“I’d love to sell as many records as the Back Street Boys but my friends would beat my ass if I was that much of a pussy.”
— Zakk Wylde
CLASSIC SLUDGE — Here we go, 25 years ago this week, we interviewed Zakk Wylde who had just formed his band Black Label Society just a few years earlier in 1998.
Crazy to think all of which has taken place since we did this 20 Questions with Zakk, which for the record is awesome.
Zakk had some great answers that were funny, a bit short but per usual, he never disappoints.
Check out this Classic Sludge interview below in full, just as we published it on July 25th 2000!
Enjoy….
July 25th 2000
This week’s 20 Questions are with Black Label Society’s Proprietor & Brew Master Zakk Wylde. We got hooked up with this interview by none other than Metal Edge’s own Paul Gargano! Paul set all this up, so props to him and look for a Rewind with him in the coming months. Also, our 20 Questions were done before Zakk’s guitar was stolen and before he fired his drummer, so that’s why we didn’t ask any questions about that. Otherwise, that’s all you need to know for now so check out our 20 Questions with Zakk Wylde!
1. Other than drinking a beer, what are you currently up to? This is your only chance to plug your shit.
ZAKK WYLDE: Fucking my wife and drinking beer
2. How much beer does it take you to get a good buzz going and what?s your alcoholic beverage of choice??
ZAKK: Beer and a shitload of it.
3. What hard rock/heavy metal band should give it up and call it a day?
ZAKK: If Lemmy quits we should all call it a day….God Bless Him!
4. Are you happy with the sales of Black Label Society and how Spitfire has promoted the album?
ZAKK: I’d love to sell as many records as the Back Street Boys but my friends would beat my ass if I was that much of a pussy
5. Rate the following guitarists on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being a total jabroni and 10 being a virtuoso.
Slash = drinking ability 10+
Tracii Guns = Was he in Guns?
C.C. DeVille = Great hair….SHIT guitar
Bruce Kulick = He has great black hair
Ace Frehley = #4 in the World
Mick Mars = He’s even uglier than me
Kirk Hammett = Metallica CANNOT be stopped
Joe Holmes = Don’t FUCK with Ozzy or I’ll KILL you
Ted Nugent = Kill, kill, kill
Dimebag Darrell = drink, drink, drink, riff, riff, riff
6. Who’s more of a pain in the ass, Ozzy or Axl?
ZAKK: Neither, I just drink lots of beer, lift weights and hang out with my rottweiler.
7. Pick one of the following:
A. Stick your hand in an aquarium filled with Piranhas for 5 minutes;
Or,
B. Fight Catcus Jack in a Exploding BarbWire, Thumbtack, Hell In A Cell Match.
ZAKK: Fuck piranhas, Great Whites
8. What’s the most destructive thing you have ever done?
ZAKK: Fucked my wife’s brains out
9. Which do you prefer:
Backstreet Boys or N’Sync = prefer giving both a good ass beating
Southern Comfort or Jack Daniels = beer
Van Halen or Aerosmith = Early VH and beer
Bret Michaels or WWF wrestler Shawn Michaels = Neither, the Undertaker
Pamela Anderson or Jenna Jameson = Jacklyn Smith on all fours
Orgy or Culture Club = FUCK THEM BOTH
A toll both operator or the guy who mops up at X-Rated peep shows = Sweeping a brewery
Playboy or Penthouse = Rocco Siffredi flick
NOTE TO SLUDGEAHOLICS: This next question Zakk didn’t quite get. It was suppose to be the biggest misconception about a person or thing, but instead Zakk just finished the sentence. None of his answers are misconceptions, just things that are true. Maybe he was drunk during this part, who knows.
10. Finish this sentence, “The biggest misconception about ___________ is?” For example, “The biggest misconception about MTV is that they play videos.” You get the idea.
Ozzy is = the GodFather of my son
Pro wrestling is = kick ass
Pearl Jam is = a bunch of candy ass motherfuckers
Anal Sex is = awesome when I get the wife drunk
Axl Rose is = my friend and the Real Deal!
Kiss is = nothing without Ace!
Pantera is = beyond fucking Heavy!
Cocaine is = for Candy Ass Motherfuckers!
Paul Gargano is = an awesome alcoholic!
Touring is = beer, beer beer.
11. Who’s your favorite WWF wrestler and do you plan on getting involved with the WWF anytime in the future?
ZAKK: Undertaker and Stone Cold without a doubt.
12. Which rock star could possibly drink you under the table?
ZAKK: Bring it on Mother Fucker!
13. Have you ever been so drunk you passed out and pissed on yourself, and what’s the most amount of alcohol you’ve drank in a 24 hour period?
ZAKK: Without a doubt….can’t count that high!
14. Which rock star deserves a chair to the head and why?
ZAKK: Eddie Vedder, Billy Corgan, Courney “Cunt” Love, because they are pure Cunts.
15. On a scale of 1 to 10, rate the following bands on how much you’d like to tour with them. 1 being you have no desire to tour with them at all, and 10 being a band you’d definitely want to hook up with.
Pantera = 10+
OzzFest = 10+
Poison = Are you out of your fucking minds?
Cinderella = 0
Motley Crue = 10
Kid Rock = Joe C Rules
Britney Spears = Hell Yeah!
Metallica = 10
Kiss = 10
Sebastian Bach = FUCK THAT
16. Who’s the most overrated band today?
ZAKK: LIMP DICK
17. Think of someone you genuinely hate (we all hate someone, especially when you really think about it.) Keeping in mind you have no choice but to choose one of the answers, would you elect for this person to?
A. Get hit by a bus, thus rendered paralyzed for life.
B. Fall off a lawnmower and subsequently be disfigured for life but live.
C. Get in an accident that causes the full amputation of all sexual genitalia.
ZAKK: Listen to Third Eye Suck records.
18. What’s the nastiest thing you ever saw during your tours with Ozzy?
ZAKK: No beer on the bus
19. Is it true that Ozzy throws water around on stage to hide the fact that he pisses in his pants during the show?
ZAKK: No, he threw the water on me because I used to piss my pants on stage with him
20. Time for Metal Sludge’s Word Association. We mention a name and you give us your thoughts.
Sharon Osbourne = kicks ass!
Eddie Vedder = Candy ass, pussy motherfucker
Randy Castillo = my bud
Slaughter = Oh Christ!
Warrant = Oh Jesus!
Vince Neil = First beer’s on me
Chris Jericho = the Undertaker
Kid Rock = If I could rap I would but I’m too fucking white
Limp Bizkit = exactly
Scott Weiland = candy ass
Axl Rose = pure Sour Mother fucking mash
Tommy Lee = has a big dick
Lars Ulrich = His dick’s not as big as Tommy’s!
Short but to the point!
For more info on Zakk, you can go to www.zakkwylde.com
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