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I quickly did the lyrics, and Ozzy (Osbourne) was reading them as he was singing.” “Paranoid” is one of the essential songs in a Black Sabbath catalog that has racked up over 75 million ...

Bassist Geezer Butler already had a rough draft of lyrics and the ... destruction and insanity, Black Sabbath laid down a ...

Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath ... up any old lyrics on the spot. Then I’d take over," Butler says, continuing, "There was nothing Satanic about my lyrics on Paranoid; most ...

“Paranoid” ranks among Black Sabbath’s most famous songs ... I scribbled down the lyrics and we wrote and recorded it in about two or three hours.” According to Butler, Osbourne ...

Apparently Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler found the writing of the classic 1970 Sabbath song “Paranoid” to be a cathartic way to express his depression. “Paranoid” isn’t a song with subtle lyrics ...

You can’t be a heavy metal band in 2023 without paying Black Sabbath their dues. While their most-popular cuts—”Paranoid” and ... struggled to sing the lyrics while recording the ...

Geezer Butler, the bassist who cofounded Black Sabbath and wrote the majority of the band’s lyrics on their classic ... stories behind “War Pigs,” “Paranoid,” “Iron Man,” and several ...

“War Pigs” kicks off Black Sabbath’s acclaimed sophomore release, Paranoid, introducing the ... But we didn’t change the lyrics, because they were already finished.” ...

The lyrics ask young people to demand ... which includes much of the "Black Sabbath" album and several songs from "Paranoid," including a still-evolving, killer version of "War Pigs." ...