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Tony Iommi

Tony Iommi, born Frank Anthony Iommi (February 19, 1948, Birmingham) is a British guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the founder, composer, and permanent member of the band Black Sabbath. Together with the other members of the band, he exerted a defining influence on the development of hard rock and metal as a style. Born in Birmingham, England. He worked as a welder at a factory, and as a result of an accident, lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers on his right hand. Iommi briefly left Black Sabbath (which was performing under the name Earth at that moment) to participate in the band Jethro Tull. In 2000, he released his first solo album. After releasing the album "Fused" with his friend Glenn Hughes in 2005, he joined the band Heaven & Hell, with which he performed until the death of Ronnie James Dio in 2010. Iommi is considered the father of heavy metal and one of the greatest and most influential rock guitarists of all time. For his charitable activity, he was awarded the Order of Honor (Armenia). In 2011, he published an autobiography titled "Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath."