![]() ![]() "So, I started writing a memoir for my grandkids to read, and that's been fun going through stuff - old times and growing up in Birmingham and all that." ![]() I don't really know much about my mum and dad, 'cause they were always just there," he explained. Feel free to send me which of those you think would suit my #autobiography".Ī year earlier, Butler told that he started writing a memoir "because when my parents died, I always wished I'd asked them a lot more things than I knew about. So far, I have: Into the Void, Basses Loaded, Past Forward, What The Butler Did, Bassic Instinct. At the time, he wrote: "Just turned in the 1st draft of my book so I'm now thinking of titles. Geezer first announced the completion of memoir in a tweet on April 6, 2022. So I'm gonna probably drive them nuts now." He added: "The trouble is ever since I sent in the manuscript I thought about seven things I've left out. "I sent the manuscript in three weeks ago, so now I'm just waiting for the edited version to come back so I can go nuts." Like Geezer's bass lines, it is both original, dramatic, and forever surprising."ĭuring an appearance on an April 2022 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Butler stated about his autobiography. " 'Into The Void' reveals the softer side of the heavy metal legend and the formation of one of rock's most exciting bands, while holding nothing back. He writes honestly of his childhood in a working-class family of seven in Luftwaffe-battered Birmingham, his almost-life as an accountant, and how his disillusionment with organized religion and class systems would spawn the lyrics and artistic themes that would resonate so powerfully with fans around the world. "In 'Into The Void', Butler tells his side of the story, from the band's beginnings as a scrappy blues quartet in Birmingham through the struggles leading to the many well-documented lineup changes while touring around London's gritty clubs ( Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and THE WHO makes notable appearances!),and the band's important later years. Bassist and primary lyricist Geezer Butler played a gigantic part in the band's renown, from suggesting the band name to using his fascination with horror, religion, and the occult to compose the lyrics and build the foundation of heavy metal as we know it. "With over 70 million records sold, BLACK SABBATH, dubbed by Rolling Stone ' THE BEATLES of heavy metal,' helped create the genre itself, with their distinctive heavy riffs, tuned down guitars, and apocalyptic lyrics. "Into The Void: From Birth To Black Sabbath – And Beyond" is described by the publisher as "a rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of BLACK SABBATH, covering his years as the band's bassist and main lyricist through his later-career projects, and detailing how one of rock's most influential bands formed and prevailed. The book will arrive in the United Kingdom on June 8. BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler will release his autobiography, "Into The Void: From Birth To Black Sabbath - And Beyond", on June 6 in North America via HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books. ![]()
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