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Zakk Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt on January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne, New Jersey) is an United States of America|American musician, who is best known for his roles as a guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and founder of Black Label Society. He was lead guitarist and vocalist in Pride and Glory (band)|Pride & Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a solo artist he released Book of Shadows (album)|Book of Shadows in 1996.
=Career=
The Early Years
Wylde started playing the guitar at the age of 15 and worked at Silverton Music in Silverton, New Jersey|Silverton, New Jersey. He grew up in Jackson, New Jersey, and went to Jackson Memorial High School there, where he graduated in 1985.<ref>LaGorce, Tammy. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E7DB1631F934A15752C1A9639C8B63 "MUSIC; Thor, With an Electric Hammer"], ''The New York Times'', November 27, 2005. Accessed October 6, 2007. "But the frustrating part for Zakk Wylde -- born in Jersey City, raised in Jackson and possessed of a gift for heavy-metal noise that regularly earns him the cover of any magazine with ''guitar'' in its title -- is that the six-string inner circle rarely widens.... ''I was in Sayreville at this place called Close Encounters with my buddies in Stone Henge,'' a band formed with friends from Jackson Memorial High School in... read all
