BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Zakk Wylde is featured in a new interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com discussing legendary OZZY OSBOURNE shredder Randy Rhoads. An excerpt is available below:

UG: Randy changed dramatically when he started working with Ozzy.

Wylde: "When you listen to Randy’s live solo, it has snippets of all his unique traits that he had in his playing. I’m talking about the actual live solo in 'Suicide Solution'. Me and J.D. were listening to it and I was like, 'Dude, it’s all in there.' Just snippets of the diminished stuff; him muting with the scales; him with the legato and classical stuff. Just in that short little guitar solo; it’s amazing.

UG: You really liked Randy’s live sound?

Wylde: "I thought it was better than the Blizzard Of Ozz sound; I think the live sound was way better. Because the chorus that he had on his guitar just sounded huge, massive and warm. I think the actual production overall was better on the Diary Of A Madman album. Mind you it was the second album. It’s like when I listen to Black Label records, I know for a fact that this last album we did production-wise and fidelity-wise is the best sounding record I’ve ever done. Because I listen to all of ‘em back to back and it’s like when you listen to LED ZEPPELIN records. They all have their own unique character but definitely Zeppelin IV [is the one]. If you were gonna say to Jimmy, 'You can only leave one record for people to know what you did on this planet,' you’ve gotta leave that one because the production is beyond phenomenal; the songwriting is amazing; and the stars aligned when they did that album. That’s their Sgt. Pepper’s, you know what I mean? With METALLICA, it’s the Black album; with GUNS N' ROSES, it’s Appetite; and with AC/DC, it’s Back In Black. The production and the writing is amazing. It’s a marriage of all the things that make it great."

UG: Diary Of A Madman was the high point of that Ozzy/Randy collaboration.

Wylde: "Randy’s tone on 'Flying High Again' and 'Over the Mountain' was amazing. I know the albums were recorded real close together but maybe it’s the way Max Norman mixed it. But to me, I think it’s a better-sounding record overall."

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Guitar TV recently issued a video interview with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY leader ZAKK WYLDE (ex-OZZY OSBOURNE), conducted back in March in Munich, Germany. Check it out in six parts below: