“Listen to any Black Label Society album, it’s got a Sabbathy sound - so naturally Tony is one of the main bases of our soup! I’ll find a beginning, take it somewhere else I’m happy with and keep on doing that until it’s ready to be recorded.” I’ll sit there and write a solo after listening to the backing track and start creating. “Even when you hear our latest record, he’s still in there with me. He had his own tone, vibrato and made everything so exciting. That’s what I took away from Randy: he made learning cool and you should want to learn more. “He made learning fun for me - I realised it’s cool to know scales and have an idea about what you’re doing. ![]() Besides the amazing chops and how clean he was, it came down to what he wrote - that’s what will always be your legacy. “There’s a certain way Randy constructed solos and wrote his own legacy. Randy made it cool to know scales and have an idea about what you’re doing Listening to those two records transports me right back to being 15 years old. He was so inspiring and fresh, the whole nine yards. We figured anyone playing for Ozzy must be cool, and Randy made it feel so magical at the time. When Ozzy first went solo, I’d just started playing guitar. (Image credit: Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty) 4. A winning institution, a winning tradition… well, not any more!’ The people that own it must be wondering whose idea was it to book these clowns in their venue, and whoever it was, they’ve definitely been fired!” “Here’s the new advertisement for the Royal Albert Hall: ‘Avenue rich in history, rich in legendary artists… that all ended the day BLS came to town and ruined everything. The historic house of legends will soon lose its long-established reputation of prestige and decorum, promises Wylde… ![]() Here’s the new advertisement for the Royal Albert Hall: ‘Avenue rich in history, rich in legendary artists… that all ended the day BLS came to town and ruined everythingĪs he gears up to name the 10 guitarists that shaped his grizzled sound honed over years of hard graft, the pentatonic-slaying viking berserker is in high spirits - he’ll be setting sail for British shores this April, headlining London’s Royal Albert Hall for the very first time in his career. I learned that from both Ozzy and Jimmy Page, you’re the guy to go to. “How could I forget you?” comes the reply. ![]() MusicRadar greets the Black Label Society/Ozzy Osbourne guitarist and provides the right credentials to ensure we are indeed who we say we are. “I’m having some Odinforce Blend coffee right now, getting ready to fondle my man-root and then go have my anal bleaching before the big rock show tonight.”Ĭlearly it’s business as usual for Zakk Wylde. (Image credit: Mark Horton/WireImage/Getty)
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