“I had to have a spare liver and pancreas on ice… Then I missed my flight, and that’s when the comedy really began”: Zakk Wylde tells the story behind his infamous Guitar World cover with Dimebag Darrell

Guitar World March 2003 cover featuring Zakk Wylde and Dimebag Darrell with in full camo clothing and facepaint, with camo finish guitars and dyed beards.

Matthew Salacuse’s cover photo for Guitar World March 2003 is one for the ages. Not only does it capture two of metal guitar’s leading lights, Zakk Wylde and Dimebag Darrell, comrades in arms with their camo signature guitars, it speaks to a more innocent era when such photo shoots could be enlivened by a little mischief – and, yes, some alcohol.

Recollections? Wylde says he can’t remember a thing. But he does remember the whole thing got him in big trouble with wife…