Rdeyahlxp Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) In a brand new behind-the-scenes clip from VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) spoke about what it was like when he auditioned to join Slash in GUNS N' ROSES in the mid-'90s."We just had some ideas laying around and stuff like that, but nothing amounted to where Axl [Rose] sang on stuff and had lyrics written and everything like that," Zakk said (see video below), "We just had riffs lying around and stuff like that, but… It was great hanging out. 'Cause all the guys were there, you know what I mean?! It was Slash, Axl, Duff [McKagan, bass], Dizzy [Reed, keyboards], Matt [Sorum, drums]; it was all the guys. We were all jamming and stuff like that. It was a good time. It was at that point nothing was going on and I wasn't jamming with The Boss [Ozzy Osbourne]. Then I just had a batch of riffs and ideas laying around. I just said, 'I'll do it myself.' And that's when BLACK LABEL SOCIETY was born. And that's why I'm still living in a van down by the river. So I figured, maybe I wanna do this myself."Asked what a Slash/Zakk Wylde combo in GUNS N' ROSES would have sounded like, Zakk told Gibson.com: "It sounded like the riffs I write and the way I write, mixed in with the way the guys write, you know what I mean?! It would have been like… When I was jamming with Slash and all the guys, even if I'm in the band, there's only one guy that's playing the solos to 'November Rain', 'Sweet Child O' Mine' and all those classic songs. I'm not going to do anything there. But the future stuff that we would have been writing, it would have been cool! Because I love Slash's playing and I'm buddies with him. It would have been cool, but with those guys, there was nothing happening, so we were jamming, but it wasn't going anywhere." Source:http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/zakk-wylde-remembers-jamming-with-guns-n-roses-it-was-a-good-time/ Edited April 14, 2015 by Rdeyahlxp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyrobot Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Slash felt threatened by this guy and dissed him before trying. What an insecure guy Slash is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Very nice from Zakk to recognize Slash's solos are untouchable. They are good friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jettesnel Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 No, all the guys wasn´t there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Asked what a Slash/Zakk Wylde combo in GUNS N' ROSES would have sounded like, Zakk told Gibson.com: "It sounded like the riffs I write and the way I write, mixed in with the way the guys write, you know what I mean?! It would have been like… When I was jamming with Slash and all the guys, even if I'm in the band, there's only one guy that's playing the solos to 'November Rain', 'Sweet Child O' Mine' and all those classic songs. I'm not going to do anything there. But the future stuff that we would have been writing, it would have been cool! Because I love Slash's playing and I'm buddies with him. It would have been cool, but with those guys, there was nothing happening, so we were jamming, but it wasn't going anywhere."Well said, Zakk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekylhyde Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Zakk's cool dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Bird Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) This guy knows what he's talking about! Edited April 14, 2015 by Free Bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Slash got jealous in his drunken state and accused Axl of ruining the band at a jam session...Slash is better off removed! Jk nice story. Zakk seems to downplay the session as just something fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padme Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I´m a big Zakk Wylde fan from his days with Ozzy. Zakk and Slash have share the stage a few times over the years jamming together. There are plenty of videos in youtube. And reading that inteview it looks like Zakk belongs in the exclusive club of few people who can be friend of both Axl and Slash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Slash felt threatened by this guy and dissed him before trying. What an insecure guy Slash is.Actually, Axl said that HE felt it would not work out with Zakk and Slash... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdeyahlxp Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Zakk would only fit in Guns as a lead player and then without Slash in the band. They both have that same dominating guitar persona going for them, so both on them on stage would've looked weird. He would have been a great replacement for Slash tho, if Axl decided to push forward with Duff, Sorum etc. still in the band in 1996. Edited April 14, 2015 by Rdeyahlxp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Would have loved to see that work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleep Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Really wouldn't have fit. Zakk is a great player but his style just wouldn't suit. Some of the ballads he an Axl could of written together though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Some of the ballads he an Axl could of written together though I'm imagining this crossed with this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I would see Zak as a replacement for Slash or in a 3 guitarist band maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Terribly awful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Terribly awful.And Zakk Wylde's horrendous warbling is just as bad, if not worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Matinator Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 On a side note, Zakk 4 bumble replacement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 It would have worked better with Izzy in the band at the second guitar and not Slash in the band. As Zakk recognized it, two lead guitarists in Gnr is too much... This is also what Slash tell in his book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 No, all the guys wasn´t there.But you were? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) You need Izzy's songs to play. Izzy's Bomb is so close to being GNR. Edited April 15, 2015 by wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highvoltage Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I'm imagining this Even worse - it's missing the part where he kicks the stool down, sets the piano on fire and rips that absolute monstrosity of a solo that seems like it was written for another tune altogether. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Interesting that he said it was fun even though the impression we get was that it wasn't fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncitingChaos Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Interesting that he said it was fun even though the impression we get was that it wasn't fun. Sounds like everyone had fun except for Slash...who already was looking for a reason to leave the band. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I don't think Slash fancied being in a 3 guitarist band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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