Geezer butler

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Geezer Butler as bassist for Heaven & Hell (2007)

Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born July 17, 1949 in Aston , England ) is a founding member and bassist of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath . His nickname "Geezer" goes back to his teenage years .

biography

In the fall of 1967, Butler formed his first band, Rare Breed , with his school friend John "Ozzy" Osbourne . After a brief separation, the two musicians reformed in early 1969 with guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward in the Polka Tulk Blues Band , which was later renamed Earth , but was renamed Black Sabbath again because of an English group of the same name . The name was suggested by Butler, it comes from a horror film of the same name by Mario Bava starring Boris Karloff . Although Ozzy Osbourne is the band's lead singer, Geezer Butler wrote most of the song lyrics , often about satanism and dark customs.

In the early days of Black Sabbath Butler first played rhythm guitar , but Tony Iommi soon gave him to understand that he did not want to play with a second guitarist, so Geezer switched to bass. Butler is said to have been one of the first bassists to use a wah-wah pedal , for example at the beginning of NIB on the group's debut album Black Sabbath . This bass intro inspired many later bassists, including the first Metallica bassist Cliff Burton , who referred to Geezer Butler as a role model. Plus, Butler was one of the first to deliberately tune her electric bass down. He did the same to Tony Iommi, who had to have a low string tension due to an accident . Geezer tuned his instrument down three semitones like this . Tuning down is common in many heavy metal bands today.

In 1984 Butler left the group to form the Geezer Butler Band . After he had accompanied Ozzy Osbourne on a tour in 1988 and briefly returned to Black Sabbath in 1991, but wanted to quickly go his own way again, he released a few solo albums , and finally returned to the reunion tour with the British with Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi to get on. In 2006 he founded the band Heaven & Hell with Iommi and the intermittent Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James Dio , which existed until Dio's death in 2010.

Trivia

Geezer Butler has been a vegan since childhood .

Discography

Solo albums

  • 2005 - Ohmwork
  • 1997 - Black Science
  • 1995 - Plastic Planet

Heaven & Hell

  • 2009 - The Devil You Know
  • 2007 - Live at Radio City Music Hall

Black Sabbath

Ozzy Osbourne

  • 1995 - Ozzmosis
  • 1990 - Just Say Ozzy

Guest appearances

  • 2013 - Device

Web links

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Individual evidence

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Black Sabbath
Bill Ward  • Ronnie James Dio  • Vinny Appice  • Geoff Nicholls • Tony Martin  • Ian Gillan  • Glenn Hughes  • Ray Gillen  • Cozy Powell  • Neil Murray  • Bev Bevan  • Jo Burt • Terry Chimes  • Bob Daisley  • Bobby Rondinelli  • Eric Singer  • Dave Pointed • Dave Walker


Studio albums

Black Sabbath (1970) • Paranoid (1970) • Master of Reality (1971) • Volume 4 (1972) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabotage (1975) • Technical Ecstasy (1976) • Never Say Die! (1978) • Heaven and Hell (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Born Again (1983) • Seventh Star (1986) • The Eternal Idol (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Tyr (1990) • Dehumanizer (1992 ) • Cross Purposes (1994) • Forbidden (1995) • 13 (2013)

Live albums

Live at Last (1980) • Live Evil (1982) • Cross Purposes Live (1995) • Reunion (1998) • Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon (2007)

Compilation albums

We Sold Our Soul For Rock & Roll (1976) • The Best of Black Sabbath (2000) • Greatest Hits 1970–1978 (2007) • Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (2007) •

Singles

Black Sabbath (1970) • Evil Woman (1970) • NIB • Paranoid (1970) • The Wizard (1970) • Iron Man (1971) • War Pigs (1971) • Fairies Wear Boots (1971) • Sweat Leaf (1971) • Children of the Grave (1971) • After Forever (1972) • Snowblind (1972) • Tomorrow's Dream (1972) • Supernaut (1973) • Changes (1973) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabbra Cadabra (1974) • Am I Going Insane (1975) • Hole in the Sky (1975) • Symptom of the Universe (1975) • Rock'Roll Doctor (1976) • Never Say Die (1978) • Hard Road (1978) • Dirty Woman (1979) • Neon Knights (1980) • The Young (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Turn Up the Night (1982) • Voodoo (1982) • Trashed (1983) • No Stranger to Love (1986) • The Shining (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Devil and Daughter (1989) • Feels Good to Me (1990) • TV Crimes (1992) • The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1994) • Psycho Man (1998) • Selling My Soul (1999) • The Devil Cried (2007) • God is Dead? (2013) • End of the Beginning (2013) • The Loner (2013)

personal data
SURNAME Butler, geezer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Butler, Terence Michael Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Aston near Birmingham