Tony Iommi has never been a man to use his private ... We lost Ray Gillen [Sabbath singer in the mid-80s], but that was several years after he left the band. It was such a shock.

was originally a Tony Iommi solo effort, but his record company wanted to sell more copies so he had him use the Black Sabbath name instead of his own. 9. In the mid-80s, Tony was engaged to ...

In Tony Iommi’s book Iron Man, the Black Sabbath guitarist claims ... Iommi has certainly been open in the past that his insane coke use during the ’80s was unhealthy and out of control, but choking ...

5. Tony Iommi had to Deal with Stalkers in the 80s This event took place after the 1983 “Born Again” tour. Iommi had rented a home in Bel Air as he was thinking about his next moves with the band.