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Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi To Release Autobiography Later This Year

posted Jan 18, 2010 at 4:41 PM by Diamond Oz.  (10 Comments)

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Foundry Literary + Media cofounder Peter McGuigan has reportedly completed a six-figure North American rights deal, at auction, with Ben Schafer of Da Capo for Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell guitarist Tony Iommi's book "Iron Man", a memoir due out later this year. McGuigan, who described Iommi as one of the forebears of heavy metal, called the book a genre-bending rockology/life story that is "Angela's Ashes meets The Ground Beneath Her Feet meets Spinal Tap."

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10 Comments on "Black Sabbath Guitarist To Release Autobiography"

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1. Caveman1 writes:

i'd read it

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2. thegoosegoblin writes:

I can't read

# Jan 18, 2010 @ 6:23 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Spellbinder writes:

That is gona be interesting!!!

# Jan 18, 2010 @ 7:00 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. nute writes:

don't fell bad i cant read ethier

# Jan 19, 2010 @ 9:26 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Blindgreed1 writes:

^^^Nor can you spell correctly. lol

Iommi is god therefore this would be a must read.

# Jan 19, 2010 @ 9:36 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. spiral_architect writes:

this is a must read! i will definately pick it up when it's released.......funny that it's coming out around the time ozzy's new "i am ozzy" autobiography is out........tony probably wants to set the record straight after ozzy's tales about him are told........

# Jan 19, 2010 @ 12:23 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. Hammerheart writes:

"Iron Man" is the perfect title for this book. I'll have to pick it up.

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8. xsrg13 writes:

this book is going to be the Black Sabbath bible.

# Jan 20, 2010 @ 8:24 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. Rychemn writes:

Should be good......and yes....I can read and write...hee, hee...

# Jan 20, 2010 @ 9:05 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. WOLF7 writes:

I'll definitely read this one. It'll be interesting to find out - well, for me anyway - what kind of man Iommi really is, especially as he comes across as so down to earth gent, but there are so many madman stories from the Sabbath days. Some people say he was just as mad as Ozzy was, or even worse. Looking forward to it

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