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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Phil Weller

“Ozzy and Sharon were skeptical about my guitar shape. They felt it looked too weird”: When Ozzy Osbourne tried to convince Gus G to change his guitar of choice

Gus G and Ozzy Osbourne -.

Long before Gus G replaced Zakk Wylde in Ozzy Osbourne’s band, the Greek shredder was playing star-shaped guitars. But its pointed silhouette was almost too much for the Prince of Darkness.

Having made his name in the power metal band, Firewind, Gus G helped Ozzy reinvent his sound on 2010’s Scream, when he was brought in as Zakk Wylde's replacement. But speaking in the new issue of Guitar World, Gus G says Ozzy pushed for him to switch up his instrument.

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