic sound, which he pursued and made his own.
Plus its why he tuned to C# to make it easier but became that iconic heavy sound, so the question is, what would Black Sabbath of been without the accident?
Iommi lost the tip of that finger in a work accident before BS started...his adaption of that loss of tip when playing basically created heavy metal. The universe is a magical place huh? Lol
Born in 74 to a father, that loved and owned the first 3 albums. That started my journey. Caught Sabbath in 99 for the reunion tour, and this tour you're watching. The FAREWELL......😑
@@machinehead83 Thus proving that his is a Hip-Hop guy and truly never heard this music before. Which is great....nothing like people reacting to music they've already heard....that's the worst. I cut him all the slack in the world. He truly "gets" the music he listens to....and he seems to get it faster than I did.....and I'm a hard rock/metal head and a guitarist for 35 years. I dig people listening to things outside their genre and totally being blown away by it. This is gonna happen in metal b/c it's an honest, uncorruptable form of music. Plus, most hip-hop'ers really get the energy, the drums, and almost always read the lyrics.....something I was guilty of being too lazy to do.....I primarily just listened to the riffs.....so tunes I thought meant one thing, years later I learn they meant something (offten) completely different! Peace....
I’d known Sabbath for about a year before I found that out. I should have known because if it was an L, it wouldn’t be lowercase because that’s not how names freakin’ work
I saw Black Sabbath at Ozzfest in 2001. It was such an experience. The whole concert really, but to be topped off with Ozzy and Black Sabbath was awesome.
You really should check out "Children of the Grave" and "Paranoid" (in that order) from "The End" as well, so you can see how a band should go out (it was their last concert).
This is classic Sabbath. You wished you were there? Saw this tour in Sydney Australia. I walked away and rated it possibly the best ever concert I had been to. That’s any artist! Usually when I have a high expectation of a gig I seem to get let down. Generally that is how it is with most things. However with this gig I had a huge expectation and it was surpassed. Totally insane!!! When we left the floor through tunnels someone started to sing War Pigs! We all sang it through the concrete tunnels and it was a massive moment that still gives me goosebumps. Imagine the place was packed shoulder to shoulder as we made our was they and everyone signing War Pigs. The sound and solidarity was something that I cannot forget. Awesome gig!!!
I had the honor to see them in ‘99 not long after their reunion. I wanted to see them because I didn’t know how long it would last. I’m glad bill ward was with them, no disrespect to Brad Wilk, but it HAS to be the original four to be the real deal.
@@asabbathec Iommi pick? Sweet. I bought a Ozzfest shirt, but sabbath wasn’t even listed on the back! 😡 I wish I had a time machine and bought an actual sabbath shirt. Later, I bought one with a Paranoid era picture and tour dates on back but no idea what year it was from.
@@beatmet2355 Yes, a security guard picked them. I was front line, all the audience retired and I stayed there, watching how the crew retired the scenario. And then, this enormous guy give me one! I was so happy, then and now still happy :)
In 1974, I was 10 years old. An older cousin played Sabbath on the family record player while he was "babysitting" . I was hooked. When I got a little older, I had a paper route. The first album I ever bought with my own money was "We Sold Our Soul For Rock and Roll", their greatest hits up to 1976. I have been an Ozzy and BS fan for a very long time. And yes, he IS like another father figure to a lot of my generation also.
Somewhere on UA-cam there is Black Sabbath Live in Paris 1970. This is the band at their peak - Ozzie's voice was amazing and Paris was stunned that night. Check it out!
6:50 At the age of 17, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an industrial accident on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory. that is way he where's where's leather and rubber around his fingers, so he can play.
I was 11 when this came out. Had a friend who had discovered Sabbath and bought their 1st 2 albums. Imagine listening to them during the Vietnam War, political assassinations, Civil Rights unrest, hippies, Woodstock, etc. Mind blowing music at the time.
Bought this album in 70. I have the CD in my car right now. I'm 67. My Birthday is Dec.3. So is Ozzy's. My Moms initials are N.I.B. He's my favorite Artist. Love Ozzy. And his Family. Sabbath is the Pentacle of Metal.
I was lucky enough to see him 3 times. He was my 1st concert back in 07. It was in this moment, rob zombie and then him. Then I went to Ozzfest 2010 and that was insane. And then on this tour The End I saw him with sabbath one last time. Unforgettable experience it's unbelievable. And the things on iommi's fingers are there to help him because when he was younger he worked in a woodshop and cut the tips of his fingers off and then he made them and it helped him play and it made the sound so much better.
Anthony Frank Iommi (/aɪˈoʊmi/; born 19 February 1948) is a British guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He was lead guitarist, co-founder and leader of heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's primary composer and sole continuous member for nearly five decades. Iommi was ranked number 25 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". While working in a factory as a teenager, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an accident, an event which crucially impacted his playing style. He briefly left Black Sabbath (then known as Earth) in 1968 to join Jethro Tull, but did not record any material with the band, and subsequently returned to Black Sabbath in 1969. In 2000, he released his first solo album Iommi, followed by 2005's Fused, which featured his former bandmate Glenn Hughes. After releasing Fused, he formed Heaven & Hell, which disbanded after Ronnie James Dio's death in 2010. In 2011, he published his autobiography, entitled Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath. Iommi was born in Birmingham, the only child of British-Italian parents Sylvia Maria (née Valenti, born in Palermo) Iommi and Anthony Frank Iommi. Sylvia's family were vineyard owners in Italy. The family was Catholic, though they rarely attended Mass. Their family home in the Park Lane area of Aston also housed a shop which was a popular meeting place in the neighbourhood, with the living room doubling as the shop's stockroom. His mother ran the shop while his father was a carpenter by trade. Born and raised in Handsworth, Birmingham, Iommi attended Birchfield Road School, where future bandmate Ozzy Osbourne was also a student one year behind him. At age 8 or 9, while being chased by another boy, Iommi fell and suffered a bad cut on his upper lip. As a result, he gained the nickname "Scarface", which made him more self-conscious of the scar, so he eventually grew his trademark moustache as a means of covering it. At about age 10, Iommi began working out and learned judo, karate, and later boxing as a means of protecting himself from the local gangs which congregated in his neighbourhood. He envisioned a future as a bouncer in a nightclub. Iommi initially wanted to play the drums, but due to the excessive noise he chose the guitar instead as a teenager, after being inspired by the likes of Hank Marvin and the Shadows. He has always played guitar left-handed. After completing school, Iommi worked briefly as a plumber and later in a factory manufacturing rings. He stated that at one point he worked in a music store, but quit after being falsely accused of stealing. At the age of 17, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an industrial accident on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory. Iommi described how he "was told 'you'll never play again'. It was just unbelievable. I sat in the hospital with my hand in this bag and I thought, that's it - I'm finished. But eventually I thought 'I'm not going to accept that. There must be a way I can play'." After the injury Iommi's factory foreman played him a recording of famous jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, which encouraged him to continue as a musician. As Iommi later wrote: He then wrapped these in fabric cut from an old leather jacket. They were ..."My friend said, "Listen to this guy play", and I went, "No way! Listening to someone play the guitar is the very last thing I want to do right now!" But he kept insisting and he ended up playing the record for me. I told him I thought it was really good and then he said, 'You know, the guy's only playing with two fingers on his fretboard hand because of an injury he sustained in a terrible fire.' I was totally knocked back by this revelation and was so impressed by what I had just heard that I suddenly became inspired to start trying to play again." Inspired by Reinhardt's two-fingered guitar playing, Iommi decided to try playing guitar again, though the injury made it quite painful to do so. Although it was an option, Iommi never seriously considered switching hands and learning to play right-handed. In an interview with Guitar World magazine, he was asked if he was "ever tempted to switch to right-handed playing." Iommi responded: If I knew what I know now I probably would have switched. At the time I had already been playing two or three years, and it seemed like I had been playing a long time. I thought I’d never be able to change the way I played. The reality of the situation was that I hadn't been playing very long at all, and I probably could have spent the same amount of time learning to play right handed. I did have a go at it, but I just didn't have the patience. It seemed impossible to me. I decided to make do with what I had, and I made some plastic fingertips for myself. I just persevered with it. He ultimately decided to continue playing left-handed. To do so, he fitted homemade thimbles to his injured fingers to extend and protect them; the thimbles were made from an old Fairy Liquid bottle - "melted it down, got a hot soldering iron and shaped it like a finger" - and cut sections from a leather jacket to cover his new homemade prosthetic, which created two technical problems. First, the thimbles prevented him from feeling the strings, causing a tendency to press down very hard on them. Second, he had difficulty bending strings, leading him to seek light-gauge guitar strings to make it easier to do so. However, Iommi recalls that such strings were not manufactured at the time, so he used banjo strings instead, until around 1970-71 when Picato Strings began making light-gauge guitar strings. Furthermore, he used the injured fingers predominantly for fretting chords rather than single-note solos. In 1974, Iommi told Guitar Player magazine that the thimbles "helped with his technique" because he had to use his little finger more than he had before the accident. Later, he also began tuning his guitar to lower pitches, sometimes as far as three semitones below standard guitar tuning (e.g., on "Children of the Grave", "Lord of this World", and "Into the Void", all on the album Master of Reality). Although Iommi states that the main purpose of doing so was to create a "bigger, heavier sound", slackening the strings makes it easier to bend them. Iommi reflected in 2016 saying that his greatest regret is losing his fingertips. It became a burden. Some people believe the accident invented heavy metal. It helped me invent a new kind of music. I play a new sound and a different style of playing, and a different sort of music. Really, it turned out to be a good thing off a bad thing. But I don't know whether it did. It's just something I've had to learn to live with. It affects your playing style; you can't feel the strings, and there are certain chords I can't play. Right at the beginning I was told by doctors: "You won't be playing guitar." But I believed I could do it, and I did.
You need to re-listen to this track. Geezer Butler has a good intro bass solo. This live video cut a portion out, but kept main riff. Oh its not Lommi its (i-om-mi) Iommi
I saw Ozzy live at Ozzfest 2007 in Dallas at what was then the Superpages.com Center. That was also the very first time I saw and heard Hellyeah, Atreyu, and Black Label Society. Also, close to the end of the night, all original Black Sabbath members came on stage and performed along with Zack Wilde. It was an awesome show!
I've been playing for thirty years, and I still don't get how Iommi plays like that. Not being able to feel the strings seems like it would make playing next to impossible. Granted, I'm 43 and he's been doing it for longer than I've been alive. Practice makes more perfection and all that.
Tony Iommi (it's with an i so it's like "eye-oh-me) actually sliced the tips of his fingers off when he was younger, so he made those prosthetics so he could still play, but he had to tune the strings down more so they were easier to play...therefore the Sabbath sound! Amazing reaction Alex!!
I used to say this but every damn one of those guys were masters of the craft. Bill ward on the drums is iconic. Geezer on the bass is a master. They were all integral pieces to building metal
Like I said no disrespect to the Ozzy, Geezer or Ward. They are masters and would have gone on to greatness on their own. But Iommi took them all to another level. I believe the sounds of Heavy Metal was inevitable, but Iommi was first. Being first does not make greatness, but when everyone else follows, that defines an ICON.
I totally understand when you say you want to see him live. I'm 53 and been a true fan forever. Growing up in the '80s, I made it my goal to see him live. Came close with the Speak Of The Devil tour in the '80s. But dates were canceled. I didn't even get the refund for my 2 tickets. Just kept them in my wallet as a momento.Got my wish a few years later when I did see him live. No More Tours Tour. He wasn't in the best of shape, but still phenomenal.I left that night saying to myself, "I can die tomorrow and be satisfied". I would gladly pay to see him again... Even if they had to wheel him on stage in a wheelchair.
At my age, I wasn't introduced to Sabbath until after discovering Ozzy as a solo artist in the early 80s with his first two albums - "Blizzard of Ozz" followed closely by "Diary of a Madman". I was 9-10 years old at the time and was blown away from the start and I remain a die-hard Ozzy fan to this day. I have seen him perform live several times over the decades and my first live show was just about a month after Randy Rhoads was killed in that small plane crash in Lakeland, FL...Brad Gillis of the band Loverboy filled in for him until he found Jake E. Lee as a permanent "replacement" on guitar. Love the Channel, Dude - good times Bro! Peace, Love & Hair Grease...
As many mentioned here, Iommi got his fingers cut off in a factory accidental as a teen and made his own prosthetics out of melted bottle caps. It was his last day at the factory before making the band his full time job. He planned to just not show up to work, but his dad made him finish his commitment to his employer.
I was born in 1954 and grew up on Black Sabbath and saw them in concert in late 1976, just about a year before Ozzy left the band; great show. I have been privileged to see some phenomenal groups, all the way back to the late 60's. I've seen: Jimi Hendrix, Blue Oyster Cult, Pink Floyd, Emmerson, Lake and Palmer, Black Sabbath, Yes, Rush, King Crimson, James Brown, Chicago, Uriah Heep, ELO, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues and because this was the psychedelic era I can't exactly remember the other groups I have seen. Listen to some Blue Oyster Cult, from their early middle and late albums to get a feel of their music. BOC has an iconic symbol which would make a great tattoo. Best of luck on your musical journey. Oops! Just remembered, add Boston and Deep Purple to the list.
i wasnt at this recording but i saw one of the other shows on the same tour, i'll never forget the guy about 10 meters in front of me with gloriously long hair sitting on someone else's shoulders smoking a massive bong while this songs solo played
If you wanna do a cool Black Sabbath tattoo, look at their early album art, and mix some parts of them into something that works for you, and the place you decide to place it. Many years ago, a friend of mine drew one himself, using their debut album as the basis. He redrew the house, the lake, the figure and the tree, stripped the cover art to its most basic elements - and had them done on his back. Everybody knew he was a Sabbath fan, he even has a pic of Ozzy signing it.
I love the fact that sabbath are from my hometown. Our local soccer team (aston villa) plays paranoid by sabbath whenever we score. And they play crazy train when the players are about to come onto the pitch
As other people are saying, Iommi lost his fingertips in an industrial accent, and so he wears some things on his fingertips while playing, he also had to play with the strings looser (tuned down) to be able to play, which contributed to Sabbath's unique sound.
Many have already said it, but Iommi cut the tips of his fingers off on his last day of work at a factory job. He crafted prosthetic fingertips, and relearned how to play the guitar. The accident caused Tony to ease the tension on his strings resulting in a down tuned sound. Sabbath’s iconic sound happened by accident, and thus heavy metal was born. Tony is an icon. Geezer ranks up there as one of the greatest metal bassists of all time, plus he helped to write many of the lyrics. Ozzy was the perfect front man to add his distinct voice to Tony and Geezer’s music. Bill Ward was also an excellent jazz drummer that provided and tight backbeat. Icons all around.
Bill Ward (sadly not in this video) Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Ozzy are not only rock icons, they unknowingly invented a whole new genre and they STILL own metal!!! They are merciless in every song!!! Every metal band from Metallica to Gojira owes a debt of gratitude to Sabbath for the road they paved.
Good to see my dudes in the comments know their Sabbath history. In case you are to lazy to look at other comments, Tony Iommi cut off the tips of his fingers working at a factory. Sabbath's signature sound comes from him finding a more comfort way to play on his prosthetics, which in turn became the birth of Metal.
Fun fact. Tony iommi tuned the guitar down so that it wouldn’t hurt as much to play guitar and that’s what gave sabbath their darker sound Also the drummer for this tour was Brad Wilk from Rage Against The Machine.
I was lucky enough to see Ozzy "No more tours" tour in the mid 90's with Ugly Kid Joe and Slaughter. His "Retirement Sucks" tour a couple years later with Sepultura and Type O Negative. Then Oz Fest in Las Vegas with Type O Negative, Marilyn Manson, Pantera and He actually closed out the night with a Black Sabbath set.!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn this takes me back to Pittsburgh February 19 1999 Black Sabbath reunion tour. This was the secound date for the show the first was canceled. Two great bands that night Pantara opening then Sabbath. What a hell of a show. I still have some of the Sabbath confetti that was shot from canons at the end of the night. Coincidentally this date turned out to be the last show all following dates were cancelled.
One of my favorite reactions ever. Not just you. Everyone! I was a teenager in a small town during "The Satanic Panic", as I've seen it lately called on UA-cam. To me it was my, then Christian, ass and friends getting bagged on and ragged on by every other damn parent in that small ass town and labelling me a Satan worshiper because I listened to this music. We all laughed it off. But I was pissed. This song probably didn't help. "My name is Lucifer. Please take my hand." And you tell me Ozzy can't sing without Autotune?!! He gives everything to his music. Stepping down now. I love you Alex! Thank you for this video!
Alex. You are always a breath of fresh air for metalheads. Thank you for caring enough to at least do a little research on the songs you are reacting to. Great vibe all the time. Great enthusiastic commentary. Glad you got into the Godfathers of metal!!!!
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Thats not tape, theyre prosthetics... Tony cut the tips of his fingers off in a factory accident before Sabbath. had to relearn guitar with a whole new approach... ended up inventing Metal because of it 🤘🤘
That's how the drop B sound started I believe, because with the cords having less tension it was easier for him to play with the finger prostethics
It's almost as if the Universe stepped in and took the tips of Tony's fingers to force his hand ; ) to invent metal
The tips were fashioned out of melted down washing up liquid bottles.
Also, it's "Iommi" with an "I" not an "L".
Yeah and because even with the prosthetic fingetips (the first ones were homemade, melted plastic bottle with leather tips for grip) he still had trouble playing conventionally. So he started to rely on two-string power chords, thus inventing metal. Also they would tune down from Standard E to lessen the string tension to make it easier for him, which resulted in even more heaviness! Necessity is the mother of invention.
Cut them off in a metal press, ouch!
Not Lommi.
Iommi It's pronounced eye-o-me
Lost in Vegas kept calling him Lommy too. Both sad and funny at the same time.
Everyone should know Tony's name just like Ozzy. Same with Bill and Geezer.
Randy seems to get almost all of the attention, but metal would not exist without Tony Iommi. He is owed a debt by all.
Lol! Hey man, we all learn on this
Alex: "We gotta turn this one up!"
Ozzy: "OH YEAH!"
So smooth 🤣
Yesterday Geezer Butler celebrated his birthday!He is 72!!!Congratulations!!!
One of the best bassists ever existed!
I’m way late, but Happy Birthday, Geezer! One of my biggest influences in bass playing
Blessed be Geezer my oldest friend I never met like the lyrics and Ozzys voice ur bass captured my heart just seeing u live was I felt ur bass drive thru or pound thru my being
Finally getting closer to living up to his name. If only his first name was Badass, then he would have lived up to it 50+ years ago.
He forged his hand in the mountain of doom and in return he lost his fingertips but gain the power of the unholy riffs for eternity.
^^^^^ this!!
Ouff🤘🏻
All true sir. ☮️💜🤘🎸
Wittty joke regarding your dog being "Prince of barkness"...🤘🐶😅
That's not an "L" at the beginning of Tony's last name, it's a capital "I". His name is pronounced "Eye-oh-mee"
I said Lommi for a really long time before discovering the truth😂 🤦♂️
By the way, eye-oh-mee is the anglicized pronunciation, but the surname is italian and the original pronunciation would be "Yommy"
There's actually a bass solo just prior to this on the album, they usually do it live too, called Bassically. It's a part of the studio N.I.B. track, check it out on your free time. You'll dig it.
Geezer fucking just slays man.
“Children of the grave” next from this same set live!
One of the best guitarists ever. Tony Iommi.. Being fingerless couldn't stop him!
He isn't fingerless. He cut the tips of his fingers off
he has fingers lol
@@zackb161 i know man
Ozzy is everyone's father for those who do not have one.
And for those who have one
@@rotemarnon8207 true.
Ozzy is a crackhead uncle who shows up only at family reunions and offers your 14 year old brother a cigarette, but also gives you good advice sometimes on accident
Ozzy is the same age as my dad. He passed away a long time ago. I like to think my dad would be rocking out with me if he was here.
Daddy noel too
React to Slash ft Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators - Anastasia (Live in Sydney) 🤘🏼🎩
Hell yeah can't ever go wrong with Ozzy!! I've seen him 11 times in concert with Black Sabbath & Ozzy solo. I'll Love Him Forever
Listen to "Into The Void" one of Sabbath's heaviest songs for sure
I'm still surprising the fact about that song: It's from 1971 ¡¡1971!!
I remember years ago hearing a joke that the problem every metal guitar player has is wanting to write the heaviest song ever then remembering Sabbath already made Into The Void.
It's true!
Yes
I have been listening to Sabbath since I was 14-15 years old and I still listen to them with the same enthusiasm. I went to every Ozz Fest that played in Devore/Glen Helen in Southern California. Introduced my nephew and his friends to Black Sabbath and Ozzy years ago and took them to four Ozz Fests as well. This was a great performance but just not the same without Bill Ward on drums. Those days were the beginning of an era. Between Sabbath and Zeppelin you just can't go wrong.
i cant wait for him to listen the "13" album.
Ozzy is a father figure along with all of Black Sabbath because they are the God Fathers of Metal/ creators of it.
Iommi had the tip of his finger cut off in a factory he worked at as a kid.
2 fingers, it's why he wears those caps on his fingers, and in fact why they had such iconic use of power chords.
He lost the finger tips the day of a gig so he used sewing thimbles to protect his finger tips. The unique effect of the metal thimbles against the strings created this characteristic sound, which he pursued and made his own.
Plus its why he tuned to C# to make it easier but became that iconic heavy sound, so the question is, what would Black Sabbath of been without the accident?
@@nyborg6425 That and those gorgeous Laney amps...
Prosthetic finger tips. Ozzy said "I have no fucking idea how he plays with those things, man?"
Iommi lost the tip of that finger in a work accident before BS started...his adaption of that loss of tip when playing basically created heavy metal. The universe is a magical place huh? Lol
Black Sabbath is better as old men than 99.9% of younger bands today
Big FACTS.
FACT
Total Fact!!!
Yes sir
Slipknot is damn good, though.
I was lucky enough to see them do their reunion tour in ‘99! Soooo good! Pantera opened for them! This song is why I wanted to learn the bass…🤘🏻🇨🇦
I saw Black Sabbath for the Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath tour. Fantastic concert. They are legends.
Born in 74 to a father, that loved and owned the first 3 albums. That started my journey. Caught Sabbath in 99 for the reunion tour, and this tour you're watching. The FAREWELL......😑
It's not LOMMI it's iommi - pronounced: EYE-OH-ME!
This really needs to be higher lmao
Thank you! He has been saying Lommi in every video!
@@machinehead83 Thus proving that his is a Hip-Hop guy and truly never heard this music before. Which is great....nothing like people reacting to music they've already heard....that's the worst. I cut him all the slack in the world. He truly "gets" the music he listens to....and he seems to get it faster than I did.....and I'm a hard rock/metal head and a guitarist for 35 years. I dig people listening to things outside their genre and totally being blown away by it. This is gonna happen in metal b/c it's an honest, uncorruptable form of music. Plus, most hip-hop'ers really get the energy, the drums, and almost always read the lyrics.....something I was guilty of being too lazy to do.....I primarily just listened to the riffs.....so tunes I thought meant one thing, years later I learn they meant something (offten) completely different! Peace....
I’d known Sabbath for about a year before I found that out. I should have known because if it was an L, it wouldn’t be lowercase because that’s not how names freakin’ work
Actually it's an italian surname and It should be pronounced "Yommy"
Geezer one of the greatest song writers of all time.
I saw Ozzy live a few years ago and cried. lol Seeing one of my Idols on stage just hit me hard. One of the best concerts I've ever seen!
This song started me playing guitar
I saw Black Sabbath at Ozzfest in 2001. It was such an experience. The whole concert really, but to be topped off with Ozzy and Black Sabbath was awesome.
You really should check out "Children of the Grave" and "Paranoid" (in that order) from "The End" as well, so you can see how a band should go out (it was their last concert).
Definitely listen to "War Pigs" from the same show. Goosebumps from start to finish!
Their War Pigs performance from this concert DVD is also amazing
Zakk Wylde covers this on a Hello Kitty guitar 🤘🏼💕😂 it’s hilarious and awesome
Alex: Why does he have tape on his fingers?
People watching: SMH.........
This is classic Sabbath. You wished you were there? Saw this tour in Sydney Australia. I walked away and rated it possibly the best ever concert I had been to. That’s any artist!
Usually when I have a high expectation of a gig I seem to get let down. Generally that is how it is with most things. However with this gig I had a huge expectation and it was surpassed. Totally insane!!!
When we left the floor through tunnels someone started to sing War Pigs! We all sang it through the concrete tunnels and it was a massive moment that still gives me goosebumps. Imagine the place was packed shoulder to shoulder as we made our was they and everyone signing War Pigs. The sound and solidarity was something that I cannot forget.
Awesome gig!!!
I was at this show, great gig in front of a “home” crowd 🤘🏻
great reaction Alex , BTW it's Tony Iommi ( eye-oh-me ).
It was literally Iommi's last day on the job working a machine he wasn't familiar with. Heavy metal is born with a CA-CHANK! And a scream of agony.
I had the honor to see them in ‘99 not long after their reunion.
I wanted to see them because I didn’t know how long it would last. I’m glad bill ward was with them, no disrespect to Brad Wilk, but it HAS to be the original four to be the real deal.
I saw them at Houston, Jan 25 1999 and guess what was my reward? Take a look on my profile image. Sabbath forever!
@@asabbathec Iommi pick? Sweet.
I bought a Ozzfest shirt, but sabbath wasn’t even listed on the back! 😡
I wish I had a time machine and bought an actual sabbath shirt.
Later, I bought one with a Paranoid era picture and tour dates on back but no idea what year it was from.
@@beatmet2355 Yes, a security guard picked them. I was front line, all the audience retired and I stayed there, watching how the crew retired the scenario. And then, this enormous guy give me one! I was so happy, then and now still happy :)
yes sir.. saw them in Phoenix Az
paranoid was 1970
You need to watch the video for Paranoid from this same concert. Saw him on this tour, gives me goosebumps every time.
One of my favourite songs!!!
Thank you
In 1974, I was 10 years old. An older cousin played Sabbath on the family record player while he was "babysitting" . I was hooked. When I got a little older, I had a paper route. The first album I ever bought with my own money was "We Sold Our Soul For Rock and Roll", their greatest hits up to 1976. I have been an Ozzy and BS fan for a very long time. And yes, he IS like another father figure to a lot of my generation also.
the GREATEST love song ever!!!
welcome to the real world Alex.
Somewhere on UA-cam there is Black Sabbath Live in Paris 1970. This is the band at their peak - Ozzie's voice was amazing and Paris was stunned that night. Check it out!
My favourite Sabbath song. I’m so happy that I got to see them live.
6:50 At the age of 17, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an industrial accident on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory. that is way he where's where's leather and rubber around his fingers, so he can play.
He wanted to take the shift off but his mother told him the right thing to do is to work his last shift.
I was 11 when this came out. Had a friend who had discovered Sabbath and bought their 1st 2 albums. Imagine listening to them during the Vietnam War, political assassinations, Civil Rights unrest, hippies, Woodstock, etc. Mind blowing music at the time.
I've seen Ozzy solo and Black Sabath live. Amazing shows!
Me too!! Many times!!😄❤❤awesomeness every time!! 😃
Have you seen them with Bill Ward on drums? Talk about legends man.....
Between Ozzy and Black Sabbath I’ve seen him/them 5 times and every show still blows me away
I was there for the final show and it was EPIC. This is one of my favorites
Im 55, and still rock out to this in my car hehe Ill still be rocking to t long after they take my license away from me :)
Bought this album in 70. I have the CD in my car right now. I'm 67. My Birthday is Dec.3. So is Ozzy's. My Moms initials are N.I.B. He's my favorite Artist. Love Ozzy. And his Family. Sabbath is the Pentacle of Metal.
Gotta watch Black Sabbath Live in Paris 1970.. Iommi is literally God
I was lucky enough to see him 3 times. He was my 1st concert back in 07. It was in this moment, rob zombie and then him. Then I went to Ozzfest 2010 and that was insane. And then on this tour The End I saw him with sabbath one last time. Unforgettable experience it's unbelievable. And the things on iommi's fingers are there to help him because when he was younger he worked in a woodshop and cut the tips of his fingers off and then he made them and it helped him play and it made the sound so much better.
Anthony Frank Iommi (/aɪˈoʊmi/; born 19 February 1948) is a British guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He was lead guitarist, co-founder and leader of heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's primary composer and sole continuous member for nearly five decades. Iommi was ranked number 25 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
While working in a factory as a teenager, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an accident, an event which crucially impacted his playing style. He briefly left Black Sabbath (then known as Earth) in 1968 to join Jethro Tull, but did not record any material with the band, and subsequently returned to Black Sabbath in 1969. In 2000, he released his first solo album Iommi, followed by 2005's Fused, which featured his former bandmate Glenn Hughes. After releasing Fused, he formed Heaven & Hell, which disbanded after Ronnie James Dio's death in 2010.
In 2011, he published his autobiography, entitled Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath.
Iommi was born in Birmingham, the only child of British-Italian parents Sylvia Maria (née Valenti, born in Palermo) Iommi and Anthony Frank Iommi. Sylvia's family were vineyard owners in Italy. The family was Catholic, though they rarely attended Mass. Their family home in the Park Lane area of Aston also housed a shop which was a popular meeting place in the neighbourhood, with the living room doubling as the shop's stockroom. His mother ran the shop while his father was a carpenter by trade.
Born and raised in Handsworth, Birmingham, Iommi attended Birchfield Road School, where future bandmate Ozzy Osbourne was also a student one year behind him. At age 8 or 9, while being chased by another boy, Iommi fell and suffered a bad cut on his upper lip. As a result, he gained the nickname "Scarface", which made him more self-conscious of the scar, so he eventually grew his trademark moustache as a means of covering it.
At about age 10, Iommi began working out and learned judo, karate, and later boxing as a means of protecting himself from the local gangs which congregated in his neighbourhood. He envisioned a future as a bouncer in a nightclub. Iommi initially wanted to play the drums, but due to the excessive noise he chose the guitar instead as a teenager, after being inspired by the likes of Hank Marvin and the Shadows. He has always played guitar left-handed. After completing school, Iommi worked briefly as a plumber and later in a factory manufacturing rings. He stated that at one point he worked in a music store, but quit after being falsely accused of stealing.
At the age of 17, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an industrial accident on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory. Iommi described how he "was told 'you'll never play again'. It was just unbelievable. I sat in the hospital with my hand in this bag and I thought, that's it - I'm finished. But eventually I thought 'I'm not going to accept that. There must be a way I can play'." After the injury Iommi's factory foreman played him a recording of famous jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, which encouraged him to continue as a musician. As Iommi later wrote:
He then wrapped these in fabric cut from an old leather jacket. They were ..."My friend said, "Listen to this guy play", and I went, "No way! Listening to someone play the guitar is the very last thing I want to do right now!" But he kept insisting and he ended up playing the record for me. I told him I thought it was really good and then he said, 'You know, the guy's only playing with two fingers on his fretboard hand because of an injury he sustained in a terrible fire.' I was totally knocked back by this revelation and was so impressed by what I had just heard that I suddenly became inspired to start trying to play again."
Inspired by Reinhardt's two-fingered guitar playing, Iommi decided to try playing guitar again, though the injury made it quite painful to do so. Although it was an option, Iommi never seriously considered switching hands and learning to play right-handed. In an interview with Guitar World magazine, he was asked if he was "ever tempted to switch to right-handed playing." Iommi responded:
If I knew what I know now I probably would have switched. At the time I had already been playing two or three years, and it seemed like I had been playing a long time. I thought I’d never be able to change the way I played. The reality of the situation was that I hadn't been playing very long at all, and I probably could have spent the same amount of time learning to play right handed. I did have a go at it, but I just didn't have the patience. It seemed impossible to me. I decided to make do with what I had, and I made some plastic fingertips for myself. I just persevered with it.
He ultimately decided to continue playing left-handed. To do so, he fitted homemade thimbles to his injured fingers to extend and protect them; the thimbles were made from an old Fairy Liquid bottle - "melted it down, got a hot soldering iron and shaped it like a finger" - and cut sections from a leather jacket to cover his new homemade prosthetic, which created two technical problems. First, the thimbles prevented him from feeling the strings, causing a tendency to press down very hard on them. Second, he had difficulty bending strings, leading him to seek light-gauge guitar strings to make it easier to do so. However, Iommi recalls that such strings were not manufactured at the time, so he used banjo strings instead, until around 1970-71 when Picato Strings began making light-gauge guitar strings. Furthermore, he used the injured fingers predominantly for fretting chords rather than single-note solos. In 1974, Iommi told Guitar Player magazine that the thimbles "helped with his technique" because he had to use his little finger more than he had before the accident. Later, he also began tuning his guitar to lower pitches, sometimes as far as three semitones below standard guitar tuning (e.g., on "Children of the Grave", "Lord of this World", and "Into the Void", all on the album Master of Reality). Although Iommi states that the main purpose of doing so was to create a "bigger, heavier sound", slackening the strings makes it easier to bend them.
Iommi reflected in 2016 saying that his greatest regret is losing his fingertips.
It became a burden. Some people believe the accident invented heavy metal. It helped me invent a new kind of music. I play a new sound and a different style of playing, and a different sort of music. Really, it turned out to be a good thing off a bad thing. But I don't know whether it did. It's just something I've had to learn to live with. It affects your playing style; you can't feel the strings, and there are certain chords I can't play. Right at the beginning I was told by doctors: "You won't be playing guitar." But I believed I could do it, and I did.
Sabbath may have started metal as a whole, but they started a genre of metal in its entirety: Doom/Stoner Doom Metal
You need to re-listen to this track. Geezer Butler has a good intro bass solo. This live video cut a portion out, but kept main riff. Oh its not Lommi its (i-om-mi) Iommi
Seen Ozzy live 6 times and twice with all the original members of Black Sabbath on the reunion tour
I saw Ozzy live at Ozzfest 2007 in Dallas at what was then the Superpages.com Center. That was also the very first time I saw and heard Hellyeah, Atreyu, and Black Label Society. Also, close to the end of the night, all original Black Sabbath members came on stage and performed along with Zack Wilde. It was an awesome show!
I've been playing for thirty years, and I still don't get how Iommi plays like that. Not being able to feel the strings seems like it would make playing next to impossible. Granted, I'm 43 and he's been doing it for longer than I've been alive. Practice makes more perfection and all that.
Tony Iommi (it's with an i so it's like "eye-oh-me) actually sliced the tips of his fingers off when he was younger, so he made those prosthetics so he could still play, but he had to tune the strings down more so they were easier to play...therefore the Sabbath sound! Amazing reaction Alex!!
Masters of Reality is a must do full album.
No disrespect to Ozzy, but Iommi is the Heavy Metal ICON on that stage.
Agreed! Tony Iommi IS Black Sabbath.
I used to say this but every damn one of those guys were masters of the craft. Bill ward on the drums is iconic. Geezer on the bass is a master. They were all integral pieces to building metal
Like I said no disrespect to the Ozzy, Geezer or Ward. They are masters and would have gone on to greatness on their own. But Iommi took them all to another level. I believe the sounds of Heavy Metal was inevitable, but Iommi was first. Being first does not make greatness, but when everyone else follows, that defines an ICON.
@@RiOrtiz3 ok I'll accept that. Deep purple and zeppelin also helped build the genre but again. All icons. Legends
I totally understand when you say you want to see him live. I'm 53 and been a true fan forever. Growing up in the '80s, I made it my goal to see him live. Came close with the Speak Of The Devil tour in the '80s. But dates were canceled. I didn't even get the refund for my 2 tickets. Just kept them in my wallet as a momento.Got my wish a few years later when I did see him live. No More Tours Tour. He wasn't in the best of shape, but still phenomenal.I left that night saying to myself, "I can die tomorrow and be satisfied". I would gladly pay to see him again... Even if they had to wheel him on stage in a wheelchair.
At my age, I wasn't introduced to Sabbath until after discovering Ozzy as a solo artist in the early 80s with his first two albums - "Blizzard of Ozz" followed closely by "Diary of a Madman". I was 9-10 years old at the time and was blown away from the start and I remain a die-hard Ozzy fan to this day. I have seen him perform live several times over the decades and my first live show was just about a month after Randy Rhoads was killed in that small plane crash in Lakeland, FL...Brad Gillis of the band Loverboy filled in for him until he found Jake E. Lee as a permanent "replacement" on guitar. Love the Channel, Dude - good times Bro! Peace, Love & Hair Grease...
PRINCE OF BARKNESS!!!
Black Sabbath is immortal. There songs transcend time🤘
Saw this tour, although it was a lawn seat in Detroit. One helluva performance. Every single track up through Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is worthy.
As many mentioned here, Iommi got his fingers cut off in a factory accidental as a teen and made his own prosthetics out of melted bottle caps. It was his last day at the factory before making the band his full time job. He planned to just not show up to work, but his dad made him finish his commitment to his employer.
I was born in 1954 and grew up on Black Sabbath and saw them in concert in late 1976, just about a year before Ozzy left the band; great show. I have been privileged to see some phenomenal groups, all the way back to the late 60's. I've seen: Jimi Hendrix, Blue Oyster Cult, Pink Floyd, Emmerson, Lake and Palmer, Black Sabbath, Yes, Rush, King Crimson, James Brown, Chicago, Uriah Heep, ELO, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues and because this was the psychedelic era I can't exactly remember the other groups I have seen.
Listen to some Blue Oyster Cult, from their early middle and late albums to get a feel of their music. BOC has an iconic symbol which would make a great tattoo.
Best of luck on your musical journey.
Oops! Just remembered, add Boston and Deep Purple to the list.
Toni's vibrato is just incredible. So damn good ❤️
The version with Primus is my favorite version. Claypool's take on the bass part is killer.
I saw them on this tour when they came to Houston. One of the best shows I’ve been to.
i wasnt at this recording but i saw one of the other shows on the same tour, i'll never forget the guy about 10 meters in front of me with gloriously long hair sitting on someone else's shoulders smoking a massive bong while this songs solo played
If you wanna do a cool Black Sabbath tattoo, look at their early album art, and mix some parts of them into something that works for you, and the place you decide to place it. Many years ago, a friend of mine drew one himself, using their debut album as the basis. He redrew the house, the lake, the figure and the tree, stripped the cover art to its most basic elements - and had them done on his back. Everybody knew he was a Sabbath fan, he even has a pic of Ozzy signing it.
I love the fact that sabbath are from my hometown. Our local soccer team (aston villa) plays paranoid by sabbath whenever we score. And they play crazy train when the players are about to come onto the pitch
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath . War Pigs . Live 1970 Paris
Ozzy didn't even invent metal though... It was Iommi, he should be the one getting the credit.
I saw Black Sabbath live in 2013 in Tampa. Such a great show
this concert is the reason why sabbath is legendary
Why does Iommi have "tape" on his fingers? Oh my young padawan, much to learn you still have!
I saw Blacksabbath live in 1976 in San Diego at Fox Theater downtown, the rocked the house , I still have ticket stub.
One of the greatest love songs ever recorded.
Only bad thing about their last tour was that Bill Ward the original drummer couldn't play on it. Shout out to that legend🤟
Toney plays like that with four missing finger tips and invented a whole sound around it amazing
As other people are saying, Iommi lost his fingertips in an industrial accent, and so he wears some things on his fingertips while playing, he also had to play with the strings looser (tuned down) to be able to play, which contributed to Sabbath's unique sound.
Tony losing his fingertips is a heavy metal origin story. Genesis of darkness before anyone could have been a prince of it
Ozzy's black fingernails... nice touch. Never noticed them before :-).
Many have already said it, but Iommi cut the tips of his fingers off on his last day of work at a factory job. He crafted prosthetic fingertips, and relearned how to play the guitar. The accident caused Tony to ease the tension on his strings resulting in a down tuned sound. Sabbath’s iconic sound happened by accident, and thus heavy metal was born. Tony is an icon. Geezer ranks up there as one of the greatest metal bassists of all time, plus he helped to write many of the lyrics. Ozzy was the perfect front man to add his distinct voice to Tony and Geezer’s music. Bill Ward was also an excellent jazz drummer that provided and tight backbeat. Icons all around.
Bill Ward (sadly not in this video) Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Ozzy are not only rock icons, they unknowingly invented a whole new genre and they STILL own metal!!! They are merciless in every song!!! Every metal band from Metallica to Gojira owes a debt of gratitude to Sabbath for the road they paved.
Good to see my dudes in the comments know their Sabbath history. In case you are to lazy to look at other comments, Tony Iommi cut off the tips of his fingers working at a factory. Sabbath's signature sound comes from him finding a more comfort way to play on his prosthetics, which in turn became the birth of Metal.
Raised my kid on Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden AND the Beatles. 🤘✌️
Just think..... this song is almost 50 years old, Let that sink in !!!
Fun fact. Tony iommi tuned the guitar down so that it wouldn’t hurt as much to play guitar and that’s what gave sabbath their darker sound
Also the drummer for this tour was Brad Wilk from Rage Against The Machine.
I was lucky enough to see Ozzy "No more tours" tour in the mid 90's with Ugly Kid Joe and Slaughter. His "Retirement Sucks" tour a couple years later with Sepultura and Type O Negative. Then Oz Fest in Las Vegas with Type O Negative, Marilyn Manson, Pantera and He actually closed out the night with a Black Sabbath set.!!!!!!!!!!!
"I need to see them live" well, did someone tells him?
Oof moment... I wish I could see them live too
however, didn't they always say they'll do a last tour, but come back?
He said "him" meaning Ozzy. There's still a chance.
Damn this takes me back to Pittsburgh February 19 1999 Black Sabbath reunion tour. This was the secound date for the show the first was canceled. Two great bands that night Pantara opening then Sabbath. What a hell of a show. I still have some of the Sabbath confetti that was shot from canons at the end of the night. Coincidentally this date turned out to be the last show all following dates were cancelled.
One of my favorite reactions ever. Not just you. Everyone! I was a teenager in a small town during "The Satanic Panic", as I've seen it lately called on UA-cam. To me it was my, then Christian, ass and friends getting bagged on and ragged on by every other damn parent in that small ass town and labelling me a Satan worshiper because I listened to this music. We all laughed it off. But I was pissed. This song probably didn't help. "My name is Lucifer. Please take my hand." And you tell me Ozzy can't sing without Autotune?!! He gives everything to his music. Stepping down now. I love you Alex! Thank you for this video!
Saw them on this tour and so glad I was able to. Such a badass show. Just 2 and a half hours of straight sabbath.
Alex: let me know why does he have tape on his fingers
Me: ohhhhhh wait till you find out
Black Sabbath are the godfathers and founders of Metal
Alex. You are always a breath of fresh air for metalheads. Thank you for caring enough to at least do a little research on the songs you are reacting to. Great vibe all the time. Great enthusiastic commentary. Glad you got into the Godfathers of metal!!!!