Anyone read Tony Iommi's book yet?

[freedom's door]

I'll probably have to check it out after i read the Ace Frehley book.

http://www.black-sabbath.com/images/books/iommibook_us_large.jpg

[Hammered]

Thanks for the heads up, I've been on a Sabbath/Tony lately

[whitehall]

Mine should be here tomorrow. There are excepts from it in some of the mags, looks good.

[freedom's door]

Finally got around to reading it, and just finished yesterday. Hands down, my favorite "rock star" autobiography. Lots of info, lots of laughs, and it seems like he's managed to keep his head on straight despite all the insanity of a 40 year career in rock.
Highly recommended.

[BKL71]

I got a copy of it for Christmas, and I read the whole thing in 2 days. It was an excellent read. I also got Sammy Hagar's and Ace Frehley's books and I have to say that Iommi's is my hands-down favorite. I highly recommend it!

[Release]

Yup, it's definitely a good read.

[Misterbulbous]

as soon as I finish the keith richards book, I plan to start on this.

[Sancho]

It's a good read, but very superficial. Don't expect any salacious stories or shocking revelations.

[whitehall]

Not as good as I would have liked. We all know the story of the fingers by now. If you ever saw Tony on TMS that's who he is in the book. Soft spoken, very middle of the road. Theres no real detail about anything here, which is too bad. But I have this gripe with most rock bios. At some point they all go "So then we got a bunch of money and we all bought some big houses, expensive cars and and guitars" ...Well how about some more detail on those things. The Ace book was better IMO , But the Duff book was better still.

[semi-hollowbody]

nope...

But I know what I am ordering from amazon next...LOL

I didnt know he even had a book out...but I bet its a great read...the stories he can tell...

I am more of a sabbath fan now than I ever was...I think I got into SO MANY bands that were heavily influenced by Sabbath that I FINALLY spent some time listening to them...man what a great rock band...so much more than the "evil" band stereotype LOL...and he has become one of my favorite players...

cant wait to read it

[freedom's door]

It's a good read, but very superficial. Don't expect any salacious stories or shocking revelations.

Disagree.

He's not shy at all about the drug use, and names names of who had the biggest problems.

He not so subtly hints that Dio's lifestyle/diet may have been a big contributor to his passing.

He goes into way more detail about the recording of each album than any other rock star bio i've read, and that's the main reason i read these things.

He takes the blame for failed marriages, and isn't shy about explaining the reasons for their demise.

As well as other instances.

Not sure what some people expect out of these books- the guy has had a 40 year career. He's not going to write a 5,000 page tome, and so can only cover so much.
IMO, of course.

[Sancho]

But not a word about the shenanigans concerning who owns the Sabbath name, not a hint about the litigation with the Osbourne clan...

[subtomic]

Not sure what some people expect out of these books- the guy has had a 40 year career. He's not going to write a 5,000 page tome, and so can only cover so much.
IMO, of course.

I think Dylan's Chronicles Pt 1 was the best autobiography and should be the new template. Rather than cover his entire life, he picked a few key periods and really focused in on where he was living, whom he was interacting with, and where he was musically. I've read it twice (and I don't ever dig Dylan that much), and I think it's a real piece of literature.

But I realize not everyone reads for the same reason I do. Some people want an overview and that's what most biographies provide.

[rod horncastle]

Wow, some new reading material. The last Biographies I read were: Dave Mustaine, Slash and Keith Richards (and Charles Spurgeon).

I'll have to head to the bookstore for Duff, Iommi, Sammy and Ace. I decided not to read the Steven Tyler book. I'm sick of Aerosmith - the book might be good though.