I Am Not A Big Fan Of Zakk Wylde

16 Responses to “I Am Not A Big Fan Of Zakk Wylde”

1. Jon
   November 1st, 2008 at 12:03 am

   

   I really like Zakk’s playing actually but I can only take it in small bites because it gets a little too much sometimes. I think his vibrato is amazing and instantly recognisable and he has a really awkward looking picking hand, a bit like Marty Friedman which seems to go against the whole relaxed hand position and yet he maintains incredible speed!

2. Ovidiu
   November 1st, 2008 at 10:29 am

   

   I was thinking the same thing about his picking style, seems his hand is moving from his elbow, not wrist, and the hand is totally against the string, I would have said that instead of helping, the position of the right hand makes his life harder, but what do you know…

3. Emon
   November 1st, 2008 at 8:51 pm

   

   I’m a fan of Wylde. But mostly the stuff he’s one with Ozzy. His Black Label Society stuff is cool but not a fan. His columns on guitar were very good, actually.

4. Anne
   November 2nd, 2008 at 2:44 pm

   

   Not a huge fan at all, but you’ve got to give it to him he knows his stuff. Its all a little to much for me, I agree with Jon on that, and I much prefer him on the acoustic guitar.

5. Ovidiu
   November 2nd, 2008 at 11:22 pm

   

   Well, I guess we all have to agree that his playing is great, he is a great guitar player and not many musicians can stand up to this guy, either we like him or not.

6. G-V
   November 3rd, 2008 at 6:45 am

   

   I like his style, but who I like more is Zakk’s good friend, Dimebag. My wife really loves Zakk’s song and video “In This River”. Good song, indeed.

7. Sammy
   November 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 pm

   

   I’m a fan and have seen him live a couple of times. Extremely talented. My only real issues with Zakk are the biker persona that seems forced, the overuse of pinch harmonics and the fact that he seems to release everything he’s ever recorded, regardless of quality.

8. Stratoblogster
   November 4th, 2008 at 12:39 am

   

   According to Joe Coffey of Premier Guitar, Tommy Smothers showed up at the L.A. Amp Show and beat Zakk Wylde in an arm wrestling match.

   Zakk Wylde is what you get when you cross Kid Rock with Steve Morse, and put a steel plate in the back of his head.

9. Daniel Lehrman
   November 4th, 2008 at 1:16 am

   

   I’m not a fan, nor am I impressed.

10. Ovidiu
    November 4th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    

    @G-V: I found it a bit too “the same” everywhere, if I make sense without being nasty. I would have said that the song was a bit boring for me, I listened it and I really wondered why did he sing the same thing for the whole song.

    @Sammy: he is very talented, indeed. I didn’t know he releases many materials, I am not following him, I only knew a part of his works. But indeed, you need to be careful what you release, especially when you have a name.

    @Stratoblogster: “Zakk Wylde is what you get when you cross Kid Rock with Steve Morse, and put a steel plate in the back of his head.” Ha, ha, cool!!

    @Danny: come on, personally I am impressed, not a fan, but impressed, however. You’ve got to agree, he has his certain something as a guitar player.

11. Cheap Guitars
    November 4th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    

    I think he can play the heck out of a guitar. I think he and Dimebag were born with guitars in there hands.

    I also think Zack should leave the singing to someone else.

    Guitar playing good, singing baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddd!!!!

    Sorry if the truth hurts Zack.

    KJ

12. Ovidiu
    November 4th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    

    Well KJ, personally I like the way he sings, really
    However I think that he should work a bit on diction but for the rest, I like his singing.

13. Cheap Guitars
    November 5th, 2008 at 1:06 am

    

    I have some of his music I downloaded where he is singing live and he sings some Ozzy songs. I think it’s no more tears that he does and I can’t stand it. The tempo is changed and it was butchered, to me. I have him singing a Led Zepplin song that isn’t bad.

    I know I couldn’t sing any better, that’s for sure! I do like his guitar playing better than his singing.

    Not to change the subject, and I know I will offend some by saying that I can’t stand to hear Serge Tankian sing, if that is what you call it. He sounds more like a cat getting stepped on,run over, shot, stabbed, and blown up.

    KJ

14. Sammy
    November 5th, 2008 at 1:09 am

    

    @ Cheap Guitars: Regarding No More Tears, Zakk wrote the song, music and lyrics, so he included his own version on one of his albums. It’s at a different tempo and arrangement on purpose.

15. Cheap Guitars
    November 5th, 2008 at 3:00 am

    

    @ Sammy: I like Ozzy’s version better! I’m just saying which one I like better. I saw here No More Tears info Osbourne, Wylde, Mike Inez, Castillo, John Purdell all helped write the song. It is one of my favorite songs on the cd.

    I understand the different tempo and arrangement was on purpose, I just like Ozzy’s version better, my wife loves Zakk’s version better.

    If we all agreed about everything, it would be a boring world.

    I wish I could play half as well as he does. He kicks butt on a guitar, but he can’t help he can’t sing.(wife smacked me)

    I’m just kidding, his singing is better Barney Fife’s!!!(Andy Griffith Show)

    KJ

16. Dan
    December 20th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    

    Zakk is a talented Guy with a great style.
    Listen to Book of Shadows and tell me this guy does not have it in bucket loads. Not just the playing either.