Jim Dalrymple.com

Black Label Society’s much anticipated live DVD will hit stores on June 27, according to the group’s official Web site. “Black Label Society: The European Invasion - Doom Troopin’” will feature some of group’s best songs, including several from the newest CD, “Mafia.”

The DVD shows the full show in Paris and 4 tracks from the Astoria in London. Bonus footage includes a 1 hour long On The Road documentary, 3 promo videos taken from the Billboard top 20 album “Mafia” and the making of documentary for the promo video “Suicide Messiah.”Tracklisting:Disc 1 
Paris Chapter


• Stoned and Drunk
• Destruction Overdrive
• Been a Long Time
• Funeral Bell
• Suffering Overdue
• In this River
• Suicide Messiah
• Demise of Sanity
• Spread Your Wings
• Solo Acoustic Jam
• Spoke in the Wheel
• Fire it Up
• Stillborn
• Genocide Junkies

London Chapter


• Been a Long Time
• Suicide Messiah
• Stillborn
• Genocide Junkies

Disc 2


• Backstage Pass - On the Road Documentary.
• Promo videos for Suicide Messiah, Fire it Up and In This River.
• The making of the Suicide Messiah promo video.

The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, has already said that he will only headline select shows at this year’s OzzFest tour, but now Ozzy said he will headline one show on the second stage. The lucky show will be the July 8 stop at San Bernardino, CA’s Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen.

Typically, the second stage is where the hard and heavy action goes on during OzzFest and this year will be no different … well a little different because Ozzy will be there too.

“After 10 years of headlining OZZfest’s main-stage I think it’s time for a change,” said Osbourne. “I haven’t had a chance to play this close to an audience in years and I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to it. So look out LA.”

Headlining the second stage for most of this year’s tour will be Black Label Society headed by Zakk Wylde. Other acts on the second stage include Unearth, All That Remains, Full Blown Chaos and others.

Zakk Wylde’s follow-up to the hugely successful “Mafia” is pretty much completed. “Shot to Hell” will be released to the public in early July, just over a year since Mafia first made its appearance.

The news came in a recent interview in Guitar Player magazine, where they met Zakk in the studio while he was putting the finishing touches on the new album.

Zakk’s new album isn’t the only thing he’s working on. The day they did the interview at the studio in Hollywood, Zakk said he was heading over to Ozzy’s to start writing songs for his new album.

It’s going to be a good year for Zakk fans!

Well, well — decision day is here and the Beatles lost their case against Apple. I don’t know what I expected, but I was kind of surprised that the decision was so succinct.

The Beatles parent company sued Apple because of a 1991 agreement that said Apple would not use its logo with music-related products. Seems like a violation, but under the law the judge said no.

Good for him. Steve Jobs was happy too — he even invited the Beatles to join iTunes. What a good guy that Steve is.

It’s not over yet though — the Beatles will appeal the decision. I guess that means we won’t see any Beatles on iTunes anytime soon.

Yes, that’s right. If you’re Canadian you may have seen the clip on the CTV news — it was about going to the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp in Hollywood, Calif. and playing with The Who’s Roger Daltrey at the House of Blues.

It’s self explanatory, so take it away clip:

Zakk Wylde signed his band Black Label Society to a new record deal with Roadrunner Records to do the follow-up to their hit album “Mafia.” Zakk is currently working on the album, which will be called “Shot to Hell.”

The best guitarist in the world is busy these days. In addition to working on his new album, Zakk has been named as the headliner on the second stage of Ozzfest 2006 and he is writing and recording with Ozzy for his new album. Ozzy has said in recent interviews that he will release a new studio album in 2006.

According to Roadrunner, “Shot to Hell” will be released this summer, although no specific date was released. Zakk is working with producer Michael Beinhorn (Soundgarden, Ozzy Osbourne, Red Hot Chili Peppers) on the new album.

The band’s last album Mafia debuted in March 2005 at #15 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and at #1 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Last week was incredibly busy. It started off with my birthday and ended with a fun weekend with Michael and my father attending the Windsor exhibition. The exhibition had two things that I had never seen before: a truck pull and a demolition derby.

On September 19th I turned 38. I don’t feel that old — I still listen to heavy metal, I’m playing guitar more than ever, work is going well; in short, I feel younger than ever. Maybe I’m just kidding myself — to be sure I think I need to buy a Porsche.

Monique bought me a new Zakk Wylde Overdrive pedal for my guitar, which has made a big difference in the gain level playing my Les Paul. My parents got me a new strap for the guitar and there were other assorted items, as well.

Last weekend Michael, my father and I headed off to a truck pull. I’ve never been to a truck pull before, but it was a lot better than I expected. The amount of money spent of these rigs must be incredible. Many of them were running alcohol and when they powered up it almost blew your eardrums.

Better than the truck pull was the demolition derby. These guys are just insane. They pile in their cars and just go, smashing into anything in their way. Some of the drivers actually had a strategy, but most of them just crashed.

A busy week, but it was a lot of fun.