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Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is an English retired musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heaven & Hell, GZR, Ozzy Osbourne, and Deadland Ritual.
The longtime bassist for the groundbreaking heavy metal outfit Black Sabbath, Terence “ Geezer ” Butler was born July 17, 1949, in Birmingham, England. As a teen he formed his first band, Rare Breed, with schoolmate John “Ozzy” Osbourne; in the fall of 1968, the two reunited in the blues quartet Polka Tulk, which also featured guitarist ...
Jul 28, 2023 · An epic career-spanning interview with Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler. (Image credit: Geezer Butler) The accent has hardly changed in over 70 years. He may have made his home in Utah, where he lives with Gloria, his American wife of 43 years, but nothing has ever taken the working-class Brummie out of Geezer Butler.
Geezer Butler’s Official YouTube Channel The founding member, bassist, and lyricist of Black Sabbath - Geezer Butler embarked on an adventurous solo career, creating three albums of forward...
Jul 19, 2019 · Geezer Butler is much more than just Black Sabbath’s bassist. If Tony Iommi’s riffs inspired the sound of metal, then Geezer’s lyrics spawned the blackness we metalheads hold dear. Here he goes back to his roots to talk religion, pacifism and Black Sabbath’s early days…
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Jun 6, 2023 · Geezer Butler has retired. After more than half a century of defining and redefining “heavy” with his bands Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, and Deadland Ritual, as well as his own solo projects,...
Jun 6, 2023 · OUT TODAY! – Into the Void by Geezer Butler. A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black Sabbath, covering his years as the band’s bassist and main lyricist through his later-career projects, and detailing how one of rock’s most influential bands formed and prevailed.
Jul 28, 2023 · Geezer Butler is patient zero for heavy metal bass riffs. He played bass for Black Sabbath. One of the greatest rock bands of all time and true pioneers in the heavy metal genre....
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Mar 29, 2023 · Geezer Butler, the bassist who cofounded Black Sabbath and wrote the majority of the band’s lyrics on their classic albums, will release his autobiography this summer.
Birthdate: July 17, 1949. Birthplace: Aston, Birmingham, England. Band Position: Bass Guitar. Started in Band: 1968 – Founding Member. Left Band: Mid 1984 after attempt with Dave Donato. Returned to Band: Mid 1990. Left Band: Fall 1994. Returned to Band: Spring 1997.
