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With Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler recently sharing their regrets that Black Sabbath‘s retirement came without a final show featuring Bill Ward, the estranged Sabbath drummer has now publicly addressed speculation about a potential one-off reunion. Ward was initially on board to be part of Black Sabbath’s 2010s reunion, but bowed out before touring and recording took place over a contractual dispute. The remaining three original members went on to record the 13 album with Rage Against the Machine’s Brad Wilk on drums and Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band drummer Tommy Clufetos handling the drumming ...
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Black Sabbath legends Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler have reunited (but not in the way you might expect) as they star in a new ad debuting the new uniform for their hometown Aston Villa Football Club. The Black Sabbath legends have long celebrated their home base of Birmingham, England and in the new ad, Ozzy and Geezer are primed to play Villa Park in an ad where seemingly everyone is anxious to don the new 2024-25 season home kit that the team will be wearing. The promo starts with Ozzy sporting the home kit on the phone in his backyard calling up Geezer and making the request, “Let’s play ...
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Picking your one favorite Black Sabbath riffs feels like an impossible task, but Eddie Van Halen had one absolute favorite by metal’s founding fathers. On a 2023 episode of The Power Hour (on AXS TV), hosts Matt Pinfield, Caity Babs and Josh Bernstein were joined by Mammoth WVH‘s Wolfgang Van Halen and Sabbath’s Geezer Butler. In a social media clip shared this week (seen below) Pinfield encourages Wolfgang to tell Butler what his father Eddie’s favorite Black Sabbath riff was. “‘Into the Void’ is one of the best riffs ever. It was always my dad’s favorite riff from you guys. I know he was rea...
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Geezer Butler, much like Ozzy Osbourne, has shared a similar regret about his time in Black Sabbath, telling Full Metal Jackie on her weekend radio show that the absence of drummer Bill Ward on the band’s final tour is something he wished hadn’t happened. “We were all sad about it, that he couldn’t really do it,” says Butler. “But yeah, I’d love Bill to have been on the last album and tour.” Butler was a guest on the show, discussing his “Into the Void” memoir. Within the chat, he speaks about seeing some of rock’s biggest names before they hit it big and which fellow musicians he knew were bo...
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Geezer Butler says he and his Black Sabbath bandmates felt a sense of shock when they watched KISS for the first time. It was 1975 and Gene Simmons and company were out opening for Sabbath on their U.S. tour. During a recent conversation with Rock Cellar, Butler admitted his band was taken aback by the theatrics of their opener. “KISS was the first band that ever used stage production,” the bassist explained. “Up until KISS came, bands like Black Sabbath used to just go on and plug in and play. KISS was the first one to use pyro. You’ve never seen that. I mean, the shock of that. And they were...
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Geezer Butler says he and his Black Sabbath bandmates felt a sense of shock when they watched Kiss for the first time. It was 1975 and Gene Simmons and company were out opening for Sabbath on their U.S. tour. During a recent conversation with Rock Cellar, Butler admitted his band was taken aback by the theatrics of their opener. “Kiss was the first band that ever used stage production,” the bassist explained. “Up until Kiss came, bands like Black Sabbath used to just go on and plug in and play. Kiss was the first one to use pyro. You’ve never seen that. I mean, the shock of that. And they were...
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Just last year, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler revealed that he and Ozzy Osbourne had fallen out of touch, but it appears the longtime Sabbath bandmates are now back speaking “every day practically” according to Butler. The bassist’s comments came during an appearance on SiriusXM host Eddie Trunk’s Trunk Nation show, with Butler explaining that there had been a lot of miscommunication between the two musicians prior. What Geezer Butler Had Previously SaidWhile promoting his Into the Void memoir in 2023, Butler spoke to Ultimate Classic Rock about his Black Sabbath bandmates explaining tha...
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Wenn von Black Sabbath die Rede ist, dann geht es meistens um Ozzy Osbourne. Auch die Werke mit dem legendären Ronnie James Dio genießen Kultstatus. Gelegentlich wird noch Ian Gillan erwähnt. Doch ein Sänger der britischen Heavy-Metal-Band wird häufig ignoriert. «Tony Martin wurde leider immer in den Hintergrund gedrängt,» sagte Black-Sabbath-Gründer und -Gitarrist Tony Iommi (76) einmal in einem Interview der dpa in London. Das soll sich nun mit einem neuen Black-Sabbath-Boxset ändern. «Anno Domini 1989-1995» widmet sich endlich dem oft vergessenen Frontmann, der in den späten 80er Jahren und...
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Geezer Butler had to leave out pages and pages of tales from his memoir to avoid being "sued". The former Black Sabbath star was asked if he is planning to put out another autobiography after releasing 'Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond' - but he says the material he has left could get him into a lot of trouble if he goes public, so it's unlikely. Speaking to comic Brian Posehn at the 'Filling The Void' event in Colorado, he said: "Um… It depends if I'm gonna get sued or not. [Laughs] 'Cause I had to leave out so much stuff. They were saying, 'Oh, you can't say that.' 'Yo...
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Ozzy Osbourne is "deeply honoured" to have been nominated for a second spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 75-year-old rocker was already inducted as a member of Black Sabbath in 2006, and he's on the shortlist of potential honourees for this year, meaning if he is voted in, he will become the 27th person to have multiple places, joining the likes of Sir Rod Stewart, all four Beatles, Jeff Beck, Stevie Nicks and Jimmy Page in having two, while Eric Clapton has three, one on his own and others as a member of both the Yardbirds and Cream. Speaking after the nominations were announced, Oz...
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