Zakk Wylde
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Zakk Wylde is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his long tenure with Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zakk Wylde canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11721466 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zakk Wylde Context triple: [Gibson Les Paul, famousPlayer, Zakk Wylde]
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A.
Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate is an American singer best known as the former lead vocalist of the progressive metal band Queensrÿche.
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B.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
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C.
Vinnie Vincent
Vinnie Vincent is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his brief but influential early-1980s tenure in the rock band Kiss and for leading the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
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D.
Chris Ethridge
Chris Ethridge was an American bassist best known for his work with country-rock groups like the Flying Burrito Brothers and for recording and touring with major artists including Willie Nelson.
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E.
Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley is an Australian bassist and songwriter best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne and numerous other hard rock and heavy metal acts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zakk Wylde Target entity description: Zakk Wylde is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his long tenure with Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society.
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A.
Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate is an American singer best known as the former lead vocalist of the progressive metal band Queensrÿche.
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B.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
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C.
Vinnie Vincent
Vinnie Vincent is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his brief but influential early-1980s tenure in the rock band Kiss and for leading the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
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D.
Chris Ethridge
Chris Ethridge was an American bassist best known for his work with country-rock groups like the Flying Burrito Brothers and for recording and touring with major artists including Willie Nelson.
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E.
Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley is an Australian bassist and songwriter best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne and numerous other hard rock and heavy metal acts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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heavy metal musician ⓘ human ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Black Label Society
NERFINISHED
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Derek Sherinian NERFINISHED ⓘ Generation Axe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ozzy Osbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Pantera NERFINISHED ⓘ Pride & Glory NERFINISHED ⓘ Zakk Sabbath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beganPracticingSeriouslyAtAge | 14 ⓘ |
| birthName | Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-01-14 ⓘ |
| debutedWith | Ozzy Osbourne album "No Rest for the Wicked" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | Jackson Memorial High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Wylde Audio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founderOf | Black Label Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
groove metal
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hard rock ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ southern rock ⓘ |
| hairColor | blond ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Hayley Rae Wylde
NERFINISHED
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Hendrix Halen Wylde NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse John Michael Wylde NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabbath Page Wylde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignatureProduct |
EMG Zakk Wylde pickup set
NERFINISHED
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Gibson Zakk Wylde Les Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Wylde Audio guitars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Al Di Meola
NERFINISHED
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Eddie Van Halen NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Marino NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Page NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Rhoads NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Iommi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
acoustic guitar
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guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bullseye guitar design
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heavy use of pentatonic scales in solos ⓘ long blond hair and beard ⓘ pinch harmonic guitar technique ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Black Label Society
NERFINISHED
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Ozzy Osbourne band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | long tenure as guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Black Label Society album "Mafia"
NERFINISHED
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Black Label Society album "Stronger Than Death" NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Label Society album "The Blessed Hellride" NERFINISHED ⓘ solo album "Book of Shadows II" NERFINISHED ⓘ solo album "Book of Shadows" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
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musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bayonne, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Eagle Records
NERFINISHED
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Entertainment One Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Roadrunner Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Spitfire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Barbaranne Wylde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Zakk Wylde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startedPlayingGuitarAtAge | 8 ⓘ |
| tourParticipation |
Black Label Society world tours
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Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears tour NERFINISHED ⓘ Ozzy Osbourne No More Tours tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMusicalEquipment |
Gibson Les Paul guitar
NERFINISHED
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bullseye-finish Gibson Les Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceType | baritone rock vocalist ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Zakk Wylde Description of subject: Zakk Wylde is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his long tenure with Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.