![]() Importantly, he was great to work with, and had a similar sense of humour to Pedro and me. “So, I asked him if he’d be interested in singing on the album, and he agreed. “I was listening to Fear Factory at the time and liked what Burton was doing – heavy vocals but with melodic choruses when required,” says Geezer. The album perfectly melded Geezer’s roots in doomy blues rock to the industrial influenced metal sound that was a key element in pushing the genre forward in the nineties by bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and of course, Fear Factory. Bell of Californian industrial/groove metal pioneers Fear Factory on vocals and is considered a classic of 90s metal. ‘Plastic Planet’ was originally released under the name g/z/r and featured Burton C. The 4th bonus disc is a treasure trove of unreleased demos, studio outtakes, single edits and three live tracks captured at the Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI, February 1996, alongside the song ‘Beach Skeleton’, only previously heard on the Japanese edition of ‘Black Science’. Also available on the same date is ‘ The Very Best Of Geezer Butler’, a standalone CD that cherry-picks seventeen choice cuts from the boxset by Geezer himself.įeaturing the albums ‘Plastic Planet’ (1995), ‘Black Science’ (1997), and ‘Ohmwork’ (2005), with a bonus 4th disc of rare and largely unreleased material, ‘Manipulations Of The Mind’ shines the spotlight on a creative force who, as chief master of the heavy metal originators heavyweight bottom-end and the lyrics that gave voice to the monolithic riffs, didn’t rest on his laurels and created three solo albums of forward-thinking new music throughout those years. They agreed and began rehearsing.Collected together for the first time, ‘ Manipulations Of The Mind – The Complete Collection’, assembles the entire solo works of founding Black Sabbath bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler across four CDs, available via BMG this coming July 30th. Bill said he would play with them only if Tony could play with them as well. They went to Tony Iommi’s house and met with Bill Ward. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ozzy said he might know someone who might know someone. They formed a blues band with a saxophone player and a slide-guitar player. In the ad were the magic words, “has own P.A.” Geezer met with Ozzy, set up an audition, and Geezer had a new singer. He saw an ad for a new singer who called himself Ozzy Zigg. Disillusioned, the singer left the group but Geezer wanted to continue. Everywhere they played, they only played once because they were so terrible. He formed a band and started playing out. He eventually graduated to a six-string guitar and started learning Beatles, Kinks and Rolling Stones songs. He played it for two years before he realized that if you put your finger on the fret of the string you’re playing, it makes a different sound. He came up with the following video interview he conducted with Geezer back on Augat PNC Bank Arts Center in Homdel, New Jersey for Rock Scene.īefore becoming a bass player, Geezer Butler started on a two-string guitar. In order to honour Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, who turned 71 years old yesterday (July 17th), famed photographer Mark Weiss, who just released his new book, The Decade That Rocked, dug deep into the vaults.
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