This year was bittersweet for Wylde. Given his close relationship with the Osbourne family, Wylde enjoyed the ride of ...
If music was the magical elixir that got Zakk Wylde off the gridiron and on a stage when he was a teenage linebacker, the ...
Ozzy Osbourne had Zakk Wylde at his side all the way to the last show. Wylde, the guitarist who grew up in Jackson, first joined forces with the Prince of Darkness in 1987, and he spent much of the ...
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Although guitarist Zakk Wylde had shared his thoughts on the passing of Ozzy Osbourne via social media, he hadn’t yet commented publicly on the loss of his friend, mentor and bandmate. That is, until ...
During his chat with the publication (published online on Oct. 9), Wylde – who’d sporadically been in Ozzy’s band since 1987 and who performed at Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning final show – ...
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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Zakk Wylde speaks publicly for the first time about Ozzy Osbourne’s death, recalling his friend’s toughness and ...
From the time he joined Ozzy Osbourne’s band in 1987 until Osbourne’s death in July, Zakk Wylde was not only the guitarist for the Prince of Darkness but his close friend and collaborator. Even when ...
When Zakk Wylde joined Ozzy Osbourne’s band, he had a tall order to fill: living up to the legacy of Osbourne’s previous guitarists Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee, as well as Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi.