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Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) [1] is a retired English musician, 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 .
GZR was an American heavy metal band founded by and named after Black Sabbath bassist/lyricist Geezer Butler. The band has been marketed with three different names on different releases, g//z/r in 1995, geezer in 1997, and GZR in 2005. Most fans refer to the band as "geezer", although Butler himself refers to the band name as "gee-zed-R".
Formed in September 1968 under the initial name Earth, the group's first lineup included lead vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward. They changed their name to Black Sabbath in August 1969 and the lineup remained stable until April 1979, when Osbourne was fired.
Name Geezer Butler Best known for Bass player and lyricist for Black Sabbath. Current city Henderson, Nevada/Park City, Utah. Depends on the season. Really want to be in London, visiting my son ...
In the early 1990s, Geezer Butler claimed that the title was a reference to drummer Bill Ward's beard at that time, which his bandmates felt looked like a pen nib. [3] According to Butler, "Originally (the title) was Nib, which was Bill's beard. When I wrote N.I.B.,
The lyrics, composed by bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler, tell the story of a self-fulfilling prophecy in which a man travels into the future and witnesses the apocalypse. In the process of returning to the present day to warn the human race, he is turned into steel by a magnetic field and is subsequently ridiculed and ignored by the people ...
According to bassist Geezer Butler, the music took just minutes to write, with the entire song coming together in two hours. The band's second album, named for the speedily written song, also ...
Plastic Planet is the debut studio album by GZR (known at the time as g//z/r), a heavy metal band featuring Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath. The album also features Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell.