Jeff Wiedlandt
- The man, the myth, the legend
Born in 1967, like me, so how could he fail... and he didn't. But along his path of life, he changed his name to Zakk Wylde, and now (I hope) you know who I'm talking of. A WOW guitarrist, but also pianist (ever saw the video of "In this river"?), vocalist and of course - song writer.
When Zakk sent his demo tape to Ozzy Osbourne he was only 19 and willing to replace Jake E Lee who was a temporary solution as a guitarrist for Ozzy, after he tragically lost Randy Rhoads. Randy was someone Zakk really thought of as a superiour guitarrist and still he says that there is hard to find someone to beat him. The young mister Wylde was hired after just one audition, so I guess he wasn't that bad either!
So Zakk plays lead guitarrist in Ozzy's band, but he has also been able to make a few other things. Being a friend of Dimebag Darrell, he was also featured on Damageplans first album, he played with Yngwie Malmsteen on one of Derek Sherinan's albums, he was in the band Pride & Glory for their one and only album, and last but not least, he has his own band Black Label Society. When people ask Zakk if he wont focus on his own project instead of backing up Ozzy, he says: "Just because you move out from your parents house, it doesn't mean that you stop loving your father". Enough said there...
Zakk Wylde has a certain style of playing - using "chicken pickin'", used a lot in country music, and pinch/artificial harmonics. Almost as known as his special style of playing the guitar, is the guitar itself. Gibson Les Paul with a characteristic bulls-eye. It's a perfect match with his bike too, one of his other big interests.
In one of Metal hammers issues this year, there was an interview with Zakk, where they asked him what he did to have this excellent beard. The only way to grow such a beard, according to Zakk, was to go down between a womans legs and use the moist there... If I'd been 17 and not 37, I would have blushed...
Well after knowing all this, why don't you go and get yourself a copy of his most recent album Mafia, or his Hangover album (perfect for hangovers, promise...)?
- The man, the myth, the legend
Born in 1967, like me, so how could he fail... and he didn't. But along his path of life, he changed his name to Zakk Wylde, and now (I hope) you know who I'm talking of. A WOW guitarrist, but also pianist (ever saw the video of "In this river"?), vocalist and of course - song writer.
When Zakk sent his demo tape to Ozzy Osbourne he was only 19 and willing to replace Jake E Lee who was a temporary solution as a guitarrist for Ozzy, after he tragically lost Randy Rhoads. Randy was someone Zakk really thought of as a superiour guitarrist and still he says that there is hard to find someone to beat him. The young mister Wylde was hired after just one audition, so I guess he wasn't that bad either!
So Zakk plays lead guitarrist in Ozzy's band, but he has also been able to make a few other things. Being a friend of Dimebag Darrell, he was also featured on Damageplans first album, he played with Yngwie Malmsteen on one of Derek Sherinan's albums, he was in the band Pride & Glory for their one and only album, and last but not least, he has his own band Black Label Society. When people ask Zakk if he wont focus on his own project instead of backing up Ozzy, he says: "Just because you move out from your parents house, it doesn't mean that you stop loving your father". Enough said there...
Zakk Wylde has a certain style of playing - using "chicken pickin'", used a lot in country music, and pinch/artificial harmonics. Almost as known as his special style of playing the guitar, is the guitar itself. Gibson Les Paul with a characteristic bulls-eye. It's a perfect match with his bike too, one of his other big interests.
In one of Metal hammers issues this year, there was an interview with Zakk, where they asked him what he did to have this excellent beard. The only way to grow such a beard, according to Zakk, was to go down between a womans legs and use the moist there... If I'd been 17 and not 37, I would have blushed...
Well after knowing all this, why don't you go and get yourself a copy of his most recent album Mafia, or his Hangover album (perfect for hangovers, promise...)?
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