Tony Iommi, the guitarist who is credited with the inventing heavy metal played a Gibson SG. For those who don't know he was the guitarist for Black Sabbath, the band who is credited with inventing Heavy Metal. Some say that all heavy metal comes from Black Sabbath. There are many metal groups influenced by Black Sabbath. Even the grunge movement was influenced by Black Sabbath.
Originally he was going to play Fender Stratocaster, but the Stratocaster pickup broke on him when he was recording. The only other instrument he had was an SG, which he used as a spare. And as they say, the rest is history.
Here are two pictures of an Gibson SG Standard:
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