George Lynch Remembers His Brutal Ozzy Firing
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- #UltimateGuitar exclusive: #Dokken guitarist George #Lynch talked about auditioning for #Ozzy Osbourne's band twice in the early days and being very close to landing the gig as the successor of late Randy Rhoads. Read the full interview here: www.ultimate-g...
▶ CHECK OUT OUR FREE APPS:
iTunes goo.gl/KcJMsj
GOOGLE PLAY goo.gl/MjTssy
▶UG MERCH: goo.gl/sFUQJ8
▶LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: goo.gl/jyzE6a
▶FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: goo.gl/86YGWE
▶INSTAGRAM: goo.gl/Kd4kuP
Yep, Sharon, that's all you had to say....
ScareCro on the other hand if it weren’t for that feminist Ozzy probably wouldn’t be alive today.
She’s a vile woman her Dad was a gangster and she learned her management style from him
Wow. George is so candid in this, how could you NOT appreciate his total honesty? Brutal.
Very dick move by Ozzy and Sharon dismissing him in front of Jake that way.
my first thought...his humility in telling the whole unflattering story. And when he got the chance to dish on some of the Osbourne shenanigans, he discreetly passes.
But I thought he was in Dokkan recording tooth n nail I mean didnt pilson say wtf r u doing
Osbournes suck..period
Yep. George is always pretty open in interviews. Our luck that Ozzy fired him. F--k Ozzy and f--k Sharon.
George is a classy dude. He's honest and straight forward. Love to hear that.
So classy he broke the unwritten rule of outting a front man for being bald. That's a little petty.
Jake E. Lee has more class in his pinky than Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have in their whole body.
Dont drag Ozzy in this...he most of the times had no clue what was going on....the real nasty one was Sharon....at the end of the day she is Don Arden's daughter...a chip of the ol' crook😂
He does...he just don't wants to do the "dirty job"...@@robertpavlicart1332
@@robertpavlicart1332 Not having a clue is no excuse, just like driving drunk isn't. Ozzy made millions while not having a clue...
@@robertpavlicart1332Ozzy is a $$$#_Hole
@@AristotelezzOzzy knew exactly what was happening! Ozzy was always greedy and treated his band members like dirt!
And Ozzy never gave Jake writing credit so it was better for George in the long run.
Correction. Sharon never gave Jake credit.
@Craig Willis 👍 maybe Jake finally hired a lawyer by then😁
@Craig Willis 👍 I'm glad Jake is recording and touring again. Seen him with Ozzy Joe Louis Arena Detroit 1984 Motley Crue opened. Years later I seen him with Badlands they opened up for Great White and Tesla Palace of Auburn Hills Michigan. Jake is amazing. Love his raw sound.
@Craig Willis Ray was good
@Craig Willis 🤣
Lynch always seemed to me like a class act. Confirmed here yet again.
His guitar tone and playing says it all. His personality , too is what makes fans continuously follow his career.
It's cool that George Lynch is so humble. Great dude!
Big fan of George Lynch, Dokken, Lynch Mob. Don't know why his name never comes up when they talk about great guitarists.
All good guitar players know about George lynch,i didn't know he auditioned for ozzy though,, another guitar player screwed over by ozzy & co,
Because his hair is short. That's why his name never comes up when they talk about great guitarists. Just like he said. What a lame excuse.
He cranks the delay and flanger and then plays as fast as he can but it is mostly 2 note flutters up and down the neck and the delay makes it sound like he is playing double speed and the flanger is set so deep and loud to make up for the sour notes that don't make sense.
its like audio smoke and mirrors. That's why you never saw him as a gun slinger for major acts. Ozzy heard the same thing and that's why he never even brought him out on stage. I know of only one decent riff he's done and has used it on at least 4 different songs changed slightly. So not very creative. If only his hair was longer. M...HM.
That's what ticks me off about Ozzy. Is the way he and his organization treats people and conducts their business.
They have a well documented history of not paying people and taking credit for other people's work. It's pretty sad.
Mike Boardley It’s all Sharon. Ozzie does what she tells him to do. She pushes him out on stage every night.
Never ever do business with Brits
What a sincere person, but at least it worked out with Dokken for him.
Sincere is the last word I'd describe him with. He is a fucking asshole who tries to lie about Don every chance he can get.
@@MalikJahrome it sounds like you're living in the clouds.. Don is the a-hole.. I saw him in the early 2000's when the washed up bastard was doing a county fair tour and he was terrible! He got frustrated and started yelling at the crowd. A real un-professional dude. George was not at the pig-fest..
Ya playing with Dokken and Lynch Mob payed off compared to the money he would of made playing with Ozzy..lol
@@murphshall Is that why George fuckin blatantly lies about Don every chancr he can fucking get, yet Don has been complimenting Lynch his entire fucking career. Yeah okay pal.
Cloud you have no idea how genuine this guy is, I have been lucky to have met him several times over the years and one that payed off with a half hour talk just me and my brother after we were late to a meet and greet before a lynch mob show last year, Mason was awesome and George, class act every single time
I saw George at a small bar in Bakersfield CA maybe 15 years ago. There were 40-50 people there. Got to watch the master play his heart out like there were 20,000 from 10 feet away. It was amazing!
Join us on his Patreon page, he treats us like gold.
He isn't that good
@@unknownkingdom You know what they say about opinions don't you?
Met Lynch at Guitar Center in Richmond, VA a few years back - super nice guy👍
When I hear this story, it just breaks my heart, how can anybody be so callous, George is such a humble person and great player.
George is a class act ant in the top 3 of the guitarist that came out of La in the late 70s
True he was one of the axemen that got my attention from jump.
EDDY, RAHNDY AND GEORGE
I'd add Mic Marrs!
Jesus, learn how to spell, people!
@Rob T
George Lynch got famous during the 80's, but he was in gigging bands in LA during the late 70's, as Chris stated in this post. So maybe try actually informing yourself before attempting to correct others.
George could've said he quit to start his own band (Dokken) and he said that Jake was great. He's definitely a cool dude. And a badass guitarist
Rusty Harvey 😂. Pssst. Hey Dokken wasn’t George’s band either. It’s Don Dokken’s band. 😂😂
@@flukyreview9128 yeah I know but he could've lied and said he didn't get fired and I thought he was a founding member of Dokken (maybe not) but still a badass guitarist in my opinion
I can't respect jake anymore after what he's said about mick mars
Omar Syed yea? What did Jake say?
@@flukyreview9128 he was talking about how mick sucks and jake should have gotten into motley crue instead because he's better looking and a better player. Sounds like pure bitterness because of their success since he didn't say this till the dirt came out
I am sure it sucked for George at the time, but I think he dodged a bullet how it played out...
Didn't think of it like that,you have a point,but I think it would have worked out for him,the future
is akin to a meandering river,I think the fact that he would have been there would have changed
the future.
He dodged a shot in the dark.
@@Nubias You know that Jake e lee was in Ratt at the time when he got the Ozzy gig so if George wasn’t fired from Ozzy then we would have never had ratt with Warren demartini or Dokken with George Lynch
Great point vixen, just like if dug from kings x would’ve went to play with deep purple we wouldn’t of had kings x, awesome opportunity but glad he turned it down, years later we get dug and George Lynch jamming out lol
Big time !
Damn, George with Ozzy would have been off the hook. George, you’re a gentleman and thank you for your contribution to rock n roll !
I have met George, he is one stand up professional and a pleasure to be around. Thank god Ozzy turned him loose as we benefited to a huge degree. Thanks for all the great music George.
......and after all these years George is still fantastic
George, what doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
George is a humble, decent, down-to-earth dude who plays the guitar amazingly and with his own immediately recognizable voice... what an inspiration.
Unless you had to work with him in the studio where he was a real jerk apparently.
@@Fearzero people with massive talents always irk the mediocre....
@@MisterGuitarItaliaLots of talented jerks out there.
I'm surprised this didn't go into the other weird part about that time in George's career. He left Dokken to do that pre-Jake trial with Ozzy, then Warren Demartini took over on Dokken. When George didn't get the Ozzy gig, he got a spot on Ratt. Then he and Warren thought that setup was ridiculous and switched back with each other to their proper bands again.
Hahaha yeah and Warren learned a lot from Lynch, that's why he sounds a bit similar.
Warren showed him how to play a lot of songs he said he's no good at playing other people songs
Glad it worked out the way it did. 'Dream Warriors', 'Paris is Burning,' 'Lightning Strikes'...Dokken rocks.
I went to see yngwie in denver late 90s in some small club downtown, george opened the show and he was just amazing, ill never forget he blew yngwie away, i was never a george fan till that way, the man is amazing!!!
They're two different types of styles... the world is big enough to love both of them and more!
yep he is the best ive heard in my life.
Always a class act and one of the best technical players around.
Ozzy Osbourne's famous line "I love you aaaalllll!!!" Apparently not for many of the people that worked for him...
I was stationed in Germany in 1988 or 89 and saw Dokken and AC/DC. I was front row at the stage. GL was a beast and is still one of my favorite guitarist. He is completely underrated.
What have you smoked? George is not by ANY stretch of imagination underrated.
Not underrated but well respected
Why must you people always use that stupid word on rock videos? Lynch is currently #46 out of 100 all time best guitarists in the world. Pleas explain to us dumb people below your comment, how that makes him “underrated”??
If you go on a Steve vai or Yngwie video you people use the same word loosely for no reason. They’re both so underrated. Jesus no they aren’t. Go on a cars video. “Elliot Easton is so underrated” no he’s not. Hes in the rock Hall of fame and probably the best new wave rock band of the 80s. Please stop the underrated crap. It’s killing the comment sections of rock videos lol
@@Actaruz hes fishing for likes like all the rest that say that underrated crap. Lynch isn’t underrated whatsoever. He’s mr scary for a reason.
George Lynch is such a phenomenal musician and one of my favorite guitarists. I had no idea this happened to him. It's incredible to know that he would become an icon and an inspiration to music fans.
Meh he isnt that good there are thousands like him. Just another shredder dood we'll guess what the local guy teaching at guitar center can shred too
George Lynch always seems like a level headed guy. The music biz is full of so many downright messed up folks it is refreshing to listen to Mr. Lynch's interviews. He even speaks in complete sentences.
I've watched Ozzy interviews and while sure he is a "star" damn, I'd hafta make some serious cash to wanna tour with some goonish dude like that. Tight quarters when ya tour.
Some folks are too artistic to play with pop icons that wear makeup and act like they came off a set of the "Munsters" .. Kinda laughable unless you are a 16 year old boy in the 80-90s
.... some one will point to how many records Ozzy sold...I will point to how many hamburgers McDonalds sold..(no indication of quality).just proves folk's buying habits mostly....George still has his hair, can still play a gig without a shirt and still plays like a badass.
What a great story..I never heard this before. George is such a well-spoken dude and he always comes off very humble. Well I suppose we should be grateful he didn't get the Ozzy gig or we wouldn't have gotten the amazing stuff he did with Dokken and then Lynch Mob.
If you don’t love George or respect his ability on guitar I don’t know what to to tell you . Much love much respect ❤️
George Lynch is such a class act!!!
Man, that's fucked..Anytime a man admits he's cried..that gets me. I love George.
The injustice of the fact that a guy as talented as George had to work as a delivery dude instead of making a living on his playing (don`t mean to offend the delivery dudes) baffles me. The guy is an amazing guitarist, miles ahead of the common hair metal guitarist from back then.
What was he supposed to do he had to make a living . As amazing guitar player as he is he could not have been a guitar instructor he self admits that he can't tell you exactly what he is doing
It's hardly an injustice
Maybe he didn't pleasure Sharon, back in the day. He didn't please the real boss we all know who that is.
There are lots of great players who will never make a living in music I'm sure, it's not a fair business
Theres hundreds of thousands of us. We have skills that society deems "useless".
I feel for you George. 2004 I managed to land an audition with Chris Caffery former sabotage and current TSO guitarist. He was putting a solo band together to tour record that he had just put out on Black Lotus records.
I had kept my hair long and my look together but about 6 months earlier had cut it short.
And of course my look cost me the job. He said, and I quote; "You are a monster bass player. Definitely the best I've had come in. But I have reservations about your look. Your hair is too short and you are 30 pounds too heavy."
I spent 400 dollars I didnt have to get to that audition and I'll never forget the lesson.
The hair grew back, I lost the weight but I never got another chance.
After he said it I had excused myself to the bathroom and my buddy that drove me there said to Chris, "You know, that cat kept his hair long for the past 25 years just in case he ever managed to get an audition like this."
And Chris told him, "Well he picked a hell.of a time to cut it didnt he?"
George can't hear you and he's never gonna read it
Their loss..George is a great guitarist
OK, so Randy played great with Ozzy, and so did Jake, and so did Zakk. However, when I heard Dokken it knocked my socks off. GL is such a fantastic player. Just the way he even touches the strings to get the tone the way he does, his melodies, his command of the instrument. 'Unchain the night', one of my favorite solos. And George's rhythm tone is great as well. I had seen him with Exciter at the Starwood in Hollywood several times back in '77, '78. No idea who he was, but he sounded like a top class professional, for any style.
no wonder george is soo humble... he's been through the shit.
I was once with Don Dokken, Jeff, Mick, George, and Oni backstage at a Dokken reunion on New Year's Eve in Phoenix. George wanted Oni to go on, Don was like "This is a Dokken show! Not a LynchMob show!" Etc, so weird to be there seeing it really happen. Lots was said and yelled, and I will save that for whenever I can maybe ask George for an interview on a guitar channel I am starting. The things that really went on were crazier than the stories we read in rock magazines. I was literally like that kid in the movie "Almost Famous" except I was not a reporter, or a kid. Just a acquaintance/friend of Oni. I also sang for a few seconds with the LynchMob the first time they ever played live at the Mason Jar in Phoenix. And they had a band name they used I cannot repeat here, but the acronym was TGBNBFC. 🤣 Another long story. Anyway, this kind of shit Ozzy did does not surprise me in the least.
I mean Don was fuckin right I mean it's exactly the same as if he take John Norum to do a buff with Lynch there's so reason and it's kinda outrageous. But yeah I imagine the scene it can be! surreal for a fan😂😂😂
@Rob T Also, if you are going to write the word "Too" at the end of a sentence, use a comma first, troglodyte.
@Rob T The difference between you and I, is that I did not have to look up the other persons word(s) to try and create a retort. You LITERALLY have just been owned, but are too stupid to see it. A male penetrated your backside against your will as a child, and now you are trying to take it out on strangers. That is a shame. Seek help. You are welcome. Goodbye.
Don Dokken is obnoxious and vain..he looked annoyed as I watchec him perform at a rock club in Florida..thought he was God..😅😅😅
Heard that Dokken stiffed his band out of money too..just like Ozzy did..nice guys..not!
I saw Jake E Lee's account. He did not brag , in fact he had compassion the way it went down for Mr. Scary. I think it worked out better for Lynch. In my top 5 players of all time.
I’m 68 years old I remember when Black Sabbath first came out I always thought the musicians in the band are all top notch but where did they get this so called singer at.I mean what does this guy do? He doesn’t play any instruments I’ve heard better singers down at the local rock club.Let’s see he bit the head off of a bat and got a lot of publicity.Was that it? Seemed like the guy was always high.Talk about a band carrying somebody.Hell they were more or less dragging him.I read where Sharon Osborne fired Carmine Appice for twirling his drum sticks because she said he was upstaging Ozzie.Anybody could upstage Ozzie Osborne just by standing there.George Lynch is a class guy and an exceptional guitarist.
I always loved Ozzy's lyrics. If he wrote them, that was his talent.
His voice was part of the sound of the band, like it or hate it.
He really seemed like a wreck in the long haul.
Practically every metal/hard rock drummer twirls their sticks. It's practically expected of them. I'm surprised Sharon approved of hiring Tommy Aldridge.
Ozzy does not write lyrics.Geezer wrote the Sabbath lyrics and Bob Daisley wrote the early Ozzy solo lyrics.
D Day
Could not have said it better myself!
Bah! No one else would've worked with BlackSabbath. He was 1/4 of what made them unique. He did contribute some lyrics, albeit most were written by Geezer and Bob, but the vocal melodies were always Ozzy's.
Bad for Ozzy...he lost the best guitar player. Good for George, he made a brilliant career himself
Think of it like this though..had lynch gotten the Ozzy Gig then there would be no Bark at the Moon or Mr. Scary. A world without those two tunes alone feels sad.
No animosity. I think he realizes it worked out in his best interest.
Dude stayed committed after a total rip your heart out moment, awesome!
The irony is that he got fired from the Ozzy band, and Ozzy's current guitar player now considers him the milestone/godfather guitar player. Zakk thinks Van Halen, Randy Rhodes, and George Lynch are the "big 3" of that particular period.
George is a great guy, straight shooter and great guitarist.
So humble. Heartbreaking how bad he was treated. No wonder Randy wanted out after two albums!
True that. He wanted to teach classical guitar instead of being a rock n roll millionaire with Ozzy. What does that tell you? Lol.
@@topjimmy72 Randy wanted to go to university and get a degree in music theory and composition..his sister said that he had been accepted at either UCLA or USC or both.Its well know Randy hated playing the Black Sabbath stuff and was never a fan and it was know he and the rest of the band were tired of Ozzy and Sharons BS. Randy was big into classical music and had desire to fuse that with sound with his own guitar playing..
'Twas a serious blessing in disguise for George, he's a guy we can all get behind !
Well, George may have been saddened by the event of Ozzy letting him go but it appears that the firing worked out much better for him as he went on to be Dokken's lead guitarist.
Being a HUGE Dokken fan, I think he did the right thing.
Randy Rhoads wasnt intimidated Van Halen's playing but instead said George Lynch intimidated him, that speaks volumes!!!.....Sure, Jake got the gig but look how they treated him. Sharon is lucky to be alive with the amount of people she cheated and burned, Ozzy to a lesser extent. Only the good die young, only evil seems to last forever....
Van Halen was good friends with Randy.
George is my favorite guitarist of all time in my heart forever...peace be with him always 🎸🎶
Join his Patreon. He just spent two hours hanging with us on Zoom. He's the man!!!!
I always loved the music of Ozzy and the great musicians around him. But after reading a lot of stories of former musicians; the guy must be an absolute heartless asshole with a lack of sympathy. His wife is even worser. It’s all about them and they give not the right credits to the musicians who made his music great with their outstanding playing.
they don,t call him the prince of darkness for nothing
I think it may have to do with a lot of the black magic ( ILLUMINATI) propaganda. Ether you are with us or against us
I think Ozzy was just broken from Randys death, and subconsciously (or intentionally, who knows) took it out on all the replacements. Until I suppose he finally healed that wound, and accepted Zakk. Hetfield and Ulrich did same thing to Newsted after Burtons death.
Thats not the case if you read Zakk interviews he says Ozzy fired him telling him Ozzy stuff started to sound like shit, to similar to BLS and fired him for that reason, in a mean way similar to how Lynch talks here. Just a person with no empathy.
@@ckmoore101
There's interviews out there of first hand accounts of ozzy treating Randy like shit just like everyone else. Randy had reached the tipping point near the end and told Ozzy he wanted to leave, and Ozzy suckered punched Randy. This was apparently only a matter of days before his death... strange.
I would give you the link but I was literally listening to it last night trying to fall asleep.
What a class guy George is on top of legend status guitarist.
It’s crazy to see that they cared more about look and playing solos when the number one thing ozzy always needed was songwriting help. When you look into how blizzard and diary were written it’s pretty clear he needs everything done for him except the vocal melody.
And Bob Daisley said the drummer Lee Kerslake contributed to the melodies as well. That band consisting of Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake, and Don Airy is one of the greatest bands in rock history. The musicianship on those two records are out of this world.
True and I'm not sure Lynch was a fit for his style anyway.
Ozzy would have been screwed if it wasn't for Bob Daisley time and time again he would help songwriting on every Ozzy solo album and not get credit. Without Bob and the great guitar players Ozzy's solo career would have gone nowhere.
The more I hear about Ozzy, the more I learn that he was basically carried by his band mates and never given their proper dues.
I wonder if anyone recorded those sound checks
Yes they were. There is a reason why Brad kept the gig and George didn't. That wasn't by accident.
Just a sad missed opportunity for Ozzy George was by far the greatest guitarist of that era that wasn’t named Van Halen. Just a huge disappointment we didn’t get to hear George on a Ozzy album
I think some things happen for a reason, if George got the gig: 1) Mr. Scary would not exist 2) Dokken would have had another guitar player, and for sure wasn't going to be as good as George, 3) George has made so far way more money than Jake, (after Jake's interview about getting ripped off by the Osbournes during the recording of Bark at the Moon I am sure of that, and although Jake was the member of a singer's band who has sold millions of copies worldwide he didn't even received as much credit for the song writing process, 4) Although Jake was known to the world for being Ozzy's player I really don't think Jake appeared more times in a Guitar World cover page than George, and neither he had or currently has more reputation as a guitar player as George, so...having said this...George took the hard and rough road to success but eventually things turned out much better for him...
Ricardo Falconi true
@@rfd73 iagree with you
I think it happened the way it was supposed to happen. George was 1 of many great guitarists back then,and LA. Had an
abundance of talent!
@@rfd73 and then Jake's next band had it's albums permanently pulled off of shelves because of a lawsuit regarding the singer. Jake's had a rough run
George Lynch is GREAT!!
Damn, I wonder what "Bark at the Moon" (or the album that would have come at that time) would have sounded like with Lynch. I loved Jake's playing / writing on it. The Shitbornes screwed him out of royalties though. From Wiki: _Though officially credited solely to Osbourne, "Bark at the Moon" was co-written with guitarist Jake E. Lee and bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley. Lee claims he was threatened with firing by Osbourne's wife and manager Sharon if he refused to sign a 1983 contract stating that he would relinquish his claims to writing and publishing.[1] In 2003, Daisley filed a lawsuit against the Osbournes, claiming lost royalties for his significant songwriting contributions._
Dio on a bad day made Ozzy look like the fop he was.
@Marcus BDB ....chill the hell out!....were just talking about rock.....no need to be such a dick!
Harry Kuntz......Dio was a one of a kind!!....He was the king in my book....His voice is unmatched to this day!.....miss him deeply.
👍🏿
Dio was a knob too. Watch the Vivian Campbell interview video.
Marcus BDB butt hurt much ?
Kinda funny story about George, Randy & Ozzy. After Rhoads auditioned & got the gig, he took his mom with him to the Starwood, to see George's band X-citer... After the show, Randy & his mom Delores go into the dressing room & tells George "I've got some good news & some bad news".. George says "Give me the bad news first" , So Randy says "The bad news is, I got the gig with Ozzy, But the good news is, my mom is looking for a guitar teacher to take my place, and it pays $5 a lesson"... True Story.
Hey Ace, it’s Bill, worked at Best Records. My wife’s younger brother took lessons from Randy in 1978-79 & then from George right before I started taking lessons from him in 1981 in back of the Cerritos store. My wife’s sister was taking piano lessons from Delores too & they have all told me some very nice stories about that family. 🤘🎸
@@SCrepresent Hey Billy! Long time since those Best Records days! My best friend took lessons from George, in the back of Best Records, while I was making the trek to Musonia for mine. Decades later, my daughter took piano lessons from Delores Rhoads for 11 years & was the longest continuous student of her teaching career. What a sweet lady! I don't suppose you still have the '69 Camaro? Nice hearing from you!
This is what honesty and class sound like.
**Sharon is a selfish, greedy narcissist. But I think it's time that we STOP blaming everything on Sharon, and pretending that Ozzy was innocent in it all. I don't care how wasted he was from time to time, there are video interviews of Ozzy during the early to mid 80s, where he was more clear headed and articulate than he is now, despite the fact that he is now supposedly clean and sober.**
So I'm no longer buying into the notion that he was essentially a walking zombie in the 80s, who could only sing on stage, but was otherwise completely incapable of, and uninvolved in his own band's decision making process! Ozzy was just as guilty as Sharon for screwing over MOST of his band mates in the early to mid 80s. The 2 of them had more money than God by 1984, so there was no excuse for NOT paying George Lynch a penny for traveling with them as a potential replacement guitarist, then firing him. There was no excuse for stealing writing credits and royalties from Lee Kerslake, Bob Daisley and Jake!
☝️
Not to mention replacing Daisley and Kerslake's tracks on the first two Ozzy albums.
Patrick McLeod that’s why the rhythm section went to Whitesnake
@Frank Wilson He keeps coming back so it's his fault if this is true.
Sharon got Ozzy to sign his life away to her one night in bed while he was hammered. She had already bought back his publishing rights. He tried to retire but she informed him that the decision wasn't his to make. That's when Ozzy said..."We've decided that you've got to go!" and tried to strangle her.
I've often wonder what would have been created if George recorded with Ozzy. I mean Jake did some great stuff, but George has created some really great riffs over the years. What could it have been?
Ozzy's loss, Lynch is the best!!!!!
Imo,it was a blessing really for George.The man,with that amazing sound and style went on to be a legend in the guitar world doin his own thing.
Just look at the way Sharon keeps pushing Ozzy out there to make an utterly embarrassing fool out of himself....shows the value of her character right there.
Glad things worked out for George lynch in the long run
That had to suck but wow the work he did with Dokken!
George is a class act ,even though he was fired for Jake, he still had the respect for a fellow player and didn't slag him!
damm in what world is jakie lee even in the same ball park as george lynch !!
One of the alltime best guitar players went through this...im at a loss..lynch is a machine and theres not a whole lot people that can copy his picking style..ask Dave Navvro...what a shame..thank god for Dokken...
George was and is a better guitar player than Jake but Jake had long hair and looked the part so that’s why he got the job.
alone again was my fav tune...................... thanks George !
Probably a style difference, Dokken is top-notch playing.
I would have loved to hear/see Lynch with Ozzy... But at the same time, one of my all-time favorite 80s albums is Dokken Beast of The East. Dudes Awesome!! 🤘
George is a guitar GOD.Wayyyy better than Jake E Lee thats for sure.But Dokken came out of that and we can all be thankful.
Jake is a guitar God also you stupid a****** hes not way better than Jake E Lee
@@chriszickel4960 if my opinion didn't matter you wouldn't have replied lol Lynch is in a category all his own tbh, a category that only he fits in.Jakes ok but he doesn't have the same legacy sorry.
@@chriszickel4960 Lynch's sound defined Dokken.Jake was more of a supportive musician as Ozzy was his own sound.Brad Gillis was Ozzys best overall guitaristif you want to get technical.
It all worked out in the end, he made many great albums with Dokken.
Ozzy complaining that GL's hair is short while he is shaved bald haha!
George has always been a cool dude. I finally met him on the Monsters of Rock cruise in 2016. Very humble.
I spent six months learning stupid Skid Row songs for Sebastien Bach once and found out over the internet they got a more famous dude....I tried to squirm out of it the whole time asking if I could stop learning the tunes, asking if I should go on with my life and real band. They kept me hanging 6 months.
People really have no idea just how cold and hard the music industry is.
Thank You George, (Class act in my opinion) great perspective for the youngins trying to make a go, the nasty side of the rock business rarely spoke of.
I think you mean the nasty side of the music/entertainment business.
@@juuh771 yes thank you, said Rock business simply because of musician's interviewed.
Life goes on and we had learn such wonderful story from George...
A little birdie told me the problem was George's rhythm playing. He has his OWN style, completely unique and different from Randy's. George wasn't comfortable playing Randy's rhythms. Ozzy should have written a few songs with George because that would have WORKED. When you hear Dokken, George plays his ass off because he's comfortable. Ozzy blew it. Jake is an all-time great, but Lynch would have been the perfect fit.
PLZ... This was the best thing that ever happen to George, not being weighed down by ozzie was a blessing! We got Dokken out of it. Kinda funny few years later Zach Wild became Ozzies guitar player same style but he wasnt George. Rock on Mr. Lynch
Being fired by Ozzy Osbourne would be a blessing. Not only has he always been overrated. But when I spent my money,to go see him. He was so waisted that he couldnt stand.
Lost all respect,for him and will never give him a dollar
Last time I spent a penny on him was the Diary of a Madman tour, and what a great show it was. After Randy was killed, I wanted nothing to do with the guy. Certainly wouldn't spend any money on him or his music. Sad to hear these stories on him and Dio. I can't imagine being in a band and intentionally screwing over a band mate for nothing but money.
Sorry Ozzy your loss..Lynch is a prodigy on guitar. Dokken, Lynch Mob and his solo stuff ...Lynch is a phenomenal guitar player.
Wow. Had I known half this shit back some 10yrs ago let alone 10++ i woulda boycotted "Ozzie and Harriet" with a quickness!
They did Jake E Lee worse
I'm surprised because George is a amazing guitarist .
George was a hard working musician when he started his career, no big break to start out his career,
glad things worked for him in the end, love Ozzy's music but he didn't treat his fellow musicians that well
Amazing
they are prbly uncomfortable with the fact that they are going to spend an eternity burning in hell. Have a good day ozzy.
What a cool guy.
maybe this was the shot that make him been into dokken, if he was an union truck driver delivery booze to crap parts of the city, he wasnt the george lynch the guitar idol he is today!!!!
Wow, he's a very honest old boy.
Well George is a more technical and versatile player than Jake anyway. No offense of course
@Nickhead87 They are Both amazing , but I love what Jake did with Ozzys stuff
George is not more versatile than Jake. Jake does some really intricate stuff. Sometimes I'm like, "WTF is he doing?" Not so much with George. Both are stellar players! Not offended, Just stating fact.
George Lynch had one of the best guitar sounds of all the 80 butt rock guitarist.I did enjoy his playing during that era.
Honestly.... Ozzy has got to be the most over rated musician of all time. A very low end mediocre singer who also had some smart, ruthless business sense behind him... and the smartest thing they ever did was to make sure he always hired a band that was light years better than he himself could ever hope to be.
Wow, no face saving from George he really just laid it down. Other guys would have tried to save some fave but obviously George is a strong enough man to admit the truth. Glad it worked out for him in the end.