A listener letter asking for the details on Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde’s reputation leads the guys to unpacking a 20-year-old internet scam and the message board chaos it left in its wake.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ozzy_Osbourne_members

https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/zakk-wylde-and-ozzy-osbourne-revisit-1988s-no-rest-wicked

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/skid-row-pretty-bad-boys-203138/3/

Zakk audition demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVxsFD3KXrE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakk_Wylde

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ozzys_real_reason_for_firing_zakk_wylde.html#:~:text=The%20Brit%20legend%20had%20feared,getting%20the%20better%20of%20him.

https://web.archive.org/web/20090803085115/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=124504

https://www.metalsucks.net/2009/08/05/joe-holmes-ozzy-outcast/#:~:text=Holmes%20replaced%20Zakk%20Wylde%20after,to%20hear%20them%20some%20day.

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/pizza-money-why-zakk-wylde-said-no-to-joining-guns-n-roses/

https://blabbermouth.net/news/zakk-wylde-s-webmaster-quits-over-357-customs-controversy

https://www.jcfonline.com/forum/other/non-jackson-charvel-related-talk/50474-357-is-at-it-again/page11

https://www.harmonycentral.com/forums/topic/1103167-some-interesting-357-information-on-daniel-bauguess-aka-the-boss/

https://www.guitars101.com/threads/357-customs-does-it-again-get-your-cheap-zakk-wylde-axe.39804/

Ebay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/296434867396

Reddit thread on NASCAR diecast: https://www.reddit.com/r/NASCARCollectors/comments/sacnff/recently_bought_this_one_91_dick_trickle/

https://religionsucketh.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/motorcycle-clubs-zakk-wylde-and-ridiculousness/

https://blabbermouth.net/news/black-label-society-guitarist-says-people-take-the-band-s-image-too-seriously

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