ZAKK WYLDE Roasted; Artisan News Video Report Available
January 23, 2012, 12 years ago
On Thursday, January 19th at The Grove in Anaheim, CA, guitar icon ZAKK WYLDE, surrounded by Roastmaster Sharon Osborne and a slew of metal luminaries, held the distinctive honor of being the inaugural honoree of Guitar World’s first ever Rock ‘N’ Roll Roast to benefit MusiCares, which provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need.
Artisan News reports: "Zakk Wylde was the guest at the Guitar World Rock 'N' Roll Roast late last week, and he was fried by Sharon Osbourne, Jim Norton and other rock and roll royalty... but he told us he had something up his sleeve."
Check out an Artisan News video report below:
OZZY OSBOURNE, FOZZY’s Chris Jericho, ANTHRAX's Scott Ian, Stone Cold Steve Austin, SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor, as well as comedy and roast veterans Jim Norton, Brian Posehn, Jim Florentine and more took aim at the BLACK LABEL SOCIETY frontman and guitar icon.
"Zakk, not only are you not a great guitarist, you're not even the best guitarist with a beard on this stage," quipped Norton, referring to fellow roaster Scott Ian. Zakk's guitar playing took a beating all night, with his replacement in Osbourne's band, Gus G, saying: "Zakk, I grew up learning all of your riffs and solos. Then I learned how to play real music."Then Wylde got down to business. "There's a lot of faces up here, and Sharon's is probably the newest," he said, adding, "I'm kidding, Mom. You don't look a day over artificial."
Taylor might have taken Wylde's best shot of the night, however, when Wylde said: "Corey Taylor was in a TENACIOUS D cover band called PUGNACIOUS P. Now he's in a NICKELBACK cover band called STONE SOUR."
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.Check out video from the red carpet below:
