EAN: 9780063242500

INTO THE VOID - GEEZER BUTLER GEBUNDEN

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Like Geezer's bass lines  it is both original  dramatic  and forever surprising.

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