File this under “Things We Never Knew We Urgently Needed” — heavy metal icon Zakk Wylde shredding on a tiny Hello Kitty guitar as part of Loudwire’s delightful and random series.
Watch above as Wylde — Ozzy Osbourne’s former guitarist and founder of the band Black Label Society — performs Black Sabbath’s “N.I.B” with some help from animated Ozzy cat cartoons.
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Told from the point of view of Satan, the song, according to lyricist Geezer Butler, is “about the devil falling in love and totally changing, becoming a good person.” And what better symbol of hope and renewal than a child’s toy featuring a mouth-less Japanese cartoon character? THERE ARE NONE.
Wylde is known for his hard-charging stage presence, vicious soloing, and lightning speed, so if anyone can make a Hello Kitty guitar sound playable, it’s him. But we’ll let you be the ultimate judge.
Also part of Loudwire’s video set is Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee playing a remarkably mournful Death Cab for Cutie song on a Hello Kitty keyboard and Mike Portnoy angrily jamming on a Hello Kitty drum set. “I requested Pokemon!” he huffs.