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Geezer Butler
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English bassist (born 1949)
Film & TV
Birmingham, England, UK
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is an English musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heaven & Hell, GZR, and Ozzy Osbourne. Butler was the bassist of Deadland Ritual, which has since disbanded.
Known for
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self2026
- Black Sabbath: Vol. 4 Documentary — Self2025
- Greatest Basslines — Self2025
- Dio: Dreamers Never Die — Self2022
- Black Sabbath: Sabotage - The Documentary — Self2022
- Black Sabbath: Master of Reality Documentary — Self2022
- The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne — Self2020
- Black Sabbath: The End of The End — Self2017
- Black Sabbath: The End - Live In Birmingham — Self - Bass2017
- Ozzy Osbourne: Memoirs of a Madman2014
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Terence Michael Joseph Butler , ( 1949-07-17 ) 17 July 1949 (age 76) , Aston , Birmingham, England
- Genres
- Heavy metal blues rock hard rock
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instruments
- Bass guitar keyboards
- Years active
- 1965–present
- Formerly of
- Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne GZR Geezer Butler Band Heaven & Hell Deadland Ritual
- Website
- geezerbutler .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Family name
- Butler
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- bass
- Official website
- www.geezerbutler.com
- Image
- 2019 RiP Deadland Ritual - Geezer Butler - by 2eight - 8SC9916.jpg
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- birth name
- Terence Michael Joseph Butler
- date of birth
- 1949-07-17
- member of
- Black Sabbath
- Commons category
- Geezer Butler
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- social media followers
- 288249
- name in native language
- Terence Michael Butler
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heaven & Hell, GZR, Ozzy Osbourne, and Deadland Ritual.
Early life
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