Musicians
Tony Iommi Net Worth
Frank Anthony Iommi's Net Worth as of 2024
$140 Million
Frank Anthony Iommi was born on 19th February 1948, in Birmingham, England, and is a guitarist, certainly best known as one of the founding members of the pioneer heavy metal band Black Sabbath, so Iommi is widely recognized as one of the most influential guitarists of the heavy metal genre. Tony has been active in the entertainment industry since 1960.
How much is the net worth of Tony Iommi? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is over $140 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016. Music is the main source of Iommi’s fortune.
Tony Iommi Net Worth $140 Million
To begin with, Iommi started playing the guitar in his adolescence; he was initially inspired by the group Hank Marvin & The Shadows. In 1967, Iommi formed a group called Earth with bassist Terry Butler, drummer Bill Ward and singer John Osbourne. Tony’s career as a guitarist was about to end prematurely when he suffered an accident in a factory and lost parts of two fingers, so thought he could never play guitar again. However, he continued playing.
As another band in England had the same name, Earth, Iommi and his friends were forced to change their band’s name, thus taking the name Black Sabbath. With this change, they decided to change the musical direction as well. The band decided to explore relatively dark lyrical subjects, with stronger music. Sabbath created the foundations for heavy metal and their albums “Black Sabbath” (1970), “Paranoid” (1970) and “Master of Reality” (1971) as well as several following albums reached the top of the heavy rock charts. Iommi played the base guitar in songs like “Black Sabbath”, “War Pigs”, “NIB”, “Paranoid”, “Children of the Grave”, “Iron Man” as well as “Into the Void” and which became the most recognized riffs in rock history. However, the constant consumption of drugs left the band without Osbourne in 1979. Tony’s net worth was well established.
After keeping alive Black Sabbath, the band released album “Mob Rules” with Ronnie James Dio, who restored the commercial success of the band. Yet, Iommi shifted the focus to Europe and recorded several albums with Tony Martin and toured in Russia and Europe. In 1992, alongside several prominent artists he participated in the tribute concert for Freddie Mercury, the late lead singer of Queen.
It is worth mentioning the fact that Sabbath organized very successful tours in the late 1990s, garnering new fans who had been too young to have known the band in its heyday in the 1970s. A Grammy Award persuaded them to continue the reunion tour when the song “Iron Man” won in the category of the Best Metal Performance in 1999.
The first solo, self-titled album of Tony Iommi appeared in 2000; the work of 10 songs was well received by the press and the public. Iommi also hosted his radio show “Black Sunday” (2003 – 2006) on station Planet Rock in the UK, and wrote an autobiographical book – “Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath”. In 2011, with other legendary artists Ian Gillan and Jon Lord, he formed a band whose aim was to raise money for charitable work in Armenia. The band was called Who Cares, and released a single CD. In 2012, Iommi was diagnosed with a lymphoma that was in its early stages. In 2013, a tour with Black Sabbath began, with Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne. The same year the guitarist received an honorary doctorate of Arts of the University of Coventry, for his contribution to popular music.
Finally, in the personal life of the musician, he married Maria Sjoholm in 2005; they have one child.
Musicians
Neal Schon Net Worth
Neal George Joseph Schon was born on 27th February 1954 at Tinker AFB (Air Force Base), Oklahoma USA, of Italian and German descent. Neal Schon is a rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, best known for being an important member of several hugely popular bands, namely Santana, Bad English and Journey.
So just how rich is Neal Schon? Neal’s net worth has been calculated to be over $30 million, amassed during his successful career of more than 40 years in the music industry.
Neal Schon Net Worth $30 Million
Neal Schon was lucky to be born into a musical family – his father Mathew Schon was a famous musician and mother Barbara Schon sang in a band. So Schon picked his first guitar at the age of five years, and starting at early age is usually a way to success. His first career steps started at the age of 15 with the band Santana, in preference to joining Eric Clapton in the band Derek and the Dominos, and debuting with some vocals on Santana’s album Santana III. Being such a great musician at such young age with the possibility to choose between two iconic bands, he went on and started making his money. He also played for Azteca but very briefly.
In 1973 Neal Schon formed his now legendary band Journey. He subsequently released five solo albums, and fourteen studio albums with the band. This must be the main flow into his net worth. Importantly, he is the only band member who has not changed through the years. He has taken part in every tour of the band, and sang on all their albums, so no doubt this longevity with Journey has increased the overall amount of Neal Schon’s net worth as well. Apart from this, he has also collaborated with famous musicians such as keyboardist Jan Hammer, Sammy Hagar and Paul Rodgers on short-term projects.
Neal Schon is as great a vocalist, as he is a guitar virtuoso. Two talents double the money earned, does it not? Let’s talk about his musical influences, of whom there were plenty. He has said that he was highly influenced by the 1960’s, musicians from that era such as Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. Then he put some blues to the mix, namely B.B. King and added some guitar-based influences, including of course Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton as well as Wes Montgomery. This is probably Neal Schon’s key to fame – adding the best ingredients from different musical eras.
Schon was always proud of his guitars. He started with acoustic Stella guitar followed by Gibson ES-335. At present he became interested in Xotic guitars. Schon was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in August 2013, which made him, if possible, even more famous. This is considered to be an accomplishment of a lifetime for any musician.
In his not-so-private personal life, Neal Schon has married five times, first to Tena Austin(1976-86), then Beth Buckley(1987-92), Dina Gioeli(1993-99), and Amber Kozan(2001-08). In 2013 he married Michaele Salahi. He has five children.
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Ozzy Osbourne Net Worth
John Michael Osbourne was born on 3 December 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England, and is widely known as a songwriter, singer and television personality, considered to be one of the developers of heavy metal music, and being called the ‘Godfather of Heavy Metal’. He initially came to notice playing with the band Black Sabbath, but from the early ’80s continually moved until concentrating on a solo career. Ozzy has been inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame and the US Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, plus has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was the first on the Birmingham Walk of Stars.
So just how rich is Ozzy Osbourne? Authoritative sources estimate that Ozzy has a net worth of over $220 million, accumulated during his career in the music industry which began in the late 1960s.
Ozzy Osbourne Net Worth $220 Million
Ozzy’s father John was a toolmaker, and his mother Lillian a factory worker. He was called ‘Ozzy’ in primary school, and adopted it as his stage name. As Ozzy suffers from dyslexia, school really wasn’t for him except for drama, so he left at 15 and took various jobs, although training as a plumber, then as an apprentice toolmaker, but spending a short time in jail for petty theft taught him a timely lesson.
Ozzy was really interested in music, and sang with a couple of bands in the late ’60s, one of which became Black Sabbath with bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, drummer Bill Ward, and guitarist and songwriter Tony Iommi, now the only surviving original member of the band. The band’s style, partly reflected in their name, was very appealing, and they were significantly successful in the UK and USA during the ’70s, with their debut self-titled album, and the follow-up album Paranoid, eventually achieving multi-platinum status. However, Ozzy’s increasing use of drugs saw him leave the band in 1979, although there have been several collaborations since; regardless, his net worth was very well established.
In the early 1980s, the group Necromandus played with Ozzy Osbourne on his first solo project, the Blizzard of Ozz incarnation, also the title of his first solo album, a popular success with heavy metal fans. Ozzy’s subsequent solo career spread over more than three decades, has increased his net worth the most; seven of the eleven studio albums he has released have achieved multi-platinum certifications in the US alone. A further large financial success has come from annual festival tours called ‘Ozzfest’, of the US and sometimes Europe. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and second wife and manager Sharon in the mid-’90s, and performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups have been featured. Since its beginning, sources estimate that over five million people have attended Ozzfest, resulting in revenues of more than $100 million.
Ozzy Osbourne’s net worth also rose sharply as a result of ‘The Osbournes’, a reality television series showcasing the life of the singer and his family which was aired from 2002-05; the show was created by Jonathan Taylor and became one of MTV’s greatest hits. The success of the show led to the Osbournes hosting the 30th Annual American Music Awards in January 2003, and the BRIT Awards held at Earls Court, London in 2008. Various awards and nominations have also helped increase Ozzy’s net worth, including a Grammy Award for the track ‘I Don’t Want to Change the World’, a Godlike Genius Award from NME magazine, among many others.
Additionally. Ozzy won the Literary Achievement honour in 2010, for his autobiography “I Am Ozzy”, which hit the New York Times’ non-fiction best-seller list at No 2. Osbourne has also acted three times as a judge for the Independent Music Awards, which supports independent artists’ careers.
In his less-than-private personal life, Osbourne has been married twice, firstly to Thelma Reese (1971-82), with whom he has a daughter named Jessica Starshine, and a son named Louis John. Ozzy has been married to Sharon Arden since 1982, and their three children are Aimee, Kelly and Jack . Recent rumours of Ozzy’s affairs seem to have done little to break-up the couple. Ozzy openly blames his sometimes controversial lifestyle on drug and alcohol abuse, and praises Sharon for constantly dragging him out of periods of instability. They currently divide their time between residences in Buckinghamshire, England, and Malibu, California.
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