HEAVEN & HELL Bassist GEEZER BUTLER - "We Now Have Our Own Definitive Album To Promote"
May 3, 2009, 15 years ago
HEAVEN & HELL bassist Geezer Butler is featured in a new interview with Classic Rock Revisited founder Jeb Wright. An excerpt is available below.
Jeb: BLACK SABBATH released The Dio Years with three new songs in 2007. At what point did you decide to go from that, to making an entirely new album?
Geezer: "We did the retrospective and, originally, we were going to go out for a month to promote it. That month turned into nine months. We had a really good time together and everything went well. We didn’t know if anybody would know who we were, going out as Heaven & Hell. It became very successful, and at the end of it, Ronnie said, 'It’s going to be a shame to just end it now. Why don’t we just go in and see if we can come up with an album?' We took a couple of months off and then everyone got together at Ronnie’s house, where he has a studio. We listened to what each other had been writing and we knew we had enough there for a good album.
Jeb: How nice is it that you were able to go out with a new name, and not rely on the Black Sabbath moniker to create a buzz?
Geezer: "It is a challenge. We have been doing it for quite a long time. The name gives us an extra challenge. We didn’t think that it was going to be as successful as it has been. This is our first album with the Heaven & Hell name. We now have our own definitive album to promote."
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