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The co-founders of Black Sabbath paid tribute to their doomsayer-in-chief following the news of Ozzy Osbourne’s death at age 76 on Tuesday.
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Loudwire on MSNGeezer Butler Snaps Pic With Backstreet Boys in Las Vegas Right After His BirthdayGeezer Butler, Black Sabbath's iconic bassist, was spotted enjoying a Backstreet Boys concert in Las Vegas, humorously sharing his ‘audition’ for the band on Instagram after his 76th birthday.
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Ozzy Osborne passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, just weeks after he reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates for a farewell concert in Birmingham, England, earlier this month.
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Black Sabbath are widely regarded as the inventors, or at least leading pioneers of, heavy metal music. The Birmingham band – whose original and final line-up comprised bassist Geezer Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi,
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler got the idea for their name from a 60s horror film.
Bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward were all between the ages of 18 and 20 when they began playing together in Birmingham. Naming themselves after an Italian horror film in early 1969,