Geezer Butler. + or -?

[bassist 4 life]

geezer is one of the best rock bass players out there, mixed opinions? pretty much everyone who posted here gave him a big plus. he's very very creative, and hes got loads of stamina for an old guy. listen to his work on Heaven and Hell (the album)

itll blow you away.

oh, almost forgot.
+!

 

[The Burrigible]

++++

Geezer is the man that shaped my earliest days as bassist.

1 billion pluses. Heck, yeah.

 

[Kink Rimson]

Definitely a - from me. Not a great tone (even with a Vigier!), playing that doesn't inspire me and music that doesn't inspire me at all.

I'd buy me a Vigier Arpege just to cop Geezer's 'Ozzmosis' tone! If I had a spare two and a half grand...

You really are missing out on something special. But each to his own I suppose!

 

[thumpbass1]

Geezer is one of my fave influences from my long ago youth. He brought groove to
the bludgeoning riff, plus he could bust off some finesse too. Awesome player.

 

[Insanity^2]

He seems a bit full of himself in the interviews but I like his basslines, so +

 

[GBGLJE]

He seems a bit full of himself in the interviews but I like his basslines, so +

I don't see that at all. More to the opposite if you ask me.

But he should be full of himself, after all he is the GREATEST ROCK BASSIST OF ALL TIME.

 

[Linkert]

Love geezer!

 

[chiplexic]

He wrote all early Sabbath lyrics.
He is a case study for any rock bassist on how to adlib using scales like minor pentatonic.
One bass player can't be everything to all players. You have to just look at what he did and did well and appreciate him for that.
This thread calls for a Classic Geezer picture:

 

[GBGLJE]

He wrote all early Sabbath lyrics.

He also came up with almost all of the riffs. He would play a riff then the others would join in. If it sounded good they would keep it.

 

[Falkner]

Big +

I grew up on Sabbath and early Ozzy songs. Geezer and Bob Daisley are the two bassists who really made me want to play.

 

[ziggyexplorer]

i'd have to say that his early stuff on the first few sabbath albums is amazing, i haven't really listened to any of his new stuff, but some of the latter sabbath stuff had strange bass tones and not as good of bass lines. He seems inconsistent in his work, but definitely an innovative player...... POSITIVE


+

 

[Muddslide]

A few other classic bass players from the period have been mentioned. And, to me, Geezer is in a class by himself.

But I do just wanna drop the name o' Lemmy Freakin' Kilmister here.

Because he is certainly in this same pantheon of greats along with Butler, Daisley, Dennis Dunaway, etc.

 

[Muddslide]

BTW, as has been (accurately) mentioned, Geezer did write most of the lyrics and the lion's share of the riffs on the first 4 Sabbath albums.

So, in a way, he deserves a good deal of the credit for inventing an entire rock subgenre.

 

[Rickter]

Big, fat, nasty + on Geezer.

He's a great example of driving a band in the rock context.

 

[technetium]

Huge + from me.

I am not really familiar with his more recent stuff, but his work with Sabbath back in the day was awesome.

 

[Tao4Now]

I'll repeat what's been said here several times already. Geezer is the bassist who got me into playing and his influence on my playing is greater than all other players combined. Anyone who thinks his stuff is "boring" should actually listen to what he's playing on all those Sabbath albums.

I agree completely. Double-plus good.

 

[Rob L]

This thread calls for a Classic Geezer picture:

+1 !!!

Geezer is perfect bassist for Sabbath!

If you were to be able to pick anyone else "who would you choose". I don't think anyone else could possibly take his place. Sure someone else could play the licks and do the gig but Nobody could be his replacement.

From Warpigs, to Heaven and Hell and on and on and on....Without Geezer there is no Sabbath!

Boring???? No Way!

Pure Awesomeness ( is that a word?)
Geezer in my opinion is all +++++++++'s

 

[technetium]

Pure Awesomeness ( is that a word?)
Geezer in my opinion is all +++++++++'s

Awesomeness is totally a word!

 

[Deepak]

+

 

[RCCollins]

Huge plus. as huge as you can possibly imagine, to the 3d power.

You should stop hanging out with anyone who would dare say such nonsense about Geezer. Not every bass player has to be a superfast virtuoso, and even if you don't go for the heavy rock, you should be able to recognize when a player is doing his job INCREDIBLY well.

And what was with that one poster's Blue Cheer dis on page 1? Dickie Peterson rocks!