Zakk Wylde: What music I’m listening to
April 18, 2014 by admin
Filed under Lingerie Events
Metal guitar whiz Zakk Wylde–in Milwaukee last month for the Experience Hendrix tour–is back April 25 with his own band Black Label Society. Photo provided by publicist.
In an interview with the Journal Sentinel last month, Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne’s former guitarist and frontman and guitarist for Black Label Society, promised that his Milwaukee appearance at the star-studded Experience Hendrix tribute tour stop at the Riverside Theater in March would involve “juggling chainsaws while doused in baby oil, wearing fishnets and men’s lingerie.”
That didn’t exactly happen. Instead, the metal guitar wiz was one of the most celebrated performers of the night, Jon Gilbertson wrote in his review, playing piano for Eric Johnson’s “properly mind-altering rendition of ‘Are You Experienced?’” and played a “shredding solo introduction” for “I Don’t Live Today.”
Wylde will already be back in town April 25, this time with Black Label Society, with a Rave show behind its new album “Catacombs of the Black Vatican.”
In his phone interview with the Journal Sentinel ahead of both shows, Wylde talked about what music he likes and is listening to. Here’s a hint: it ain’t all metal, and it ain’t all Hendrix either.
Who: Zakk Wylde, singer and guitarist for Black Label Society (8 p.m. April 25, the Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave. $28.50 to $94 at the box office, (414) 342-7283 and therave.com)
What he’s listening to: Beck’s latest album “Morning Phase”
Why he likes it: It’s great when you just want to chill out and mellow. At the end of the night I’ll be sitting in our submarine of a tour bus watching the world go by while listening to the Beck record.
Also likes: I listen to everything, from Sarah McLachlan (playing the Riverside Theater July 9) to Ministry. I grew up on Elvis. My parents listened to Sinatra. Obviously Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Bad Company, the Allmans, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elton John, Neil Young. I listen to Echo and the Bunnymen, Squeeze, Crowded House, Robert Plant’s solo stuff.
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