GEEZER BUTLER: 'My dad had been loosely in the IRA'

22 October 2009
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Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell bassist is talking to Alexander Milas, editor of British magazine Metal Hammer.

In the October's issue of the mag (with AIC on the cover), GEEZER tells some lesser-known truths in 'My Life Story':

WAR PIGS, CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE…MANY OF YOUR SONGS COMMENT ON WAR…
“My uncle was shot in the War and my dad had been loosely in the IRA. He’d tell me about fighting the British in Ireland. My brother collected Nazi stuff – he was Hitler-obsessed. War and religion were all around me. When I started writing lyrics I was rebelling against everything I grew up with.”

GEEZER

Source: radiotangra.com