By Steve Newton
I interviewed heavy-metal guitar hero Zakk Wylde for the second time back in August of 1996, when he was touring behind his debut solo album, Book of Shadows.
That acoustic-based disc was a lot less raunchy than Wylde’s previous work with Ozzy Osbourne and Pride & Glory, so when he called in on a payphone from a mall in Toronto my first question concerned how his fans might react to that mellower vibe.
Have a listen:
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