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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 .
Butler explained his intentions to Classic Albums: "I wanted to write a song called 'Walpurgis' – you know, the Satanic version of Christmas – write it about that Satan isn't a spiritual thing, it's warmongers. That's who the real Satanists are, all these people who are running the banks and the world and trying to get the working class to ...
And to me, war was the big Satan", said bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler. "It wasn't about politics or government or anything. It was Evil itself. So I was saying 'generals gathered in the masses / just like witches at black masses' to make an analogy. But when we brought it to the record company, they thought 'Walpurgis' sounded too Satanic.
Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward in 1977 [Getty Images] In July 2023, a large mechanical bull named after Osbourne was unveiled in New Street Station.
The album artwork is adapted from a painting by Per Øyvind Haagensen entitled Satan. [12] The artwork features the numbers 25 and 41. [13] Geezer Butler stated in an interview that the numbers refer to the Bible verse Matthew 25:41, which deals with the Last Judgment where "those who sit at the left side of God are cast down into Hell". [14]
Butler, the band's primary lyricist, had a Catholic upbringing, [11] and the song "After Forever" focuses entirely on Christian themes. At the time, Black Sabbath were suspected by some observers of being Satanists due to their dark sound, image, and lyrics. [11] "After Forever" was released as a single along with "Fairies Wear Boots" in 1971. [14]
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Sometimes live images of the four players (including guest drummer Bram Van Den Berg) were projected large-scale, but sometimes their visages were tiny, floating bubbles in a vast visual sea, like ...