Black Science
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Black Science is an album by GZR
{Cd TVT TVT 6020-2 [US][1997]} (for this album the band was known as Geezer). It was originally released on July 1, 1997. The cover art for this album is intended to represent the old Black Sabbath
song, "Hand of Doom".
Geezer on the Doctor Who
connection in the song Among the Cybermen
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As mentioned, the lyrics were changed slightly and now the lyrics say 'Tell me who lies dead among the cybermen'.
GZR
GZR is a band led by Black Sabbath bassist/lyricist Geezer Butler. The band has actually been marketed with three different names on the three releases they've had. In 1995, the band was marketed as G//Z/R. In 1997, it was merely Geezer, and in 2005, it was GZR...
{Cd TVT TVT 6020-2 [US][1997]} (for this album the band was known as Geezer). It was originally released on July 1, 1997. The cover art for this album is intended to represent the old Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
song, "Hand of Doom".
Geezer on the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
connection in the song Among the Cybermen
Cyberman
The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. Cybermen were originally a wholly organic species of humanoids originating on Earth's twin planet Mondas that began to implant more...
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"Yes, the lyrics were originally about the death of Doctor Who. The original chorus was "Doctor Who lies dead among the Cybermen", about the final battle of Dr. Who, but was supposed to be symbolic of the end of childhood. I changed it because I thought it sounded a bit silly. Most of the album is about growing up in the era of Sixties television, and its influence on me."
As mentioned, the lyrics were changed slightly and now the lyrics say 'Tell me who lies dead among the cybermen'.
Track listing
- "Man In A Suitcase" – 4:09
- "Box of Six" – 3:53
- "Mysterons" – 5:36
- "Justified" – 4:05
- "Department S" – 4:45
- "Area Code 51" – 4:48
- "Has To Be" – 3:29
- "Number 5" – 5:04
- "Among The Cybermen" – 4:43
- "Unspeakable Elvis" – 3:47
- "Xodiak" – 3:34
- "Northern Wisdom" – 3:46
- "Trinity Road" – 3:26
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Credits
- Geezer ButlerGeezer ButlerGeezer Butler is an English musician and songwriter. Butler is best known as the bassist and lyricist of heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He was also involved in Heaven & Hell from 2006 to 2010.-Career:Butler formed his first band, Rare Breed, with old friend John "Ozzy" Osbourne in the autumn of...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Pedro HowsePedro HowsePeter Howse was born in Aston, Birmingham, UK, to Geezer Butler's sister, Maura. He was christened "Pedro" by Butler, from a character in the TV show Four Feather Falls....
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Clark BrownClark BrownClark Ernst Brown is the vocalist for G/Z/R. He took over from Burton C. Bell, who had guested on Plastic Planet and has remained since. Clark is also the vocalist for SYMATIC, a Hardcore Metal band out of Massachusetts....
- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Deen CastronovoDeen CastronovoDeen Castronovo is an Italian American drummer who has played in various bands, including Kandles at Nine, Cacophony, Bad English, Journey, The Enemy, Wild Dogs, Dr. Mastermind, Hardline, Planet Us, Soul Sirkus, Social Distortion, and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler's G/Z/R, as well as in...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Recorded at Studio Morin Heights
- Produced by Geezer Butler & Paul Northfield
- Assisted by Simon Pressey
- Mixed by Paul Northfield at Studio Morin Heights
- Assisted by Don Hachey
- All music and lyrics written by Geezer/Pedro/Clark