Geezer Butler

Geezer Butler is one of those musicians whose influence dwarfs his public profile. As Black Sabbath's bassist and chief lyricist, he didn't just hold down a groove, he helped invent the vocabulary of heavy metal itself, both in sound and in words. What I admire most is how he stayed a craftsman rather than a showman, letting that dark, churning low end do the talking across decades and bands like Heaven & Hell and GZR. Coming out of industrial Birmingham feels fitting, his playing has that same heavy, no-nonsense weight. He earned his place in music history quietly, and that quiet authority is exactly what makes him compelling to me.

Name (English)

Geezer Butler

Name (Japanese)

ギーザー・バトラー

Reading

ぎーざー・ばとらー

Born

July 17, 1949 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

Origin

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Occupation

bassist / composer / lyricist / rock musician / musician

• Official sitehttps://www.geezerbutler.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/geezerbutler/
• Xhttps://x.com/geezerbutler
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geezer%20Butler
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310752

Tags

• bassist
• composer
• lyricist

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.