Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne fame has slammed what he sees as fakes in the rock industry - including Aerosmith, Metallica and professional songwriters.
In an interview with Gibson.com the guitarist explains he believes in honesty and strength, and if you don't have those you have "no business making records".
He says: "I laugh when I go into a music store and there's a title called How To Write Songs. You can't teach someone how to write a song.
"Angus Young didn't need books to learn to write Hells Bells. The musicians I grew up on and loved - like Led Zepelling and Jimi Hendrix - it's their names on their songs. That's the beauty of buying a record by a real artist.
"Appetite for Destruction was written by Guns n'Roses, not some weak-asses like those lame songwriters on Aerosmith. Aerosmith wrote great songs like Dream On and Back in the Saddle when they were on booze and drugs.
"Next thing you know, they get sober and bring songwriters in, and then it's the most watered-down shit. If you can't write songs you're as phoney as Britney Spears. You don't have any business making records."
Wylde cites the example of him writing songs for Ozzy, including Love Reign Down about his mother dying and Bleed For Me about God, while professional writers who'd been brought in came up with the following lyric for the Prince of Darkness:
Girl you are so pretty
Girl you are so fine
I brought you this flower
Girl will you be mine
He says: "Ozz is just sitting there saying nothing and I'm saying, 'You're joking, right? Am I getting punked?' Everyone wants to get their two cents in, if they've earned it or not."
He goes on to slag off Metallica for hiring counsellors when things got a little rough for them in the Some Kind of Monster era: "When I say the guys I said, 'What were you thinking?'
"Who needs a psychiatrist? I've been married 24 years. I'm gonna get in fights with the wife and that's life - you got the highs and the lows.
"You're in a band, you're gonna fight, you're gonna get over it or it wasn't meant to be any more. Tough times don't last - tough people do. I've got no time for weak-willed bullshit. Get tough or get out."
from http://www.rockradio.co.uk
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