Originally Posted by: ~candi~Zakk Wylde is most DEFINITLY underrated...he is a complete legend

Here's the thing about Zakk Wylde: everyone recognizes his speed. But I think this thread has examined the weaknesses of Zakk Wylde's style, for instance his repetitive pentatonic licks, that really hamper listener response. Zakk's just too much of the same thing for me. His music is like paint by numbers. Lay down a single-note rhythm, add the same pentatonic shred you've done for years, say the word "****" a few thousand times and you're good to go. If anything, Wylde is widely overrated. Plenty of people would go around saying "Zakk Wylde is the greatest guitarist ever," but few people would say that about someone like Jerry Cantrel.