Geezer Butler before he was famous

The nobody years

1. 

   1950s No bathroom at home

   Seven children shared a home without hot water or a bathroom.

   He was one of seven children in a home with no hot water or bathroom. Source

2. 

   1968 Steel company accounts

   He trained in the accounts department of a Birmingham steel company.

   He was training in the accounts department of a Birmingham steel company. Source

3. 

   1968 A borrowed three-string bass

   His first bass gig was on a borrowed three-string instrument.

   He had never played bass until the band's first gig, on a borrowed three-string. Source

4. 

   1969 A horror film name

   A Boris Karloff film gave him the name Black Sabbath.

   He suggested the name Black Sabbath, after a Boris Karloff film. Source

5. 1949

   Was born in the family house in Aston, Birmingham, damaged by wartime bombs. Source

6. 1949

   When he was one day old, his jealous sister tried to throw him out of a window. Source

7. 1950s

   His nickname came from a soldier brother who called everyone geezer. Source

8. 1960

   He passed the eleven-plus and won a place at a commercial grammar school. Source

9. 1963

   Waiting outside a TV studio to see the Beatles, he met Ozzy Osbourne. Source

10. 1965

    Joined his first band, the Ruums, playing Merseybeat covers. Source

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