NEWS: So what’s going on, Ozzy? Dario Lorina? Gus G?
Urgh, have you been following this messy story? In summary:
* Ozzy gives interview saying Zakk’s out. Zakk has no idea what’s going on.
* Zakk still has no idea what’s going on.
* Rumours start to circulate that a new guitarist has been picked. An anonymous poster tells I Heart Guitar (in the comments section of this post) that Dario Lorina has been picked as the new guitarist (prompting me to run this sneaky profile of Dario Lorina while waiting for more news).
* Blabbermouth reports that several different sources have told it that Gus G of Firewind will perform with Ozzy at Blizzcon.
If Zakk’s really been booted out without so much as a phone call, that’s a pretty lame way for things to go down. Zakk’s a huge part of the Ozzy Osbourne legacy and deserves much better than this.
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that is true.
zakk deserves more respect and he needs to be aware of the current situation.
Zakk is a major bad ass and Ozzy is cool too, but come on. You guys are in a band, you should know how to talk to eachother.
DARIO LORINA WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH BETTER CHOICE DONT GET ME WRONG GUS G IS A GREAT GUITARIST BUT DARIO HAS MUCH MORE FEEL AND SOUL TO HIS PLAYING MUCH LIKE RANDYS STYLE AND HE HAS MORE STAGE PRESENCE AND IS FLAT OUT A BETTER PERFORMER AND GUITAR PLAYER FOR WHAT OZZY NEEDS