Comments on: Zakk Wylde Claims Aerosmith Are “As Phoney As Britney Spears”

By: Rexx

Rexx — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:27:25 +0000

Zakk speeks the truth!

By: Sven

Sven — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:24:47 +0000

who cares if Aerosmith got Desmond Child to help write a few songs. Desmond Child is awesome, he helped write Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet, that album is sick as. Ozzy on the other hand doesn’t even write his own shit. Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi wrote all of Black Sabbath while he was in the band and Bob Daisley/Geezer Butler and Randy Rhoads/Jake E. Lee/Zakk Wylde wrote all of Ozzy’s good solo shit. The last few records have been mediocre at best

By: shaun C

shaun C — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:21:47 +0000

He’s right about that…

Aerosmith need to retire if they had any self-respect left. They’ve had their day.

Then again, the last couple of Ozzy records have been dull and lame…

By: Daz

Daz — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:16:15 +0000

Stop twisting his words, he didn’t say “Aerosmith are as phoney as britney spears” he said “If you can’t write songs you’re as phoney as Britney Spears”.

By: Skumbo

Skumbo — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:52:21 +0000

I like Zakk but I get a bit bored of his alpha-male, macho crap. Just when you think he’s a nice bloke he tends to put his foot right in his gob (spouting off about his right to own guns just after his close friend was murdered on-stage was a bit tasteless). The first thing I thought when reading his rant was “Jesus Christ, take a hard look at your boss!! Ozzy hasn’t written a decent song on his own in decades” and a lot of other people posting here picked up on that too. I agree that Aerosmith have gone off the boil seriously since “Get A Grip” but you could debate the same for Zakk. I personally don’t think he’s done anything overly brilliant since Pride & Glory.

By: A-NON

A-NON — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:27:21 +0000

While I really enjoy BLS music and Think he is an exceptional guitarist.

I also really Like Aerosmith, Does it matter if the music is written by someone else, if It sounds good and you Enjoy it? Although is true to an extent that Their better material was in the Drug years.

However Doesnt it make Zakk as Bitchy as Britney Spears throwing random comments round like this? Seriously why do Musicians feel need to chuck shit around leave that to Pop/ Movie stars.

By: patrick

patrick — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:52:02 +0000

agreed there shit and aint getting any better

By: Merk

Merk — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:47:44 +0000

I think it should be mentioned that Zack HAS in fact had a go at the fact there are outside song writters on recent Ozzy albums; i have an interview with him bemoaning this when ‘Down to Earth’ was released.

By: Chris Ward

Chris Ward — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:46:08 +0000

Much respect for Zakk Wylde for coming out and saying it, but has he looked at the writing credits on the last few Ozzy albums? When an established artist starts using outside songwriters it does suggest that they don’t quite know how to write songs like they used to anymore – after all, everybody moans about the winners of The X-Factor just singing somebody elses stuff. Ozzy and Aerosmith have been using outside songwriters for years to try and give them more mainstream appeal, and on the surface it works, but when it comes down to it they’ve probably alienated a lot of their core fanbase by continually turning out the same pop-tinged tripe over and over. To be honest, Ozzy hasn’t made an album that could be called great since No More Tears – and Lemmy wrote a lot of that, along with a great backing band – and Aerosmith since Get a Grip. Duets with Britney Spears (Aerosmith) and a wife/manager who mistakenly believes that Ozzy IS Black Sabbath and that half-arsed cover versions played on the Royal Variety show are the way forward for a rock legend don’t really do a lot for credibilty amongst your fans.

By: Broken Pixel

Broken Pixel — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:40:16 +0000

I agree with the sentiments, but Ozzy’s found himself in the same catagory as Aerosmith for years and years.