Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler has revealed details regarding an unreleased album the band removed in the early 2000s. He shared his candid thoughts on the decision in an interview with Gabbing With Girlfriends.
Geezer Butler talks about the unreleased album
The bassist explained how the band had completed several tracks during recording sessions in Wales. They ultimately decided the material wasn’t up to their standards when they played it for producer Rick Rubin.
“Yeah, I think we had about eight [new] songs written [during those sessions],” Butler said.
“We did them in Monmouth, down in Wales. And we had at least six [tracks] completed and I think a couple of more in the works. That’s when [producer] Rick Rubin first got in touch with us. He wanted to do that album back in — I think it was 2002.”
Butler also described the moment when the band realized the material wasn’t working for them.
“And we went to his house to play him what we had, and as we were playing them, I was thinking, ‘What a load of crap,’” he continued.
“[Laughs] I just didn’t like them at all. I just completely went off them. I don’t know if it was ’cause I was playing them to somebody else. And I just went, ‘Nah, after all these years to come out with this, I don’t think it’s right.’ So we knocked it on the head.”
The interview also touched on whether the band ever made a proper studio recording of “Scary Dreams,” the slow and bluesy number they performed during the Ozzfest tour in 2001.
