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  • Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath

  • By: Tony Iommi
  • Narrated by: Bev Bevan
  • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (251 ratings)
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By: Tony Iommi
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Summary

Iron Man chronicles the story of both pioneering guitarist Tony Iommi and legendary band Black Sabbath, dubbed "The Beatles of heavy metal" by Rolling Stone. Iron Man reveals the man behind the icon yet still captures Iommi's humor, intelligence, and warmth. He speaks honestly and unflinchingly about his rough-and-tumble childhood, the accident that almost ended his career, his failed marriages, personal tragedies, battles with addiction, bandmates, famous friends, newfound daughter, and the ups and downs of his life as an artist.

Everything associated with hard rock happened to Black Sabbath first: the drugs, the debauchery, the drinking, the dungeons, the pressure, the pain, the conquests, the company men, the contracts, the combustible drummer, the critics, the comebacks, the singers, the Stonehenge set, the music, the money, the madness, the metal.

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disappointing overall

As a big fan of Sabbath and Iommi, great guitarist and song writer, i looked forward to this audio book immensely. Sadly it became a bit same old same old after a while. . record af album, tour, drugs, punch ups the aroung and around. . got bored

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Great story, bev sounds like Alan partridge

Was a good book, shame I could hear bev’s saliva swishing around his mouth and swallowing and I’m sure I heard his stomach rumble half way through, I throughly I was listening to in the oust house with Alan partridge,
I would recommend but you got to get used to bev

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Feel like i know Toni

I feel like i know toni as the guy is genuinely down to earth, working class and an all round nice guy from all accounts i thought this from little interviews over the years and this book cemented that image .. his story starts from his childhood , learning guitar, the finger accident into black sabbath and the many reincarnations of the band to solo projects, collaborations and the pain of management swindlings and the heartfelt stress of the break ups and wanting to be more expressive as a musician when being held back by producers, band members, drugs and contract obligations he delves into is personal life, drug and alcohol issues and marriages with an open heart and onward through to around 2013 as the telling of his illness is towards the end of the book .. i do hope there will be an updated version in the future..

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Great book but play at x 1.25 speed

Great book but play at x 1.25 speed

Excellent insight in to the life of Tony and Black Sabbath. Highly recommended and entertaining read (lots of great old Sabbath stories)

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Top Class

Not great at writing reviews, so it'll be short. Tony has told his story in a gripping fashion, that the everyday person can understand and feel connected to. If you're considering reading/ listening to this, all I can say is just do it. Bev Bevan narrates it fantastically, and his accent impressions are great. This is very sad in parts, but also very funny too. Thank you Mr iommi, I loved every minute. Fantastic

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iron man, tomy iommi biography

loved it, fantastic read. very entertaining, narrator a brummie which is a must for this scenario, well done!

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A fascinating life - the story so far.

The story of one of the greatest rock musicians that the UK has produced. Full of great tales from Tony’s past and beautifully narrated by fellow Brummie, Bev Bevan.

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excellent book

loved the stories and a great insight o Toni and to his career and his life

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Informative insight

Great informative insight, a good addition to Ozzys book which is brilliant, had me in stitches. This is a great addition in the BS journey. Iommi is a legend, “bloody brilliant” “that’s great”

The narration is hard at times.

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A slight dulling of the shine !

Iommi is a real hero of mine so I need to be careful how I word this.
The writing is awful but you get used to it : once he reaches the Sabbath parts of his life it improves a lot.
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by the drug usage described in the book but for me it takes away from what I thought was his strong character.
The double standards are amazing from someone who is appalled at a bottle being thrown at the band on stage but thinks nothing of pretty volatile pranks on band members or nearly throwing a girl off a balcony !!!
It’s made me go back to the first few albums and research some newer ones : still my hero Tony, just stick to the day job !!!

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