Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath told Eddie Trunk that the term ‘heavy metal’ was originally meant as somewhat of an insult.
“When we were on tour in America - I think it was the second tour in the States - I read this review, and the guy said,
“That got over to England, and from then on it was like the sarcastic thing they used to apply to us … and for some reason, we got stuck with it.”
Well, Black Sabbath took that sarcastic quip and turned it on its head, ushering in a new genre of music and becoming heavy metal legends.
The band is widely credited with creating heavy metal, but it's certainly changed a lot since Sabbath burst onto the scene.
Back in 2016, frontman Ozzy Osbourne told Rolling Stone he "hated" the description of "heavy metal artist" because it gets used as an umbrella term for such a broad range of music.
"It goes from Poison to f*cking Black Sabbath and there is quite a f*cking difference," he said.
In fact, Osbourne once said the term had "no musical connotations", but try telling the fans that.
