Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler to Publish ‘Into the Void’ Memoir
Book, due out this summer, will offer bassist and lyricist's account of the rise of heavy metal
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“I started writing a memoir for my grandkids to read,” bassist says, “and that’s been fun going through stuff — old times and growing up in Birmingham [England] and all that"
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With a new box set offering insights into one of the band’s most pivotal albums, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward look back on how they made a drug-fueled masterpiece
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