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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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Apparently bears find metal music kind of chill when relaxing high up in trees. We know this because a park ranger tried blasting a legendary metal song in a failed attempt to get a bear to climb out of a tree. Bear Wasn’t Leaving TreeRangers from Colorado Parks and Wildlife were called in after a black bear was reported to be getting into trash near the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. When the rangers arrived, the bear had already found some food before heading up into a nearby tree. “Our plan was to haze (or scare) the bear when it came down, so hopefully it would be uncomfortable around...
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Black Sabbath‘s “The End Tour” from 2016-17 didn’t end things for their original frontman. In fact, Ozzy Osbourne says he’d love to perform with co-founding drummer Bill Ward again. Their final concerts – and last album with Osbourne, 2013’s 13 – didn’t include Ward after contract negotiations broke down. Black Sabbath toured instead with the drummer from Osbourne’s solo band. “That must have been cool for you,” host Billy Morrison said as they watched footage from Black Sabbath’s farewell show on Feb. 4, 2017, on an episode of the new webseries The Madhouse Chronicles. “How did you feel? Were...
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These are Ronnie James Dio‘s five best doom metal songs outside of his two stints in Black Sabbath. Leaving Sabbath in the mix would simply make this too easy of a task and there’s some hidden gems and deep cuts in Ronnie’s catalog that rarely enter the general conversation. The early ’90s Dio records, while lacking in enduring hit songs, make up for it with understated quality and are among his darkest efforts. Ronnie’s lyrics had a particular focus on good vs. evil and light and shade. Even with a grim forecast, the light always found a way to poke through. Oftentimes, it was through phrases...
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During a recent episode of Ozzy Osbourne‘s new Madhouse Chronicles podcast with Billy Morrison, the “Prince of Darkness” shared his biggest regret from his time with Black Sabbath. That would be that the band finished their run without original drummer Bill Ward behind the kit. Bill Ward Exits Black Sabbath ReunionIn November 2011, the original Black Sabbath foursome of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward held a press conference to announce their pending reunion with a 2012 tour on the books. But in May 2012, Ward officially backed out of the reunion, citing issues over his ...
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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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