Geezer Butler? At a Taylor Swift show?! On the surface, it makes no sense, but the Black Sabbath bassist had a very sweet reason for going.
Butler shared a photo from the concert to Instagram featuring himself, his wife Gloria and four of their grandchildren. He captioned the photo, “Night out @taylorswift #grandkids #gloriabutler.”
As expected, the comment section of the post was a riot. Considering the controversy around the ticket sale for Swift’s tour, one fan asked, “What did you have to do to get tickets?” Another fan wrote, “Taylor should be honored to have you there.” One fan couldn’t get over how cool it was to see Butler playing grandad writing, “Grandpa, probably the best bass player ever born, took his grandkids out for a gig. Just f-ckin’ amazing, innit?”
Black Sabbath: The Best 30 Songs From The Ozzy Osbourne Era(s), Ranked
Fifty years ago this week (September 18), the mighty Black Sabbath released their second album, Paranoid, in America. A bit tighter than their self-titled debut, which came out earlier in the year, Paranoid‘s title track became their biggest radio hit in America. The album also had “Luke’s Wall/War Pigs” and “Iron Man,” But the 41-minute album didn’t waste a second: it’s a perfect album.
In fact, seven of the eight songs made our list that we put together in honor of Paranoid‘s 50th. And yes, Black Sabbath did some incredible stuff with Ozzy’s replacement, the late, great Ronnie James Dio… and that’s probably a list for another day (and yes, both RJD and drummer Vinny Appice should have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the founding four members, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward) .
Here, we decided to stick with songs from the Ozzy eras of the band. 1970’s debut album (and the “Evil Woman” single) through 1978’s Never Say Die! and also 2013’s 13. Yes, we know that they put out two new songs in the ’90s, but those didn’t come close to making this list… which, like Paranoid, doesn’t waste a moment. The roots of every heavy metal band can be found in these thirty songs.
