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Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler dubbed 'Rock Star for Animals' on animal welfare award
By Liz Scarlett published
The Center For A Humane Economy organisation has honoured Geezer Butler for his commitment to animal welfare

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler discusses his past battle with depression
By Liz Scarlett published
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler discusses his past battle with depression

"It's just not going to happen": Geezer Butler shares his doubts about a final Black Sabbath show
By Fraser Lewry published
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler also says he still doesn't know why original drummer Bill Ward was fired

Geezer Butler disputes Ozzy Osbourne's claim that he didn't reach out during Ozzy's illness: "Sharon responded but I didn’t hear back from Ozzy."
By Stef Lach published
Geezer Butler insists he tried to contact former Black Sabbath bandmate Ozzy twice but never got a reply

“Tony Iommi has been so supportive of me since my illness. Geezer Butler hasn’t given me one phone call": Ozzy Osbourne is gutted that his ex-Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler doesn't want to know him anymore
By Paul Brannigan published
Ozzy Osbourne is far from impressed that Geezer Butler is ignoring him

“If it hadn’t been for music, I’d have ended up killing myself”: the epic life and turbulent times of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler
By Paul Rees published
An epic career-spanning interview with Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler

'Here Lies Geezer Butler': How a falling out between ex-Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler turned bitter, nasty and personal in the '90s
By Paul Brannigan published
Geezer Butler recalls when Black Sabbath's stage show featured mock gravestones suggesting that both he and his wife Gloria were dead

Geezer Butler recalls the time a stage invader with a knife tried to "sacrifice" Tony Iommi at a Black Sabbath show
By Liz Scarlett published
Ex-Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler remembers when a "lunatic" stage-jumper tried to attack Tony Iommi with a knife at a Black Sabbath show in Nashville

"It was an utterly ridiculous idea": Geezer Butler on the embarrassing truth behind Black Sabbath's infamous Stonehenge set, their unfortunate 'devil baby' and Spinal Tap
By Paul Brannigan published
"People often ask if I've seen the film This Is Spinal Tap. I always reply, 'Seen it? I lived it'."

“Ozzy did a great big turd on his car”: how Ozzy Osbourne got his revenge on a promoter who refused to pay him after a disastrous gig
By Classic Rock published
Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler looks back on his disastrous first gig with Ozzy Osbourne – and the ‘dirty protest’ that followed
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