TONY IOMMI Says He Is Getting Bored Waiting Around For BLACK SABBATH To Record New Album

September 8, 2005

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has told MTV.com that he is planning on hitting the road soon with his own band in support of his recently released second solo album, "Fused".

"I'm really looking forward to playing onstage with these guys," Iommi told MTV.com. "Kenny [Aronoff, drums) and Glenn [Hughes, vocals] have lots of enthusiasm and they certainly push me when we're all playing together, which is great."

Regarding the possibility of BLACK SABBATH recording and releasing a new studio album, Iommi said, "I've waited around a long time to do a SABBATH album, and it's getting frustrating. I'm getting bored with the idea of waiting around any longer and I've got a lot of music to put out and I just want to do it. I wanted to go and really work on being in a band. So basically, that motivated me into making an album with Glenn and Kenny. It's a great band and a great outlet."

On the subject of the songwriting process for "Fused", Iommi said, "I just played Glenn some riffs and we started making things up right away. It was amazing — I'd come up with a part and by the time it was ready, he'd have two or three different melodies for it. Then I played him a couple of the tracks I did with Bob and he really liked them, so we worked with those, too.

"We wanted it to have the same feel as a band playing live," Iommi said. "It all fell into place very quickly, almost too quickly. It was so simple. I'd love to do another album with these guys because they're all so good to work with. With BLACK SABBATH, we take a really long time over rehearsals and pulling ideas together. And we tend to rehearse for two or three hours and then that's it. But with Glenn and Kenny, we'll be in there playing for a full six hours and we'll want to keep going."

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