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Zakk Wylde
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jeffery Phillip Wiedlandt, Jeffery Wiedlandt, Zachary Phillip Wylde, Zachary 'Zakk' Wylde
American musician
Film & TV
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Zachary Phillip Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt; January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American musician, songwriter, and occasional actor who is best known as the former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. He was the lead guitarist and vocalist in Pride & Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a solo…
Known for
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self2026
- Ozzy: No Escape from Now — Self2025
- Into the Void: Life, Death and Heavy Metal — Self2025
- 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self2024
- Pantera - Hellfest 2023 — Guitar2023
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self2021
- Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos — Self2021
- The Man Who Walked Around the World — Self2020
- System Shock: How the MP3 Changed Music2019
- In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story — Himself2018
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Key facts
- Born
- Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt , ( 1967-01-14 ) January 14, 1967 (age 59) , Bayonne, New Jersey , U.S.
- Origin
- Jackson, New Jersey , U.S.
- Genres
- Heavy metal hard rock Southern metal groove metal
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter record producer
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals piano
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Member of
- Black Label Society Zakk Sabbath Generation Axe Pantera (touring member)
- Formerly of
- Ozzy Osbourne Pride & Glory
- Website
- zakkwylde .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bayonne
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- heavy metal music
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- zakkwylde.com
- Image
- Wylde.cropped.png
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- Commons category
- Zakk Wylde
- date of birth
- 1967-01-14
- Commons gallery
- Zakk Wylde
- member of
- Black Label Society
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- social media followers
- 705000
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- birth name
- Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt
- name in native language
- Zachary Phillip Wylde
- pseudonym
- Zakk Wylde
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Encyclopedic overview
Zachary Phillip Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt; January 14, 1967) is an American musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, lead singer, songwriter and producer of the heavy metal band Black Label Society.
Wylde's signature bulls-eye design appears on many of his guitars. He was also the lead guitarist and vocalist of Pride & Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a solo artist, he released the albums Book of Shadows and Book of Shadows II. Wylde joined the reunited Pantera in 2022 as a touring guitarist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zakk Wylde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.