Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler
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The bassist for Black Sabbath Geezer Butler recalls the special moment he shared with Ozzy Osbourne on stage just before he died but insists he wished he had spent more time with him
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Black Sabbath are widely regarded as the inventors, or at least leading pioneers of, heavy metal music. The Birmingham band – whose original and final line-up comprised bassist Geezer Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi,
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler got the idea for their name from a 60s horror film.
Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when they began playing together in Birmingham. Naming themselves after an Italian horror film in early 1969,
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