Geezer Butler
Geezer Butler
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butleris an English musician and songwriter. Butler is best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded with Heaven & Hell, GZR, and Ozzy Osbourne...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth17 July 1949
uncles aunt night
I'd sort of dabbled in Black Magic, not practicing it, but I was interested in it. All these horrible things kept happening to me - a lot of my aunts and uncles started dying and I was seeing all these bloody things visiting me during the night.
style black horizon
During our first meeting, Tony Iommi was a great jazz guitarist, his capabilities cover all styles - Black Sabbath has even narrowed his horizons.
writing thinking want
I would not want to write something about something I do not think about
band citing influence
When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant
hair band calling
The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.
disappointment war fighting
I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people.
play guitar want
What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He was definitely the main influence
black keyboards albums
The Geezer album, Black Science, had a lot of keyboards and it did not work.
son doubt mets
Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I've ever met. Son of Sam is a close second.
song rehearsal knocking
Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death.
black bass sabbath
Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.
running world matter
It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world.
roots band heavy
To me, Sabbath was always just a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier.
player bass saws
Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.