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Geezer Butler avoided talking to doctors as he struggled with depression because he was terrified he would be hospitalised against his will. The Black Sabbath rocker has battled mental health troubles for years and he's revealed he was told to "watch television or read a book" when he first sought medical help - and he ended up refusing to see any more doctors over fears he would be committed to an institution if he revealed how badly he was suffering. In an interview with TalkShopLive, Geezer, 75, explained: "Unless you’ve experienced true depression, you can’t describe it. It’s like you’re g...
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Geezer Butler shared that he was a fan of Slipknot and some other younger metal bands in the ’90s. As a founding member and the primary lyricist for the band that is known for essentially creating heavy metal, it’s a big deal when Butler compliments a younger artist. The original Black Sabbath were the headliners of Ozzfest in 1999, and Butler was astute with the younger generations of heavy music who were also on the bill. “I was really into metal back then, and it was influencing the stuff I was writing as well,” Butler told Knotfest. “It was amazing to see what new bands were coming out the...
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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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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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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's Black Sabbath bandmates feared he'd been kidnapped when he failed to show up for a gig after overdosing on Night Nurse. The veteran rocker's mysterious disappearance back in 1978 was recounted by the band's bassist Geezer Butler in his book 'Into The Void', revealing the musicians had to report Ozzy missing and police officers were sent out to scour the city of Nashville for him - but he turned up the next morning after having slept through the show night because he'd downed a whole bottle of cold medication. Geezer wrote: "Ozzy had a heavy cold, so a doctor had given him some ...
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Ozzy Osbourne got so high on drugs he thought he was swimming in the sea when he was still on the beach. The Black Sabbath frontman, 74, whose battle with drink and drug addiction started in the 1970s, had the psychedelic experience when he swallowed pills with bandmate Geezer Butler, 73, on a break from recording one of their albums. Bassist and Black Sabbath lyricist Geezer said in his memoir ‘Into the Void – From Birth to Black Sabbath and Beyond’: “A girl called Carol offered me and Ozzy something called psilocybin. We, of course, accepted. “I was seeing skeletons. Ozzy thought he was swim...
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Black Sabbath star Geezer Butler had to cut out "at least 50 pages" from his memoirs for legal reasons. The 73-year-old rocker is best known for being part of the heavy metal band alongside Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne and explained that when writing his memoir 'Into the Void' - which is due to be released on June 6 - that the "original manuscript was deemed unsuitable for modern readers" and he was forced to omit some of its content when lawyers descended upon the publishing house. He told The Sunday Times: "At least 50 pages of them [had to go]! I had this whole thing back from th...
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Ozzy Osbourne has ruled out doing anymore Black Sabbath shows.The 71-year-old frontman has insisted that when the 'Paranoid' rockers played their farewell show at Birmingham's Genting Arena in 2017, that marked the end of the band for him.However, Ozzy admitted he regrets not getting to play one last time with drummer Bill Ward.He told Rolling Stone magazine when asked about a reunion: "Not for me. It's done."The only thing I do regret is not doing the last farewell show in Birmingham with Bill Ward. I felt really bad about that. It would have been so nice. I don't know what the circumstances ...
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