During a conversation with SIRIUSXM’s Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk, guitarist Zakk Wylde and drummer Charlie Benante talked about the upcoming “Pantera Reunion” with Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown.
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When you just happened to be texting each other and the other goes, “can I call you, too much to text.. “… “yeah ok” … “hey what city are u in” “oh really, me too.. what hotel ?” “What!?? Holy shit ! So am I “ hahah…Ladies and gents, Mr. James LoMenzo!
We go back to Pride&Glory 1993, then Slash’s Snakepit 1995, and many other projects over the years! He’s now back in Megadeth full time, and has spent many years with John Fogerty, David Lee Roth, Black Label Society, Ace Frehley, White Lion and many others! A massive freight train of a bass player!
So nice to cross paths in a completely serendipitous way! (And just as nice to take advantage of one of the few big words I know! Ha)
We need way more than one evening’s hang to properly catch up!
We are both at Hellfest Saturday so I’m going to try to stick around and watch the mighty Megadeth and James do their thing that night!
Classic Rock Magazine: Ozzy Osbourne, “I don’t plan on going anywhere, but my time’s going to come…” Read the entire interview @ this location.
HIGHLIGHT:
Ozzfest really took off in the late ’90s. You must be proud of that.
Ozzy Osbourne:
Oh yeah. I mean, that was a Sharon department, not me. Sharon tried to get me on Lollapalooza, and they told her they didn’t think I was relevant anymore, that I was a dinosaur. So she said fuck them, we’ll do our own thing. Ozzfest gave new bands a stage. There’s no platform now for new bands to play.
Your most recent album, Ordinary Man, scored eight out of ten in Classic Rock. You must have bee pleased with it?
Yeah, it was alright. I’ve just finished another one. I’ve got Jeff Beck on it, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde, Eric Clapton, the guitar player from Pearl Jam. It’s coming out as soon as it’s been mixed.
Do you think streaming has been good or bad for rock music?
Spotify is a fucking joke. The royalty aspect of making music has gone right down the toilet.
Do you think about mortality?
At fucking seventy-three I’ve done pretty well. I don’t plan on going anywhere, but my time’s going to come.
Read the entire interview @ this location.
DEREK SHERINIAN shares new single “The Vortex” from upcoming album. Simon Phillips returns on drums along with guest appearances from Michael Schenker, Nuno Bettencourt, Zakk Wylde, Steve Stevens, and more.
World acclaimed keyboardist Derek Sherinian, (Sons of Apollo, Black Country Communion), one of the most significant keyboard players of the modern era, will be releasing his upcoming new album, ‘Vortex’, on July 1st, 2022 on InsideOutMusic. Returning alongside Sherinian is legendary drummer Simon Phillips, who once again co-wrote and co-produced the album, as well as Tony ‘The Fretless Monster’ Franklin, on bass.
Today, Derek is pleased to release the title track from the album.
Check out “The Vortex”:
Tracklisting:
1 The Vortex feat. Steve Stevens
2 Fire Horse feat. Nuno Bettencourt
3 Scorpion
4 Seven Seas feat. Steve Stevens
5 Key Lime Blues feat. Joe Bonamassa, Steve Lukather
6 Die Kobra feat. Michael Schenker, Zakk Wylde
7 Nomad’s Land feat. Mike Stern
8 Aurora Australis feat. Bumblefoot
The Vortex is available as:
Ltd. 180g white LP+CD
Ltd. CD Digipak
Digital Album
Pre-order the album @ this location.
The follow-up to 2020’s The Phoenix, Vortex includes eight tracks built on his signature chameleonic sound that blends rock with elements of funk, prog, and jazz, which he started writing even before The Phoenix was finished. “Vortex is a continuation of The Phoenix,” Sherinian states. “However, I feel the composition is stronger on the new album, and I would describe it as a modern-day 70s-style fusion record, but with newer heavier tonality.”
When it came to guitars, Sherinian recruited a who’s who of great players, some of whom he had worked with before – Steve Stevens, Joe Bonamassa, Steve Lukather, Zakk Wylde, Sons Of Apollo bandmate Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal – and a few new allies, in the form of Michael Schenker, Mike Stern, and Nuno Bettencourt. “The choice of guitarist works itself out in the writing,” he explains. “Also, like in the case of Steve Stevens, we co-wrote the song together, so it was natural for him to play on it.” Of his new collaborators, he says of Bettencourt, who appears on the scratchy “Fire Horse”, “I have always been a fan of his playing, and I am glad that we finally got to record together. He has the Van Halen swing and swagger to his playing that I love. We were both born in 1966, the Chinese year of the Fire Horse.”
According to Sherinian, Schenker’s inclusion was a no-brainer. “Michael Schenker has been one of my heroes for many years. He asked me to play on his Immortal album, and in return, he agreed to play on “Die Kobra”. I wanted to write a great song inspired by my favorite Schenker tracks. Zakk Wylde added some great additional parts to the song, and Tony Franklin and Simon Phillips sound great, as usual.”
Keyboardist Derek Sherinian has more than made a name for himself. After all, MusicRadar.com deemed him “A true shredder, his virtuoso playing has seen him dubbed the keyboard-playing version of Eddie Van Halen,” in 2020. Moreover, in 2021 he was voted Greatest Keyboardist Of The 21st Century, and the eighth Greatest of All Time by the same site, and Prog Magazine saw him voted the ninth Greatest Keyboardist Ever. But then you don’t rack up a resumé such as his without some serious chops, having worked with the likes of Dream Theater, Black Country Communion, Billy Idol, Whitesnake – David Coverdale stated in 2020, “Derek plays like the son of Jon Lord”, – Kiss, current band Sons Of Apollo, and Alice Cooper – who in 1989 called him the “Caligula of keyboards”.
James LoMenzo: My old BLS rig AKA, “The Ashdown Warehouse.” A very sensible 3000 watts. (The microphone was installed to throw the guitar players off the scent of how very loud this was). Still have all of this, I use a third of it these days with Megadeth. @ashdownmusic #spothevu (really?)
Zakk Wylde: “You Made Me Want To Live” music video out now!
Our new album Doom Crew Inc. is OUT NOW
Metal Hammer: Zakk Wylde: “My doctor said I’d need a liver transplant.” Read the entire interview @ this location.
When did Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt become Zakk Wylde?
Well, originally my name was Farrah Fawcett but apparently that one was taken. Ozzy said, ‘We’re gonna have to change your name’ and I figured we could go with ‘Paper Asshole’ or ‘Shitbag McGee’, but Ozzy didn’t like that either. He was like, ‘We’ll call you Zakk Wylde’ and I was like, ‘Hey, it works!’”
So it was thanks to Ozzy that you changed your name?
Yeah, but my wife still calls me Paper Asshole!”
In 1992 you were in Ozzy’s band for the No More Tours run, supported by Ugly Kid Joe and Motörhead. What are your memories of Lemmy?
I didn’t know anybody who didn’t like Lemmy because he was great with everybody he met. And when he and Ozzy got together? Forget about it, they were both hilarious. When Motörhead opened for Oz, every night was Friday night, man. We went out drinking a ton. I remember right before Lemmy passed we had a big birthday celebration at The Whisky [A Go Go] where we played for him. I hugged him and it was like hugging your grandmother – he was just skin and bones at that point.”
We asked Ozzy about you when we last spoke. He said: “Zakk isn’t just a great player, he’s a great guy. He’s worked with me longer than just about any other musician in any other band I’ve been in. He doesn’t fuck about and he doesn’t fuck people about – he’s very loyal and always tells you the truth.”
Ozzy’s the same way as well. Likeminded people attract each other and when I’m with Oz he knows we’re there to do our thing and just go home. He’s the best man, and fucking hilarious. It’s a miracle we ever get anything done.”
Read the entire interview @ this location.
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF THE GREATEST GUITARISTS EVER ASSEMBLED IN ONE PLACE IS OUT NOW. CARMINE APPICE AND DEKO ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF GUITAR ZEUS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE BOX SET COLLECTION.
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The Guitar Zeus 25th Anniversary Box Set is a massive collection of 4 LPs, 3 CDs, and a full-color booklet with never-before-seen photos and interviews conducted by Martin Popoff. 35 tracks in all featuring Slash, Brian May, Ted Nugent, Yngwie Malmsteen, Neal Schon, Richie Sambora, Zakk Wylde and many, many more. With 2 never-released tracks featuring Tommy Thayer of KISS and the first non-guitar solo driven track with keyboardist Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater). This is the ultimate collection for any guitar enthusiast, there is nowhere else you can find this many guitar greats on one release!
“Not only do I urge everyone to go out and get yourself a copy of the 25th anniversary of Carmine Appice’s Guitar Zeus album and when you do, I also urge you to do your homework and do some research on the history of Guitar Zeus….all 35 tracks on this release are really something special, you don’t want to skip through a single track because then you’ll really be missing out.
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“What really makes the record come alive is the massive lineup of guest guitarists that join Appice on it. Each of these players really fit the moniker of “Guitar Zeus” in their own way, making this lineup of guests a genius assortment. The tracks hit the listener like a bolt of Zeus’s lightning, with distinct grooves that only Appice and each of his guests could deliver.”
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Carmine Appice: “I consider Guitar Zeus one of the best projects, if not the BEST project I’ve done both as far as songs, with some of the best production and playing of my career. I love the new tunes. I hope you enjoy this 25th-year celebration of some of the greatest rock guitarists ever put together. KEEP ROCKIN”.
Carmine has just released a brand new lyric video for the track “Mystified” featuring Tommy Thayer of KISS.
Deko Entertainment has teamed up with Goldmine Magazine to create a one-of-a-kind Guitar Zeus 25th Anniversary Limited Edition bundle that includes not only the Box Set but a special Guitar Zeus necklace, Autographed picture from Carmine, and a pair of his signature drum sticks. This is limited to only 100 so head over to the Goldmine Magazine store and check it out.
As drummer for Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice set the grooves for the groundbreaking band‘s 1967 psychedelic debut. Post-Fudge, Bogert, and Appice formed Cactus (seen as an influence on King‘s X and Van Halen). Post-Cactus, the rhythm section found Grammy-winning Guitar Hero Jeff Beck to form the first supergroup: Beck, Bogert & Appice (BBA). One of the premier showmen in rock, Appice became known worldwide for his astonishing live performances, in addition to becoming a highly sought-after session drummer, recording with countless artists throughout his career. In ‘76, he joined the Rod Stewart Band, touring, recording, and writing two of Stewart‘s biggest hits, “Do Ya Think I‘m Sexy” and “Young Turks”. He would go on to form King Kobra, tour with Ozzy Osbourne, and Blue Murder with John Sykes (Whitesnake) and Tony Franklin (The Firm).
Box Set Includes:
4LPs (includes new tracks featuring Tommy Thayer (KISS) and Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater)
3CDs (includes bonus guitar play along)
8-Page Color Booklet written by Martin Popoff (with new interviews and never before seen photos)
Tracklisting:
“Mothers Space” (feat. Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal)
“Gonna Rain” (feat. Richie Sambora)
*”Mystify” (feat. Derek Sherinian)
“Nobody Knew” (feat. Brian May)
“Where You Belong” (feat. Slash)
“Out of Mind” (feat. Neal Schon)
“This Time Around” (feat. Yngwie Malmsteen & Dug Pinnick)
“Nothing” (feat. John Norum)
“Doin’ Fine” (feat Vivian Campbell)
“Under The Moon and Sun” (feat. Mick Mars / Edgar Winter)
“Code 19” (feat. Zakk Wylde)
“Angels” (feat. Char)
“Guitar Zeus, Pt. 1” (feat Jennifer Batten)
“Days Are Nights” (feat. Ted Nugent)
“Do Ya think I’m Sexy” (Sung by Carmine, feat. Pat Travers)
“Safe” (feat. Neal Schon)
“Dead Wrong” (feat. Dweezil Zappa)
“Trippin’ Again” (feat. Ty Tabor)
“Even Up The Score” (feat. Ted Nugent)
“Dislocated” (feat. Paul Gilbert)
“Stash” (feat. Stevie Salas / John McEnroe)
“Perfect Day” (feat. Warren DeMartini)
“Killing Time” (feat. Ty Tabor)
“So Long” (feat. Doug Aldrich)
“My Own Advice” (feat Kenji Kitajima)
“Guitar Zeus”, Pt. 2″ (feat. Leslie West / Jennifer Batten)
*”Mystify” (feat. Tommy Thayer)
“Time To Set Alarms” (feat Elliot Easton / Bob Daisley)
“Where You Belong” (feat Paul Gilbert)
“Cruzin” (feat. Denny Laine)
“Couldn’t Be Better” (Feat. RaiZi)
“Snake” (feat. Bruce Kulick)
“4 Miles High” (feat. Steve Morse)
*”Surrender” (feat. Chris Biggiani)
“GZ Blues” (feat. Seymour Duncan / Steven Seagal)
**”This Time Around” (music rough track – guitar play along)
**”Days Are Nights” (music rough track – guitar play along)
**”Where You Belong” (music rough track l – guitar play along)
**”Guitar Zeus” (music rough track – guitar play along)
*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED **CD ONLY
Ozzy Osbourne: Hellraiser 10” LP out Dec 3rd
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tears album, this 10” black vinyl single of “Hellraiser” contains a 2021 mashup of both the classic Ozzy track + Motorhead’s version of the same song. Originally written by Ozzy, Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead and guitarist Zakk Wylde, this brand new 2021 “Hellraiser” mashup, remixed by Rob Kinelski, has never before been released. The 2 original versions of the song, from Ozzy Osbourne and Motorhead respectively, are on the b-side of the single.
Tracklisting:
Side A
“Hellraiser” mashup (2021 – 30th anniversary edition)
Side B1
“Hellraiser” – Ozzy Osbourne (1991)
Side B2
“Hellraiser” – Motorhead (1992)
Black Label Society: When Soft Shoe & Tap DANCERY COLLIDES … This happens
SET YOU FREE now streaming everywhere!
Our new album Doom Crew Inc. will be available on Black Friday (November 26th), 2021.
Black Label Society “Set You Free” Official Video
Tracklisting:
1) Set You Free
2) Destroy & Conquer
3) You Made Me Want To Live
4) Forever and a Day
5) End of Days
6) Ruins
7) Forsaken
8) Love Reign Down
9) Gospel of Lies
10) Shelter Me
11) Gather all my Sins
12) Farewell Ballad
Black Label Society builds their music on this simple truth, truth as self-evident on Back in Black as on the dozen songs comprising Doom Crew Inc., the eleventh album from the dependable stalwarts.
Doom Crew Inc. is both a tribute to the band’s “first to bleed, last to leave” road crew and a salute to the legion whose support, stretching back to 1998, rivals that of the KISS Army. The Black Label Society biker-style battle vest “kutte” is as ubiquitous at hard rock and metal shows as a black t-shirt.
Doom Crew Inc. is the fourth BLS album created at the Black Vatican, the studio built at the Wylde residence in 2010. “Ever since Order of the Black, we make all of the Black Label donuts up here,” he says proudly. “We make them, put them in the oven, and then box them up and ship them out.”
The nearly 30 songs amassed then whittled down to 12 for the album began to take shape at the onset of the 2020 pandemic. “I’d sit in the garage with my amp and just write riffs,” Zakk recalls. Longtime bassist John “J.D.” DeServio, drummer Jeff Fabb, and guitarist Dario Lorina convened at the Vatican, resulting in future BLS classics including “Set You Free,” “Ruins,” “Forsaken,” and “Shelter Me.”
“We incorporated Father Dario even more into the solos, doubling with me and being more involved in that regard. It really, truly is a two-guitar album, more so than ever. A twin guitar band, whether it’s the Allman Brothers or Judas Priest, with harmony lines, unison lines, and trading off solos. It stemmed from the live shows, where we’d both go into the crowd and extend songs like ‘Fire It Up.’”
Zakk Wylde: The box set that the world has been waiting for! All twelve original studio recordings on gorgeous color vinyl. Remastered. Refurbished. Reupholstered. Recarpeted. Reassured. Remarried. Restored. Reissued. Relaunched. Reassembled. RE-EVERYTHING.
The NONE MORE BLACK Box Set comes with a hardcover 32-page photo book, chronicling Black Label Society’s legendary career. Demolish all of life’s menial tasks with the official Odin’s Demolition Squad patch.
Impress your friends and help open bottles for your loved ones that lack opposable thumbs with the NONE MORE BLACK box set bottle opener.
Arrives in an indestructible black on black embossed collection box.
Arrives in an indestructible black on black embossed collection box.
Includes The Song Remains Not The Same II: featuring reworked versions of the original songs.
Limited to 1500 copies in the US.
ALL ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUMS
Sonic Brew – black/white marble x2 LP
Stronger Than Death – black/apple marble x2 LP
1919 Eternal – black/brown marble x2 LP
The Blessed Hellride – black/silver marble LP
Hangover Music Vol. VI – black/canary marble x2LP
Mafia – black/neon coral marble x2LP
Shot To Hell – black/tangerine marble LP
Order Of The Black – black/grey marble LP
Catacombs Of The Black Vatican – black/tan marble LP
Grimmest Hits – black/olive marble LP
TWO BONUS ALBUMS
The Song Remains Not The Same II – grey LP
Nuns and Roaches: Tasty Little Bastards – black/magenta LP
Zakk Wylde: BIG BL LOVE & THANKS To EVERYBODY Out There Sending The BOSS Your POSITIVE ENERGY & PRAYERS OF STRENGTH!!! OZ – YOU’RE THE GREATEST!!! YOU ARE LOVED MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW!!! XO tBLSt SDMF
BIG BL LOVE & THANKS To EVERYBODY Out There Sending The BOSS Your POSITIVE ENERGY & PRAYERS OF STRENGTH!!! OZ – YOU’RE THE GREATEST!!! YOU ARE LOVED MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW!!! XO tBLSt SDMF @OzzyOsbourne • vid: Miriam Turq pic.twitter.com/YOiCEXJYtB
— Zakk Wylde (@ZakkWyldeBLS) January 23, 2020
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Zakk Wylde: “HAPPY 1OO DAD!!!”
Zakk Wylde: HAPPY 1OO DAD!!! I know You’re up in GODS TAVERN Telling everybody before you blow out the candles on your B-DAY CAKE – “Son,You can only turn 5O Twice!!! LOVE & MISS YOU DAD XO tBLSt SDMF
HAPPY 1OO DAD!!! I know You’re up in GODS TAVERN Telling everybody before you blow out the candles on your B-DAY CAKE – “Son,You can only turn 5O Twice!!! LOVE & MISS YOU DAD XO tBLSt SDMF pic.twitter.com/EOWj3PQ7aw
— Zakk Wylde (@ZakkWyldeBLS) October 28, 2019
Zakk Wylde: Brand new music video for “Machine Gun Man” directed by FATHER JUSTIN REICH
Pride & Glory available now at this location.
Zakk Wylde: Pride & Glory pre-orders available at this location.
BUNDLE INCLUDES:
Pride & Glory CD
Pride & Glory Picture Disc Vinyl
Pride & Glory Black T-shirt
Pride & Glory Poster
Tracklisting:
Losin’ Your Mind
Horse Called War
Shine On
Lovin’ Woman
Harvester Of Pain
The Chosen One
Sweet Jesus
Troubled Wine
Machine Gun Man
Cry Me a River
Toe’n The Line
Found A Friend
Fadin’ Away
Hate Your Guts
Machine Gun Man (acoustic bonus)
Mother Mary (alternate version)
These 5 additional tracks will be included on the DL Cards for a total of 21 tracks
The Wizard” (Black Sabbath cover)
Torn and Tattered
In My Time of Dyin'” (Led Zeppelin cover)
The Hammer & the Nail
Come Together (The Beatles cover)
Album release date is October 25th
Derek Sherinian: At Zakk Sabbath tonight at The Fonda Theatre great seeing Zakk Wylde and John “JD” DeServio ?
At @zakk_sabbath tonight at @FondaTheatre great seeing @ZakkWyldeBLS and @BLSBASS ? pic.twitter.com/sbGujeg6t0
— Derek Sherinian (@DerekSherinian) September 1, 2019
Zakk Sabbath is Zakk Wylde’s Black Sabbath cover band that he formed in 2014.
The current Zakk Sabbath members are:
Zakk Wylde (BLS, Ozzy) on Guitars and Vocals
John “JD” DeServio (BLS) on Bass Guitar
Joey Castillo (Danzig, Queens of the Stone Age) on Drums
Previous Members:
Rob “Blasko” Nicholson (Ozzy, Rob Zombie) on Bass Guitar
John Tempesta (White Zombie, Testament) on Drums (2014)
JP Gaster (Clutch) on Drums (September 2017)