Geezer Butler

English bassist (born 1949)

Geezer Butler worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.

The record lists Geezer Butler as English bassist (born 1949).

Geezer Butler was born at Birmingham in 1949. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom.

Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.

He worked as bassist, composer and lyricist.

The instruments recorded are bass guitar and bass.

His work is classed as heavy metal music and hard rock.

He performed with Black Sabbath.

A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.

That the work came out of United Kingdom shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

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