HEAVEN AND HELL Guitarist TONY IOMMI To Undergo Hand Surgery
August 17, 2009, 15 years ago
The Aquarian Weekly has issued an interview with guitar legend TONY IOMMI (HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH). The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: Do you know what you’re doing after this US run?
A: "After this US run, yes, we’re going to have some time off. I’ve got to have an operation on my hand, and that’s sort of a major thing I need to get done and I’ve been putting it off now. So we’re going to have some time off while I get that done. That’ll be a bit of a break, I think. Not for everybody, but it’ll be some time off from touring for me for sure."
Q: What happened to your hand?
A: "The cartilage is gone from the thumb in my fingering hand. It’s been like that now, to be honest, for a year and I’ve been taking anti-inflammatories and all sorts of stuff to try and calm it down, but it’s inevitable I’ve got to have the operation because the bone is rubbing on the bone. Funny enough, I talked to Eddie Van Halen this morning, because he’s had the same sort of problem, so I’m seeing him to have a chat about what happened to him. He thinks it’s very successful, so we’ll see."
Read the full interview at this location.
