Losing your fingertips in an industrial accident in a metal press, overcoming the odds and inventing a new genre of music as a byproduct is the most metal thing in the history of metal music
@synshenron7982 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not I actually just had an accident at my house. I accidentally cut my left middle finger half way down the tip. Its not as bad as Tony’s injury but I wont have a nail and part of my finger tip for quite some tip until they heal up
@thebigbadbone72382 жыл бұрын
@@synshenron798 Time to innovate, friend!
@Raz-lw9vi2 жыл бұрын
@@synshenron798 time to start workin on a new genre chief. We’re all counting on you
@synshenron7982 жыл бұрын
@@Raz-lw9vi Shit, now I gotta do something profound in the world of music
@westoncroye6432 жыл бұрын
I Almost ruined the likes on your comment I would like it but it deserves to stay at 666 to stay as the most metal comment on a video about the most metal man to ever exist.
@Kylor80sMetalFan7 ай бұрын
The accident Tony endured was instrumental (no pun intended), in creating metal. Honestly the fact he created his own prosthesis afterward is just another reason to love Sabbath and metal in general. 🤘😎🎸🤘
@jaypennebaker99792 жыл бұрын
So, the guy that created Heavy Metal lost his finger tips to a heavy piece of metal... The universe is beautiful.
@TheReincarnatedDeath2 жыл бұрын
In a factory making army artillery. Breathing in metal particals, resulting in having metal flowing through the veins!
@RickP20122 жыл бұрын
@@TheReincarnatedDeath If it wasn't for the 'War Pigs' he wouldn't have had a job!
@DMNingasca2 жыл бұрын
the Real life IRON MAN
@burneshortliver21612 жыл бұрын
@@TheReincarnatedDeath "I am Iron Man"
@AR15OFFICIAL2 жыл бұрын
Guess thats where the name comes from
@IVORY1231002 жыл бұрын
I started playing in 1979 . My father said I'd give it up in a week . 3 years ago my thumb was turning black and a Dr told me It was a fungal infection. Until a year later it ruptured . Went to a hand surgeon and his eyes widened " How Long ? " . It was biopsied and came back malignant melanoma .Immediately scheduled for amputation and a lymph node biopsy .My girlfriend of 20 years never heard me play since I was shy .I played a night before amputation for her . Blood covering the strings and crying .. Let me show you !! listen . She was stunned and I flew like an eagle . My thumb was removed and the scans and biopsy came back ..It was now Stage 4 Cancer with three brain tumors .Expected not to live through the summer of 2020 . But here I am !! Playing the best I ever have .. Get back on that horse . Never give up and make what is seen as a disability .. An asset
@JamFlexx2 жыл бұрын
damn vro death must be scared of you , keep rockin 🎸
@MrDadulence2 жыл бұрын
the art is yours brother, nothing but death will do us part from what we make. keep rockin!!!!
@bambehdeluxe87512 жыл бұрын
I call horse shit on this story.
@marsyaszed2 жыл бұрын
@@bambehdeluxe8751 lmao
@bambehdeluxe87512 жыл бұрын
@@marsyaszed For real though lol "I've been with this girl for 20 years and I'm too shy to play in front of her." Like are you fking kidding me? You'd think playing guitar would be one of the first things you'd show a girl you're interested in. "Started playing guitar while crying and bleeding all over it." Oh how horse shit. "I had 5 brain tumors too and I'm still here!" Like what the fuck kind of 'like-thirsty' comment is this?
@OliveDoctor2 жыл бұрын
Metal took his fingers, later, what's left of his fingers forged the heavy metal. What a legend
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle2 жыл бұрын
tony iommi all time A leaguer, riff lord and savior
@gandalftheantlion2 жыл бұрын
Metal took his fingers, but he took the metal!
@isuckatnames26592 жыл бұрын
"the heavy metal" 😂😂😂😂😂
@MarcillaSmith2 жыл бұрын
This is surely the most metal story in the history of electrically-conductive minerals.
@charliec.35182 жыл бұрын
@@MarcillaSmith wait what the fuck, thats how we designate if something is a metal vs another mineral? School howd you fail me on this too, i gotta look into that, i just assumed the fact that metals i know are conductive was just a coincidence, well shit lmfao
@zenz0ha4722 жыл бұрын
Tony Iommi was my childhood hero. My dad and I loved listening to his solos and old Black Sabbath. When my dad told me that he lost the tip of his finger and created metal with it, I lost my shit. I was amazed, and hearing his music always reminds me of the struggle he went through to absolutely change music forever.
@B_COOPER2 жыл бұрын
It’s incredible that his former manager gifting him that album motivated him to keep going. That man needs more recognization than “former manager” we may have not had the heavy metal we have today without that small significant gesture
@edgarsifuentes32482 жыл бұрын
Yeah people gotta really value what others do. I admire people who can play guitar, Iommi a legend of riffs🎸
@pirbiphx30172 жыл бұрын
"Here's an album of someone else with cripple fingers. See, it's no big deal. Don't sue me."
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle2 жыл бұрын
Tony is an all time A leaguer
@Shlogger2 жыл бұрын
@@pirbiphx3017 haha
@endcensorship8742 жыл бұрын
And it's the simple gestures that mean so much.
@Gunners_Mate_Guns2 жыл бұрын
Where there's a will, there's a way. Tony goes from maimed blue collar man to guitar legend, all because he refused to just accept his lot in life. Tony's also one of the most articulate people you'll ever hear in an interview and a very well liked man.
@nairamdiam2 жыл бұрын
I cannot imagine, how many times Tony has told this story in his life
@stevenstrang36052 жыл бұрын
Tommy?
@perpetualbystander45162 жыл бұрын
@@stevenstrang3605 He's talking about Tommy Ionni, and not Tony Iommi. 😉
@nairamdiam2 жыл бұрын
@@perpetualbystander4516 yes, isn’t it obvious 😂?
@doomslobs2 жыл бұрын
He never told this story in his life. Because this story is wrong.
@puredistilledwater2 жыл бұрын
@@doomslobs Then why would he be telling the story? 🤔
@654Crossman2 жыл бұрын
After deforming my finger, I got even more serious about playing guitar. I always loved playing but those 2 months of not knowing if I'd be able to play again, was enough to make me serious. Been practicing almost daily, since.
@rezlogan47872 жыл бұрын
As a young musician I used to find it strange how fond Iommi was of power chords. I used to joke he sounded like he couldn’t play any other chords. Poor guy, maybe I was right. I have lots of respect for him carrying on for so many years.
@davesaenz37322 жыл бұрын
After the first 3 albums he plays lots of chords. First 3 though its lots of power chords.
@itssslashhere5245 Жыл бұрын
dude his playing style is soo good he can turn power cords into something so powerful
@cameronblaylock8 ай бұрын
i don't know if y'all know any metal other than black sabbath but power chords are the bread and butter of pretty much any metal song. it's rare to find a song without a single power chord riff in most genres. also power chords have just as much, if not, more potential to be powerful than any other chords on the guitar because they have the most versatility for arrangement and nuance of groove.
@zaydjawad36534 ай бұрын
@@cameronblaylock Yup, many famous metal bands like Metallica use loads of power bands
@bloodmoney882 жыл бұрын
So happy that Tony decided to struggle on, his work is inspirational.
@ash_111172 жыл бұрын
Imagine, his last day of working there before he quits for his band. He probably thought “Wow my dream as a guitarist is ruined, and it just had to be on my last day of work” But instead he didn’t give up, and invented a whole new genre of music. Respect
@SlickArmor2 жыл бұрын
We will never know if we would have even have ever heard of him without that accident. He may have just been another struggling nobody.
@mkv27182 жыл бұрын
1 day before retirement!
@sjean21662 жыл бұрын
Imagine if that other guy showed up to work that day
@RT-qd8yl9 ай бұрын
That's why wise people use a sick day for their last day at a job if they know it's their last day. NEVER show up in person. You never know what someone else might have planned.
@ryanokane24125 ай бұрын
Lego jar jar it is I Darth vader
@dimitris.44842 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring story....He had an accident but his love for the music made him to create something new and succesfull .Respect.
@lsufan41382 жыл бұрын
Out of the worst accidents can come something great.
@davidareeves2 жыл бұрын
That's what the doc said to my mum as she got slapped
@hater27642 жыл бұрын
@@davidareeves What?
@davidareeves2 жыл бұрын
@@hater2764 Pardon
@LouieTheLip2 жыл бұрын
👌
@JayDee-xj9lu2 жыл бұрын
I had an accident and I asked the doctor if I can play guitar. He said yes, I said great, I couldn't play before.
@PaisleyPatchouli2 жыл бұрын
This short documentary on Tony Iommi and his near tragic accident is absolutely BRILLIANT! Congrat's and Kudos for producing it; I hope it gets many millions of views; and I wish more KZbin content creators were as adept and succinct as you are here, with your perfect narration, audio levels and editing. Really great work; I have so much more respect and admiration for the legend Tony Iommi because of this five minute video. I always knew he had been injured, but I never knew the extent or details. Thanks again for this!
@lisakvieira92012 жыл бұрын
What an Inspiration, he didn't give up and he played guitar like no other for his time!!😊✌
@j2thejc2312 жыл бұрын
I mean the dude made his own fingers to play. That right there alone is inspiring.
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle2 жыл бұрын
he created a genre and we are forever in his debt
@Planet-Pantera2 жыл бұрын
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Well said 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@FreakyGremlinDK2 жыл бұрын
One man loses parts of his fingers and it changes the life not only for himself, but for millions! I love metal and wouldn't be without it!
@Heavywall702 жыл бұрын
As a nine fingered guitarist myself , he’s an inspiration!
@euanh4642 жыл бұрын
on one hand???
@pacificcoastpiper39492 жыл бұрын
OW!
@pineapplepenumbra2 жыл бұрын
Where did you get the extra finger from?
@afrogsneck2 жыл бұрын
@@euanh464 you’re joking right?
@euanh4642 жыл бұрын
@@afrogsneck yes, I'm joking
@SubPablum2 жыл бұрын
There are many musicians that inspired other people to become musicians, like Hendrix and Page, but Tony's sound has inspired entire genres. Not a lot a bands flat out sound like Hendrix or Led Zeppelin (worthy of note at any rate) but tons of great bands sound like Black Sabbath.
@davesaenz37322 жыл бұрын
Black Sabbath is the standard of Metal. No one sounds like Zeppelin or Jimmy. That is almost gone.
@jefffivel12272 жыл бұрын
No one can come close to Sabbath
@jimjk7 Жыл бұрын
you are wrong about led zeppelin. Bonzo set the standard of heavy drum
@jimjk7 Жыл бұрын
@@davesaenz3732 Bonzo of led zeppelin is the standard of heavy metal drumming!
@HeisntLegend2 жыл бұрын
When I started playing guitar, I learned about this. I was already inspired by literally any left handed guitarist I came across because there aren't that many of us. When I learned about his fingers though..it put Tony in a completely different bracket of guitarists for me.
@michaelmetal712 жыл бұрын
i totally agree,being also left handed myself i admire Tony for overcoming his accident,also their were very few lefty guitars 🎸 available during that time,glad to live during a time when you have a decent variety of lefty guitars available,i just got a schecter nick johnston hss best electric guitar i’ve ever owned 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@asriel15752 жыл бұрын
fellow lefties
@lamargent54342 жыл бұрын
Lefty should learn playin' like right one
@HeisntLegend2 жыл бұрын
@@lamargent5434 oh sorry you're right, let me just completely reorient my brain real quick.
@lamargent54342 жыл бұрын
@@HeisntLegend it should be possible.
@davidfrank28242 жыл бұрын
I am so impressed with what somebody who was fine one day handicapped the next. He knew there was something he loved to do and he was going to figure it out no matter what. I wish I have his drive. 14 years ago I broke my back and I have never had one day since without pain. After a few surgeries I was able to do a few things but nothing at all compared to what my life was. Over a Year's I allowed my handicapped to define me. Whatever motivated him I wish I had that in myself. Thank you for this video. I'm already a subscriber and I always make sure to hit the like button. As always look forward to your next video.
@keithe.bilitsky8332 жыл бұрын
Great band, great guitarist. Grew up on Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.
@mattsal20702 жыл бұрын
Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, two of my favorite bands
@daddy_pooplord48292 жыл бұрын
@@mattsal2070 same!
@ozzy82nick2 жыл бұрын
I think 70s Scorp's with Uli deserves more respect and recognition from metalheads than they have! I'm not comparing bands. Just express opinion.
@douggordon92252 жыл бұрын
Same incredible bands
@edgarsifuentes32482 жыл бұрын
@@ozzy82nick unbeatable Scorpions from 1974-1978🎸
@EpicBongZilla2 жыл бұрын
My great uncle was a violinist and a carpenter at the same time. He was very passionate about playing the violin and he was very good at it. But while working as a carpenter he cut off several of his fingers off the hand he used to play strings on the violin. Being that he was so passionate about the violin. He actually used his carpentry skills to cut and fashion fingers for his missing fingers. He then taught his self to replay the violin without feeling in his fingers to play the strings. Pretty impressive, I still have a newspaper clipping covering him and his wooden fingers. The beginning of this reminded me of that.
@neonfroot Жыл бұрын
Its a shame that nowadays, blue collar jobs are getting scarce in the west, or not popular at least.
@blahpunk12 жыл бұрын
I thought it was strange when I was a teenager learning to play Paranoid. So much reliance on the 1st and 3rd finger which started looking familiar as I learned more and more songs. I didn't know Iommi had lost the tips of his fingers. I figured it was just a rock thing with so many 5ths and 4ths. I also assumed he never used his pinky because I, with all my finger tips, didn't need to. Looking at these videos it almost looks like his pinky replaces his middle finger some times.
@5roundsrapid2632 жыл бұрын
Yep, the dyads and triads which are essential to metal now. “Power chords” as they’re better known.
@liyaandinnamay25012 жыл бұрын
Tony is really strong. He didn't give up and continued reaching his desirable goals. Look up to his stamina and determination. Tony is my favourite guitarist. He made the real sound of Heavy Metal!😍💞💕💗🌹🌹🤘🤘🔥
@jefferydavis33322 жыл бұрын
When life cuts off your finger tips, create heavy metal
@peterfitzpatrick70322 жыл бұрын
The steam-hammer takes no prisoners, he was lucky... 🤕
@dwaynekoblitz60322 жыл бұрын
Tony's autobiography is a MUST READ! So much excellent history and hilarious stories. How they used to mess with Bill is gut busting!
@kenyoung92842 жыл бұрын
He's a bigger influence on me as a guitar player than most I suppose because I learned darn near every tune they had available when I started in the early 80's. Sweet leaf was the first song I taught myself when I understood bar chords.....lol. that and judas priest......
@paganavenger89202 жыл бұрын
Wow! Interesting origin story. I really love the concept of how he got those prosthetic finger tips. This is the reason why Heavy Metal was born.
@kingofbruhssia46392 жыл бұрын
The dude literally inspired me to play guitar bc I have extremely short pinky. Then I looked at Tony Iommi and said if he could become a guitar master then how come I can't play? Thank you Tony.
@free-birdrocker88092 жыл бұрын
BTW Thanks Tony Iommi for many years of easy to play Barre chords and lead licks, You truly are the man! Rock on Tony! Ciao!
@jeremybaker1952 жыл бұрын
I burned 🔥 my left hand and arm pretty bad. At one point they told me I may have burned it so bad that if it doesn't start healing better I may loose it. That really scared me. At the time I wasn't playing a lot of guitar because I had 3 young children and worked as much as possible to put shoes on their feet and food in their mouths. Long story short my hand is still there its a little off but I would say it works at about 85% of what the right one does. Because of circulatory and nerve damage issues my hand gets sore kinda fast and sometimes gets numb but now that my kids are grown and I have time I love playing my guitars and although I sometimes get frustrated because things aren't working like they should I just need to remember it could be worse. I've seen one bass player on KZbin that has NO RIGHT HAND and he plays by doing hammer ons and pull offs and he is good. Total RESPECT 🙏🏼 👏 For this man.
@5roundsrapid2632 жыл бұрын
Django Reinhardt’s hand injury was also from severe burns. Don’t let it stop you. If you’re happy playing, keep doing it.
@rupe532 жыл бұрын
@@5roundsrapid263 ... if you have been around for a few years then you'll also know that Les Paul suffered a broken elbow long before micro surgery and artificial joints were a thing. He told the docs to fuse the joint at 45 degrees so he could still play guitar. The rest is history.
@revenevan112 жыл бұрын
@@rupe53 that's... *pretty damn metal* 😎
@ebogar422 жыл бұрын
Don't feel bad. I lost my hands, legs, and eyes back in 1996
@5roundsrapid2632 жыл бұрын
@@rupe53 I did know that. He was awesome.
@Marklarable2 жыл бұрын
Great video, the details of the accident were never clear to me before.
@Ravenoflight22752 жыл бұрын
Any Metal devotee of Heavy Metal and Black Sabbath knows about the horrific accident that harmed Tony Iommi. He is the master architect of Heavy Metal 🤘🏿
@NondoPondo7 ай бұрын
Heard about this. It's the kind of inspiration that never gets old. Thanks for sharing!!!
@julianhunter94552 жыл бұрын
What an inspirational video. I play lefty and have struggled for years with a dicky right wrist and playing cords properly. Its motivating to know that great guitarist have faced and overcome adversity.
@notsoberoveranalyzer82642 жыл бұрын
Many Nirvana songs have the unique guitar sound as Kurt didn’t have much of a music education, though he studied and broke down why certain songs were catchy, found patterns etc. another thing was the way he played the guitar wasn’t “correct” but gave such a unique sound that’s now taught.
@ANDROLOMA2 жыл бұрын
May Mr. Iommi live long and prosper, for all the joy he's given millions with his music. Including me.
@juanmejia73722 жыл бұрын
I Never get enough of this awesome story, imagine if the accident never happened, maybe we would never had Black Sabbath let alone the Heavy Metal genre
@farzyness2 жыл бұрын
This is so BAD ASS! Perfect example how you can turn anything, ANYTHING, into a positive.
@tankacebo91282 жыл бұрын
I have loved sabbath and Ozzy for years, and I knew they were the start of the heavy metal genre, but I never knew just how *metal* that start actually was...
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle2 жыл бұрын
Sabbath the start of metal, the blizzard of ozz the rebirth of metal
@jayclark59122 жыл бұрын
Inspiring guitar players everywhere. Simple but brilliant riffs. Sometimes bad things happen to provide a clear path.
@AGENT_MIFTAHUL10 ай бұрын
this guy is a legend. defining rock literally for many decades to come.
@chrisostling8052 жыл бұрын
My first Rock Concert was Van Halen, before they were known, opening for Black Sabbath, right before they fired Ozzy. I play Bass in an up-and-coming Metal/Blues band and Geezer is one of my main influences. I am the oldest member of the band and yes, they consider me their Geezer, though I cannot yet play like him. Right now, my band is getting ready to do a couple of mini tours in the Bay area in Aug and Sept opening for other bands. I am writing heavy metal and punk songs for the first time, along with writing kick ass bass lines for our other original music, F that cover tune crap! I am 60 years old, during our last practice, my drummer and front man were talking about a band they were in before and they did not realize it but they gave me the most wonderful compliment. They were talking about some of the venues they played and how they could have been better, and they both agreed that now they have a kick ass Bass player that is much better than the professional one they had before. Thank you, Geezer, John Entwistle, Geddy and most of all, Lynn Tedke. The later was my instructor for BC Baritone scholarship lessons when I was in HS. Lynn played for the Boston Pops and the Tiajuana Brass and was incredible, he was a hell of a teacher and I learned so much from him, RIP. I would not be where I am now without him.
@ConeFlower-gx2qk Жыл бұрын
I was in a fire and had 3rd degree burns on my entire hands and fingers along with my back. I was heartbroken I didn’t think I could ever play again he really influenced me to keep playing. I had to down tune and use thinner gauge strings and noticed that an SG was easy to play than my fender and it took me six months but I’m playing again. My hands still hurt sometimes especially when it’s cold out
@jackattack79402 жыл бұрын
The riff god himself. If it wasn't for him then rock and metal wouldn't have been the same! 🤘
@edgarsifuentes32482 жыл бұрын
Lol not even. Hendrix and Cream did heavy riffs and fast songs before them. Iron Butterfly too
@excusemeumiloveu25312 жыл бұрын
@@edgarsifuentes3248 those artists are amazing, they had their own style, but without black sabbath, the metal genre would sound very different, there's a reason why they're credited for inventing metal, and it's kinda stupid to deny it
@edgarsifuentes32482 жыл бұрын
@@excusemeumiloveu2531 you gotta listen to their discographies to really understand how it started where it started. Black Sabbath is “the first metal band” as they are pioneers of metal but they weren’t the first ones they just continue what the ones before them were doing and they focused on that the most that’s why the nickname. There was a really thin line between hard rock and metal in those yrs but now we can really go back and see. It first was heavy blues with Hendrix and Cream that’s how that term was born and both started to mix it with the Psychedelic and Hard Rock and they really did some heavy stuff in 66,67. We both know how to identify metal, heavy repetitive riffs, dense bass and drumming. Songs like “catfish blues” “wild thing” “Foxey lady” in 1966 by Hendrix and “purple haze” “manic depression” “Spanish castle” “hear my train” “lil miss lover” in 1967 by Hendrix. Cream did Spoonful in 1966 and “toad” even though that song is just drumming by baker. the first minute is heavy riffing . and that’s it from them by 1967. They didn’t started with those songs their careers, those are the heavy ones they did , the metal they did cuz it is just listen to the live raw versions. Hendrix as you know started with “hey Joe” , “killing floor” , “hace mercy” , wild thing” , “red house” those songs made him famous from day to night in England in 1966. Cream started with “I’m so glad” “crossroads” , “spoonful” “sweet swine” “NSU. Both were touring the UK and Europe by 1966 and 1967. Both recorded their debut albums that had all these songs in October 1966. Black Sabbath didn’t appeared until 3 yrs later in late 1969 and released their debut album in 1970.
@edgarsifuentes32482 жыл бұрын
@@excusemeumiloveu2531 in 1968 is when Iron Butterfly showed up and Cream as you know they did the farewell tour and Clapton,Baker, Bruce went their way and Clapton went back to the blues. Hendrix still did some heavy metal songs then, this the year he made “voodoo child” , “midnight lighting” , “peace in Mississippi” , “Tax free” that song that’s really really heavy metal, same style as what Black Sabbath did later. Other songs are also metal. Cream did “Politician” same style as what Black Sabbath did later. Cream also did “sunshine of your love” again the live raw versions really show it. Iron Butterfly shows up with some heavy stuff too I mean their debut album is called Heavy! “Possession” “fields of sun” and “iron butterfly theme” those are heavy and the live raw versions definitely metal. Yeah the Beatles did “Helter skelter” but one song alone doesn’t make them metal pioneers these other 3 definitely are pioneers. Nothing takes away Black Sabbath from being the first metal band but well look at all these songs mainly the live raw versions, some are notable enough in the studio versions but others yeah. Black Sabbath showed up in late 1969.
@edgarsifuentes32482 жыл бұрын
@@excusemeumiloveu2531 if you want to say metal started in 1969 or 1970 when Sabbath showed up well not only did Hendrix continue to do metal songs but as you know Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple showed up and also Iron Butterfly continue to do so. Had to go check on the 1969 Iron Butterfly album. They did “in the times of our lives” “it must be love”, “filled with fear” (January 1969) Zeppelin did “how many more times” my favorite Zeppelin song by the way, “communication breakdown” (January 1969) they also did “heartbreaker” later thy year. Hendrix did “Machine gun” at the very end of 1969 and “in from storm” in May 1970 after Black Sabbath released their debut album in Feb 1970. No need to name which songs that whole album is metal! Deep Purple did “bloodsucker” , “into the fire” , “speed king” , “fight of the rat” “hard loving” in June 1970 between Black Sabbath’s 2 first albums. Grandfunk also did some songs the same month! Crazy right, they did “in need” “sin is a good man brother” , “hooked on” and “paranoid”, they also did “gimme shelter in 1971 though ill added it here. After this Black Sabbath did theirs second album, then “Master of reality in 1971. I only would add Scorpions since they’re my favorites. They did “I’m going mad” “inheritance” “lonesome crow” , “it all depends in 1971 in Germany while all the rest were in England some Europe and U.S. So Sabbath are pioneers of metal but they didn’t start it. They’re one of my favorites from the 70s👍🏼
@atheisthumanist19642 жыл бұрын
Damn. I have a lot more respect for him now. Didn't know about this at all. Amazingly cool that he figured out a way to allow him to keep doing what he loved. Adapt and overcome!
@AngelGarcia-xk6sc2 жыл бұрын
3:33 I love how we've evolved from Black Sabbath to Meshuggah, thanks to that particular sound.
@lezombie24312 жыл бұрын
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@jesterfrombeyond17762 жыл бұрын
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@XanVicious2 жыл бұрын
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@victorsiang16589 ай бұрын
@@jesterfrombeyond1776Dumbass
@victorsiang16589 ай бұрын
@@XanViciousDumbass
@waywardspirit78982 жыл бұрын
And I have a hard enough time with being able to "feel" the strings under my finger tips. Can not imagine playing with plastic tips. Crazy. And legendary.
@TH3F4LC0Nx2 жыл бұрын
"There are no accidents!" - Master Oogway
@ats-36932 жыл бұрын
I've been a Black Sabbath and Tony Iommi fan since I was a teenager in the 80's, I also have the tip of my first finger on my left hand missing and it was Tony Iommi that showed me that this doesn't mean that you can't become a great guitar player, now 35 years later I'm really shit at guitar and thanks to Tony I can't blame that on my missing finger tip.
@elwolf85362 жыл бұрын
😂
@123theprodigy52 жыл бұрын
I heard about the story, blessing in disguise.
@envioustunic67132 жыл бұрын
That it is, for sure.
@MichaelBradley19672 жыл бұрын
The accident was the *_conception_* of heavy metal. The birth happened when Black Sabbath was released Feb.13 1970 and the rest is history.
@foxboy19852 жыл бұрын
This man...MAN... This legend is the reason I play today
@MikeHoholek14 күн бұрын
I saw black Sabbath twice, they put on a great show. Thanks for not quitting. Tony!
@slayer92402 жыл бұрын
I can identify with Tony as I had a similar accident I lost just over one inch on three of my fingers.
@noelv19762 жыл бұрын
This story will never get old, no matter how many times I hear it
@benderisgreat95able2 жыл бұрын
That final shift really moved mountains for his music career.
@waltermoldren49912 жыл бұрын
and the music world. It would be very different without him.
@mrconfusion879 ай бұрын
And crazily enough, Tony may never have gotten the same amount of recognition in music history if it weren't for that fateful "final shift" at the steel plant!
@ramonapetermann95855 ай бұрын
I am a fan since 1971, I love the music of Sabbath until this very day and have the biggest respect and gratitude that Tony did not give up after this horrible accident.
@MrRelaxedanderson2 жыл бұрын
I taught myself guitar to the first Sabbath album. I was a bigger Maiden fan at the time but that was far too complicated. I learned that entire album by ear but a half step up because my shitty turntable used to spin too fast. I still can't play the last riff on the song 'Black Sabbath' in standard tuning, that open D throws me every time. But I'm really proud of the 14 year old me for working out the solo for 'Warning' when it was far beyond my ability at the time (and is probably far beyond my ability at 43 as well if I'm honest).
@rwbjlb91425 ай бұрын
I saw Black Sabbath in San Jose during their final tour. The man is a genius and helped create a new genre of music that continues today. Their music will forever be remembered as the greatest metal band ever.
@JamesWilson-20112 жыл бұрын
He has amazing influence not just cause of the accident but literally Every guitar player starts with black sabbath
@yami78332 жыл бұрын
Not really
@JamesWilson-20112 жыл бұрын
@@yami7833 I mean maybe not for you but sabbath was how I learned power chords
@andreschiriff43542 жыл бұрын
Nothing calm me down better than metal. And it is amazing that like the best inventions ever that came out of adversity or a mistake like in this situation was adversity and a struggle and that is what metal is all about going above and beyond and finding a way out. And this is why I love metal
@TheRareVideosXL2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Great video. Keep it up.
@monmagog10 ай бұрын
I’ve suffered a similar accident. Got my left middle finger chopped off when I was a toddler. they managed to sew it back on, but it has always been a bit shorter than it should. It was also stubbier, and the some skin hung out and was attached to the nail, making it impossible to cut the nail short. When I got into guitar, this was a major hurdle for me. Using it hurt a ton, and I tried to work around it, but when I couldn’t figure out how, I was tempted to give up. But I decided to power through and use it, and it became much less painful and actually kinda helped me in the process. The extra skin under the nail formed into my callus and made it possible for me to cut my nails.
@coldvoid2 жыл бұрын
Imagine he lost more than tips of fingers...
@ElFrrrito2 жыл бұрын
Just had surgery last week due to a motorcycle accident where a truck destroyed my left thumb in 20 pieces. Been playing bass and upright bass for about 18 years now; this video came across just when i was feeling like giving up on music for a while. Praise Iommi!
@andrewknettel75522 жыл бұрын
I would say his prominent use of the flatted 5th birthed heavy metal on top of his use of power chords. A legend and inspiration
@RickyGuterson2 жыл бұрын
The fact that heavy metal was actually created by heavy metal is epic.
@Malegys2 жыл бұрын
Tony Iommi only started downtuning in 1971 for the Master of Reality album, their 3rd one. Whilst the accident with his fingers happened in 1965. So he played in standard tuning (with those false fingertips) for nearly 7 years before downtuning in 1971 to 1975. Oddly enough, 1976's "Technical ecstacy" & 1978's "Never Say Die" were in standard tuning again. So the widely told story that Tony started downtuning after his accident, is bollocks really.
@tonyabbett16392 жыл бұрын
I LOVE that this video got it right. Black Sabbath was the first heavy metal band. No one else. Black Sabbath!!!
@MH-mv7tm2 жыл бұрын
Awesome❤️ Really touching
@huwguyver42082 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite rock and roll stories of all time. As well as being inspirational as hell, it's also one of those real butterfly effect moments. Imagine how different the music landscape would be today if one of the most influential musicians of all time hadn't MacGyvered a way to deal with what would have been a career-ending injury for virtually anyone else. Then there is the whole limitations-inspire-creativity angle- if he hadn't lost his fingertips he wouldn't have been forced to reinvent his playing style, and it's unlikely that he would have arrived at the distinctive and awesome heavy guitar sound that we all know and love today. It's a testament to the level of passion for music that he had that he would come up with such a brilliant workaround. This is a feelgood story on so many levels.
@Th3DankestMemer2 жыл бұрын
Doctors: You can't play the guitar anymore, sorry. Tony's old manager: Yes, yes you can.
@flyonwall3602 жыл бұрын
At 10 years old I had my middle and ring finger slammed in a door. I lost the tip of my ring finger on my right hand. At 11 I started playing guitar. At 57 I'm still playing. Finger picking was always a challenge but I was eventually able to do it with my own style. I thank God that it wasn't my fretting hand. To this day I can still remember how painful it was.
@04dram042 жыл бұрын
The irony that heavy metal was born from an injury from a METAL flattening machine.
@peterdore25729 ай бұрын
The fact that he had that accident before fame makes Tonny Iommi the Greatest Guitarist Legend of All Time. I truly respect him. I love Black Sabbath! The creepy Ozzy voice, the chemistry between Iommis toned down sounds and Geezers Amped up Bass anchored onto Wards Solid yet Solo riddled Drums!!! Still one of my Fav Bands❤❤❤
@TheGodseye762 жыл бұрын
It was destiny. LAST SHIFT! The will to continue always blows me away. So glad he didn't give up.
@moonlightreveries14592 жыл бұрын
This is so inspiring. Tony is a strong, motivated, and relentless man!! 🎸 🤘🏼
@ftlllhippies1544 Жыл бұрын
have a look on KZbin at WHO REALLY INVENTED SACRIFICE METAL?
@daitsy24762 жыл бұрын
Black Sabbath will forever be one of my top favorite bands, I remember my first time hearing war pigs as a kid and it blew my mind so I learned guitar and figured out how to play all their songs, same with Metallica.
@davesaenz37322 жыл бұрын
Both you and Metallica are Black Sabbath fans. I am too. However, I lean towards Black Sabbath and Randy Rhoads with Ozzy.
@gregmullinax98252 жыл бұрын
Lost the tip of my right index finger in a very similar workplace accident just before I quit back in 2017. I thought I would never play again. Started holding the pick between my thumb and (still broken) middle finger a few days later. It's never been the same as before, but definitely makes you find new ways to make chords and changes your playing style.
@osiruskat2 жыл бұрын
django reinhart had a similar incident where his hands were burned and two of his finger were fused together but that didn't stop him for producing rapid fire jazz licks in the 40's. Tony Iommi is one of my top five guitarist of all time but I see him as the father of Doom or Stoner Rock not Metal. The manager for Blue Oyster Cult, Sandy Perlman, made that term Heavy Metal famous in the late 60's although the term really came from a William S.Burrough's book Novel Express...remember early hard rock band The Heavy Metal Kids. The years 1969 and 70 were the years for heavy music starting with Blue Cheer thundering with Summertime Blues (1967) followed Deep Purple, Lucifer's Friend "Riding the Storm, Led Zeppelin (1969), Mountain's use of pinch harmonics in "Nantucket Sleighride", The Who's high velocity rock n roll "Live at Leeds", America's Sir Lord Baltimore first two albums, Uriah Heep's screaming vocals of "Bird of Prey". Heavy Metal in my mind growing up during the 70's format was of frontman with soaring high pitched vocals, loud piercing harmonic solos and syncopated pulsing rhythm sections. Sabbath was a heavy groove band that Iommi used a lot of fast licks like Alvin Lee of 10 Years After but heavier with imagery of the supernatural. Judas Priest on the other hand although bluesy at first really pushed that whole screaming frontman with piercing guitars as well as Ronnie James Dio with Rainbow. Other heavy bands that came out the same time as Sabbath were Uriah Heep, the Scorpions, U.F.O., Nazareth (1965), Budgie (1965)
@MacDaddyRico2 жыл бұрын
Doctor: I'm afraid your guitar playing days are over, son. Tony Iommi: I accept the challenge...
@priceyblackwinter23382 жыл бұрын
"small little industrial town" Dude Birmingham is one of the the largest cities in England 😂
@fayezahamed81676 ай бұрын
Massive massive massive respect. You taught me a very important lesson about life today!! I salute you sir!!
@watamatafoyu2 жыл бұрын
How fitting that heavy metal was spurned by a brutal machinery accident.
@Silverpup674 ай бұрын
The most amazing 5 min of my week! Thank you.
@ClintFarris-c3r9 ай бұрын
No one can ever say they can’t play guitar after know this. My hats off to the guy deserves everything he has good for him.
@CyclesAreSingularities2 жыл бұрын
i mean may not be able to appreciate classic metal bands because i just didn't grow up with it. however i do can appreciate what classic metal has done for the modern metal i like. there wouldn't be djent or metalcore if it wasn't for them so thank you!
@bootymeatcrusher_692 жыл бұрын
Metal core and djent fucking suck tho
@envioustunic67132 жыл бұрын
Just because you weren't born in the same area doesn't mean you cant appreciate or love Heavy Metal
@KrisSchwarz982 жыл бұрын
@@bootymeatcrusher_69 its the other way around, foh
@bootymeatcrusher_692 жыл бұрын
@@KrisSchwarz98 what trash is djent... that works too
@unnecessaryapostrophe40472 жыл бұрын
This has long been one of my favorite facts. The fact that heavy metal's sound was the result of an industrial accident is pretty metal.
@jerryjohnston38442 жыл бұрын
It's somewhat misleading to say that Tony Iommi single-handedly, (or partial-handedly) invented heavy metal. I would agree that this incident was clearly the impetus, it did change TI's sound and music significantly, but it was as much down to Geezer Butler and Bill Ward innovating and creating a sound to accompany Mr Iommi's unusual new sound, that truly "invented" the genre. Heavy Metal is dependant upon, and driven mainly by the rythm section, the Bass and the Drums, that is where the "heavy" comes from. You may fiddle around with the various and sundry other musical elements, and still have heavy metal. But minus the driving bass and hard charging, relentlessy pounding drums, it loses the designation.
@cantthinkofanything728 ай бұрын
i clicked on this thinking this was about the heavy metal elements, turns out its about rock and roll.
@robertocampusano39809 ай бұрын
Literally heavy metal made heavy metal.That’s f**ken metal.
@ozzy82nick2 жыл бұрын
I've already listened to Scorpions, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Iron Maiden and others at that time... But when i heard that rain and those bells and that notes with this voice follows............ I knew that this IS IT! Never forget the awe and the chils! First listen to Sabbath about '98, at sixteen. Can't even imagine the impact to those who first heard it when it was released! But, although, i think that the impact will be the same to those who will listen to this on year '20,'30,'40 ........etc! Can't thank them enough! Black Sabbath is The Legacy!
@darthraver2 жыл бұрын
Guitarists now: "I have a cold, can't play" Tony Iommi: **Lost his fingers** **Invents a whole new genre of music**
@TomPickford-w2z6 ай бұрын
The person I love in this story is the guy who came to Tony's house and played him the Django Reinhardt record. That was such an awesome thing to do. His intention was to give Tony hope. An absolutely beautiful thing to do. I honestly think the power of Black Sabbaths music is down to that guy and his small gesture of hope.
@jacobcrozier2 жыл бұрын
Generals gathered in their masses...
@envioustunic67132 жыл бұрын
Just like witches at black masses..
@Mxulin2 жыл бұрын
@@envioustunic6713 evil minds that plot destruction...
@nekoshka79852 жыл бұрын
@@Mxulin sorcerer of death's construction...
@Steve-ps6nq4 ай бұрын
This man has always been an inspiration to me. When I was younger and first started playing I never knew about his accident until I broke my left hand and all my fingers. Lucklie I didnt end up loosing any but they never heeled up right. When my parents took me to the doctor he didnt take an xray and figured it was just some broken fingers so he taped them up and sent me on my way. 3 months latter I was taken to a different doctor who took an xray and discovered my entire hand had multiple breaks and fractures. Prolbem was they were healing up and at that point he would have to re break everything and do surgery to fix everything. Long story short my parents were broke and couldn't afford it. I strugled for years to play simple chords like a minor and crap so I had to invent ways to still play the chords right but my technique was completely unorthodox to what guitar teaches teach to properly form chords or play rifts. Eventually I got to where I could play very well and still enjoy playing to this day.