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 after we did the 13 album, that took eternally. 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 elucidate that the prolonged manufacturing time in the end made the music really feel pressured, 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 previous ’70s album and even Heaven and Hell album. I cherished doing Heaven and Hell. However yeah, I believe the longer you’re taking over one thing, it turns into pressured in the long run, and also you form of lose the preliminary rawness and the sensation of the music.”
When requested about the potential of 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. In reality, Tony took a number of the grasp tapes and redid them.”
Geezer additionally shared his fondness for Black Sabbath‘s earlier albums, which had been produced by the comparatively obscure Rodger Bain. He appreciated the simplicity and reside really feel of these data, free from extreme overdubs: “I at all times appreciated the primary three albums as a result of it is so primary and you may’t actually go flawed with it. We performed them as a reside gig within the studio form of factor. So there was no ridiculous overdubs and all that form of stuff.”
Whereas Rick Rubin’s manufacturing type has led to quite a few profitable albums, it clearly did not resonate with the members of Black Sabbath throughout the making of 13.
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