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Posted by: ZakkWylde Aug 25 2009, 12:08 AM

After 21 years of playing together Ozzy Osbourne has kicked his guitar player Zakk Wylde out of his band!

Ozzy claimed that his music was beginning to sound like Zakk's Black Label Society and so he parted ways with him in peace. Ozzy is known for hiring INCREDIBLE guitar players and everything looked like he was going to choose John 5 (ex Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie) but he didn't...

Gus G of Firewind became Ozzy's new guitarist! Gus G is a guitar player from Greece who played in Bands like Arch Enemy and Dream Evil and has his own Power Metal Band Firewind as you may know.



Weird to see Gus with a Les Paul -.-

Posted by: Eat-Sleep-andJam Aug 25 2009, 12:36 AM

Wow, didn't hear about this till now.

John 5 would have been a cool choice.

I don't think Gus G and Ozzy will be to good together. Thats just my opnion though. Will have to wait and hear the music first !

Posted by: Emir Hot Aug 25 2009, 12:42 AM

Interesting choice. Firewind is very cool band but this guy has totally different style than Zakk. We'll see

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Aug 25 2009, 12:52 AM

This will be interesting to see how it develops. Its a completely different guitarist

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Aug 25 2009, 01:30 AM

Wow!!. This is something very very strange!!. Let's see what is coming next. Ozzy is always a box full of surprises

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Aug 25 2009, 01:42 AM

Very interesting news. Wonder how things will work out on future records

Posted by: audiopaal Aug 25 2009, 01:57 AM

I believe this is a great move by Ozzy
Gus is a fantastic guitarist, and although very different from Zakk I believe he'll adjust to Ozzys style very well!

Looking forward to hear a new album now with some fresh ideas

Posted by: JVM Aug 25 2009, 02:07 AM

Interesting. They had a good run though, what more can you ask for?

Posted by: TreyDeschamp Aug 25 2009, 02:43 AM

Awesome!

Posted by: bladzerok Aug 25 2009, 03:40 AM

at first i thought it was weird to have gus G with ozzy, but when i think about it, i find that he actually have a playing style that sound a bit like randy rhoads style(much more than zakk in my opinion)!

this may be a reason why ozzy took gus over J5.

at least i think so

Posted by: The Uncreator Aug 25 2009, 04:29 AM

Well, Gus is one of my favorite guitar players, the guy is a melody beast. Now since Ozzy signed him, For me that makes him the best guitarist he has signed

If you guys wanna check out some of Gus' other stuff, check out Firewind, and some earlier Dream Evil, amazing stuff!

Posted by: Smikey2006 Aug 25 2009, 05:48 AM

i love Gus G.. but i hope this doesn't take away from Firewind! Im not sure what this will do to Ozzy's sound but im sure it will be something i enjoy

Posted by: Staffy Aug 25 2009, 08:15 AM

I'm not into this kind of music, even though I was a big fan of Sabbath in the 70'ths, but as far as i can hear Gus will have no problem doin Ozzy's songs. He's a very skilled player and will blend in nice, I think. What still amazes me, is that Ozzy is still alive.... just read the book bout Motley Crue when Ozzy and Nikki had a competition about whom of them was the most disgusting..... Oh, my god!!!!

//Staffay

Posted by: MickeM Aug 25 2009, 08:16 AM

That clip was Awesome!! I'm sure Gus G will fit the role just perfect, love the way he performed.

Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 25 2009, 01:00 PM

Having had the pleasure of seeing Ozzy with Jake E Lee, Steve Vai and also Zakk I look forward to seeing him with Gus who is another awesome player!!!

Posted by: Sollesnes Aug 25 2009, 01:15 PM

Thats a different/interesting choice! Bet this will make Gus a lot more known as well

Posted by: Gus Aug 25 2009, 02:04 PM

I am eager to see this.

Gus G is awesome player, but the truth is that firewind vocals don't make justice to his guitar skills...

Posted by: Matt23 Aug 25 2009, 04:07 PM

It will be interesting to hear how Ozzy's music is affected. I think the Randy Rhoads era was the best though, and I don't think Gus G is going top that.

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Aug 25 2009, 04:57 PM

21 year of playing, man. That is like marriage!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 25 2009, 06:29 PM

Great decision by Ozzy! He really needed some fresh air and this player will fit perfect in the band! I'm a big fan of Zakk's old days but I think that nowadays he isn't as creative as in the past. So let's wait for the new Ozzy's album.

Posted by: Laszlo Boross Aug 25 2009, 07:33 PM

I hope it was a good decision!

Posted by: Toni Suominen Aug 31 2009, 11:26 AM

I wonder what this will do Ozzy's music, we'll just have to wait and see.

Posted by: botoxfox Sep 6 2009, 12:05 AM

Now if only Ozzy would replace himself with a better singer.

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Sep 6 2009, 05:45 AM

Mmmm..... the escence of Ozzy itself is that he's not a good singer at all. It won't be the same

Posted by: Disturbed21 Sep 8 2009, 01:23 AM

Hmmm interesting... can't help but wondering if the 2 styles would somehow mix and create something new or if one will simply fit themselves in with the others style

Ah whatever can't wait to see if it's a good decision

Posted by: Jenbu Sep 8 2009, 04:26 PM

Oh nice, but I hoped that John 5 joined though

Posted by: Chokehold Sep 8 2009, 04:47 PM

Nooooooooooooooo

Posted by: Emir Hot Sep 8 2009, 05:00 PM

hahahah this one is funny I agree that Ozzy doesn't sing that good but Ozzy is Ozzy and it has to be that way