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ZAKK WYLDE's Broken 'Rebel'

April 15, 2008

A registered member of OZZY OSBOURNE's official forum has posted the following "review" of Ozzy's April 3, 2008 concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

"BLACK LABEL SOCIETY were great, as always, and played the same set they did in Buenos Aires, Argentina [the previous] Sunday. Much to my delight, there were lots of SDMFers (as BLS fans are affectionately known' stands for either 'Strength. Determination. Merciless. Forever' or 'Society Dwelling Motherfucker,' depending on whom you ask Ed.) wearing the colors in the crowd!

"Then came KORN, and ... Ozzy! Ozzy was in great form, singing his heart out and Zakk [Wylde, Ozzy's guitarist] was all smiles and giggles with the other guys in the band. They also played the same set as in Buenos Aires, but included a full version of 'No More Tears' and the crowd went crazy.

"During the first few notes of 'Paranoid' (the last song of the night),Zakk threw the Rebel [guitar] at the audience just as he did at all other gigs around the world. But the crowd (and security) thought he was giving the guitar away, and didn't want to give it back. Zakk then jumped into the crowd to have it back and the crowd went even crazier.

"By then, Ozzy, Blasko [Rob 'Blasko' Nicholson; Ozzy's bassist] and Mike [Bordin, drums] were still playing 'Paranoid' without Zakk. It took some looooong minutes for the security to manage to get Zakk back onstage. The Rebel was only only recovered a few minutes later, and with a broken neck. Zakk was clearly upset with the situation just threw the guitar aside, and Ozzy and Blasko were trying to cheer him up

"I felt really sorry for him, but had the greatest time in my life!"

Watch footage of the incident below.

In this clip, Zakk throws guitar into the crowd around the 2:23 mark:

In this clip, Zakk has already jumped into the crowd to recover his guitar:

In this clip, Zakk throws guitar into the crowd around the 1:22 mark:

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