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Tony Iommi

Risk 82

Musician

77 years oldBritish0 picksBorn February 19, 1948

The man who invented heavy metal did it with two mangled fingers, because of course he did. At 77, the Godfather of Heavy Metal is still the only constant member Black Sabbath ever had, having spent five decades proving that doom-laden riffs and industrial accidents make for surprisingly good career moves. Between the factory mishap, decades of touring excess, and pioneering a genre literally named after darkness, Iommi's been flirting with mortality longer than most of his fans have been alive.

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Risk Score82/100 - Critical

About Tony Iommi

The man who invented heavy metal did it with two mangled fingers, because of course he did. At 77, the Godfather of Heavy Metal is still the only constant member Black Sabbath ever had, having spent five decades proving that doom-laden riffs and industrial accidents make for surprisingly good career moves. Between the factory mishap, decades of touring excess, and pioneering a genre literally named after darkness, Iommi's been flirting with mortality longer than most of his fans have been alive.

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