Hey everyone thanks for watching! So I said Brad Gillis was fired but by like all accounts he left of his own volition to continue with Night Ranger and make the hit “Sister Christian” and thus he more likely FIRED OZZY from HIS LIFE. Chalk that one up to my brain damage, I did him dirty! Let it be known. Love ya

@samthompson1843

17 күн бұрын

Do your best to cope with a toxic ozzy and have credentials to your name down the road or go record Sister Christian with a wack ass band like night ranger....guess he didn't want a legacy lol

@jaycoleman8062

16 күн бұрын

We saw Brad play shortly after Randy's passing. Brad was fantastic.

@VioletDeliriums

15 күн бұрын

i dont think that brad gillis's style really suits ozzy's music.

@jaycoleman8062

15 күн бұрын

@@MadSciRexieFi He stepped up when he had to. Not an enviable position. We saw night ranger the next year at the same place when they opened up for kiss

@phantomf4747

15 күн бұрын

@@MadSciRexieFi I’m a big big fan of Black Label Society too. Same sound like he plays with Ozzy, much more “metal” and Zakk’s vocals are hardcore. A saw BLS at Aftetshock and the ripped off a killer set.

jake e lee is my fav ozzy guitarist.

@GerhardGeficky-jg4ok

13 күн бұрын

Sadly Jake never recovered from the firing. Ozzy and Sharon ruined him just like many employers destroy careers.

@evanoglesby9504

11 күн бұрын

He’s everyone’s fave

@VioletDeliriums

11 күн бұрын

@@evanoglesby9504 maybe it was comment bait for the video poster to act like he wasn't?

@VioletDeliriums

11 күн бұрын

@@GerhardGeficky-jg4ok The problem may have been that Jake E Lee was more of a guitarist than musician? I think it was a common problem among 80s guitar gods who followed Rhoads and Van Halen. They worked on the techniques more than the music. I love Jake E Lee as a guitarist and I think he is a good musician in the context of another songwriters great song, but he was never able to be compelling enough to start his own thing. Even Satriani and Vai and Malmsteen are boring to me, because they are also guitarists but not musicians. Music is not about just doing just a bunch of magic tricks onstage; it is about using songs to say something (more important than "look how great i play") that resonates with an audience. Lots of musicians actually suck at guitar, or any instrument (including voice) but they create music that people can relate to, and it is not just because people that don't get the shred are idiots. Shred, esp. in the 80s, can seem quite assholishly macho. But when shred is put into the service of a message (and is not the message itself) than it can be effective. I have a good idea what Ozzy's message to the world is all the way back to Black Sabbath, but what is Jake E. Lee's message to the world? As "great "of a guitarist he is (at least by shred standards of greatness), He's never made a compelling musical statement of his message to us.

@richardreed7350

9 күн бұрын

Nah Brad Gillis was better

Bro, Joe Holmes was AMAZING live. He never gets enough credit because he wasn't on any albums. Dude was LEGIT.

@gattingbowledwarne

17 күн бұрын

Saw him at ozzfest in 98. Awesome.

@drewb007

17 күн бұрын

Damn right. Also a really good guy. His band (Farmikos) was also great but only put out one album. I also saw him live with Ozzy in Sioux Falls SD on the Retirement Sucks tour and Joe was incredible.

@jeffblosser7219

17 күн бұрын

Joe's a buddy of mine, used to go to his house and watch his band TERRIFF play on Friday nights. Same time he was taking lessons from Randy Rhoads.

@MasterSumai

15 күн бұрын

And he was a student of Randy Rhoads 😊

@TJ_775

15 күн бұрын

He is very good but I find his vibrato is usually a bit out, not as precise as Zak or Jake for sure......I think Jake was the best actually of all

Jake E Lee ultimate sin best album imo

Love all of Ozzy's guitarists, especially Jake E. Lee. Great vid and great editing.

Jake playing is amazing.

Jake E Lee ruled... needs more credit. Randy Rhodes was one the greatest all time players.

@evanoglesby9504

11 күн бұрын

Needs more credit?? Like, 90% of Ozzy fans claim him as their favorite. What do you mean he needs more credit?

I was fortunate enough to see Ozzy with Randy 2X, Jake 3X and Zakk 2x. All different flavors, but all AWESOME.

@mikejessmax

15 күн бұрын

I saw Ozzy twice. First time on the Ozzmosis tour with Joe Holmes on guitar. Was a bit disappointed because I never heard Zakk couldn't do the tour despite of having played on the album. The second was a few years later and Zakk was back. Great to see him live.

@kurtzcol

13 күн бұрын

well said sir they are all awesome in there own way

@rzrcoote01

9 күн бұрын

Lucky B#st#rd

@dalebingham9074

9 күн бұрын

jealous!

@phantomf4747

8 күн бұрын

@@dalebingham9074 Hey we always have KZread bro!!!

Randy Rhoads totally SAVED Ozxy's career single handedly ! Taught him how to write music ! Randy Rhoads was and still is TOTAL FUCKING GENIUS !!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

@johnkatsoudas4767

18 күн бұрын

Bob Daisley waa extremely important to Ozzy's solo career as well as Randy on the first two Ozzy albums.

@SJ-ty5rw

17 күн бұрын

I don't think Ozzy ever learned how to write . Bob Daisley was asked to come back to write for Bark at the Moon .

@BlueberryStinkFinger62

16 күн бұрын

Rhoads was a good Guitarist period he was nothing compared to EVH .. Jimi Hendrix and few others Rhoads never even received best guitarist of the year when he was alive..EVH Ruled that from 1978 into the 2000's

@morningstar577

16 күн бұрын

​@@BlueberryStinkFinger62you're goddamn right about that!

@user-vh4jf8bo5m

16 күн бұрын

Jake e lee. RR sucks

Zakk is the reason i picked up a guitar and decided to learn to play.

Thanks for the nice mention & very well done video! 👍🏻👍🏻😎

@MadSciRexieFi

17 күн бұрын

😯Thanks Gus! I'm totally doing the Wayne and Garth "We're not worthy!!" bow to you right now!

randy rhoads and jake e lee the better better better better better.

Jake E was always my favorite.

@keithkoenig5320

15 күн бұрын

I saw Ozzy with Randy Rhoads. He was awesome. I didn't care for Jack E Lee as much. Last time I saw Ozzy live, Gus G was his guitarist and he was really cool.

Wait, where's Brad Gillis? Come on, man, are you trying to tell me that the Speak of the Devil album doesn't really count or exists in an alternate timeline??

@burnz0021

12 күн бұрын

He's mentioned quickly right after Randy

@joeylodes

7 күн бұрын

Monstrous versions of Sabbath classics on that album. Since it was my very first exposure to Black Sabbath’s music as a kid , I still to this day prefer some of the Speak versions to the originals. Brad did a fantastic job for Ozzy. Doesn’t get nearly enough credit.

I had Zakk Wyld on my shoulders at the Backroom club in Austin, back in the mid 90's. He put my cowboy hat on and I pranced him around the place!~ Memories!~

Brad Gillis was not fired he chose to leave because Night Ranger was just about to take off and he preferred to stay with them.

@Mr.H0LLYW00D

14 күн бұрын

Probably the only ozzy guitar player to not get totally ripped off by ozzy & co.

@epmcdonald4562

8 күн бұрын

​@@Mr.H0LLYW00D cause he would get his ass kicked...

@GerhardGeficky-jg4ok

Күн бұрын

Brad is a good guitar player

Great info on joe holmes. I didnt realize he was with Ozzy for that long. Jake and Randy will always be in my top 5. Good stuff👍👍

Jake E. Lee seriously deserves more attention. Bark at the Moon and Ultimate Sin hold up just as well as Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of A Madman.

I gotta say. GREAT video. Here I thought that I was all up to speed on all of Ozzie’s guitarist. Hell I didn’t know some of those players played for him. So yeah, sure, I’ve learned some things. Ozzie has always had his pic of the litter.

Zakk as always been my favorite. He just had everything and not just the playing but the songwriting abilities the look and some of the coolest guitars ever made. Zakk, Randy Rhoads, and Dimebag are my three favorite guitarists of all time

@12floz67

20 сағат бұрын

And unlike Jake, Zakk has better success after Ozzy.

Man, these videos are great. Not only do you approach niche topics seldom covered otherwise, but the down-to-earth approach that focuses on actual lived experience/preference and what it was like at the time means you can avoid the bells and whistles that other creators rely on and just focus on substance. Cheers and keep up the great work!

Well done. Great video with amazing content I've never seen before. Excellent job sir.

Glad to see Jake is getting some deserved appreciation in the comments.

Nicely put together. It was entertaining. it was fun and you presented it well. Thanks for the good. Thumbs up for you man 💯

This is an awesome and in depth video. Well done.

Great video. Definitely be checking out your other content.

I would love to visit the alternate universe where Randy and Cliff Burton lived and worked together on some music. I think they would have been a really interesting pairing.

I saw Randy twice live... Capitol theater Passaic Nj Apr 81 and The Palladium NYC May 81....studio albums cant compare to him live...just unbelivable.

@timsmith8506

17 күн бұрын

I’m very jealous. I would have loved to see him live!

@worstknightmayor4439

16 күн бұрын

The one guitarists I never seen but wanted to. I ended up seeing Brad Gillis.

Great video . From what I have read Brad was not fired . He was offered the opportunity to stay but he chose to go back to Night Ranger .

@danriley5848

17 күн бұрын

Exactly right.

Amazing video and great critique of these amazing guitarists!🤘🏻🤘🏻

Excellent vid . All those guitar players are exceptional ! Randy a cut above the rest and Jake being my favourite ( i got into Ozzy with the bark at the moon album).

Excellent work! I've been a huge Ozzy fan since the early eighties, read tons of magazine articles and books, listened to interviews and seen many videos. This video is so well done. You put a lot of effort into this and it shows!

@worstknightmayor4439

16 күн бұрын

Me to, big fan . I just wish there was more live Randy footage. There isn't much.

What I would give to see Jake E. Lee and Randy form a super group. Imagine the riffs that would gove life to.

We need to pay more attention to Joe Holmes, loved his playing live, so underrated

@TheDustyShed

14 күн бұрын

Saw him with Ozzy twice. The first performance (Brixton) was far from polished with a few glances of frustration from Ozzy. The next was much later in Memphis. By then the band was tight but Joes stage presence was weak with him mostly walking in small circles on his side of the stage.

Great Video! Thanks! Great times from Rhodes to Wilde!

Randy was a God to me as a young beginner guitarist in the early 80’s

Wow I’m a first time viewer and wow thank you for this video. Spot on !!🤘🎸 I look forward to watching more of your material ✌️

another brilliant video, thank you! i was never interested in ozzy's solo career but i might just check some of those albums out now.

@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle

18 күн бұрын

check out Ozzy's second band then, Blizzard of ozz they changed the game and surpassed Black Sabbath .

@brandonjackson5865

18 күн бұрын

From Blizzard up until No More Tears are all pretty awesome. I wasn’t really into Ozzy when I was younger but Randy, Jake, and Zakk, but an honorable mention has to go to Brad Gillis, he filled in between Randy’s death until Jake joined and they recorded Speak of the Devil and if you’re into guitar it’s a must listen Brad Gillis stepped into an impossible job and he absolutely killed it. They played a bunch of Sabbath tunes on it too. Gillis was always intended to be a temporary member of the band, he was helping them make the dates they were committed to, he wasn’t fired he was just filling in and always was going through with Night Ranger .

@Flugmorph

18 күн бұрын

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Blizzard of Ozz is an album. this whole video was about ozzy's "solo" band, did you pay attention?

Well done video, the lore of Ozzy will forever ring!

I didn’t really get turned on to Ozzy until the 90s when Zach was the guitarist and I was hooked. BLS!

This was well done. Bravo.

This was a good essay. Covered everything so well.

Jake E. Lee for me nr. 1.And Bark at The Moon and Ultimate Sin is Ozzys best album, mostly because of Jake.

This was pretty cool, good job.

I always thought it was cool of Ozzy to feature an acoustic guitar instrumental on his debut record as a solo artist.

When I was an adolescent, he’d only had 1. Not much of a discussion. Also, Brad wasn’t fired. He left voluntarily after the tour to focus on Night Ranger.

I first saw ozzy in 1988. Zakk was on fire. Though seeing Zakk with Pride and Glory was so amazing. Later in the mid 90s I saw ozzy with Joe Holmes. Joe surprised me bigtime. I wish I got to see Badlands.

Well played sir........ well played.

Very well done dude 🤘

Randy was the greatest rock guitarist of his time, period. I think he is the greatest metal /hard rock player of all time. Keep in mind, Randy was plying like this in the mid 70’s! The man was completely ahead of his time and influenced generations of guitarist. Jake is so underrated. He is a master of the instrument and his song writing is top notch. Zakk, one of the best to ever do it. All three of these guys are in my top 5 favorite guitarist.

Long live Ozzy!!!! And damn good video my brother!!!

Always thought Jake was an amazing guitarists and really loved those 2 albums he played on - first 4 albums are classics - saw Zakk when Ozzy did a short UK tour to break him in - middle of Summer at Manchester Ritz ( which rarely had gigs then) I thought the ballroom floor was going to collapse it was bouncing so much !!!

I got to see randy Rhoades with ozzy in pine bluff arkansas

Settles on Gillis?! Dude is amazing

outstanding video!

Seeing Jake E Lee live in 1984 on the BATM tour, as a kid, was literally life changing for me.

It's a shame all these great guitarists can't be mentioned without being called Ozzy's guitarist. They all deserve recognition on their own.

@hieinh

19 сағат бұрын

Well most of his guitarists that the fame they achieved

My first concert was Ozzy........ Metallica was opening act promoting Ride the Lightning. Blew my mind!

Should have played Jake’s live Suicide Solution solo…….

AWESOME vid! Can't even put into words how much I miss Jake... What an absolute MASTER!!! CRIMINALLY underappreciated! I'm no "expert" by any stretch of the imagination; but, Jake was the only real rival to Eddie that I could see at the time. They even kinda' looked alike...

@shaunclifton5281

14 күн бұрын

Jake was MAGIC

@Star-qc4br

13 күн бұрын

@@shaunclifton5281 AGREED!!!!!

@shaunclifton5281

13 күн бұрын

@Star-qc4br That hopping up the steps backwards, his whole freakin vibe and everything. I Love Randy, but I am such a huge Jake fan. The Osbournes screw everyone over and screw everything up. That was my favorite Ozzy era. I know he hated it, but I love the wild outfits, the stage production , the hair Ozzy had then, All of that era.

@Star-qc4br

12 күн бұрын

@@shaunclifton5281 I couldn't agree more! I think the thing that so many either forget or overlook about that era is that it was just plain FUN! Vince Neil said a while back that the drive about that whole scene was to forget about your everyday worries, go out to a show and have a blast! I LOVE THAT! Sadly, it's also sorely missed... As for Jake... Jake isn't just a master musician, he's an amazing showman. The man has an air about him that no one, save for maybe Eddie, could match. Not to take anything away from other giants of the guitar, Jake is unique. He can play circles around most other guitarists, look incredible while doing it during a show and yet remain humble about himself and one of the nicest guys you'd probably ever meet. A LEGEND!

Your comments are very well thought out. I appreciate your perspective. It's not all fluff like a lot of KZread channels are. I'm in on subscribing to you.

Bernie Torme class guitarist, great records with Gillian

Your comments about each guitarist is a like poetry.

George Lynch was supported to be 🎸 before JAKE E. LEE. Ozzy chose Jake E. Lee at the eleventh hour. All these 🎸 are amazing. Amazing video

@hieinh

19 сағат бұрын

He should have listened to his instincts the first time

That's a very well done video

Sharron did get Ozzy together but as a manager she ruined him.

Cool narration brother! Thanks! Enjoyed it !

Joe Holmes was one of Randy's students

These comments are like a breath of fresh air. Thank you for the kind words.

I love Joe Holmes playing, also he recorded an amazing album with his band Farmikos in 2014

of course they all rocked. We forget how young sometimes Zakk was to be so talented as he was.

Well done Sir🤘🤘🤘

Let’s not forget Bernie Torme.

@SteveLeSueur-ju6hg

3 күн бұрын

Torme was great with Ian Gillian band glory road I think that was the name of Ian's heaviest album

I attended a few Ozzy shows with Zakk before he started shooting roids. And Jake was a BEAST; he was one of the very few metal players that didn't use a wigglestick guitar; Dave Meniketti of Y&T was another.

awesome vid

Glad you focused on Mr. Crowley. I had a Picture disc of Ozzy and the Live version of Crowley on that was the best. Glad you mentioned Bernie Torme Bernie was a hero to go into that position. Randy recently died, Ozzy and the band depressed. Bernie said he couldn't hear the others at MSG yet he played on. Jake E. Lee was good too. Too many waning songs with Zach but No more tears was great.

I seen Ozzy in 1996. I was unaware that Zach was not playing with him and I was so depressed about it.. I love that I got to see Ozzy but I was really really down that I didn't get to see Zack with him 🥴

Bernie Torme is one. Also all these auditions that were done with Alex Skolnick, George Lynch... Steve Vai...

I notice Zakk borrowed a lick from Hotel California at the end of his solo on Mama I'm Coming Home.

Jake E Lee!!!!!!

I saw Ozzy with Zakk in Pennsylvania around 2018 was one of the best concert I ever saw

This whole topic of looking back at all his past guitarist was probably the most talked and debated conversations among fans and young amateur guitarist the world over mainly cause I can't think of another solo artist that had so many incredibly talented top tier players .I think we can all agree it was Rhoads that revived Ozzys career from the brink of obscurity to bring something so new .unique and gratifying to fans and the first to come along with the same kind of brilliance and abilities that Eddie Van Halen had brought to the industry a few years earlier when he reinvented the wheel and showed wat was actually possible from the instrument .but brought even a higher quality of songwriting with much more complexity in Randy's compositions blending classical music with Heavy Metal that came off sounding so haunting and mysterious as music from centuries past .but more than anything raised the bar for other young talented players that were influenced by the groundbreaking playing of Eddie and Randy .these two changed the game just as much as Jimi Hendrix .Jimmy Page .Jeff Beck .Eric Clapton had done decades earlier . In a way Ozzy owes his entire career to the guitar players that he chose to surround himself with .they all were the cornerstones of his music and.the key to his success .truly the heart and soul of his band from start to finish

Good job, dude.

I don't believe it is accurate, that Brad Gillis was fired from Ozzy. I think he was offered the gig, but chose to go back to his original band Night Ranger, who had some hit songs like Don't Tell Me You Love Me and Sister Christian, out around that time. I saw Brad with Ozzy at Alpine Valley Wisc., and he did an incredible job of filling in for Randy Rhoads, on I believe only about 10-14 days notice!

I got to see all of these guitarists play live with Ozzy, except Gus G. 🤘🏼

Ozzy is Ozzy

All of them were phenomenal guitaris...t, I loved Randy and Jake... Zack was something else. And damn the man could play 💪🔥💯🎸

Brad Gillis wasn't fired. He only came on temporary, until Night Ranger got a record contract.

Mr Jake E Lee rules !!

J-Jake E. Lee… 🥺

Honestly it was a good thing Iommi and Butler weren’t on this list. The music they made was an absolute game-changer, revolutionary in a way that transcends genres and cements itself in history. Iommi was a riff machine well beyond anything that came later with Ozzy’s solo career. Rhoads was absolutely an amazing guitarist and advanced his instrument in the metal genre, but it’s one thing to forward a genre and it’s a whole other thing to create one.

At one point after Randy there was a young guitarist named Curtis Fairchild who played with Ozzy.

Randy's outro tapping riff on "Flying High Again" was shown to him by George Lynch.

I remember being a Kid and see the video from mr Crowley and get insane thinking "well, this is what I want for life"

Jake e Lee was the player who got my attention,played great looked the part & fit right in.

4:25 - 4:37 😂 that’s the best description of what happened when Ozzy went from UK Metal to US Hard Rock. ❤

Good vid

I think the only reason Ozzy became anything after Sabbath is because if Randy and Bob Daisley writing the kick ass tunes. The world was a lot different in 1980, i remember because I was ten years old that year and "crazy train" blew up on rock radio. There was no MTV yet, definitely no KZread lol, so radio was everything back then, every city had at least two big rock radio stations, usually three, so good songs were the only way anyone was going to get anywhere. That song writing magic from Randy and Bob's doesn't grow on trees.

Joe went to my school, he used to bring his Marshall head to my buddy Tim Bieners house and crank it thru a little amp (crate maybe?). He played a couple open parties at my house in the late 70’s in the SF Valley when that was a thing. Agree, totally legit guitar player.

Geez Brad was epic. Speak of the Devil is one of the best selling Ozzy albums ever. How could miss him?