Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know

[Will Bozarth]

Jugulator rules

 

[slashvanyoung]

Judas Priest has NEVER had good lyrics. The closest to even decent lyrics you can find in their library is on Rocka Rolla, and even then...

But that doesn't change the fact the Priest rules (ruled?) off scale.

 

[El Stormo]

True, but there's headbangable-to shyte, and regular shyte.

 

[Chromatose]

 

[Captain Beard]

BREAKIN' THE LAW BREAKIN' THE LAWWWWW

 

[El Stormo]

Totally.

 

[Screaming Mad Dee]

GEEZER BUTLER: 'If We'd Written This Album With OZZY, We'd Still Be Working On The First Track' - Apr. 14, 2009

HEAVEN & HELL/BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler has told Decibel magazine that working with singer Ronnie James Dio is a hell of a lot easier than working with Ozzy Osbourne. "Ronnie's a songwriter in his own right — he's got tons of ideas," the bassist said. "Whereas Ozzy... in the old days, he'd come up with a vocal line and I'd write the lyrics. Ronnie is 100 percent involved in both the musical side and the vocal side, and he writes his own lyrics as well."

Ozzy never took Butler's musical ideas seriously, either. "If we were with Ozzy and I came in with the killer riff of all time, Ozzy wouldn't even think of doing it because I'm not the guitarist and that's the way he thinks," Butler said. "When we tried to do a SABBATH album in 2001, we all gave each other CDs of our riffs or song ideas. Ozzy didn't even listen to mine. Because I'm not a guitarist, he felt I shouldn't be playing guitar. That's why it was so bloody hard to write anything."

Geezer Butler on HEAVEN & HELL's debut CD, "The Devil You Know": "If we'd written this album with Ozzy, we'd still be working on the first track."

The contrast between Ozzy and Dio comes into even sharper focus on tour. "It was great being with Ozzy on the road," HEAVEN & HELL/BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi enthuses. "We had a great time and we still will have hopefully at some point, but with Ronnie it's a lot different, because we go out and we know exactly what we're gonna be doing. With Ozzy, we didn't really know. It was touch and go sometimes on some of those early shows, whether he was gonna turn up, if he'd be able to sing, if his voice was gone, or what. We'd have to cancel shows, which Geezer and myself really hated. But with Ronnie, we've never cancelled a show. He'd have to be seriously, seriously ill before we cancelled a show."

Read the entire interview in the May 2009 issue of Decibel magazine, available on newsstands now.

For more information, visit DecibelMagazine.com

 

[Captain Beard]

He's a trooper indeed.

 

[Will Bozarth]

I might wind up actually buying this. I love how honest Geezer is.

 

[slashvanyoung]

Ha, Geezer is pissed 'cause Ozzy wouldn't listen to his stuff... because he's a bassist. That kinda even makes sense in some way haha.

 

[neal]

geezer shouldnt be sayin that stuff bout ozzy, soon to follow will be the WRATH OF SHARON



she is such a cunt

 

[Screaming Mad Dee]

geezer shouldnt be sayin that stuff bout ozzy, soon to follow will be the WRATH OF SHARON



she is such a cunt

It will be like her Bruce Dickinson/Iron Maiden rant:

"WE LOVE BLACK SABBATH, BUT GEEZER IS A FUCKING PRICK!!!!!!!!"

 

[Brooks]

Geezer wrote Hand of Doom, lest anyone forget.

 

[Will Bozarth]

without Geezer, Sabbath wouldn't be nearly as awesome

 

[neal]

yeh geezer rules on bass

 

[Will Bozarth]

Geezer rules on lyrics, too

 

[neal]

sometimes, he's probably better than Dio at least haha

 

[Lord Foul]

It is my firm belief that the finest Sabbath-related lineup was the Bullring Brummies' recording of "The Wizard" for Nativity In Black.

Halford, Geezer, Bill Ward, Wino, and Brian Tilse

 

[azal]

that was a great cover

 

[Screaming Mad Dee]

It is my firm belief that the finest Sabbath-related lineup was the Bullring Brummies' recording of "The Wizard" for Nativity In Black.

Halford, Geezer, Bill Ward, Wino, and Brian Tilse

Hell yeah, that smoked