Description:
Bringing Metal to the Children is a handbook to all things Heavy Metal, brought to you by insane prankster and guitar god Zakk Wylde, of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society fame.
This "Complete Berzerker's Guide to World Tour Domination" provides tips and tests for the True Rocker--as wild man Zakk Wylde invites all who dare onto the tour bus for brain-bursting tales of glory, debauchery, and general mayhem in the dangerous metal universe.
Brief description:
In the two decades since Ozzy Osbourne hired him away from his job at a New Jersey gas station to become his new guitarist, Zakk Wylde has established himself as a guitar icon known and revered the world over. Writing and recording with Osbourne led to multiplatinum success, inspiring him to create the now-legendary Black Label Society in 1998. Wylde has won nearly every guitar award imaginable, and is a major influence on a new battalion of rock guitarists.
Writer, photographer, and fellow Berzerker Eric Hendrikx is a notable contributor to more than a dozen books, including Forrest Griffin's New York Times bestsellers Got Fight? and Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down. A lifelong musician, Hendrikx playedguitar in the rock band Snake River Conspiracy. He currently lives in Southern California with his son, Stone.
Review Quotes:
"When Zakk plays, it's like Guitarmageddon!! An audio assault coming from his fret board, the ture meaning of a guitar hero." - Kerry King, Slayer
"If Zakk Wylde did not exisit, we would have to build him like Frankenstein's monster. The hands of Randy Rhoads sewn onto the body of Conan the Barbarian implanted with the brain of Larry David." - Rob Zombie
"Zakk Wylde. Great Player. Great Sound. Great friend." - Eddie Van Halen
"In my opinion, Zakk Wylde is the f*cking best guitarist in the world. He curses like a f*cking marine and knows more about f*cking music than anybody I've ever f*cking met. I hope you can use this f*cking opinion." - William Shatner
"Zakk Wylde is one of the true Heavy Metal guitar heroes of his generation. They don't come much beter than Zakk!" - Slash