''Black Science'' is the second studio album by
heavy metal band
GZR (known at the time as Geezer). It was released on July 1, 1997 by
TVT Records
TVT Records, originally Tee-Vee Toons, was an American record label founded by Steve Gottlieb in 1984. Initially created to release the '' Television's Greatest Hits'' series of classic TV theme tune compilations, the label would expand into ra ...
. The cover art for the album is intended to represent the
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...
song "
Hand of Doom".
Geezer about the ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...
'' connection in the song "Among the Cybermen":
"Yes, the lyrics were originally about the death of Doctor Who. The original chorus was "Doctor Who lies dead among the Cybermen
The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. The Cybermen are a species of space-faring cyborgs who often forcefully and painfully convert human beings ...
", 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."
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
# "Beach Skeleton" – 3:28 (Japan pressing only; later released online for free on March 3, 2010)
Credits
*
Geezer Butler
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heave ...
– bass guitar, keyboards
* Pedro Howse – guitar
* Clark Brown – vocals
*
Deen Castronovo
Deen Joseph Castronovo (born August 17, 1964) is an American drummer and singer best known for being a member of classic rock band Journey and hard rock acts Bad English and Hardline. He currently plays drums and sings for the bands Journey, ...
– drums
* Recorded at Studio Morin Heights
* Produced by Geezer Butler &
Paul Northfield
Paul Northfield is a prolific British record producer and sound engineer, who has worked on albums by bands such as Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Rush, Porcupine Tree and Suicidal Tendencies.
Northfield worked at Advision Studio, London from 1 ...
* Assisted by Simon Pressey
* Mixed by Paul Northfield at Studio Morin Heights
* Assisted by Don Hachey
* All music and lyrics written by Butler/Howse/Brown
References
External links
Black Science at Geezer Butler's WebsiteBlack Science at Black Sabbath Online
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1997 albums
GZR albums
TVT Records albums
Albums produced by Paul Northfield