Chords for Zakk Wylde Talks New BLS Album, Dimebag Darrell + More

_ _ _ _ _ Hey [C] everyone, Gru Haman from Loudwire here and Zach Wilde is back with us once again.
Thank you so much for coming back.
Thanks for having me on again.
Alright.
The [N] people loved you last time you were here.
The videos did tons of views, tons of [C] comments, and I think the overwhelming consensus was
that you could kick my [Bb] ass very easily.
[Eb] That seems to be what people [F] are talking about.
That's so un-nice.
_ I don't mind.
But that's okay.
[Bb] _ Catacombs of the Black [Db] Vatican is coming out very soon.
You [F] put out a really interesting teaser for it.
In the teaser you say, face your fear, accept your war, destroy and conquer within the catacombs
of the Black Vatican.
And also the words strength, determination, merciless, and forever appear on the screen.
So how do those themes combine for this record?
Well it's basically when you're going to get into the bedroom with your girlfriend
or your wife and you're afraid.
You don't want to _ just blow up even before you get your trousers off.
So that's one fear right there.
So you've got to face that fear and determination to at least last and break the black label
barrier of eight minutes.
And then_
In the catacomb.
Yes, within the catacombs.
I mean, [A] or her catacombs.
Oh yeah.
[B] But you know, [F] you have the strength, determination, and merciless forever, but to face your fears,
accept your war.
That which would be having relations or making love.
[Gb] And then, you know, destroy and conquer would [G] have to come out victorious out of the bedroom.
And I would figure with the aid of 50 to 100 milligrams of Viagra [F] you should be able to
accomplish this goal.
And numb yourself out a little bit before, you know, take Fondle yourself and grope yourself
maybe before you go in to the [Ebm] catacombs for this matchup [G] with the immortal beloved or your [Cm] girlfriend.
Or if [E] it's with yourself [F] and you're watching some porn.
You know what I mean?
The same type of thing.
So I imagine it was a lot of fun in the studio making this one?
It always is.
_ _ _ It was a bit of a mess.
We had to clean up afterwards, but a good time was had by all.
Yeah, lots of fluids in the_
[N]
Yes, glued to the ceiling, you know what I mean?
Stuff like that.
That's when you know you're [F] really having a good time.
He's a heavy shooter.
There's a very famous picture of you that goes around with your playing guitar and you're bleeding heavy.
It's all over the base of the guitar, all over the strings.
I've got the picture of that one just in case.
I'm sure it's happened more than once.
Oh yes.
That one.
Yes, this picture here. _
Yes, I remember this well.
Yeah?
Now see, this is the effects of 100 milligrams of Viagra left alone in the bathroom 15 minutes
before the show.
This is what's going to [Gb] happen.
When you treat your body like a [F] wonderland, that it is.
But listen, good times.
Very good times.
What happened during that show?
Do you remember?
Yeah, I remember. _
All I remember is I remember bleeding like that.
I don't remember.
I [C] didn't think it was that bad until I seen the picture.
I was like, oh wow.
Yeah, it was a gutter.
Was it a cut?
Was it a fingernail? Yeah, yeah.
I had a [B] decent, I had to get stitches and stuff like that on my hand.
But yeah, [G] just I was [F] whacking it.
I almost got to the point where I was about to explode.
Then the guys knocked on the door.
I was [Eb] kind of the bummer too.
So I was kind of still loaded up and I had to go out and do the rest of the show.
[G] But yeah, so I hit [Bb] my hand on the sink while I was going for it.
You know what I mean?
I was just almost there.
I got weak in the knees.
So it was so much not, not so much that I was getting a little light headed from the
loss of blood.
I think it was just because my legs were a little _ _ [Eb] noodled up from just almost reaching that [B] moment.
But I did after the show, I took care of [D] it.
It's frustrating.
You probably had to switch hands.
It's very frustrating.
[G] All that was going through my mind was getting back [Eb] into the bathroom and finishing the job.
Very good.
What's the worst injury you've had while playing?
Would that be it?
No, I ended up breaking my back on stage one day when the Janie Lane's Club down in Florida
doing a Pride and Glory show.
So I actually broke my back, cracked two vertebrae, three vertebrae in my spine and broke a rib.
[Eb] How did that happen?
That was another [Gb] massive [C] reaction.
[Eb] That was pretty brutal.
[N] I spoke to Chris Jericho recently.
Yes, Father Jericho.
Father Jericho, _ Father Y2J, Paul LeBlanc, all that stuff.
He's the best.
I asked him who he thought would be a good wrestler from the rock world.
He mentioned you immediately and the quote was, he thinks he's a Viking anyway and he's
obsessed with the Ultimate Warrior.
This is very true.
And he also said you'd be like the berserker in the ring and just be an ass kicking machine.
So what do you see your wrestling [Bb] persona as?
_ _ You'd have to play on [A] that.
[Bb] You know what I mean?
And it's just like, [E] yeah, without a doubt.
And the Viking thing, [Eb] just because I grew a beard, it's like everybody assumed I'm a Viking.
_ _ So that's [Gm] always the case.
I just figured I was going to start a ZZ Top cover band.
But if you want to go with the Viking thing, no [B] problem.
I didn't realize [D] Billy Gibbons is a Viking as well.
So not only are Vikings from New Jersey, but there's Vikings out in Texas as well.
Yeah, without a doubt.
And the berserker was actually a cool wrestler as well.
[G] And I'm definitely a big [Bb] Ultimate Warrior guy. _
He's the best.
Tell me one thing that the world does not know about Dimebag Darryl. _ _ _
[Eb] I don't know.
I mean, he's just like Dime.
He's just basically Santa Claus with a pink beard.
You know what I mean?
I just love giving everybody presents all the time.
And he'd light up a room.
There's a toss up between if you're through Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoades, and then [Db] because
[F] his beloved Ace Freely.
So you'd have to stick Ace in there in a blender along [N] with Santa because he loved giving everybody
presents and made the people feel good.
Thrown in with a lump of Blutarski from Delta when everybody was feeling down.
And he came in and he's like, look at everybody [Eb] feeling down.
He goes, look at you all.
He goes, you jackasses.
He goes, did we get down when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
He goes, that's, and we just made everybody feel better and lift their [C] spirits up when
you're feeling down.
That's [Eb] what's in the Dimebag drink.
All those concoctions go into the Dimebag cocktail.
So if you didn't know anything about Dime, that's what's going on with the legendary
_ awesomeness [N] of St.
Dime.
All right.
And last one for you.
Yes.
With all your years performing for so many different artists all around the world, what
is, if there is one, your favorite or most memorable moment on [Bb] stage?
Oh, it definitely have to be definitely, [Gb] well, Wyrmwood Scrubs, Prism, [D] when I did that first
gig with Ozzy, my first arena show with [Ebm] Ozzy, you know, like on Wow, you [F] know, that was
in [Bb] Pensacola, Florida on No Rest for the Wicked.
Definitely the Moscow Peace Festival stuck out as pretty insane.
And then when I played Madison Square Garden with Oz.
So those are definitely memorable, hands down memorable [Abm] gigs.
And then probably, you know, like [F] the first Black Label gigs, the beginnings of Black
Label and everything else.
Great time, too.
Actually, all of them.
I mean, Pride and Glory, we've done some insane [Eb] gigs with that.
And then the Book of Shadows tour playing _ Sutchey Malone's, which has a dishwashing
unit out in the back where you can actually wash your clothes, have a beer and watch the band.
That's a must.
But there was four people that were in there.
You had the bartender, a guy passed out on heroin.
The other guy [Ab] tending to his friend to [F] resuscitate his friend, passed out on heroin.
And another guy doing his laundry in the back.
But it was still a great show.
[G] And I still remember that gig.
It was only four [Gb] people there, but I remember [Bb] every one of them.
Brilliant.
Thank you so much again for stopping by.
Great to see you.
Catacombs of the Black Vatican.
In April.
Get that right, will you?
Come on.
In April?
Yeah. _ _ _