For the Australian footballer, see Geoff Nicholls (footballer).
Geoff Nicholls
Background information
Birth name
Geoffrey James Nicholls
Born
(1944-02-29)29 February 1944 Birmingham, England
Died
28 January 2017(2017-01-28) (aged 72)
Genres
Psychedelic pop
heavy metal[1]
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Keyboards
guitar
Formerly of
Black Sabbath
Quartz
Johnny Neal and the Starliners
World of Oz
Musical artist
Geoffrey James Nicholls (29 February 1944 – 28 January 2017)[2] was an English guitarist and keyboardist, and longtime member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath until 2004. Nicholls also played in the NWOBHM band Quartz before joining Black Sabbath. In the 1960s/early 1970s, Geoff played lead guitar for the Birmingham bands The Boll Weevils, The Seed, Johnny Neal and the Starliners, and played keyboards for World of Oz.
^"Geoff Nicholls Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^Dave Lifton (28 January 2017). "Black Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls dies". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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1986, it features founding guitarist Tony Iommi alongside musicians GeoffNicholls, Eric Singer, and Dave Spitz, playing keyboards, drums, and bass, respectively...
Daisley and GeoffNicholls with contributions from Ray Gillen. "Black Moon" and "Some Kind of Woman" lyrics by Tony Martin and GeoffNicholls. Disc 2 of...
and GeoffNicholls (2001), John Bonham: A Thunder of Drums, page 15.Google books (limited extracts) Retrieved 7 September 2008 Chris Welch and Geoff Nicholls...
"technical skills" as well as his "pure tone and passionate sincerity". GeoffNicholls of Rhythm referred to Perry as "arguably the best singer of his generation"...
Mickey Lee Soule Tony Carey David Stone GeoffNicholls Jimmy Bain Claude Schnell Jens Johansson GeoffNicholls Jeff Pilson Craig Goldy Ronnie James Dio...
Retrieved 2012-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) GeoffNicholls; Tony Bacon (1 June 1997). The drum book. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp...
Rory tell us a story, Rory Rory tell it like it is!" Nick Pallet and GeoffNicholls from the band Principal Edwards played Twang and Bongo on series 1 of...
Tyr. Tony Martin – vocals Tony Iommi – guitars Geezer Butler – bass GeoffNicholls – keyboards Bobby Rondinelli – drums "Cross Purposes Live – Black Sabbath...
Prunes The End Tommy James Kaleidoscope Marmalade The Neon Philharmonic GeoffNicholls The Nova Local Orange Bicycle Paul Revere & the Raiders Pink Floyd Plastic...
the Japanese version of the album. Tony Iommi – guitars - All tracks GeoffNicholls – keyboards - All tracks Tony Martin – lead vocals - Tracks 1-4, 6-7...
"Rockschool Band" composed of Deirdre Cartwright on electric guitar, GeoffNicholls on drums, and Henry Thomas on bass, and interview segments with well-known...
have been kept in the dark about plans to make an Iommi solo album. GeoffNicholls has stated that after Fenholt's departure, Iommi wanted to use different...
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