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Black Sabbath Bassist Recalls Final Gig and 57-Year Friendship with Ozzy Osbourne: ‘I Wasn’t Prepared to See How Frail He Was’
Black Sabbath bassist Terence 'Geezer' Butler shared an essay about his friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and their final gig ...
Black Sabbath Bassist Geezer Butler Remembers Friendship With Ozzy Osbourne, Final Rehearsal Days In Emotional Essay: “A Born Entertainer”
In an emotional essay, Geezer Butler recalled his decades-long friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final ...
Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler Reflects on Band’s Final Rehearsals, Concert Before Ozzy Osbourne’s Death: He Was So “Frail”
"I didn’t realize then that I would never see Ozzy again after that night," Butler writes of the July 5 "Back to the ...
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Black Sabbath Bassist Recalls Seeing ‘Frail' Ozzy Osbourne at Final Rehearsal
Bassist Geezer Butler is recalling the leadup to Black Sabbath's final concert before bandmate Ozzy Osbourne's death. "The ...
Black Sabbath guitarist recalls heartbreaking details on 'frail' Ozzy Osbourne's final show
Terence 'Geezer' Butler shares "57 incredible years of friendship," from that first barefoot knock on his door to the ...
Where Is Black Sabbath Now? All About the Rock Band's Founding Members, and What They’ve Said About Ozzy Osbourne’s Legacy
Following Ozzy Osbourne's death, founding guitarist Tony Iommi wrote that he and his bandmates had "lost our brother" ...
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Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward pay tribute to the Prince of Darkness
Brittney Griner was among the many in the sports world to react to the death of legendary rock star Ozzy Osbourne. Osbourne, ...
Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath Bandmates Pay Tribute to ‘Our Brother’ After His Death: ‘Won’t Ever Be Another Like Him'
Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi, Terence “Geezer” Butler and Bill Ward each shared tributes to frontman Ozzy Osbourne ...
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Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath Bandmates Break Silence After His Death: ‘Lost Our Brother’
Black Sabbath’s surviving members paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne after his death at 76 amid his battle with Parkinson’s ...
Ozzy Osbourne was ‘frustrated’ during Black Sabbath’s farewell concert: bandmate
Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath guitarist and co-founder, told UK broadcaster ITV that Osbourne was “frustrated” during the band’s ...
How Black Sabbath found their sound - and invented heavy metal
A year later, they'd slimmed down, found a new name and invented heavy metal. Few bands are so inextricably linked with a ...
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Bill Ward Reflects on the End of Black Sabbath’s Farewell Set: “[I Wanted To] Get off the Drum [Platform And] See if Ozzy Was Ok”
In a recent interview, Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward revealed what he was thinking after the last note was played during the band's farewell set at the "Back to the Beginning" concert.