Gibson has conducted a new interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY mainman Zakk Wylde (ex-OZZY OSBOURNE) about the band's new three-song acoustic Christmas EP, Glorious Christmas Songs That Will Make Your Black Label Heart Feel Good. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

Gibson: What inspired you to put together a Christmas EP?

Wylde: "I got asked by iTunes to do this Christmas collection, Glorious Christmas Songs That Will Make Your Black Label Heart Feel Good. Years ago, Father Vai called me up – STEVE VAI – and he just said, 'Zakk, I’m putting together this Christmas record with some amazing guitar players,' and I was like, 'Of course, I’ll do anything for you, Steve.' So, I did 'White Christmas', and that was years ago. Put it this way: Anytime you can go in and record and do something, it’s always a blast, anyways. If you can go and record something, it’s always a good time going into the studio. When we put this together, we just went into my recording studio, the Black Vatican, and knocked it out. I knew SARAH MCLACHLAN did a bunch of Christmas things, so I just YouTubed some Sarah McLachlan stuff to see what Sarah did. I found a whole bunch of Christmas songs Sarah did, and I checked out some songs and thought, “Well, that’s good. I’ll do that one.” So, I knocked that out over a couple of days. For me, all I had to do was learn the song, put the string section to it and put some guitars to it. So, I really enjoyed doing it."

Gibson: What’s your favorite thing about the holidays?

Wylde: "I really don’t care what religion you are, the whole point of it is caring about the ones you love, and giving. That’s what it’s all about, and that’s the whole thing. I know how awesome my parents made our Christmas for my sister and I, and so now, being a dad, it’s great. We have three kids, so every Christmas is just awesome."

Gibson: Black Label Society are sharing the stage with Guns N’ Roses in December. Stoked?

Wylde: "Without a doubt. Axl is a good dude, and I’ve been friends with them for a long time. I love Slash and Duff [McKagan] and all the guys. All the guys are great guys, so who knows, whatever is going to happen, Lord only knows, knowing us. So I’m looking forward to seeing all the guys. I first met Slash when Appetite was blowing up, and my first tour with Ozzy, and Slash and I have been buddies since then. I’m buddies with all those guys. They’re all cool dudes. The only guy I’ve never really met is Dizzy [Reed]."

Read the entire interview here.