Queen, Gary Cherone and Tony Iommi三者扛鼎之作,Tony Iommi是Black Sabbath乐队吉他手。如果要选择是哪个乐手第一个将乐器变成一件重型武器的话,非Tony Iommi莫数。他的音乐就好比是将基本的电声布鲁斯乐句放进了一个绞碎机,从另一端飞出的是许许多多不规则的碎沫。尽管Iommi的按弦的手失去了一根手指,但这丝毫不影响他的吉他的喧嚣,Black Sabbath的音乐影响了后来很多支重摇滚乐队。他与乐队一起发行了超过30张专辑,卖出了8千万张唱片,其中有20张白金唱片,14张金唱片。2005年11月, BLACK SABBATH 入主英国音乐名人堂,2006年3月,乐队入主美国摇滚名人堂。 2007年7月6日,Ozzy Osbourne成为了第一位获得英国星光大道荣誉的艺术家。
Gary Cherone grew up as a fraternal twin in the early sixties in Malden, Massachusetts. Originally excelling in sports, Cherone set his sights on a professional basketball career. Unfortunately, a serious knee injury thwarted such dreams. From there, he let his love of music be his guiding light and influence. While working at a car rental shop in his hometown, Cherone formed a cover band called Myth in 1978, performing songs around Boston by The Who, Queen and Rolling Stones. In 1979, the musician formed another band called Myth with guitarist Paul Geary. In 1981, Cherone and Geary moved on to create another group called The Dream. This pop rock and metal band won top prize on MTV's Basement Tapes, a video contest for unsigned bands. With Cherone on lead vocals, The Dream recorded a self-titled six-song album on Toppe Records. But by 1985, a local television station bought the rights to the band's name, resulting in Extreme. From 1985 to 1996, Cherone was lead vocalist for the internationally famous rock group, releasing hit singles like More Than Words. The band also performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Extreme disbanded in 1996 and Cherone briefly worked with Houndstooth, a jazz side project. But the group was shortly lived when Van Halen and its lead singer Sammy Hagar parted ways. Cherone became Van Halen's lead singer from 1996 to 1999. But Cherone left the band to form Tribe Of Judah. The group was nominated for Boston Music Awards, including Outstanding New Rock Band. In 2002, the singer released his debut solo effort The Anthropic Principal on Spitfire.