KNAC has a great new interview with Zakk Wyle where they cover a lot of topics including the infamous "egg tossing" incident at Ozzfest where Sharon Osbourne led the attack against Iron Maiden. Here is Zakk's take on the whole thing: Wylde: Well, the whole thing is ridiculous. What it should have been down to is Mom [Ozzy's wife/manager Sharon Osbourne] should've just talked with their manager and just said, "Hey, look it. Tell your guy to shut the f**k up. And if he mentions one more thing, you guys are off the tour." That's it. You're done. And if their manager, Rod [Smallwood], went over to them — because they're all f**king grown-ups — and said, "Dude, enough of the f**king bagging on The Boss [Ozzy]. First off, it's their f**king tour." And that's the end of the conversation. The minute he goes back there and says, "Oh, f**k this. We don't need a reality TV show, f**k Ozzy, this and that, bla bla bla..." then you know what? Pull the power on them right there. Have a guy sitting on the side of the stage every f**king night and the minute he says one bad thing about Ozzy, break his f**king legs and you're off and you're on your way. That's it. Done.
KNAC.COM: So that's what was really going on? Wylde: It should have never got to eggs. If anyone ever threw eggs at me, I'd break their f**king legs, dude. I'd stop the show right there and whoever was throwing the f**king eggs — I'd f**kin' morgue them. I wouldn't hospitalize them. I'd f**kin' kill them, right there. I'm looking at both sides. If I was Iron Maiden, I'd f**k some people up. And, if I find out who's responsible for it, they're getting f**ked up, too. I mean, I'd never go up onstage and start bagging on whoever the headliner is. If anything, all I ever do is thank the band for letting us play with them. When I opened up for Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Skynyrd, I thought, this is such an honor to be playing with these guys. Why would I say anything bad about them? You know what I mean? And on top of that, you're getting paid. It's so f**kin' ridiculous. It's a f**kin' joke. I had no idea. I was just like, "Whatever, man." I'm telling you right now — the way I would have handled it would be, "Hey, guy. You tell your singer to shut the f**k up or hands down, I'll break his f**kin' neck. I'll break his legs first, then I'll break his f**kin' neck. Then you'll have no singer. So he can't say sh*t. Throw eggs? I'll slit his f**kin' throat, dude. I'd say, "f**k you!" F**kin' throw eggs? Are you f**kin' kidding me? What, are we in second grade here? Come on. Throw eggs? Throw f**kin' grenades, now. You motherf**ker. That whole thing should have just never happened. It should've been, "Tell him to shut up or the guy's off tour." That's it. Then his manager would have said, "Dude, enough of the talking, slagging the headlining act." I mean, how old are we here, dude? How old is Bruce Dickinson? You'd expect that out of an 18-year old, like the Battle of the Bands in high school? What do you think about it?
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