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Black Sabbath‘s Geezer Butler will publish his autobiography Into The Void – From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond in June.
Sabbath’s bassist, co-founder and chief lyricist announced that he working on a memoir in 2021, telling Cleveland.com, “when my parents died, I always wished I’d asked them a lot more things than I knew about… 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.”
The book has now been given a publication date, June 8, by publishers HarperCollins. Announcing the title, HarperCollins say: “With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath are one of the most influential bands of all time. From the very beginning, Geezer Butler was at the heart of their success. He named the group, provided the bass behind their distinctive sound and wrote the lyrics that resonated so powerfully with fans around the world.
At long last, Geezer is ready to tell his side of the Sabbath story, from early days as a scrappy blues quartet through to the many lineup changes, the record-breaking tours and the international hell-raising with Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward.
Featuring Geezer’s candid reflections on his working-class childhood in Luftwaffe-battered Birmingham, his almost-life as an accountant and his fascination with horror, religion and the occult, Into the Void reveals the softer side of the heavy metal legend, while holding nothing back.
Like Geezer’s bass lines and the story of Black Sabbath themselves, Into the Void is original, dramatic and one hell of a ride.”
Into the Void will be the third memoir written by a member of Black Sabbath’s classic line-up: original line-up. Ozzy Osbourne’s I Am Ozzy was published in 2009, and Tony Iommi’s Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath was published in 2011.
Into The Void is now available to pre-order.
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- Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality - 2nd - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $123.50, €114.00 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 3, 2025 at 11:54 pm
BLACK SABBATH Master Of Reality (Rare & limited circa 1973 UK 8-track LP on the Vertigo spaceship label with '6360 050' catalogue number. This is a transitional copy, pressed at a time when Vertigo were switching from the 'swirl' to the 'spaceship' label design, at precisely the same time when Sabbath fell out with Vertigo due to a contract clause & took all their album rights to WWA. Consequently, these 'spaceship' label pressings were withdrawn in favour of WWA's more common black label issues. The sleeve shows some laminate creasing from handling with all text clear, with scuffing at the spine. The vinyl has just the odd light scuff leaving it EX-. Overall a very good copy of this heavy metal classic!) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Black Sabbath - Greatest Hits - Smooth Sleeve - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.50, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 02-Apr-2025 13:01)on April 3, 2025 at 11:54 pm
BLACK SABBATH Greatest Hits (1977 UK 10-track vinyl LP featuring a compilation of their classic hits including Paranoid, Changes and Sweet Leaf, smooth picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some moderate storage wear, whilst the vinyl grades Very Good as it has quite a few hairlines and paper scuffs, nothing affecting play NEL6009)
- Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $45.50, €42.00 (New Item) (arrived 31-Mar-2025 17:00)on April 3, 2025 at 11:54 pm
BLACK SABBATH Heaven & Hell (1980 UK first press 8-track vinyl LP, a return to form for Sabbath despite Ozzy's departure, with the former Elf & Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio proving a more than worthy replacement. The glossy picture sleeve is Very Good and shows some light edgewear and creasing. Whilst the vinyl has a few light paper scuffs, which have no real impact on play. Always in demand, this is an ideal play copy offered at an advantageous price)
- Black Sabbath - Greatest Hits - Smooth Sleeve - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.00, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 01-Apr-2025 09:36)on April 3, 2025 at 11:54 pm
BLACK SABBATH Greatest Hits (1977 UK 10-track vinyl LP featuring a compilation of their classic hits including Paranoid, Changes and Sweet Leaf, smooth picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some light storage wear, whilst the vinyl has just a few light surface scuffs NEL6009)
- Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll - VG Sleeve - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £15.00, $19.50, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 01-Apr-2025 14:23)on April 3, 2025 at 11:54 pm
BLACK SABBATH We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll (70s UK 17-track double LP, a great compilation album from the pioneering metal band, featuring Paranoid, Changes & Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. The sleeve shows some noticable shelf/edgewear and a paperloss bump to the top left hand corner whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with minimal play NELD101)
Is it possible to get a copy (cd or lp) of Black Sabbath Beggars Banquet 1971 on Zodiac (316) ? Just wondering.