BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: Zakk Wylde To Appear On The Food Network!

Mr. Zakk Wylde from BLACK LABEL SOCIETY is set to appear tonight on the Food Network show "Sugar Dome"! Tune in tonight at 8 PM as Zakk will be judging some Rock N' Roll themed deliciousness! Here is what he had to say about his National Television appearance:

"I am a judge on the Food Network's new show Sugar Dome tonight at 8PM!

"Sparks fly as teams made up of cake artists, sugar artists and pyrotechnics expert join forces to create never-before-seen food art that screams rock 'n' roll. After a grueling challenge filled with impossible twists, only one team will walk away with a $15,000 prize".

Related links:
Black Label Society
Zakk Wylde

The "Zakk Wylde Anthology" To Feature Over 20 Songs

Have you always wanted to shred like guitar legend Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, ex-Ozzy Osbourne)? Well, Cherry Lane Music has you covered. On October 1st, the company will release a note-for-note guitar tab book entitled "Zakk Wylde Anthology".

The book features 23 songs transcripted from Zakk's playing from his extensive career. The book will soon be available for pre-order from MusicDispatch.com.

Featured songs:

- Between Heaven And Hell
- Bleed For Me
- The Blessed Hellride
- Bored To Tears
- Concrete Jungle
- Darkest Days (unplugged version)
- Fire It Up
- The First Noel
- Funeral Bell
- Hell Is High
- I Don't Want To Change The World
- In This River
- Lords Of Destruction
- Losin' Your Mind
- Mama, I'm Coming Home
- Miracle Man
- No More Tears
- Sold My Soul
- Speedball
- Stillborn
- Stronger Than Death
- Suicide Messiah
- Superterrorizer

As previously reported, Zakk and his wife Barbaranne, welcome their fourth child on independence day: Wednesday, July 4 at 11:40 PM. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 1.3 ounces and measured 21 inches long. The name of the baby?

Sabbath Page Wielandt Wylde

"Me and my immortal beloved, Barbaranne, are blessed to have our fourth little berzerker, Sabbath Page Wielandt Wylde," said Wylde. "He is named after all things beyond Fonzarelli-approved: BLACK SABBATH, Jimmy Page, and my father, Jerome Wielandt, who was a World War II veteran."

Click HERE to see some pictures of Zakk's NEW baby!

Related links:
Black Label Society
Zakk Wylde

Zakk Wylde Makes Cute Babies & Gives Them Funky Rock N' Roll Names!

Badass guitar legend Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, ex-OZZY OSBOURNE) and his wife Barbaranne, welcome their fourth child on independence day: Wednesday, July 4 at 11:40 PM. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 1.3 ounces and measured 21 inches long. The name of the baby?

Sabbath Page Wielandt Wylde

"Me and my immortal beloved, Barbaranne, are blessed to have our fourth little berzerker, Sabbath Page Wielandt Wylde," said Wylde. "He is named after all things beyond Fonzarelli-approved: BLACK SABBATH, Jimmy Page, and my father, Jerome Wielandt, who was a World War II veteran."

When asked in a recent interview with Zoiks! Online if he had any free time coming up in the next couple of years, Zakk replied, "No. I gotta be honest with you, I love working. My kids, the two oldest are in college, the little guy is nine and Barbaranne is 6 ½ months pregnant right now. My friends are like, 'You must be excited you're having another baby.' 'Yeah, we just extended the tour another twenty years.'"

Zakk and Barbaranne have three other children: Hayley Rae, Hendrix, and Jesse. BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne is the godfather of Jesse, and baseball slugger Mike Piazza is the godfather of Hendrix.

Related links:
Black Label Society
Zakk Wylde

Ozzy Osbourne & Zakk Wylde Flying HIGH - Video Available!

Here is an old school video of rockers Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde flying to an Anti-Drug concert in Russia, completely smashed!



Related links:
Ozzy Osbourne
Zakk Wylde

Zakk Wylde To Be Roasted At Inaugural 'Rock N Roll Roast' - Special Guests Announced!

Would you dare making fun of badass rocker Zakk Wylde? Of course you wouldn't! Not unless you want to have your ass kicked by "the Berserkers", or perhaps Kerry F'ing King from Slayer! Maybe this is why some of Zakk's closes friends have confirmed to attend the Guitar World magazine’s inaugural “Rock & Roll Roast”, in which Zakk will be verbally abused!




Some of the confirmed roasters are:

- Ozzy Osbourne
- Scott Ian from Anthrax
- Pro wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
- Comedian Jim Norton

The event is set to take place at the Grove in Anaheim, California, on January 19th, with proceeds going to the MusiCares charity. Sharon Osbourne will act as roastmaster. “Zakk has always called me his mom, but I think my boy needs a good kicking,” said Osbourne.

Here is the official even trailer:



Photo credit: Mitchell Damien Maurer

Related links:
Zakk Wylde's Official Site
Black Label Society
Guitar World

Heavy Music for the Masses?

This past week Heavy Music was represented twice on national media, meaning that millions of people got a taste of the attitude that is a vital component of our scene. While some may say that the having Chris Jericho (Fozzy) on "Dancing With the Stars" and Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society) on "American Idol" is a horrible move for Heavy Music. We believe that if anything, it helps to get the word out about the impact of the music we love.


Television has always been a great medium for artists to promote themselves, hence why all the late night talk shows have actors, musicians and bands being interviewed and/or performing on their shows. And while some Heavy Music bands like Slayer, Lamb Of God, Mastodon, deftones, and Shadow's Fall, just to mention a few, occasionally get to perform on late night shows. It is not a an easy process for publicists to get our bands on those shows, since they have to go through lots of bullshit thanks to the social stigma that is part of our culture.


Our opinion is that if two of our Army members are featured on some of the biggest television shows today, we should all embrace the moment and see this as a very positive move towards exposing the masses to Heavy Music. Unfortunately, there are some fans that are very close minded and when an artists gets any exposure that's outside of the Heavy Music world, they start freaking out and calling the artist a "sell-out". This is precisely what happened to Metallica.

Our conclusion is that we should all support the artists that represent our scene and make all of us look good. For those who watched Chris Jericho and Zakk Wylde on national television this week, you know that they made all of us look good. If you haven't seen the clips, well check them out:

Chris Jericho on Dancing With the Stars:


Zakk Wylde on American Idol:


Photo credit: Music Photocalypse

Related links:
Chris Jericho
Zakk Wylde

Black Label Society Recruit Johnny Kelly

Black Label Society has asked former Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly to join the band on their current European tour. After working with Will Hunt from Evanescence on their latest album titled "Order Of The Black", who also went on tour with the band, Kelly was asked to sit behind the throne on the current Black Label Society tour.

It was always made clear by Hunt that he was not a permanent member: "In the beginning, all I agreed on was that I would do the record, because I thought at this point, I would be busy with Evanescence. But my singer Amy [Lee] decided to really take the time to make the new record as good as possible. So when the option became available for me to tour with Black Label, I jumped at it."

Kelly will make his live debut tonight in Paris, France at "La Cigale". With the experience that he has, the next few tours be a lot of fun for Black Label Society. Here are some facts about Black Label's new drummer Johnny Kelly:

- Kelly was born on March 9, 1968 and was a vital part of Type O Negative when he replaced Sal Abruscato (Life Of Agony & A Pale Horse Named Death) in 1994.

- He is the current drummer for Danzig and is one of the founders of Seventh Void, were he also plays drums.

- Johnny also plays drums in a Led Zeppelin tribute band called Earl's Court.

- Before stepping in as drummer for Type O Negative he was the band's drum tech.





Related links:
Black Label Society
Type O Negative

A Virus Beyond Heavy

Many of you may know Andre Michel Karkos (A.K.A. Virus) as the lead guitarist from the the American Industrial Heavy Metal/Rock band Dope. While Dope is on hiatus, awaiting for the right time to comeback with a solid record and a world tour. Virus has kept busy taking his career to new levels as musician, as a producer, and as a mentor. We recently had the chance to meet with him and chat about his current endeavors.

In the past few years Virus has stayed busy working as a producer, and was recently involved with the band Prong when he remixed the song "Looking For Them". He is also part of the band that performs on stage on the Broadway hit show Rock Of Ages and will soon join Spiderman, also on Broadway.
Additionally, Virus is a mentor for young kids who are aspiring to become professional musicians, and is heavily involved in various "Schools of Rock" in the Pennsylvania area. In the past he has arranged field trips with the kids, in which they got to meet Zakk Wylde from Black Label society and learn about what it's like to be on the road on a touring band.

At present time, Virus is getting ready to hit the road as guest guitarist for Belgium's own Lords Of Acid on their upcoming US tour. In case you didn't know, Lords of Acid is a post-Industrial/Acid House/Techno band formed by Praga Khan, who is one of the pioneers of the Rave sounds that lead to the creation of New Beat and Acid House.

Here is an exclusive interview we recently did with Virus, in which he discusses his past, his present, and his future as a professional musician. We want to thank Virus, Tim Martinez (DJ Tim No 37) and Evil Steve! \m/



Related links:
Dope's Official Site
Lords Of Acid Official Site