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British rock guitarist (born 1948)

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Anthony Frank Iommi Jr.^[1] (born 19 February 1948)^[2] is an English musician. He co-founded the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader, primary composer, and sole continuous member for over five decades.

He is considered one of the pioneers of heavy metal music and is responsible for inspiring numerous subgenres of metal, most notably doom metal. Iommi was ranked number 13 on Rolling Stone's 2023 list of the “250 Greatest Guitarists of all Time.^[3]

On his last day of work in a sheet metal 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 materi