Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath talks about his ROCK SCENE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2018
- Before becoming a bass player, Geezer Butler started on a two-string-guitar. He played it for two years before he realized that if you put your finger on the fret of the string your playing, it makes a different sound. He eventually graduated to a six string guitar and started learning Beatles, Kinks and Rolling Stones songs. He formed a band and started playing out. Everywhere they played, they only played once because they were so terrible. Dissalusioned, the singer left the group but Geezer wanted to continue. He saw an ad for a new singer who called himself Ozzy Zigg. In the ad were the magic words, “has own P.A.” Go to RockSceneMagazine.com for more cool interviews.
Geezer met with Ozzy, set up an audition, and Geezer had a new singer. They formed a blues band with a saxophone player and a slide-guitar player. Now, all they needed was a drummer.
Ozzy said he might know someone who might know someone. They went to Tony Iommi’s house and met with Bill Ward. Bill said he would play with them only if Tony could play with them as well. They agreed and began rehearsing. That’s when Geezer realized that they didn’t need a slide-guitar player, a lead guitar player and a rhythm guitar player. So he started tuning down his Fender Telecaster to play the bass lines.
A week of practicing and they booked a gig. On their way to the show, Geezer stopped at a former bass player’s house and borrowed his bass. This would be the first time he would play a bass and it would be in front of an audience. It didn’t go well at all. The band was actually beaten up afterwards.
In the following days, they realized that the saxophone player wasn’t cutting it. Tony refused to play with the slide-guitarplayer, so the two were asked to leave. With the new line-up change, came a new name. They called themselves Earth. However, there was already a band using that name, so they changed their name to Black Sabbath. Go to RockSceneMagazine.com for more cool interviews... - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
I met geezer at a meet and greet, I was at the end of the line, he actually looked me in the eyes and THANKED ME for waiting in line, what a class act!!
My friend told me he was sat outside in his tartan pyjamas drinking tea one morning when Sabbath recorded at her studio it's on my channel (Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman house)
I met Geezer here in Chicago, when he was touring with his band GZR. He's always been one of my heroes as a bass player. After the gig, we had a nice little chat, and I told him I was a big fan, blah, blah, blah. As I was going to leave him alone, he said, "Do you have to leave? Stick around and meet the other guys." I spent the next hour and a half hanging and drinking with my hero and his band. I'll never forget.
Joe Hall that’s amazing man, what a cool story
Joe Hall That warms my heart, man. I love musicians who act like that, in other words like any other person. It makes it so much easier to connect. That’s amazing, what a great memory.
I bet u knew for the first time whether u were evil or devine
There really needs to be a Black Sabbath movie. All these stories put together is loads of pure gold material. For those of you who haven't read Ozzy's autobiography, do it now. It's just nonstop laughing from cover to cover.
That is a great read laughed my ass off too
I learned more about Black Sabbath history in 10 minutes with Geezer that I did in 30 years reading and watching elsewhere.
I don’t know if I learned more from this video than I have over the last 30 years of following Black Sabbath, but Geezer shared a different side of many of the stories I’ve heard. It was definitely informative.
It’s great isn’t it
this man is one of the most important bass players of all time
AND he wrote all the lyrics
Geezer is the man.He is an icon of icons. The guy has real class.What a great man.
What a Geezer ;) ;)
...and not to forget his Bass Playing especially his Bass SOUND which was and still is outstanding. There is a reason why Bass Icons like Cliff Burton and even the bass master himself (imo), Steve Harris, name Geezer as one of their major heros and role models! Long may he live!!
@@danielerikschaller4775 Well said! I totally agree.
hell yeah ! aint nobody like the old geezer
Geezer is such an underrated member of Black Sabbath. People need to realise that he isn’t just the bass player for the band, he is the founder and song-writer for most of Sabbath’s songs.
Yeah , I didn't know he was the
song writer, I looked it up, I had
assumed that Ozzie wrote it all.
.".....people need to realize"??? What planet have you been living on?
He wrote lyrics and bass lines. Tony wrote the majority of the music.
Geezer and Bill Ward seem like genuinely likable humans.
Tony on the other had.......😂
Wasn't Iommi like a school bully or something
True ...just watched an interview with bill...both great guys.
Sabbath always have the best stories.
The shark coming through the bathroom window while Bill was on the toilet was classic
It’s internet. What do you expect? Oh yeah, especially the strange shit that happened to them..fascinating..
@@hmpz36911 The story about spray painting Bill gold and almost killing him was a funny story until they realized he must go to the hospital or he was going to die. Also the story about setting Bill on fire more than once !! That is what large amounts of good real coke will do for ya !!
@@cricket8646 We had a friend like that, we'd set on fire all the time, but to be fair, he'd set himself on fire occasionally
hmpz36911 Lmao I never heard that story! That’s incredible
Geezer is the coolest member of Sabbath, always has been. And he's a bass GOD, I never heard this story about starting on a two string guitar. He learned FAST!. AWESOME!
and he supports a great football team x
Best bass of the world.sabbath forever!i ve pick a bass because of sabbath bloody sabbath album in 98)
That's an old story he talked about that back in the seventies playing on a two string
Such a humble master musician
I love Geezer. I could keep listening to him. Sabbath was a total revelation and a shot in the arm to me at age 10.
Same but 19.made my first acoustic bass 😁 and start .
Geezer is about as chill, cool, unpretentious, and frank as you get.
all 4 of the guys were. they were working class level people. Thats why alot of the fans are too. Its the same level of understanding around the U.K ., US and world. they can relate.
Amazing how humble Geez and Toni are during interviews. Such great guys !
Geezer is my favourite bass player. Saw him in Toronto in 1970. I was hooked!
That was their first trip across the pond. I wish a video recording of the festival performance from that Toroto stop was available.
Sudbury 1984
@@keithj6251 There’s a little snippet on an Ozzy video called “Don’t Blame Me”…I think. Imagine just walking down the street where you live and looking down into this valley where a high school football field is and there’s all these bands playing on this huge stage! So cool! My favourites were Humble Pie (Just before Sabbath) and then Black Sabbath!!! First time I ever heard War Pigs. Not even sure the album was out . I actually wish I wasn’t trippin’ on acid at the time. I remember Geezers hair was so long and blowing sideways and you could never see his face! Lol
In my opinion his sound is the muted roar of Tony’s power chords with the thump of Bills bass drum, as nimble as a harpist with the groove like no other. Along with his lyrical skills there is no doubt that he is a huge reason Sabbath made it so big....
His personality is GOLD
God i love theses stories.. Bill Ward. "Il'l come along if Tony Comes along!! And geezer. "I tuned down me Fender telecaster and used it as a bass"....And the rest is History!!! Amazing
😂😂 and, 18 twelve bar blues session, including sax and steelguitars, been there don that,🤣🤣🤣,.....hrm, 63 and still there...😶
The best part was they were booked to play pop songs at a wedding and they ended up playing Hendrix stuff.
You can't beat Ozzy era Black Sabbath, nor their interviews! Mellow and humble personalities they have! And Terry loves cats! He and his wife own a couple of animal rescues and they specialize is cats!
Didn't know that!
Seen Sabbath 3 times!
The original and the best!!!
The only way to beat that era was
with Dio.
Love the fact how he loved and talked about The Beatles. One of the best bass players of all time, in one of the best bands of all time.
It just proves how important the Beatles were back then.
They inspired just about everyone to start a band after ‘65.
Listening to Geezer had tears of laughter running down my cheeks the way he tells the stories. The bit about the sax player that could only play the one solo and played it for all eighteen songs in their repertoire and then the realization, "Well, we knew he would have to go". Lol!!
Who knew geezer was the originator? I can’t get enough of these interviews🤘🤘🤘😮🎸🎸🎸
Geezer is hilarious ..great story ..was laughing throughout ..geezer is legendary on the bass. Black Sabbath -black sabbath was my 1st album .
How could you not just love this guy........he's priceless.
I could listen to Geezer tell stories .. ALL DAY LONG!!
You can never overestimate the influence of The Beatles. Geezer said it right; hearing people not trying to sound American but singing in their natural voice. Immensely important.
....and that children, is how you become a Rock Star!
@Dimebag Darrell u put that rage and pummeling into the music! Its how Prince did it!
I heard the first Black Sabbath's riffs I was 10... 42 years later I'm still in love with those riffs...
Same here. First heard them in '71, and never looked back. I'll be 61 in two weeks.
Awesome! An interview with Geezer, one of the best rock bassists ever. You don't very often see Geezer interviewed, so this was extra cool.
Actually i had seen the Black Sabbath story a long time ago and heard that they sucked as the band named earth but when they came up with black sabbath song people noticed and that's when they realized what the people liked. They changed their name to Black Sabbath and started writting songs about destrucción,war and evil. Another thing was that they used to sleep in the day and reherse at night in a castle. Eventually Ozzy couldn't deal with it anymore. Don't know how much of that is true but it was still interesting.
He talks in such a solid, thought-out way. Very nice to listen to.
I can certainly relate to many of Geezer's tale. Hearing of him getting thrown out of everywhere he played was hilarious. It happened to me as well.
I know that pain. Now I get thrown out of classier joints...
My musical hero the reason i picked up a bass guitar my all time favorite Black Sabbath
Great interview that gave stories I never knew. Tony's book is a great read IMO. Geezer is fantastic on bass. Like others have mentioned, I never knew he started out on a guitar with just 2 strings...Black Sabbath is in the top 5 for me.
And then he turned out to be the most badass bass player 😎
Gotta love GEEZER BUTLER such a gentleman and iconic bassist. Where would rock music be without BLACK SABBATH.
I think this could be my favourite rock story of all time, story telling at it's greatest!
The Irish are the best story tellers...
Geezer just breathes and the bass line whispers to him, he is the bass whisperer!
Geezer is the reason I learned to play the bass you are a God sir.
Geezer was 11 years old when he bought that guitar. Without ever seeing a live guitarist, he didn't know how to fret it for 2 years. Today, a determined kid could learn Hendrix solos in his bedroom in 2 years.
The Geezer album Black Science is a work of brilliance.
"I was accidentally professional" haha
Great interview,Geeza is a great person,the stories of bands the way they form and there struggles up until that first record is amazing.
Would love to have a beer and a bit of banter with Geezer
Love Geezer Butler!
This is an amazing interview
You have to imagine that this is just the "walk-straight-through" version of the Black Sabbath story. The hardship these lads went through is almost inimaginable nowadays. Comparing, for example, Hendrix and Black sabbath in those days is like comparing third world destitutes to royalty. The hardship they had to go through is legendary on its own. Lovely interview. Thanks for posting it.
It was either that or work in the hot, lifeless factories.
I don’t know if I could name a rock musician from Geezer’s generation that would not name Elvis and the Beatles as their musical inspiration. Mostly Beatles.When you think of all the kids that took up playing rock because of the Beatles ,or because they wanted to play heavy like Sabbath ,the millions upon millions of people who’s lives were changed is staggering .
I was about to say the same thing. The beatles influence on rock and music in general is simply huge!! They have changed the game for ever!!
You listen to all the greats and you’ll always hear about the impact of the Beatles in some form.
That’s why I get pissed off at so called fans or musicians who say the Beatles are overrated. When their influence, inspiration and impact is immeasurable.
One of the greatest musical and cultural forces of the 20th and 21st century.
Really enjoy listening to Geezer... great stories.
Tony's story is quite different as to when they met Ozzy , when they called at Ozzy's ( from the Ozzy Zig advert) Tony remembered him from school and said " oh no not him" and Geezer had to persuade him to give Ozzy a chance although the clothing thing is the same ( skinhead , shoe on a dog lead, and wearing a tap around his neck on a chain) . That's exactly how Tony tells the story.
It's amazing they all have stories and most of them are different from the other
I like that he stops and corrects his self a couple of times along the way. The signs of truth and a life lived.
One of the best , if not the best, Bass player in Heavy Rock and Metal !
All those amazing lyrics. By a cool guy who keeps it real.
Geezer is such a genius.he is so cool
He is a genius , charismatic and creative legend in history of metal music. The great bassist, and Cliff and Harris
In up to 5 min now, this is the
best interview I've ever seen,
lol, seriously , so cool.
Sabbath ruled the 70s!
and 80s even the 90s (Dehumanizer)
mr. pastorius - sabbath will always rule, even when they are long gone from this life and our lives; they will still rule!
In my opinion, their music rules forever.
Earth is a pretty good name also. I would love to see Black Sabbath at a wedding.
I saw them at Aylesbury Civic Hall in 2005 in a room that was normally used for wedding receptions. It was a warm up for Download and a great show.
Imagine booking Earth to play at your wedding and then telling them to leave after just 3 songs... and then 10 years later, looking back and realising Black Sabbath played at your wedding and you'd told them to piss off.
War Pigs comes to mind......
I love listening to geezer talk , he a funny dude , n he keeps a straight face
Looking good Geezer, your song writing is amazing, not sure how many people know you did all the lyrics.
Just not true but he IS a great lyricist!
I think most everybody knew he wrote the lyrics
Love Geezer, what a bass player😘
"Well I got fired from work so I was..........sort of by accident professional...accidentally professional."
These guys were from the midlands of England very working class and no nonsense tough region. Seriously if people payed there hard earned money to see you perform and you didn't entertain them they probably would kick your ass. Judas Priest came from the same region. Awesome Interview with The Geez.
G.B.H., Diamond Head and Witchfinder General too.
@Barry Manilowa It seems that in England, minorities tend to assimilate moreso than here in the US. Most of what people deem racist here is usually based on culture or class, which tend to tie in with race. Typical black culture here is what some people don't like, not necessarily the race itself. We all love Morgan Freeman here, lol
@@hmpz36911 led zep plants a yam yuam[to the american bretheren thats wolverhampton] and bonham was from bromsgrove...
There's been black race riots in England for several years now. Brixton in London, Toxteth in Lverppol etc. Not to mention the influx of Muslim immigrants which drive the UKIP party to push for Brexit, which discards EU border policies. The English are no different than their American counterparts when it comes to race. They just didn't have domestic slavery as a component of their early history as America did.
the midlands of england..bloody yanks haha
They gotta make a movie bout this
why you love black sabbath is because Ozzy Geezer Tony Ward are humble yet down to earth people, Tell me any other band that last 80 years after paranoid and i say black sabbath still best live act, best sound, best front man.
Yes sabbath awesome but band from netherlands kick ass not many no sheavy. Last album missleading collection. Or blue sky mind have fun finding these i did. Got last ones on viynl
Interesting about the early guitar playing. Since 1970 when I had the first album, I thought he sounded as much a lower
register guitarist counter Iommi, as well as a bass player
I like how right forward the grandfathers of Doom are about enjoying The Beatles music. I don't know about Tony or Bill but Ozzy is also a big fan of them. Cuts right though the egotism of what is found in the metal scene nowadays. Not just makers of awesome music but appreciators as well.
There was no "metal" when Sabbath formed. They were a new breed of animal.
Best bass player period!
Great stuff man ,
Man, all the stories from their more than humble beginning are varying
Geezer you will always be the best,
Him and Bill was such a wall/tsunami of sound, one of the best rythm sections out there
This is TRULY THE GREATEST EVER !!!!!! I love you Geezer !!!!!!!
....and the rest was blardy brilliant !!
This is the truth even though he has misremembered a few things, but you can see he is reliving what he is saying and the "wait, Ozzy was not home, it was my door he was at was" such a real moment.
So Bill was the one who got busted up north, not Tony. That's wild, that moment was the first time their paths crossed and how significant that ended up being, for them and everyone.
A shoe on a dog leash hahahaha. Gotta love ozzy!
It was a hush puppy !!
Poor Ozzy, he was really mental disturbed and depressed.
Warren552011 Of course he was, and Oz says that he still is intimidated by Tony to this day. Tony used to beat his ass in high school.
@@Ori0987
Public school. No high schools in Aston in the late 50’s. And most certainly no Ozzy in any high school whatsoever.
😎👍😁🤟🎼☠️🖤🍻 Bottoms up and cheers...Stay loud, stay proud, stay heavy. Take care, be safe and stay@home......
Lmao.. Geezer wearing a $12 shirt, $25 trousers, $ 50 shoes and a $15,000 gold watch..
Mike Mason I met Geezer in NYC at Wempes watch store he had just bought that Rolex he said “Cheers mate” and hopped in his limo with his new watch Ozzy was in the limo
Gold and stainless steel. I have one just like it.
He's wearing a pretty sweet diamond ring too.
Sometimes things are just meant to be...awesome.
I love Geezer. Saw Sabbath once. 77' or 78' in Nashville. Dude was swinging that bass around, just laying it down. Tony Iommi wrote a book, Iron Man. Very good and funny. The things they use to do to poor Bill.
Outstanding !
What a guy , outstanding..
We didn't have video back then.
Never seen interviews before.
Geezer is lovely & funny 😊
God bless all
Yeah that's why they had Rock magazines back then that's where they did their interviews
I've got every Rock magazine back in the seventies with Black Sabbath interviews in it they're really great
Love to meet Geezer, Tony, Ozzy and Bill
Very interesting!
bass for ever. long live
Geezer is the Man!!!!!
Amazing how 1 decision changed the course of Music.
I can listen to Geez or Nico Mc Brain or Big Mick Hughes interviews all day.
Simply the best.
Imagine if they'd never change their name from "Polka Tulk Blues Band".
Polka Tulk Zakk Band
Which if you read Ozzys book that name supposedly came while ozzy seen his mother's tulk powder. Funny part in the book when they say, well thanks to Ozzys mothers armpits we have a name..
Iconic legend
"... We got beat up after"
The greatest metal bassist ever imo, rip jimmy Bain Ronnie and cozy Powell...
thats why we love em
Fascinating
Cool....!!
what great stories,,,
Geezer you is heavy metal artist . like you.
Extaordinario bajista de la mejor banda de heavy metal
A music fan that made it big.
Lovely guy.For me,THE rock bass guitarist