He Certainly Wouldn’t Work With Me Or TONY Ever Again

Black Sabbath‘s 2013 album, 13, marked the band’s final studio work, that includes Ozzy Osbourne on vocals for the primary time since 1978’s By no means Say Die! Regardless of the joy surrounding this reunion, bassist Geezer Butler has (once again) expressed his dissatisfaction with producer Rick Rubin.

Reflecting on the manufacturing course of in a dialog with BraveWords, Geezer lamented the drawn-out nature of making 13. He highlighted the lack of spontaneity and genuine really feel, evaluating it unfavorably to the band’s earlier work.

“I at all times suppose you simply lose the spontaneity and the texture of stuff. However once we did the 13 album, that took without end. And a few of it was nice doing it, and a few of it not so good,” he remarked (as transcribed by Ultimate Guitar).

Geezer went on to clarify that the prolonged manufacturing time in the end made the music really feel compelled, missing the rawness that characterised their ’70s albums and even the Heaven and Hell album, which he totally loved creating.

“It simply did not have the identical feeling just like the outdated ’70s album and even Heaven and Hell album. I cherished doing Heaven and Hell. However yeah, I believe the longer you are taking over one thing, it turns into compelled ultimately, and also you kind of lose the preliminary rawness and the sensation of the music.”

When requested about the potential for working with Rick Rubin once more, Geezer‘s response was unequivocal: “Nope. He actually would not work with me ever once more. Or Tony. Tony was extremely dissatisfied with him. Actually, Tony took among the grasp tapes and redid them.”

Geezer additionally shared his fondness for Black Sabbath‘s earlier albums, which have been produced by the comparatively obscure Rodger Bain. He appreciated the simplicity and stay really feel of these data, free from extreme overdubs: “I at all times favored the primary three albums as a result of it is so fundamental and you may’t actually go unsuitable with it. We performed them as a stay gig within the studio form of factor. So there was no ridiculous overdubs and all that form of stuff.”

Whereas Rick Rubin’s manufacturing model has led to quite a few profitable albums, it clearly did not resonate with the members of Black Sabbath throughout the making of 13.