Zakk Wylde Claims Aerosmith Are “As Phoney As Britney Spears”

Zakk Wylde has laid into Aerosmith and professional songwriters in an interview with Gibson guitars.

We love Zakk Wylde basically because he writes huge fucking riffs and has a no-bullshit approach to life and here, he’s taking no prisoners with Aerosmith.

“I laugh when I go into a music store and there’s a title called How To Write Songs,” says Wylde. “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 Zeppelin 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.”

Click here to check out the full interview.