"They were great – I really liked them", Geezer tells Brave Words in a new interview promoting his autobiography, Into The Void: From Birth To Black Sabbath-And Beyond. "They did one of my favourite ...

Before bands like Metallica, Slipknot and Rage Against the Machine – before the term “heavy metal” even existed – Black Sabbath’s colossal riffs and pure power set metal’s mood, with Terry “Geezer” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. While there’s not much debate regarding which lineup of Black ...

Geezer Butler said he’d enjoyed the two-week period of being fired from Black Sabbath in 1977. The incident took place when the band members were at the height of distraction, mired in drug use and ...

Before Black Sabbath was Black Sabbath, it was a blues band called Polka Tulk and Earth between 1968 and 1969. Even the first few Sabbath albums heavily rely on blues and blues riffs, so is it really ...

Ozzy Osbourne will forever be remembered for the sound of his legendary rock band, Black Sabbath. The legendary rock band was formed in 1968 by Osbourne, Terrence "Geezer" Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill ...

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has revealed the one thing he’d change about his band’s career. During an appearance on The Rock Podcast With Denny Somach, the bassist looked back at his group’s ...

Rick Rubin is an absolutely legendary music producer whose work spans several genres from hip-hop to heavy metal to punk to funk to pop. Having started out as a hip-hop producer primarily, he gained a ...

Black Sabbath formed in 1968, when four lads from Birmingham— Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away on July 22, 2025, at age 76 —came together to change music forever ...