Tony Iommi - Happy 61st Birthday!!!

Happy B-Day to the Inventor of the Metal Riff.

So who's older, Tony or Ronnie Dio?

I'd guess RJD. I think there's pics of him singing at Lincoln's Inagural Ball.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I'd guess RJD. I think there's pics of him singing at Lincoln's Inagural Ball.

Yeah, DIO is almost 10 years older. Think I'm lying? Carbon date the bastard.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

candlemass wrote:

Funny seeing Tony w/that mop hair!

What's w/the dual mics? Morrison used to do that as well.

Maybe it has to do with the primitive sound systems of the day? 2 mics to 2 different sets of speakers for extra volume? I dunno.

One mic for the PA, the other for radio/tv broadcast (that's the way they used to do it).

Dio's age:

If you backdate from his graduation, the most likely date of his birth is July 10th, 1942.

Funny, I know this guy who used to sing w/two mics, he thought it would help him sound more like Morrison!

(No it wasn't me!)

happy birthday you old fart.

The guy is king, plain and simple.

Everyone's gearing up for this Heaven and Hell album, and rightfully so. But, I think that many have overlooked a very significant collection of tracks in the Iommi/Hughes collaboration from 2005. If this is still unknown to anyone here, please check out this vid for the track 'Dopamine' featuring some very cool aeronautical footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx1GDCKIjxM
I/H - Fused

I thought that was a great lp, they were supposed to tour in support of it, never happened.

It was probably avoided because of low anticipated turn out. Betcha. It's sad, but, fact of the matter is that if they plopped like Geezer in the four string slot, came up with a swift addition behind the skins, and billed the thing as Black Sabbath, Mk. 24 or so, then, there'd be plenty o' interest in seeing a Glenn Hughes-led Sabbath.