![]() With our Black Label family, it’s pretty much that. Being a kid, I thought that was the coolest thing ever. But they’d have friends from all over the place, and the thing that brought them all together was the band. They would go all the way up to Boston, then over to Detroit, and drive back to Jersey – they’d road trip it for like two weeks, going on this Dead thing. Then they would go on these (Grateful) Dead road trips. These bar-b-que keg parties, just cranking tunes, swimming in the pool. But Dougie was also a huge Dead head, all his buddies would always come over, and they’d have these mega blow-outs in the backyard. When we were like 13 years old, his older brother Dougie, him and his buddies were the ones that turned us onto all the classic rock, whether it was The Allman Brothers, The Eagles, Skynyrd, The Who, The Stones, cause we’d always be hearing it blasting all the time. “I always thought the coolest thing, when I was younger, my buddy Scotty that I grew up with in Jackson, New Jersey. The devotion of Zakk’s fan base is phenomenal. You won’t see another show where everybody is wearing merch, and multiple pieces at that – the t-shirt, bandana, and vest. I was thinking of different titles and everything like that – why don’t I just use this?”Įvery band loves their fans, but the BLS Berserkers really do rival the KISS Army. We should just use that as the cover that’s how it came about pretty much. I was just sitting there one day, and it was glaringly obvious. It’s been on… we’ve done the merch with it forever. “It’s been sitting around since the beginning of the band. is “both a tribute to the ‘first to bleed, last to leave’ road crew and a salute to the legion of fans.” Zakk explains the decision to go with recognizable imagery. The album cover and title are very familiar to the Black Label fanbase, as the iron cross and accompanying slogan have adorned the band’s merch for many years. is the finest BLS album since Order Of The Black, which came out in 2010. Lee in 1987 – Black Label Society has outdone themselves this time around, creating their best music in over a decade. Fronted by the incomparable Zakk Wylde – who rose to fame as the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, replacing Jake E. Doom Crew Inc., the 11th album from Black Label Society, will be released November 26th via eOne.
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