NO SHOCK HERE: GUS G. REALLY IS OZZY’S NEW GUITARIST
Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 1:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
I wasn’t even gonna report on this because, at this point, it’s barely news – I mean, we’ve known for awhile now that Gus G. from Firewind is Ozzy’s new guitarist. But so many of you e-mailed us this morning that I guess I have to write about this.
Randall Amps has jumped the gun somewhat by announcing that, yes, Gus G. is Ozzy’s new guitar player, and, yes, he will make his debut with Ozzy tomorrow at Blizzcon. Here are some random, uncollected thoughts:
- I have no clue why Ozzy is still sitting on making an official announcement. Everyone already knows that Zakk is out and Gus is in. Unveiling Gus as a “surprise” at the performance strikes me as a bad idea; for one thing, Gus deserves more. For another thing, at portion of the audience won’t even know who the hell Gus is, and now there’s the risk of incurring the wrath of drunken Zakk fans. Plus, Ozzy let Zakk know he was fired via a public interview. Wouldn’t that be a great way to announce the addition of Gus to the band, too?
- Randall clearly want to make the most of their endorsement deal with Gus, so it’s hard to blame them for jumping the gun.
And… that’s really all I have to say about that. The performance will be broadcast live over Direct TV, which we do not have here at the Mansion (the Rosenberg Wing has Time Warner; the Neilstein Wing has no television of any kind, so as not to corrupt Sensei Vince’s spiritual balance with crap like Who Wants to Fuck a Midget?). But that’s no matter; if the performance is gonna be on television, it will be all over the internet within hours, which means we should have video for you come Monday morning. And then we can all make needless judgements on Gus’ performance. Hoo-ray!
-AR
Oh no, lol! It’s gonna be official too? XD
That face makes me want to destroy all the soft tissue on my knuckles.
For the record, I wanna fuck a midget.
I’ve always been curious, myself.
Pretty decent guitar player. I’m looking forward to what he can bring to the table for Ozzy.
Cuz of the melodic smooth legato runs?
Maybe because of his string skipping and sweep picking?
It’s because he’s European!
hahah, no shit. dude loves his euros
I’m pretty sure I once read an interview with Gus where he said he’s spent MANY YEARS mastering the art.
He also mentioned that he learned how to do tasteless riffs and solos in just 5 months instead of the usual 6.
You guys are just the epitome of comedy.
Gus G. is a great guitarist (Dream Evil and Firewind), but he is also a power metal shredder. Which I guess for the classical-based Rhoads stuff is good, but the bluesy Zakk and even Jake E. Lee stuff will sound a lot different, I think.
I just wonder if Ozzfest ever materializes again will Black Label ever play on it or will Zakk say no via a public interview?
Honestly, who fucking cares?
Seconded. People really care about Ozzy anymore? I figured he lost his relevancy at least 10 years ago.
this implies wow nerds dont listen to firewind, and sir i feel you are mistaken on that aspect.
A surprise performance of Gus G and BLIZZCON makes complete since, have you ever been to a firewind show? Do you SEE the people that come out of the woodwork to get up front for that shit?
This is better than John 5.
Not just the guitarist, but who the fuck else is in Ozzy’s band these days? Mike Bordin is off with FNM, and I could not tell you who has played for him during the past number of years….
Dude if yall dont have Dtv or Dish Network/ u guys are fucking broke :)
” yall”? lol….
Zakk Wylde is probably buried face first in his pillow, kicking and screaming…Daddy doesn’t love you zakk, twice! bam.
Yo Failure let me 50 bucks to smoke a joint
FirewinD is cheesey as hell, but that’s why I love them. It’s just fun, ya know?
Regardless of however cheesy Firewind is (Think of poorly put together Blackmore era Rainbow) Gus G can shred his ass off, as for tackling the blusier, soulful side of Zakk Era stuff- i think hes up to it, and i believe this may be the shot in the arm that Ozzy needs at this point. Sorry i am a fan so sue me.
HOWEVER…….
On the flip side of that coin, i hope this makes Mr Wiedlandt take a HARD look at himself and his drinking- put down the Becks and the Heineken, pick up his goddamn Les Paul, get back to more than minor Pent. runs and make a fucking Black Label album that will destroy anything Oz and Gus G Put out.
Alice n Chains in 09.
what the fuck gus!! Stick to power metal and not sell outs who sue their former band mates that got them famous in the first place!
He’s no Brad Gillis.
Gus G. will be forever revered by me for one fact:
PROGPOWER show 2 years ago. Firewind playing (and killing it, btw). Gus is in the middle of playing a solo, when he switches to just left handed hammer-ons on the guitar……BECAUSE HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PLAYING THE IDENTICAL PART ON THE KEYBOARD!!! AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!
Sorry for the caps, but that shit was absolutely amazing. Respect.
Incorrect. That was Firewind’s keyboard/guitar player Bob Katsionis;
Oh snap….fuck Gus G then
yeah i saw that shit was badass
Damn I like Gus G but he looks like a douch bag for taking Zakk Wylde place and Ozzy is really fucked for doing that he needs to fucken man up and talk to Zakk Wylde the poor guys is sick. Both are fucking great guitar players and i really hope this gets settled