The Black Sabbath co-founder and guitarist Tony Iommi gave birth to Heavy Metal music with his heavy riffs and it would be hard to imagine that one day he would collaborate with the British pop star Robbie Williams. But he will be part of the singer’s upcoming album as Robbie’s drummer and musical director Karl Brazil revealed in an interview with Percussion Discussion (Transcribed by Blabbermouth).
Robbie Williams’ producer said about Tony Iommi being part of his new album
“(Robbie’s) got an album to follow that we’ve been working on. He’s working with various people, but I’ve been fortunate enough to do some songs with him. One of the tracks, actually, he’s done a track called ‘Rocket’ with Tony Iommi, which is very random.”
“It’s great. It’s a rocker, and it’s really, really cool. Right up my street. It’s kinda… I’ll just let you hear it. But yeah, Tony’s done his thing on it. There’s some great collaborations on this record. Gaz Coombes (Supergrass) is on there.”
“It’s predominantly a guitar record, a bit of a throwback to his old ’90s sound but mixed with a bit of modern-day pop as well. Let’s face it, (Robbie) can do what he wants, can’t he?!” Karl Brazil said.
Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England back in 1974, when Black Sabbath already was one of the most influential groups in the world. He first achieved fame as part of the Pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, starting his solo career in 1996. His discography has seven number 1 hits in the United Kingdom.
Williams recorded four albums with the group Take That and 12 albums as a solo artist. Some of his most famous solo songs are “Angels”, “Feel”, “Rock DJ”, “She’s The One” and also “Somethin’ Stupid”.
