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In a recent conversation on Full Metal Jackie<\/em><\/a>‘s weekend radio show, Geezer Butler<\/strong> discussed his memoir “Into the Void,” reflecting on his storied career and sharing insights on various topics, including his views on religion, his disappointment over drummer Bill Ward<\/strong>‘s absence from the band’s final tour, the transformative ’60s, and Black Sabbath<\/a><\/strong>‘s records with Tony Martin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Asked about his thoughts regarding the Tony Martin<\/strong> era, Butler<\/strong> shared (as transcribed by Loudwire<\/a><\/em>): \u201cThere was just one album that I did with Tony Martin<\/strong> that was, God, I can’t even remember Cross Purposes<\/em>. Tony Martin<\/strong>‘s a great singer and he was good to work with. There were no bigger egos or anything. He got down to it when he needed to. That was a good album for me because a lot, half of it was probably written by me, but the music side of it. I went round to Tony<\/strong>‘s one day and played him all this because I was doing a solo thing at the time and I’d got tons of material. I played him some of the stuff that I’d been writing, and he really liked a lot of it. So I think about half of it ended up on the album.\u201d<\/p>\n When Jackie commented about Ozzy<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s comments regarding how he regrets the absence of Bill Ward<\/strong> during Black Sabbath<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s final album and tour, and how he’d like to do a final show with Ward<\/strong><\/a>, Butler<\/strong> agreed with the sentiment: \u201cWell, obviously, I’d love Bill<\/strong> to have been on the final album and the final tour that we did. I think Bill<\/strong> was a very proud person and he didn’t want to come along and just do three or four songs. He insisted on doing the whole set and the whole album.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I think people said he wasn’t up to it health-wise. And we couldn’t risk booking a whole worldwide tour and then having to cancel it after a few days. And so we respected that. We were all sad about it, that he couldn’t really do it. But yeah, I’d love Bill to have been on the last album and tour.\u201d<\/p>\n