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Butler is noted for his melodic playing, and as being one of the first bassists to use a wah pedal and to down-tune his instrument (from the standard E-A-D-G to the lower C#-F#-B-E), as exemplified on Black Sabbath's Master of Reality album, to match Iommi who had started tuning his guitar to C# (a minor third down). [9]
"Paranoid" was the first Black Sabbath single release, coming six months after their self-titled debut was released. Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler (from Guitar World magazine, March 2004): A lot of the Paranoid album was written around the time of our first album, Black Sabbath. We recorded the whole thing in about 2 or 3 days, live in ...
While restringing and tuning his guitar, ... 'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath "Paranoid" was just an afterthought when Black Sabbath wrote it in 1970 to fill in empty space on their sophomore album ...
Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. [1] The band helped define the genre with their first three albums Black Sabbath, Paranoid (both 1970), and Master of Reality ...
Paranoid 's chart success allowed the band to tour the US for the first time in October 1970, which spawned the release of the album's second single "Iron Man". Although it failed to reach the top 40, "Iron Man" remains one of Black Sabbath's most popular songs, as well as the band's highest charting US single. [30]
"War Pigs" is widely considered one of Black Sabbath's greatest songs. In 2020, Kerrang! ranked the song number four on their list of the 20 greatest Black Sabbath songs, [ 17 ] and in 2021, Louder Sound ranked the song number one on their list of the 40 greatest Black Sabbath songs.
Black Sabbath (1970) Paranoid (1970) ... Pete Prown of Vintage Guitar says, "The debut Black Sabbath album of 1970 was a watershed moment in heavy rock, ...
Master of Reality is the third studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in the United Kingdom on 6 August 1971 [4] by Vertigo Records. [5] It is regarded by some critics as the foundation of doom metal, stoner rock, and sludge metal. [6]