Zakk Wylde
Zakk Wylde
Zakk Wyldeis an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor who is best known as the former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, and founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. His signature bulls-eye design appears on many of his guitars and is widely recognized. He was the lead guitarist and vocalist in Pride & Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a solo artist he released Book of Shadows and Book of Shadows II...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth14 January 1967
CityBayonne, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.
Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.
Since day one my thing has always been to play the music
It's just a natural progression. You're a player, then you're a coach, then you're general manager for the team, and then the next logical step for me and you would be [to become] team owner.
If you have passion for what you want to do and that's what you want to do, you've just got to bust your balls and go for it if you want to play music.
The river is a metaphor for life in general, ... all the bullshit that you deal with from being a kid growing up. The whole thing's just about life and death.
All my writing, I always do it in the studio, 'cause everything sounds good. The piano's there, the keyboards; if you want to put strings on something... And everything sounds good when it's in the cans; it sounds killer.
I had throat surgery. We had to check that out and make sure it wasn't cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out.
With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal.
We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.
I love the whole process for each new album. The writing, the touring, everything. For me, it never gets old.
Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas.
You had better love the music... because sometimes the music doesn't love you.
If it's a long bus drive after the gig, we'll listen to music all the time, like the Stones, Neil Young, Elton John. Just mellow stuff.