Best way to warm up before a gig?

skee is right when he said drinkin before a gig is jus a false nerve...me personally ive never played drunk on stage in my life and probly never will...mainly cuz im scared ****less that ill screw up.. but i must admitt i have smoked mary jane before a show plenty of times, but smokin weed is a totally different thing with me then drinkin.. i am a "pothead" so to say and ive learned how to control it, so that it only influences my playing(but im one of the lucky ones, where as i dont get nervous before a show)...but then again i do think there is nothing wrong with drinkin and thinkin of songs in your head!(then later on perhaps record them by humming the melody)...sometimes it works! but sometimes you listen back when your sober and your left thinkin "what the f*ck wass i on???"

Comon guys, if it´s really true (what he said), you really must agree that it *****in` works. Have you seen Zakks live preformence, he kicks ass more than anyone, the way he´s posing and yet playn´ some amazing stuff and I don´t think that he can get drunk ´cause of 2-3 beers ´cause he drinks like 30 per day. (He always drink live on stage) When they asked him once, what was the scariest thing you ever seen touring with Ozzy, he said: No fúck*in´ beer in the tourbuss. There´s no doubt that this statement gives a musican bad rep. but on the other hand this is nothing comapared to Guns N´ Roses, Yngwie Malmsteen, Aerosmith, Pantera... I mean how would you rank Axl´s fight with audience, our when he throwed his mic on the audience?

I don´t think it´s wrong to take a beer before a show, I mean there´s no way you can get drunk ´cause of one our even two and if so, than you´re a pu*ssy!!! Have you ever heard expression Sex Drugs and Rock N´Roll? Well I like more SEX ALCOHOL AND ROCK N´ROLL. Zakk once said don´t do drugs, alcohol is better and after all, you´ll live a bit longer.

Here´s another crazy thing buy mr. Wylde. It´s an interview. Does this guy have a problem our is he rally normal? You know Zakks parole: REFUSE TO LOSE, BORN TO BOOZE

PS: There might be lot of stars but you´ll get the point


1. Other than drinking a beer, what are you currently up to? This is your only chance to plug your ****.
****ing my wife and drinking beer

2. How much beer does it take you to get a good buzz going and what’s your alcoholic beverage of choice??
Beer and a ****load of it.

3. What hard rock/heavy metal band should give it up and call it a day?
If Lemmy quits we should all call it a day....God Bless Him!



4. Are you happy with the sales of Black Label Society and how Spitfire has promoted the album?
I'd love to sell as many records as the Back Street Boys but my friends would beat my ass if I was that much of a pussy


5. Rate the following guitarists on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being a total jabroni and 10 being a virtuoso.
Slash = drinking ability 10+
Tracii Guns = Was he in Guns?
C.C. DeVille = Great hair....**** guitar
Bruce Kulick = He has great black hair
Ace Frehley = #4 in the World
Mick Mars = He's even uglier than me
Kirk Hammett = Metallica CANNOT be stopped
Joe Holmes = Don't **** with Ozzy or I'll KILL you
Ted Nugent = Kill, kill, kill
Dimebag Darrell = drink, drink, drink, riff, riff, riff


6. Who’s more of a pain in the ass, Ozzy or Axl?
Neither, I just drink lots of beer, lift weights and hang out with my rottweiler.

7. Pick one of the following:
A. Stick your hand in an aquarium filled with Piranhas for 5 minutes;
Or,
B. Fight Catcus Jack in a Exploding BarbWire, Thumbtack, Hell In A Cell Match.
**** piranhas, Great Whites

8. What’s the most destructive thing you have ever done?
****ed my wife's brains out

9. Which do you prefer:
Backstreet Boys or N’Sync = prefer giving both a good ass beating
Southern Comfort or Jack Daniels = beer
Van Halen or Aerosmith = Early VH and beer
Bret Michaels or WWF wrestler Shawn Michaels = Neither, the Undertaker
Pamela Anderson or Jenna Jameson = Jacklyn Smith on all fours
Orgy or Culture Club = **** THEM BOTH
A toll both operator or the guy who mops up at X-Rated peep shows = Sweeping a brewery
Playboy or Penthouse = Rocco Siffredi flick




NOTE TO SLUDGEAHOLICS: This next question Zakk didn't quite get. It was suppose to be the biggest misconception about a person or thing, but instead Zakk just finished the sentence. None of his answers are misconceptions, just things that are true. Maybe he was drunk during this part, who knows.

10. Finish this sentence, "The biggest misconception about ___________ is?" For example, "The biggest misconception about MTV is that they play videos." You get the idea.
Ozzy is the GodFather of my son
Pro wrestling is kick ass
Pearl Jam is a bunch of candy ass mother****ers
Anal Sex is awesome when I get the wife drunk
Axl Rose is my friend and the Real Deal!
Kiss is nothing without Ace!
Pantera is beyond ****ing Heavy!
Cocaine is for Candy Ass Mother****ers!
Paul Gargano is an awesome alcoholic!
Touring is beer, beer beer.


11. Who’s your favorite WWF wrestler and do you plan on getting involved with the WWF anytime in the future?
Undertaker and Stone Cold without a doubt.

12. Which rock star could possibly drink you under the table?
Bring it on Mother ****er!

13. Have you ever been so drunk you passed out and pissed on yourself, and what’s the most amount of alcohol you’ve drank in a 24 hour period?
Without a doubt....can't count that high!

14. Which rock star deserves a chair to the head and why?
Eddie Vedder, Billy Corgan, Courney "****" Love, because they are pure ****s.


15. On a scale of 1 to 10, rate the following bands on how much you'd like to tour with them. 1 being you have no desire to tour with them at all, and 10 being a band you'd definitely want to hook up with.
Pantera = 10+
OzzFest = 10+
Poison = Are you out of your ****ing minds?
Cinderella = 0
Motley Crue = 10
Kid Rock = Joe C Rules
Britney Spears = Hell Yeah!
Metallica = 10
Kiss = 10
Sebastian Bach = **** THAT

16. Who's the most overrated band today?
LIMP DICK

17. Think of someone you genuinely hate (we all hate someone, especially when you really think about it.) Keeping in mind you have no choice but to choose one of the answers, would you elect for this person to…
A. Get hit by a bus, thus rendered paralyzed for life.
B. Fall off a lawnmower and subsequently be disfigured for life but live.
C. Get in an accident that causes the full amputation of all sexual genitalia.
Listen to Third Eye Suck records.

18. What's the nastiest thing you ever saw during your tours with Ozzy?
No beer on the bus




19. Is it true that Ozzy throws water around on stage to hide the fact that he pisses in his pants during the show?
No, he threw the water on me because I used to piss my pants on stage with him


20. Time for Metal Sludge's Word Association. We mention a name and you give us your thoughts.
Sharon Osbourne = kicks ass!
Eddie Vedder = Candy ass, pussy mother****er
Randy Castillo = my bud
Slaughter = Oh Christ!
Warrant = Oh Jesus!
Vince Neil = First beer's on me
Chris Jericho = the Undertaker
Kid Rock = If I could rap I would but I'm too ****ing white
Limp Bizkit = exactly
Scott Weiland = candy ass
Axl Rose = pure Sour Mother ****ing mash
Tommy Lee = has a big dick
Lars Ulrich = His dick's not as big as Tommy's!


Short but to the point!

Yeah man, I think you´re in more control before a gig after drinkin´ two beers than smoke dope and sh*it.

i beg to differ...for one im guesing you dont smoke or maybe you do, but not nearly enough to know what im talking about or experiencing. ppl use marijuana to help them meditate, and really guitar playing should be a meditation (in a sense) even watching t.v. is a sense of meditation, at least this is how i feel. so really mary jane will only improve and influence my playing. im not talking about stats or anything like that. no two ppl get the same effect off of marijuana.

but you could also use a few beers to help you too! but thats just not my thannng

im sorry this zakk dude is a bit of an ofe...yeah he can play fast and everything but that interview was a lil dumb, some of it was quite commical but after a bit you just start to feel bad for him.

Smoke dope and dirnk before a gig to meditate and enhance your playing? I don't know about you dude but for me playing comes from my heart and can be a very emotiomnal thing. I don't need anything to enhance it. Thats analogous to a body builder taking steroids to enhance his physique. He may be big but it aint real.
I don't mean to offend but thats just my take on it. I've played straight and I've played stoned.

Whenever I played I never ever felt dizzy, I mean, my band plays a lot own progressive stuff wich we mix with some Dream Theater stuff. Smotimes we play some famous songs just to keep people who don´t know a shi*t about progressive music type in the audience. (It was fun when a guy came to me and told, you guys improvise all time and we were playn´ like own prog stuff combined with Metropolise and Erotomania and I told him, yeah right). But people who understand this kind of music alway told us after the show that we were good and we are also startin´ to get a reputation in town not only as a good tight band but also as musicans wich means that my beer our two before a show never did no harm.

Another funny thing was when our singer (he´s not whit us anymore) onece was so damn drunk that he could barley walk but after some difficultis decided to go on stage after all. He sucked big time, bad the worst thing is when we played Master Of Puppets and he came like 3-4 beats after and what was worse, he keept on sing. That was very embaressing especially on the words MASTER..MASTER. We sucked him after the show but there were no hard feelings.

even if i was high or not, playing guitar is always from the heart. just because im high doesnt mean i dont know what im doin...but thats only for ppl who lets say smoke everyday, ala me. where as smoking a joint is just like someone just has a beer or two i guess. remember, you only get high to a certain point, unlike drinkin the more and more you drink the more ****ed you get

How drunk would you get after 1-2 beer? (If it´s possible of course)

i dont disagree with you at all...im not saying your more in control when your high...its obvious that you are more in control when your sober.. i mean that is just a common fact

but for me i smoke lets say 15 piles a day...no joke...and in one pile it could be anywhere from a dime bag to a quarter and i dont smoke joints, i hit bongs(ive smoked an ounce in 5 hours just hitting bongs with one other person, ive got iron lungs)...even if i dont want to smoke, ill be smokin anyways because i have so much friends who will smoke me...so when i smoke i am very much in control. i can either let it take control of me or not I DECIDE. but one thing ill never do is depend on weed to write music, ewwww, cuz then alll your songs will sound the same, not to mention youll have wrtiers block when your sober and i dun want dat

Man when your high all the time you only think you're in control. I used to blow dope alot when I was younger and when I listen to the tapes I made that I thought were so great back then I can't believe how bad they were. If you want to smoke smoke if you want to drink drink personally I can't play a note any more unless I'm sober and thats when I'm in control of myself