Eventually he used those industrial influences in the music of Black Sabbath and, along with other pioneers such as Blue Cheer and Led Zeppelin, Iommi helped create a noise that would be known as heavy metal.
In March 2010, Black Sabbath announced that along with Metallica they would be releasing a limited edition single together to celebrate Record Store Day.
On the fabric walls of his cubby, he has tacked posters of Black Sabbath, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Metallica, along with treasured printouts of e-mail messages, photos of his family, and a map of Sonora, Calif.
Although a few Christian denominations follow the Judaic practice of observing the Sabbath on Saturday, Catholics, along with most Christians, observe Sunday as a special day, which they call the "Lord's Day".
This year's inductees are Blondie, the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Miles Davis, along with the record executives Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss.
It's real high-school rock, and it was the thing that all the cool boys liked, along with Black Sabbath".
Like Nirvana, Foo Fighters draw on the Beatles and folk-rock along with Black Sabbath, Husker Du and Seattle's cornerstone of grunge, the Melvins.
("At recent Sabbath services, an older woman along the front row of the women's section smiled and pointed to the chair. 'He is Moshiach,' she said, using the Hebrew word for messiah. 'We can't see him with our eyes, but that doesn't mean he's not here. He is").
During his show, he has been known to sing along to Black Sabbath, Johnny Cash, Blue Oyster Cult and George Strait.
If you're looking for a glimpse into the groups that Hammett, Hetfield, and Ulrich grew up on, look no further than 1998's Garage Inc. Compiling newly recorded covers with ones done in the prior decade, the double-disc set pays homage to seminal hard rock acts such as Black Sabbath, Budgie, Diamond Head, and Bob Seger along with punk bands like Discharge and The Misfits.
