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
bands english-musician kids mixed seems
It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me.
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.
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.
boys band poison
If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.
english-musician everybody heavier heaviest hendrix
We were into Hendrix and Cream, who were like the heaviest bands around at that time. We just wanted to be heavier than everybody else!
almost belt english-musician music produced supposed totally
It's totally produced now. It's almost like a conveyor belt of what metal's supposed to be like these days. It's not music to me.
english-musician
However long the song is was how long it took us to write it.
challenges finals albums
To do the Ozzfest again would be great. I'd like to finish with a final Sabbath album. You always feel that it is still a challenge.
listening albums jazz
Lately, Ive been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though!
bass sabbath
I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started
feelings too-much polish
If you polish things too much, it loses the feeling
soccer play watches
I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now.
nice years married
I've been perfectly happily married for 25 years, and have a nice life. Inane things don't interest me