Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler ( also of Irish descent ) wrote the lyrics to the Black Sabbath song " Sabbath Bloody Sabbath " on the album of the same name in 1973.

** Geezer Butler, British heavy metal bassist ( Black Sabbath )

He has cited Paul McCartney, Geezer Butler, John Entwistle, and Gene Simmons as the fundamental influences of his bass playing.

Prior to his death, he was collaborating on a project with former Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice, under the moniker Heaven & Hell, whose only studio album, The Devil You Know, was released on April 28, 2009.

In October 2006, it was confirmed that Dio would be joining Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and former Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice to tour under the moniker Heaven & Hell, the title of the first Dio era Black Sabbath album.

They chose the name Heaven & Hell as Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler were still in Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne and felt it was best to use a different moniker for the Dio version of the band.

On the flight from San Francisco to London in November 1977, and for the next three weeks, Walker wrote lyrics to the new music which the remaining members of Black Sabbath ( guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Terry ' Geezer ' Butler and drummer Bill Ward ) wrote for their next album.

Geezer Butler thus resumed his traditional job as Black Sabbath's primary lyricist, and completely new lyrics for the album were written, including what became " Junior's Eyes ".

He plays with his fingers — which is really cool ; he ’ s got the whole Geezer Butler thing going on .”

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Once the album's recording was complete, Daisley was once again out, replaced by Osbourne's former Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler.

* Geezer Butler – bass guitar, backing vocals on " A Hard Road "

* Geezer Butler – bass guitar

" Geezer Butler of the band Black Sabbath wrote, " One of the great musicians of my generation ", while jazz musician Jamie Cullum said, " RIP Jon Lord – a hero of the keys.

All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward.

All songs credited to Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne, except " Evil Woman " ( Larry Weigand, Dick Weigand and David Wagner ) and " Warning " ( Dunbar / Dmochowski / Hickling / Moorshead ).

* Geezer Butler – bass

It is also the first in nine years to feature original bassist Geezer Butler.

" Computer God " was the title of an unreleased song by The Geezer Butler Band, in 1986 – only the title made it to Dehumanizer.

The Geezer Butler Band's version is available as a download on Butler's website.

" Master of Insanity " was also an unreleased Geezer Butler Band track and the Dehumanizer version is essentially a re-recording of this.

( 1: 17 minutes of this track is available as a download on the website of Carl Sentance, erstwhile vocalist with the Geezer Butler Band.

* All songs written by Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio and Tony Iommi.

* Geezer Butler – bass

Terence Michael Joseph " Geezer " Butler ( born 17 July 1949 in Birmingham, England ) is an English musician and songwriter.

" Killing Yourself to Live " was written by bassist Geezer Butler while in hospital for kidney problems caused by heavy drinking.

Heavy metal bass players such as Geezer Butler ( Black Sabbath ), Alex Webster ( Cannibal Corpse ), Cliff Burton ( Metallica ), jazz fusion bassist Jaco Pastorius ( Weather Report ), and Les Claypool ( Primus, Blind Illusion ) used chime-like harmonics and rapid plucking techniques in their bass solos.

Before the formation of Black Sabbath, Bill Ward and guitarist Tony Iommi played in a band called Mythology, and joined vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler, who had played in a band together called " Rare Breed ".

GZR is a band led by Black Sabbath bassist / lyricist Geezer Butler.

This marked the end of the group's original line-up that featured Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward.

The song, a hymn to recreational cannabis use, got its title from a packet of cigarettes bassist Geezer Butler bought in Dublin that claimed the tobacco was " the sweet leaf.

This was the band's most recent studio album released under the Black Sabbath name, until the band announced in November 2011 that most of the original lineup ( with vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler, but sans drummer Bill Ward ) would be recording a new album for release in 2012.

Todd Jensen played with Ozzy Osbourne only very briefly, and was replaced by bassist Geezer Butler.

* Carl Sentance was recruited by Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler to front the Geezer Butler Band in 1986 but the group ultimately failed to score a record deal.

* All the original members of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath were born and raised in the Aston area, including Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler.

* Black Sabbath-August 27, 1978, with Van Halen and October 9, 1980, with Blue Öyster Cult ( Riot ensued after Geezer Butler was hit by a bottle )

After the handful of live gigs in 1997, the band was mostly put on ice, as Geezer was busy with various things Black Sabbath related for quite a while.

Osbourne's former Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler replaced Inez.

Geezer Butler ( Black Sabbath / Heaven & Hell )

Appice rejoined his Black Sabbath bandmates Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler, and Tony Iommi in 2006 as Heaven & Hell, touring and releasing one studio album, The Devil You Know, before Dio's death in 2010.

Issue # 1 was 16 pages on grey stock paper, and featured interviews with Pantera, Entombed, Gwar, Cannibal Corpse and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath.

Of the earliest influential bands that are later to be described as Heavy Metal, several of the most notable artists arise from the mid to late 1960s Brum Beat music scene, such as: Robert Plant and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward of Black Sabbath and Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest.

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