BLACK SABBATH Guitar Legend Tony Iommi Stockpiling Riffs
November 9, 2009, 15 years ago
According to Gear4music.com, Tony Iommi has revealed that lots of unused song ideas are mounting up at his home.
The music veteran, who co-founded BLACK SABBATH with Ozzy Osbourne in 1968, said many of these fragments include electric guitar riffs.
However, Iommi admitted that some of these snatches of tunes may never see the light of day.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz, he commented: "I've got plenty in stock but I never get back to them. I always write new stuff. I find that by the time I'm ready to go back to them, I've already written something else."
Iommi added that in the event of him getting stuck for an idea, he will go back to his demo recordings and complete the unfinished sketches.
Tim Masters from BBC News caught up with Iommi at the Classic Rock Awards last week, who says he is making a good recovery after receiving stem-cell treatment on an injured hand.
"It's been six weeks but it's feeling great," Iommi says"He had his hand strapped up at the rock awards, but said he was still able to pick up his guitar.
"No, I can play! " he said. "I'm just wearing this now because if people shake your hand I don't want to push it, I want to take it easy for a bit."But it's been really good, and I'm glad I went that route before having any kind of operation."
