According to organizers of Rocklahoma, Pryor’s annual hard-rock festival, attendees may not bring the following to the event, to be held May 27-29:

• instruments
• knives/weapons, including pocket knives
• chains/chain wallets
• bota bags
• drugs and/or drug paraphernalia
• glass containers
• powdered substances
• metal chairs of any kind
• flagpoles (outside of camping areas)

For those plotting to spend the weekend listening to the likes of Mötley Crüe and Poison while sifting flour, towing vehicles, playing musical chairs and/or claiming the land for an invented country of your own making, you’re out of luck. The complete list of dos and don’ts is available here.

Check out the May 25 Gazette for Rocklahoma coverage, including an interview with Electric Touch.—Rod Lott   

Black Label Society — helmed by veteran metal musician and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde — is just one of many big-name rock acts making its way to Pryor this weekend for Rocklahoma. The four-piece appears at 9:45 p.m. Sunday, between famed addiction rockers Poison and famed addiction rockers Mötley Crüe. (Too bad about that “no powdered substances” policy.)

1. Zakk Wylde is the stage name for the metal icon, who was born with the decidedly un-metal name of Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt.

2. When deciding on a godfather for his son Jesse, Wylde showed a slight lapse in judgment, selecting Ozzy Osbourne to assume the role.

3. If there is anything Wylde loves as much as metal, it’s hot sauce. He’s got his own line of “Berserker” hot sauce products with Blair’s Sauces and Snacks.

4. Black Label Society has higher turnover than telemarketing. The four-piece has run through eight other members in its 13-year existence.

5. Last year, Wylde guested on fellow Rocklahoma act My Darkest Days’ track “Porn Star Dancing” with Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger and Ludacris, but no porn stars. —Joshua Boydston