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|name = GZR |image = Geezer.jpg |caption = Geezer Butler in 2013 |image_size = |background = group_or_band |alias = g//z/r, geezer |origin = Houston, Texas, United States |instrument = |genre = Heavy metal, groove metal |occupation = |years_active = 1995–2006 |label = TVT |associated_acts = Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler Band, Heaven & Hell, Fear Factory, Anacrusis, Cacophony, Social Distortion, Journey, Bad English, Ozzy Osbourne, Hardline, Killola, Lisa Rieffel, Symatic, Heaven's Flame, Crazy Angel, London Calling, Anger On Anger |website = |current_members = Geezer Butler Pedro Howse Chad Smith Clark Brown |past_members = Deen Castronovo Burton C. Bell Mario Frasca }} GZR was an American heavy metal band led by Black Sabbath bassist/lyricist Geezer Butler. The band has actually been marketed with three different names on their three releases. In 1995, the band was marketed as g//z/r. In 1997, it was merely geezer, and in 2005, it was GZR. Most fans refer to the band as Geezer, although Butler himself refers to the band name as "gee-zed-R." {{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} This incarnation of the band is not to be confused with Geezer's previous attempt in 1985 to form a solo band, then known as The Geezer Butler Band - the two bands are completely unrelated. The band's name is derived from the name of its creator: Terence "Geezer" Butler. Pedro Howse, the guitarist in the band, is Butler's nephew. Band historyThe music is generally of a much harder edge than Butler is known for in Black Sabbath. This is not a surprise, as the vocalist on his first album (Plastic Planet) was Burton C. Bell from Fear Factory, who is known for more driving and harder edged vocals than ever was displayed in Black Sabbath. Before taking on Bell as vocalist for Plastic Planet, Butler contacted Devin Townsend to perform on the album. However, due to Townsend's recent stint with Steve Vai and having had to sing lyrics not written by himself, he was unwilling to enter into another band where he would have no lyrical input. That album also featured Pedro Howse on guitars, as well as Deen Castronovo (of to come Journey fame) on drums. Bell did not stay with the band past the recording of Plastic Planet, due to Fear Factory commitments. In 1996, the band re-emerged with an exclusive track for the Mortal Kombat: More Kombat compilation, entitled 'Outworld' and featuring Anger On Anger vocalist, Mario Frasca. This proved to be a one-time collaboration and Frasca was replaced by Clark Brown from the band Symatic for their second album Black Science, released in 1997. The g//z/r formation did play a few live dates in 1997 behind the release of the album, however this was not a full-fledged tour, most of these gigs were played concurrent to the Ozzfest tour of that year. The band opened for such folks as Bruce Dickinson, who was playing some live gigs at the time. Castronovo recorded, but did not play any of the live gigs. He was replaced on drums by Chad Smith (not to be confused with the Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer with the same name). After the handful of live gigs in 1997, the band was mostly put on ice, as Geezer was busy with various things Black Sabbath related for quite a while. Geezer eventually got back into the studio with the same lineup that played the live gigs from 8 years previous, and recorded their third album, Ohmwork, which was released on May 9, 2005. Discography
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TimelineImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:16 PlotArea = left:100 bottom:80 top:10 right:20 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1995 till:31/12/2006 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2 start:1995 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:2 start:1996 Colors = id:vocals value:red legend:Lead_vocals id:guitar value:green legend:Guitars id:bass value:blue legend:Bass,_keyboards id:drums value:orange legend:Drums id:Lines value:black legend:Studio_albums id:live value:gray(0.5) legend:Live_recordings BarData = bar:Bell text:"Burton C. Bell" bar:Clark text:"Clark Brown" bar:Pedro text:"Pedro Howse" bar:Geezer text:"Geezer Butler" bar:Deen text:"Deen Castronovo" bar:Chad text:"Chad Smith" PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(11,-4) bar:Bell from:01/01/1995 till:31/12/1995 color:vocals bar:Clark from:01/01/1997 till:end color:vocals bar:Geezer from:01/01/1995 till:end color:bass bar:Pedro from:01/01/1995 till:end color:guitar bar:Deen from:01/01/1995 till:30/06/1997 color:drums bar:Chad from:01/07/1997 till:end color:drums LineData = at:17/10/1995 color:black layer:back at:01/07/1997 color:black layer:back at:10/05/2005 color:black layer:back External links
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