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Iommi
Studio album by Tony Iommi featuring Various Artists
Released	October 17, 2000
Recorded	1996-2000
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	51: 08
Label	Divine Records/Priority Records
Producer	Bob Marlette Tony Iommi
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Tony Iommi chronology
Iommi (2000) The 1996 DEP Sessions (2004)

Iommi is a Heavy Metal album by Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and myriad guest musicians and vocalists, including Skin of Skunk Anansie, Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Billy Idol and Black Sabbath bandmate Ozzy Osbourne, to name a few. The album took nearly 5 years to make. All of the songs were written by Iommi, producer Bob Marlette and the respective vocalists of each track (except "Black Oblivion", which was written by only Iommi and Billy Corgan).

As founder and leader of Black Sabbath, and only musician to have been in the band since inception to present without pause (1969-present), Iommi is still close to many people from the band's history. A number of the guest musicians come from Sabbath.

• Ozzy Osbourne - lead vocals (1969-1978, 1978-1979, 1985, 1997-present)
• Laurence Cottle - bass (1988)
• Bill Ward - drums (1969-1980, 1983, 1984, 1997-present)

All three performers are present on track nine, but Cottle was never in the band during Osbourne/Ward's tenures meaning this did not re-create an old Black Sabbath line-up.

Also, Brian May made guest appearances with the band during their 1989 tour, having done a guest guitar solo on their Headless Cross album. He played solos and other additional guitars on tracks 3 and 7 of Iommi.

1. "Laughing Man (In The Devil Mask)" - Henry Rollins (Iommi, Marlette, Rollins)
2. "Meat" - Skin (Iommi, Marlette, Skin)
3. "Goodbye Lament" - Dave Grohl (Grohl, Iommi, Marlette)
4. "Time Is Mine" - Phil Anselmo (Anselmo, Iommi, Marlette)
5. "Patterns" - Serj Tankian (Iommi, Marlette, Tankian)
6. "Black Oblivion" - Billy Corgan (Corgan, Iommi)
7. "Flame On" - Ian Astbury (Astbury, Iommi, Marlette)
8. "Just Say No To Love" - Peter Steele (Iommi, Marlette, Steele)
9. "Who's Fooling Who" - Ozzy Osbourne (Iommi, Marlette, Osbourne)
10. "Into The Night" - Billy Idol (Idol, Iommi, Marlette)

• Terry Phillips - Bass on 1
• Bob Marlette - Bass on 2
• Laurence Cottle - Bass on 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9
• Billy Corgan - Bass on 6, additional guitar on 6
• Peter Steele - Bass on 8
• Ben Shepherd - Bass on 10
• Ace (Martin Kent) - Additional guitar on 2
• Brian May - Additional guitar on 3 & 7
• Jimmy Copley - Drums on 1 & 5
• John Tempesta - Drums on 2
• Dave Grohl - Drums on 3
• Matt Cameron - Drums on 4, 7, 8 & 10
• Kenny Aronoff - Drums on 6
• Bill Ward - Drums on 9

• 'Iommi' at Black Sabbath Online

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