Posts Tagged ‘Black Label Society’

With the recent ousting of James Lomenzo, or whatever happened, I got to thinking about something I wrote about him awhile ago. In fact it was only a year and three days ago that I wrote it. It was originally posted at Metal Martyr and part of another post, but I picked apart the section about Lomenzo.

Now I’m not picking on or disrespecting James Lomenzo here. He’s a great Bass player, but I started to look at his history and images of the like and found it kind of funny. Lomenzo during his White Lion days took on the semi-glammish look of White Lion. No big deal, that was the look back then in bands like that. Then I kind of remembered him in Black Label Society, with David Lee Roth and now Megadeth. Check it out.

James Lomenzo the glamster with White Lion from ‘84 to ‘91. (Second to the left)

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“Yeah, when hell freezes over” is the common answer to two questions.

1. Will the United States ever have a black president? [and]
2. Will Zakk Wylde ever stop boozing it up?

Amazingly, within the last year we have seen both of these things come true. First in the landslide of Barack Obama’s victory in the presidential run and now with Zakk Wylde pretty much being forced to quit drinking or suffer further health problems.

In a recent interview with Poparazzi, right before his Singapore prison show, Christopher Toh asked Zakk all the right questions and Zakk answered them well all with a little bit of corny wit. Check out the interview at Poparazzi.

Probably one of my favorite Zakk Wylde acoustic songs, Dead As Yesterday just has such a nice, soothing, heartfelt sound to it. Here is an older video of Zakk performing the song live. I don’t know where else you can find it, but it’s on the Skullage compilation that was recently released. Enjoy.

I’m not all that familiar with Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society, but I like a few songs here and there. This one has been a favorite since I first heard it. After Dimebag Darrell Abbot’s Death it kind of became a tribute to him from Zakk Wylde as they were close friends. Great video, nothing more to say.

Black Label Society, one of the hardest working bands in the biz are heading out on tour with Sevendust and Dope. It starts March 6th in San Fran and ends May 2nd in LA. That’s the dates for right now anyway. There may be more dates to come. We’ll keep you posted. Here is the list so far.

Mar. 06 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Mar. 07 – Sparks, NV – The New Oasis
Mar. 09 – Chico, CA – The Senator Theatre
Mar. 11 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Mar. 13 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
Mar. 14 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Mar. 15 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
Mar. 17 – Calgary, AB – Calgary Corral
Mar. 18 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Centre
Mar. 20 – Saskatoon, SK – Odeon Events Center
Mar. 21 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
Mar. 22 – St. Paul, MN – The Myth
Mar. 24 – Waterloo, IA – McElroy Auditorium
Mar. 25 – North Kansas City, MO – Harrah’s
Mar. 27 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
Mar. 28 – Chicago, IL – Congress Theatre
Mar. 29 – Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
Mar. 31 – Mt. Clemens, MI – Emerald Theatre
Apr. 01 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo
Apr. 03 – Rochester, NY – Main St. Armory
Apr. 04 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
Apr. 06 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre
Apr. 07 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Apr. 09 – Manchester, NH – Verizon Wireless Arena
Apr. 10 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
Apr. 11 – Philadelphia, PA – The Electric Factory
Apr. 14 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues
Apr. 15 – Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live
Apr. 17 – North Myrtle Beach, SC – House Of Blues
Apr. 18 – Duluth, GA – Wild Bill’s
Apr. 21 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
Apr. 24 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek
Apr. 25 – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
Apr. 26 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
Apr. 28 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
Apr. 29 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
May 01 – Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues
May 02 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern