Ozzy Osbourne was filmed rehearsing with nine year old prodigy Yuto Miyazawa on Thursday, August 20th. Friday, Ozzy issued a statement regarding the departure of Zakk Wylde (guitar) and Mike Bordin (drums) during this year’s Blizzcon, which is taking place tonight (August 22nd) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
Yuto Miyazawa will be joining Ozzy on stage tonight to jam out the classic song “Crazy Train”. Read the full story at Blabbermouth, and check out the videos below!

Zakk Wyled didn’t just burn a bridge, he apparently dynamited that bastard like it crossed the River Kwai. In a recent phone interview with 101.5 KFLY in Oregon, Zakk remained relatively calm at first while saying:
“I gotta be honest with ya, the boss is not even giving me a phone call, so I mean, it’s just like, what’s going on over there? Are we doing this thing, are we not doing it? I keep getting asked these questions, I go ‘Call the boss, when he tells you, you call me back’.”
As the conversation progresses, Zakk becomes more and more agitated …read more

Perhaps that’s a bit of a misleading title, but I bought the new Black Label Society Skullage CD because I like the mellow songs, but it didn’t say neither explicit lyrics or clean and the songs that are explicit are edited. That kind of pissed me off. If it’s clean, clearly mark the god damned cd and say it’s clean regardless of whether it has the black and white warning or not.
The thing that pisses me off about Zakk Wylde is that it seems that he feels a need to make it known that he’s a great guitar player. …read more

Zakk Wylde commented on Guitar Hero during a recent interview with Live-Metal.net. A lot of people in metal use the “F” word. I spent a while in the military so I am prone to using it quite a bit, but this dude it as if it’s going out of style.
Live-Metal.net: You just mentioned Guitar Hero. What do you think about that game, in general?
Zakk: It’s amazing. I think it’s gonna inspire a whole generation of guitar players. Kids are eventually gonna just, “I’m gonna do it for real. I’m gonna pick up a real guitar and try it.” I …read more

Blabbermouth reports that Ozzfest will sit on the back-burner this year so Ozzy Osbourne can record another mediocre record with plenty of Zakk Wylde signature squeals. So no Ozzfest this year. Does it really matter? I mean it used to mean something because you would have all these great bands and…AND Black Sabbath. I don’t think it really makes a big difference to metal fans, as there are a plethora of great festivals and concerts touring this year anyway. Not only that, but tickets are cheaper for almost any one of these festivals/shows than Ozzfest would be. So…no Ozzfest, …read more

Zakk Wylde’s father, who has been fighting cancer for some time now, has passed away due to complications with his battle. Zakk published the following statement on his official website.
“My father, Jerome F. Wielandt, who served as an inspiration to me and my music throughout my life, has passed away from cancer. His influence on my life and the life of others has motivated me in ways that have been both unexpected and profound.”
“In lieu of flowers, our family would like donations made in Jerome F. Wielandt’s memory to:
Deborah Heart And Lung Center200 Trenton RoadBrowns Mills, NJ 08015(609) 735-2916

This …read more

Hell no!There is no doubt that DragonForce’s Through The Fire And Flames is a song of insanely complicated guitar work and in the early 80’s every new kid playing guitar was out to learn Eddie Van Halen’s Eruption note for note. However Through The Fire And Flames to me may be a bit too long and overly noodled. I can’t play Eruption or TTFAF and I wouldn’t give either a try. If anything I consider myself a rhythm guitarist and the most complex licks I have probably ever made an effort to learn are the intro to Crazy Train, …read more

Once again it’s theme day at the b5 Media channel and todays theme is Resolutions made by Bands/Stars that will probably be broken. I contacted a publicist for each of the following Bands and/or Stars and asked them if their clients had made any new years resolutions. Here is was they told me!

Zakk Wylde
Resolves to start taking a shower at least once a week, and once a month when touring.

After the typical New Years ritual and the aftermath the next day there is just no way I can listen to the blast beats and distorted guitars of Metal. I have to slow things down for a few hours and soften it up a bit. Here is a list of some bands I like to listen to when I’m hungover.
1. Pink Floyd- The Division Bell has got to be by far the best music to listen to when you want to relax and feel better. Wish You Were Here and Dark Side Of The Moon are great too.