Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Iommi created a niche (somewhat inspired by Jimmy) and kept to it. The dude built the foundation that the heavy metal (and the hundreds of sub-genres) house was built on.

Page was just tons more diversified and technically talented. He could rock just as hard as Iommi (but didn't do it in such a cliched manner), but he had a ton more tools in his bag.

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