Zakk Wylde | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
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What classic rock influences shaped Zakk Wylde's music?
Zuck, just play with your heart. Change your pants. Something smells in here.
My high school band was named Hexen. Oh, nice. So when you were in Stonehenge and Zyrus, I was in Hexen. Nice. We could have toured together back then.
Oh, my god. And that's why we're meeting today. Yes. Because we're going to put those bands back together. There you go.
And do the tour that never was. Well, thank you for being here.
How did Zakk Wylde evolve his playing style over the years?
This is my big talk show.
Thanks for having me, Paul and Bill.
I'm so excited to talk guitar with you. I'm a total nerd.
I had to come down to the ultimate podcast over here.
I'm going to, for full disclaimer, you did bring this ultimate warrior today, which is pretty cool.
Just so you could have the ultimate podcast today.
You know, legal disclaimer, if I get sued over this, I'm sending them to you. I'm sending them to BLS LLC, right? No.
Well, it'll be the ultimate.
What's your LLC called? It's got to be good.
The ultimate lawsuit.
Yeah, the ultimate lawsuit.
What challenges did Zakk face in the shadow of legendary guitarists?
You've got to have a good LLC name somewhere. Yeah, we'll figure something out. So doing a little research on you. you're actually older than me, but not by much, only a couple months.
As my dad would always say to me, you're gaining.
Okay, well. Whenever I throw it on the air, he goes, you're gaining on me, son. We're born the same year, 67. 67. And so explain something to me, because I've been a fan of you ever since you showed up with Ozzy, and I was like, who's this guy, right? But I always felt like I understood your playing, and I think we grew up in the same stew of influences. Even though I took it one way. Yeah, totally. I totally get the way you play guitar, and I love the way you play guitar.
I appreciate it, man.
How has Zakk Wylde honored Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul?
Right back at you, brother. Thank you.
But what's so cool is I feel like I really get it. I don't know if that makes sense. You know, I'm not saying, like, I just like the way you play. Like, I feel like I understand why you choose certain notes, why you play certain things.
Well, no, even when, you know, we were talking about, like, when you did the interview, remember what you did with Eddie Van Halen? Yeah. You know what I mean? And you were talking about, like, how you loved, you know, when we were talking about Fair Warning and stuff like that. Yeah. Because it was the darkest record. Yeah, yeah. Which it was, you know what I mean? Yeah.
What is Zakk's perspective on the impact of Pantera on modern music?
But, I mean, they're all great. But, I mean, you know, Fair Warning had its own identity as well.
It's a lot darker than the other ones.
Yeah, totally. But... No, yeah, because we all grew up on, like you said, Eddie and Randy, Matthias Jabs and all, you know, that was the new breed coming in. George Lynch, you know, I mean, all those guys.
Who were some of those 70s guys that, like, you and I would know?
Well, obviously, I mean... For me, it's whoever your favorite, you know, if you're a Black Sabbath fan, then it's Tony Iommi, your guy. So for me, it was Tony Iommi, obviously, and then being Jimmy Page, you know.
But do you like guys like Ronnie Montrose and... Pat Stravers.
I found out, obviously, you find out about a lot of the guys later on. My guitar teacher at the time when I first started was this guy named Leroy Wright.
How did Zakk's time with Ozzy Osbourne influence his career?
And Leroy was, he was like 10 years older than me, but he was a huge Hendrix guy. And he was the one that turned me on to Frank Marino and Robin Trower and, you know, and everything like that, which I would have, you know, at the time, I didn't know. You know, you know of Jimi Hendrix or whatever. But then hearing Frank Marino and then Robin Trower and everything like that. But then... But, you know, obviously, the more you're learning guitar, you're learning from your favorite guys, which would be Sabbath was my favorite band. So, you know, trying to learn every Black Sabbath song. But then, you know, the more you're learning, then you're finding about this guy's great, this guy's awesome, you know, Ronnie Montrose or any of the guys, Alvin Lee, you know what I mean, Albert Lee.
And, you know, then your whole, you know, your horizon opens up. You know, like even with St.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What classic rock influences shaped Zakk Wylde's music?
0:00–0:31
2
How did Zakk Wylde evolve his playing style over the years?
0:31–1:03
3
What challenges did Zakk face in the shadow of legendary guitarists?
1:03–1:43
4
How has Zakk Wylde honored Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul?
1:43–2:11
5
What is Zakk's perspective on the impact of Pantera on modern music?
2:11–3:01
6
How did Zakk's time with Ozzy Osbourne influence his career?
3:01–4:04
7
What does Zakk reveal about his tribute performances and collaborations?
4:04–4:45
8
What advice does Zakk have for aspiring musicians?
4:45–1:28:39
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