Heaven & Hell Guitarist Tony Iommi To Undergo Hand Surgery
An Eddie Van Halen mention from Metal Underground:
Tony Iommi, best known as the guitarist of Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell, has revealed in a recent interview that he will soon be undergoing some important surgery on his hand. Some excerpts from the interview read as follows:
Q: Do you know what you’re doing after this US run?
A: “After this US run, yes, we’re going to have some time off. I’ve got to have an operation on my hand, and that’s sort of a major thing I need to get done and I’ve been putting it off now. So we’re going to have some time off while I get that done. That’ll be a bit of a break, I think. Not for everybody, but it’ll be some time off from touring for me for sure.”
Q: What happened to your hand?
A: “The cartilage is gone from the thumb in my fingering hand. It’s been like that now, to be honest, for a year and I’ve been taking anti-inflammatories and all sorts of stuff to try and calm it down, but it’s inevitable I’ve got to have the operation because the bone is rubbing on the bone. Funny enough, I talked to Eddie Van Halen this morning, because he’s had the same sort of problem, so I’m seeing him to have a chat about what happened to him. He thinks it’s very successful, so we’ll see.”
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August 18th, 2009 at 7:19 am
What about the fingertips?, wonder if theres been any advancments in that dept. lately.
August 18th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Looks like that good ol’ rock n roll is catchin’ up to these cats huh?
August 18th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Best of luck to both Toni and Ed. Get better guys, Rock N Roll still needs ya.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Oh, Ed had the same thing done? I get it. Saw H & H last summer. They owned. Big. An unrelated question: Where the hell is Dave? Is Ed keeping him in a box these days until the new album/tour is on deck?
August 18th, 2009 at 8:21 am
daves on vacation in South America Rock Climbin I heard
August 18th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Phil:
Judging from past experience, DLR is now likely under “prior restraint” from his employer. He’ll be told when where how and what he can say at the appropriate time. Until then, we can expect silence. It’s either that or he gets fired, Chad Smith goes back to the Chilis, Satch goes solo again and we get Sam and Mike back with Wolf on the keyboards.
Disclaimer:
(the above is half serious, and half “yankin the chain”…)
August 18th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Come on! I knew it was only a matter of time until VHND covered completely unrelated content. Guys…lets keep it in the family, will ya?
August 18th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Hope Tony gets his hand fixed, he’ll probably go to Germany with Ed’s Dr.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Talk about 6 degrees of separation. It’s like Googling “Ed+Tony+hand” and seeing what the results are for news.
Good recuperation to both of them either way.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Get better guys:(
Love you Eddie!
Stern– Really?? Where did u hear that? Cool haha
August 18th, 2009 at 10:14 am
You all are entitled to your opinion, but in reality you are talking chit about one of America’s greatest bands. What do you do for employment? Thought so….
August 18th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Interesting. They probably haven’t spoken to each other much since the old days. Anyone for a VH and Black Sabbath show when everyone is better?
August 18th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Time and age can be a real bitch eh?
August 18th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Bones spurs are no fun. A friend of mine had one and he was in some pain until he had surgery.
“What is Dave doing?” Why are people always worried about Dave? He just made 20 mil on a tour. He’s probably on the beach on some tiny island somewhere sippin’ on a margarita.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:20 am
So because Tony had had surgery this is related to Ed’s surgery? Come on. Stick to appropriate topics that are somewhat related to VH.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:50 am
I don’t know, Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen making plans to hang out is kind of a big deal…. even if it is to talk about their old man problems.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Maybe after the surgery Tony can play the beginning of Jack the Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots while Ed plays the beginning of Ain’t Talkin’ bout Love.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I wonder how Ozzie’s ridalin prescription is doing?
August 18th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I heard Jim dandy has the clap…….
August 18th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Dooley,
I like your idea: Wolfie on keys; dlr & sammy singing, and mikie on bass of-course. VH would sell out for the next 3-5 yrs, if we made it that long.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Well, for those wondering why this is news - maybe it gives us a glimmer of hope that if Ed is in contact with an old friend who is still out there doing it - with Heaven and Hell - and seemingly knocking out really good stuff it will spur him on to do something new himself. Iommi used to have an occasional radio show over here in the UK, about 4 or 5 years ago. He played VH and spoke about Eddie - they have been good buddies since ‘78. Ed was always sending Tony prototypes of his new gear, since the Ernie Ball and Peavey days. I think they probably hang out more than you might imagine.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
two of the biggest pioneers in guitar playing conversating, everyone should show respect and stop crying about this being a van halen only news source.this is interesting news.
August 19th, 2009 at 2:07 am
Eddie just announced that he is also going to be doing an interview and cover shoot with Tony Iommi for an upcoming issue of Guitar World.
August 19th, 2009 at 4:21 am
what the hell is conversating
where did you go to school?
black sabbath with ozzy and dio
was the shit!
van halen with dave and sammy was the shit!
who’s better?
August 19th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Van halen SMOKED sabbath back in 78′….
August 19th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Great! This is just another excuse for no new music from Heaven & Hell! It’s just one excuse after another! LOL
August 19th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Greg:
Not for nothin’ brother but these cats are over 50 years old….
August 19th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Ducky / Dirty Duck,
If you couldn’t tell from the LOL, I was making a joke about the comments on the Ed hand surgery post!
August 19th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
hope they both recover soon…
August 19th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Great find. Thanks for posting. More evidence that Ed’s surgery was a success.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
O.K.-1st off-Ed`s surgery WAS a success.Believe me when i tell you- he`s not gonna waste time with a “new hand”on another “best-of” tour Regardless of Any line-up opportunities.Fans of “5150″&”0U812″-seriously,get over it&move on with your life(via CHKFT).
2nd:this story is completely relevent to the “current” status
of what`s happening with our Favorite band.VHND(ithink)posted this to PROVE to all the “whiners”out there that the best is about to cum;)
3rd& most important,-my beer`s empty./gotta go
=VH=LIVES!!deal with it.
August 21st, 2009 at 7:52 am
Phillster!
LOL!!! Too much man!
“3rd and most important- my beer’s empty/gotta go! ”
A classic line from a classic fan!