Plus, as Zakk points out, he'll be on tour with Ozzy Osbourne in early 2022.
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And he also digs back into his early days, sharing the impact that AC/DC's "Back in Black," Led Zeppelin's "Tangerine" and Rush's "The Spirit of Radio" had on his early playing.Ĭheck out Zakk Wylde's full Gear Factor episode below and be on the lookout for Black Label Society's Doom Crew Inc. He shares some of his favorite solos, while also singling out the Eagles' "Hotel California" and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" as two of his favorites from other artists. It has a beginning, a middle and an end."
Talking about solos, Zakk says, "Usually what I'll do is I'll sit down with my homework CD and I just sit down with the backing tracks and just work out a solo. 26, as well as bits of "Stillborn" and material dating back to the Pride and Glory album. Some of the highlights seen in the video below include Zakk taking you through bits of "Set You Free," "End of Days" and "Gospel of Lies," all from the new Black Label Society Doom Crew Inc. He also shares some of his favorite solos from prior Ozzy Osbourne guitarists Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Reflecting on his time with Ozzy, he recalls "Miracle Man" as the first riff he wrote for an Osbourne recording, likening the strumming pattern for the song to Jimi Hendrix's "Foxey Lady." I forced myself to see what you could come up with." That's what I did obviously in the beginning with Ozzy.
Wylde describes his approach during that time as, "It'd be like taking 60 crayons to work with and leaving me with four crayons and see what you can do with four crayons. So basically what was left? Pentatonic scales and chicken pickin'. So it was pretty much get rid of three notes and a string, all the diatonic stuff. "No harmonic minor, no tapping and well I won't do the classical thing either cause that's Randy's thing, and so now I'm with Ozzy so we'll get rid of that," recalls Zakk.