Geoff Nicholls

For the Australian footballer, see Geoff Nicholls (footballer).

Geoff Nicholls
Background information
Birth nameGeoffrey James Nicholls
Born(1944-02-29)29 February 1944
Birmingham, England
Died28 January 2017(2017-01-28) (aged 72)
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • guitar
Formerly of

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.

  1. ^ "Geoff Nicholls Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ^ Dave Lifton (28 January 2017). "Black Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls dies". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 7 December 2017.