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This is a search-engine-friendly text mirror of the TalkBass Forums Rockin John 02-06-2002, 08:54 AM For my first shot in this forum I thought I'd post a link to the incredible guy, above. One of my favourlte bassists. http://www.bassfrontiers.com/archive/051696/gzr.htm John. Farley 02-06-2002, 09:20 AM Geezer's a monster. I love his playing on Mob Rules. LiquidMidnight 02-06-2002, 09:51 AM Geezer taugh me the importance of the Penatonic scale in rock music. :D Sometimes I think he played bass to much like a guitar though. Still an awesome player though. SMEGandtheHEADS 02-06-2002, 12:35 PM geezer was the first bass player that i ever heard and was able to say thats the bass! he is a true master brewer9 02-06-2002, 02:50 PM Geezer was one of my primary influences. His style is (well, really WAS) just so damned cool. JazzBassJukin 02-06-2002, 05:43 PM I think I read somewhere that he was a guitar player first. He's great though. I have an old video of Black Sabbath that's a kick to watch. Geezer rips! Fleaismyhero 02-07-2002, 04:07 PM I can remember being about 7 or 8 years old listening to my brother's paranoid album and even though I really didn't have an idea of what a bass was, I was humming along to the bass line of the intro to "Warpigs". Alot of bass players in the 60's and 70's either followed the guitar player or really didn't stand out in the mix, Geez was never one of them. Showdown 02-08-2002, 08:10 AM Great, and very underrated bass player. My favorites of his to play are "War Pigs" and "Children of the Sea". basegetar 02-08-2002, 09:44 PM I've said it before, and I'll say it again... gEeZeR rAwKz supergreg 02-15-2002, 05:27 PM Anyone listen to his new band? Its called Geezer. Fuzzbass 02-15-2002, 10:18 PM Geezer was definitely a big influence on me. As a kid I worshipped Sabbath. One of the first bass lines I ever learned was "Paranoid". I used to play along with the first three albums... I knew all the songs. I didn't memorize all the vamping Geezer did in songs like War Pigs, but I think I can still play the solo before "N.I.B." note for note. "Mob Rules" was also a killer album. brewer9 02-18-2002, 06:44 PM Originally posted by supergreg Anyone listen to his new band? Its called Geezer. I havent. Is it any good? I heard Bill Ward's solo album a few years back....it sucked! Hategear 02-18-2002, 06:54 PM Geezer's real name is Terry Butler. The bassist for Six Feet Under is named Terry Butler. Coincidence? I'll let you decide. :D I love Geezer's playing too. I am amazed at the way he plucks the strings with two fingers, using a "scooping" motion. ChaosGwar 02-19-2002, 02:36 AM Originally posted by supergreg Anyone listen to his new band? Its called Geezer. The album is called Plastic Planet. I haven't heard it yet, since I haven't been able to find it. Geezer Butler has been one of my primary influences since I started playing bass. It seems kinda funny that he was the guy who bought a bass for the band cuz no one else wanted to play. |