Legendary Rock Interviews John Parks has issued an interview conducted with guitar icon ZAKK WYLDE, leader of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, who discusses (among other topics) the 25th anniversary of OZZY OSBOURNE's No Rest For The Wicked album. An excerpt follows:

Q: I don’t even know how many people have asked you about it but 25 years ago the world got it’s ass ROYALLY kicked by the No Rest For The Wicked album. You, Ozzy, Bob Daisley and the late, great Randy Castillo were all heavily involved in that album, can you believe it’s been 25 years?

A: "No, it’s just like anything, I can’t believe how fast time moves anymore. Just like it felt like I was just starting Gigantour with Father Draiman and Father Newsted and Vinnie and the boys and next thing you know we’re down to two shows and I’m looking over at them like 'What the fuck?'. It’s hysterical, it’s like the blink of an eye anymore. It’s just like you’ll be thinking about writing and recording a new album and the next thing you know you’re finishing the tour for the album (laughs). It’s insane how time flies. I look at our kids who are 21, 20, 11 and one now and we’ll be looking at the 20 and 21 year old and then look at the little one, Sabbath Page and I can vividly remember them being that age and remembering how funny they were and all that shit. I mean, I haven’t had a drink in four years and I’m like 'Where the fuck did that go?' (laughs). Time flies. I mean, I don’t remember High School going this fast (laughs)."

Q: In a roundabout way you have adequately explained exactly how much the man who sat down and wrote 'Miracle Man' changed in all those years and it is understandable. Life moves. That album is still a seminal point for us all though, obviously god bless the Randy years and the Jake years but when I think back, No Rest really filled the sails of the Ozzy faithful again. It was a really aggressive return, especially after Ultimate Sin had some pop leanings, were you aware of that going in?

A: "Well, you gotta remember, when I was going in, I was going in as an Ozzy fan. I wasn’t one of the guys who was like 'Oh, Ozzy, this is a great opportunity for me, I really don’t like Ozzy or Sabbath and I’m not really into Randy or Jake and don’t know anything about them but I heard the gig pays pretty well so this might be a good thing for me'. I mean, there were guys who were down there auditioning and that was the reason they were there. They didn’t really give a fuck about Ozzy’s past or his music or anything like that, they were like 'Dude, I hear the gig pays pretty well and it’ll help my career' whereas when I was coming in it was the exact opposite. It was like I was gonna get to play for the New York Yankees after having been a Yankee freak my whole life, I knew all the fuckin players, I knew all the Yankee history going in and I was stoked as hell to be comin in. For me to put that uniform on was beyond an honor, let alone to be able to make it to the majors, it was like I was playing on the team that I love and that was my mindset coming into Ozzy. I was like 'Wow, just like Randy and Jake, I get to help create a sound of what my hero’s music is gonna sound like, I have a hand in all that'. It was definitely slammin and actually the first riff I wrote with the boss was 'Miracle Man', I have great memories of that time brother."

Read the full interview at this location.