Randy will always be looked at and respected, as an innovator in the early days of heavy metal shred guitar playing, just as Eddie Van Halen was, and not many will give him credit, but Jake was actually a more talented virtuoso guitarist than Randy ever was. The guy was just phenomenal. No one sounded like him. Not even close, and he created and played things that were simply mind boggling.
@@500erider sorry, you have no ear for great guitarists...Lee was a poser deluxe, all the way down to his fake, made up name. Only reason hes known now is because Rhoads was tragically killed. 2 VERY mediocre records with osbourne...and never was heard from again. if he was so talented why didnt he form his own band after ozzy....we know why...
Jake has ridiculous ability!!! Unforgettable playing & creativity on those 2 Ozzy albums!!! Then, the Badlands albums showed him to be more than a great metal player! Glad that I was able to hear what he brings to the table… One of the most UNDERRATED musicians! Sounds that bring me joy!!!
And yet - profoundly exploited and financially screwed by . . . Sharon Osbourne. And the list of the same thing happening to every possible musician who ever worked for her - is a mile long.
@@Scott__C I would say more like 4 or 5 Ozzy was no idiot, but he still was doing a lot of drugs, especially after Randy died. That is why I give 4 or 5 times,but honestly their should have only been one. Ozzy should have a least paid them off they act like they couldn't afford it. Liked the songs from Black Sabbath and Ozzy's Diary of a Madman and Bark at the Moon albums, but stopped listening to him after Ultimate sin and than I found out he did pay some of the band members, I lost all respect for Ozzy after that. He is a great performer, but not one i would choose to want and hang with, Now Dio, I would have loved to hang with. R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio may we meet in the after life.
@full in bloom Thank you Adam! What a nice surprise to see this when I just got home! Thank you for being so cool and so supportive, encouraging and inspiring!! It means more than you know!
Craig Goldy is an amazing person and extremely kind!He gave me a shot and worked with me for a couple of years or more teaching me guitar and recording ,and how to find your own style and sound! I moved out from Colorado straight to his apartment in North Hollywood until we found me a place on my own.He helped me big time and am forever grateful for him! Little Brother on guitar Tone Raven-We Are The Black Things(Hollywood)
Really cool story, happy to hear that he is exactly who you think he is. I’ve never heard anything bad about him and how he interacts with fans, other guitarists and just people in general.
Craig is a thoughtful, generous, insightful man,who gave the nobody, me at at the time, a shot to come out to Hollywood and rock,so I did! tone raven-guitar We Are The Black Things(Hollywood CA!)
@@ericscottstevens Yeah, Jake was around 12 years old, was Purple Haze that changed his life. But he already had 6 years of classical piano in his repertoire.
@@mikedegarmo3203 I love the guy but he's a mess lately. He's ranting about how he's the only one who has the secret to fix the music business, then he went on a long winded rant against Candace Owens on his Instagram. It's deleted now, but then he went on her youtube and made 8 separate long and rambling rants. I feel bad, he's always seemed so cool and so nice, but lately he's losing it. Political stuff, arguing with people, calling people dicks when they don't agree with him, etc etc. He could be on tour now as a hired gun, or do session work, (like Rudy Sarzo and Tony Franklin) - but people don't want to work with him anymore.
@@mikedegarmo3203 Hey there, look up a band called "Resurrection Kings" I did 2 albums with them with Vinny Appice! And look up the band Dream Child, the album title "Until Death do we Meet Again" album I did with Rudy Sarzo!
I wore out my Sacred Heart Live VHS tape out, back in the day. My parents actually had enough equipment at the house to record the audio off it onto cassette, too. Craig's playing is hypnotic on that recording.
Somebody gave me Craig's phone number...told me to look him up if I ever was going to Ca...I called and the dude answered!! Gave me a few pointers about the music scene in Ca. Made it out there in 84 and released a record in 85...dream come true
Craig is easily one of the best guitarists of the 80's scene. Just check out Dream Evil, Master of The Moon, Magica etc from Dio. Tasty leads and killer riffs!
I saw Dio with Craig on the Magica tour in a tiny club near Seattle. There couldn't have been more than 70 people in there. It was one of the best shows I've ever seen. I was so close to the stage just standing by the bar Ronnie and I exchanged the horns. It was awesome, and Craig was absolutely on fire.
Saw Dio on the Sacred Heart tour - Rough Cutt opened. I believe 1986? Wonder if Craig was in RC then or had already left. Vivian Campbell was Dio's guitarist. Had front row seats. Man what a show!!
@@bstar777777 We can agree to disagree. Randy was good but he wasn’t gods gift. When people pass away they become larger than life. I prefer to look at them just bare bones talent. Jake is every bit as talented, just different style
I have to be honest, I heard Jake before I heard Randy Rhoads. I actually heard Bark at the Moon and Ultimate Sin before I knew about Randy. Jake just blew me away. He hooked me with his energy and technique. This was I knew about Randy. Then when I heard Randy, I was blown away but it was Jake that got me. I like both, but I’m a Jake guy. He is a hell of a rhythm player 😎
@@nordicpride9708 Certainly Jake is awesome & did his thing, & yet let’s be for real here? Jake mostly put out duds with Ozzy & arguably has wrote only two big Ozzy hit charting songs, with the title tracks to Ultimate Sin & Bark at the Moon from his 2 Ozzy albums & played on Phil Soussans bigger hit song Shot in the Dark. Without even mentioning Randy’s huge mega hit songs Over the Mountian, & Crazy Train, which still get featured as sports stadium hype tracks, existing beyond just the culture of heavy metal. Undeniably Randy has far bigger deep cuts & B sides on songs like, I Don’t Know, Suicide Solution, S.A.T.O., Tonight, Mr. Crowley, Steal Away the Night, Goodbye Romance, Revelation Mother Earth, Believer, Mr. Crowley, Diary of a Madman, Flying High Again & You can’t kill Rock n Roll, that still get radio play up to this day. One could even arguably list damn nearly every song Ozzy song that Randy ever wrote, apart from his 2 duds, No Bone Movies & Looking at you, looking at me? At this point Randy’s Ozzy’s albums have sold about 14 million copies, to Jakes 8 million Ozzy albums sold…🎸
@@Marco-vw3mv Great band, great album, great history. We'll take it. Loved it from day 1. Still do. Right along with Lynch, LA Guns, Megadeth, the Scorps, Priest, WASP, HSAS, Bonfire, Dokken, Lynch Mob, House Of Lords, Warlock, Van Halen, Kiss and 1000 other metal bands from the 80s that cranked out great albums. No need for negative energy from these metal heads. Serves no purpose.
I absolutely love his playing on Dream Evil, but he was a one album wonder for me sadly. That’s just a personal taste thing, not me trying to disrespect him. I’ll always hold him in high regard for that one album.
Goldy is a great player, whose awesomeness did not always translate to the studio. Dream Evil is a classic that is just as good as the Campbell-era records. On the later albums I think that a lot of the songs are plodding dirges that to me are of little interest. I don't blame Goldy for this, though, as I know that this was what Ronnie wanted. Goldy was probably called back so many times because they understood each other and because he was a team player.
@@cameronsmith8328 Go back and take a good honest listen to the first Giuffria. Craig did a lot of really cool stuff on that album that not many players could pull off with his distinct style. A lot of his other projects in the last 30+ years are really solid, too. Just takes a little appreciation to wander away from the mainstream stuff. A lot of times, the other projects are where the players really shined.
I've been a big Rough Cutt fan since the beginning, before i knew of the Dio connection or the Goldy connection. I haven't been able to find any audio or video of Craig with Rough Cutt. This interview is pure gold!Craig is such a phenomenal player and genuinely decent, good guy. He doesn't deserve the crap that people that can't get over Vivian leaving say about him. Just like Jake didn't deserve the slagging he got coming in after Randy. Can you imagine having to step into a band after Randy or Vivian? They both slayed it!
Jake was, without question, Ozzy's deadliest gunslinger. Gotta check out the vid ALL SOLOS FROM BARK AT THE MOON. That kid playing his stuff is a complete prodigy. His technique and tone are spot on. I've been playing hair guitar since 1985 and this kid's fretboard acrobatics is mind blowing. For Jake to come up with that is just so beyond my comprehension and capabilities. Gotta check him out. He did Randy's albums, too. Every song. Perfect. Maciej Stalmach is his name. Killer player.
Yeah that kid nails all of it. The solo and outro are epic....tasty and as bad ass as it gets. I've always maintained that Jake was Ozzy's best guitarist because of how well rounded he was. He was great at rhythm and lead, vs RR playing the same pentatonic box with some occasional taps for leads. That probably cost me a friend or two in high school lol.
yeah... he's underrated you clown. everyone who's a fan of 80's metal knows who Jake E Lee is, you got people posting about the guy a quarter of a century later but, according to you... he's underrated. why does there always have to be some idiot trolling for attention by pulling out the 'that person is so underrated' comment?? annoying.
@@JamesWilliams-js4fo Unfortunate turns for Badlands and unfortunate turns with the Osbournrs who wiped his name away. No wonder at all he isn't a household name. But he IS and always was a guitarist's guitarist. If a rock guitarist don't know Jake then it's a very bad indicator on himself.
I loved Craig’s playing in Stars. I got it on VHS as a kid and his playing blew me away. All of those guitar players were awesome but Craig’s parts were cool. You really made him laugh with that last question!!!! 😂
I used to go there and I saw Teaser and Jake play. I was a young aspiring drummer and all the drummers were great but....... I used to stand on Jake's side of the stage the whole night and watch him. He was incredible !
I've read about his first appearance and his parents and sister supposed to be there, too But after the gig he and his parents got the worst news ever - Rip Susan his sister by a drunk MC rider...
Guitar is not-a-competition. There is No Best (period). I can equally appreciate the speed of Guthrie Govan, the acoustic mastery of Tommy Emmanuel or the "tasty" crafted solo's & epic-tone of David Gilmour. Eddie created masterful guitar-parts and was a phenomenal songwriter & rhythm player-too.
Yeah, but there's one musician who can do all of those things and more! He's the master guitarist of the 90s who's incredible lead guitar solos influenced literally _BILLIONS_ of kids to become guitarists... Of course I'm speaking of Fred Durst. 🙃👍
@@HighlanderNorth1 There is only ONE thing I can say about the sheer GENIUS of Freddie Durst……..FRED DURST will be remembered long after the brilliance of Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen are forgotten …..AND NOT BEFORE . 🤔🙄😖😖🙄😵💫😵💫😵💫😵😵🥴🤧
Wow Great stuff, really brings back memories for this 66 year old man. I was 20 in 1977 living in Chula Vista Ca and played drums in a rock cover band with some high school buds called Fökker..I had heard people talk about Jake, he was Jake Williams then. In 78-79 My guitarist told me we have to go see Teaser, they were playing at a keg party. It was packed but we jammed our way up front, Van Halens debut was out and there were tons of guys crammed in up front, I assumed they were guitarists because at the time it was hard for those guys to get what Eddie was doing and the word was Jake was covering Van Halen and i guess it was an opportunity to see the techniques in person They were a great band, did a lot of VH and Tommy Bolin, they actually opened with Stiff Competition by Cheap Trick. The next year we opened for Mickey Ratt at Straita Head Sound. Jake was actually doing stage tech, he mic’d up my drums and got all the guitar and vocal mics set up
Wow. I'm envious. I'd love to have seen Jake playing Tommy Bolin's stuff. And him doing EVH. Well, I guess I could handle that. I don't know when he changed his name, but I read an interview with him right after joining Ozzy and he was referred to as 'Jakey Lou Williams.' I saw all three of his tours with Ozzy, and my opinion of him hasn't changed since 1983. I loved Randy. His death broke my heart. Jake came along and... It helped ease the pain.
I played in the band Vengeance with Matt Thorne, Leroy Vega, Pete Papps, and Dani Robinson back in 1978. I played rhythm guitar I was an original member from back in 1975 when it was called Millenium with Glenn Noyes on drums (became drum manager for Guitar Center Hollywood), Matt, Dani, and Pete. What was the name of your band? I quit the band in 79 to go to college.
Thank you Brother! I'd be saying the same thing about you if you were as dumb as us to join this industry of greed, corruption and hateful fans who can't seem to understand that this is a story from WAY back and not how I see Jake or Eddie now! So in their ignorance they spew hate instead of commoradery since we all love Eddie, Randy Rhoads, Jake, Viv, Doug Aldrige, Traci G, Rowan, Niel Schon, Yngwie, George Lynch....and the list goes on....and somehow so does the hate!! You were the smart one Brother! And you are one of the world's best that the world doesn't know about.....yet!! Love you guys and miss you guys!!!
Best channel on youtube. I love these segments with Goldy. That dude worked SOO HARD! He seems humble in every segment. Stars - floored me as a kid! The new Jackson Guitars ad with Marty Friedman is an homage to that video.
I saw Ratt at the Roxy in 1981 and Jake E Lee was playing in Ratt . He stepped on my hand when I tried to take a Ratt Frisbee off the stage! Jake also did a demo with my old singer for my band Trick Or Treat. That was about 99 ,2000 . Trick Or Treat was in 87. Anyway, Jake was definitely in Ratt! I saw Micky Ratt play at the Golden State motor hotel in about 80,maybe 81,I was still in high school. That is a lotvof info,but I was there ,my guitar teacher was Randy Rhoads, so I was in the scene early and probably a little young.
@@user-fc9iq6le2g Yes I do,other people have posted their lessons and to me it is a very private thing. i have made videos of me playing some licks and alternate picking exercises ! I just have a hard time putting those out for everyone! I have put out all my pictures ,almost all my live recordings that no one else has! Pretty much everything,excrpt the lessons and the live Diary tour videos ,because I have been told not to! So there you go!
Yeah, your timeline seems about right. He was in Ratt in 1981, because I taught him and Warren how to play guitar in 1980, after teaching Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore in 1969, EVH in 1977, & Randy R. in 1979....... Yep, I was pretty much the catalyst that made hard rock happen. You're welcome! 🗯️Kidding
Craig is being very humble in making comparisons between Jake, George and himself. The fact of the matter is from day one, Craig has always been a powerhouse and absolutely belongs among the circle of great players. He won't say it but his accomplishments say it for him. There, I said it... Cheers brother, J
@@TCraigGoldywell in reality I should have said the most humble shredder ever. As a guitarist I've been following since Dream Evil. What an amazing talent at such a young age.
I loved this interview! Goldy talking about the Hear'n Aid - Stars recording was such a fantastic time for bringing together all the artists that shaped the early/mid 80's. Even hearing Zack W. talking about the 80's guitar sound, its all about EVH, Jake and George Lynch. Didnt even know that Craig was in Rough Cut - what a cool dude!!
Jake was also brilliant, in The Ultimate Sin and Badlands first album especially. EVH was commercial, Jake wasn't, both brilliant, just wish Jake got the break and ongoing record label support VH did.
@@jake.e.wanabee5333 I’ve heard of Jake but not that familiar with his music. I don’t think EVH went commercial until around ‘82 with the DIver Down album. Before that he unleashed the dark and powerful Fair Warning album. I guess the only songs on that album you could say were commercial was ‘So This is Love’ and ‘Push Comes to Shove’.
San Diego was so much fun in the 80's, I was one of the long hairs in the high school parking lot and the beach, Wind and Sea in La Jolla, Pacific Beach, just chillin'. Metal was so alive back then.
Anybody who equates EVH with just tapping or hammering has no concept whatsoever of Eddie’s abilities not only as a lead player but his impeccable rhythm and swing playing.
I have to admit, I wasn't a fan of Craig Goldie as a teenager, only because he replaced Vivian Campbell. Now the 57-year-old me realizes he's an incredible guitar player and a really good guy......
No need to compare, we can love them both. For me it's Randy, I heard him first, even before Van Halen. To me he is god. But Jake is one of my all time favourites.
Jake is phenomenal... His riffs and leads, no whammy bars.. still rip today.. I appreciate whoever can take the language of music, and make it personal.
proud to be for San Diego. These players are all about 10 years older than me...but so cool to know they are were here in my hometown which back then seemed much smaller...Matt Cameron and Eddie Vedder, Dave Mustaine, Tom Waits...we've got some pretty cool people who grew up here. I saw Craig with Dio 2 times and he was GREAT!!
Craig was always my favorite guitarist in the Dio band. Its like Vivian who? Seemed to know exactly ( more or less lol ) what Ronnie wanted and played exactly that. Team player all the way. Awesome to hear his take on Jake. Randy gets all the accolades but Jake was Ozzy's best guitarist. The first Badlands lp is the finest rock/metal lp of the 80s. Just a fret or two above the first Blue Murder lp.
There was a ton of anticipation when Jake came out on the BATM tour w/Ozzy. He blew doors. Nobody moved like him on stage. Phenomenal no-BS gunslinger. It wasn’t an ego trip, he was serving something higher and it showed. 😎🤟🏽
I saw Craig for the first time when Dio hit San Antonio. I was 5th row center, and everyone i could see around me was mesmerized with Craig's solo leading into Naked in the Rain.
Jake said him and Warren DiMartini were competing with each other to see who could write a song or solo with the widest stretch on the fretboard, that's why there's all those impossible to play riffs on Bark At The Moon
That was probably when He created the stretch technique using His thumb on the fretboard.I had delved into that idea Myself & thought I had come up with something unique but then I got the Ultimate Sin Video with Him doing it on the live solo & realized He'd probably been doing it for ages...hate it when that happens..lol
@@andrewbroughton65 Nah that's good. Great minds think alike and all of that. It's basically impossible to be the first at something. Just do it well.
After a Red Dragon Cartel show in Houston, I personally told Jake that he and Eddie were my favorite SoCAL guitarists, full stop. I take Greg Chaisson's word for it to, when he said the greatest improv jam he ever saw was when Jake was in Rough Cutt, for a show where it was Jake and whoever the Rough Cutt drummer was at that time. Jake himself said he was in Ratt in LA briefly, after they dropped the Mickey
And basically everyone at that point considered Jake to be the best rock/metal guitarist in LA. He was just a phenom, and different from many others. One of the real GOATs for me, always will be.
@@franknada8235 yep, that was the story Greg told, Jake was the only one who still had power, and they improv'd for what Greg said was like 45 minutes with no repetition. Jake is an absolute monster guitarist, people that easily dismiss him for Randy don't realize what he at that time was able to actually pull off
What a great interview. I'm right there with you when you say that you're interested in the timelines of how these bands developed. There's so much history there that needs to be preserved. Please keep up the great work!
Yes I was there in San Diego in the late 70's watching Teaser with Jake E. Lee and I was blown away by Jakes playing of Van Halen and everything about his playing! Was amazing! And Opening up for him, when I saw Teaser, was Randy Hansen(way before Hendrix tribute band) and Randy was shredding some Van Halen too and I can still remember him playing "In A Simple Rhyme" and ripping on it and nailed the solo. Amazing times back then! Aslo regular saw Rough Cutt, Mickey Ratt(Ratt before Ratt), Sarge(?), and some awesome band(named Warrior?) with a guitarist named Tommy Asakawa who was a shredder and tasteful guitarist. I forget the band Warren De Martini was in but I still remember seeing his band at some club for 18 year olds(but they didn't id anyone so wtf lmao) and Warren was absolutely killing it on guitar and everyone in San Diego was talking about this 16 year old kid(heck I was only 17 at the time lol). For now that's what I can remember but I'm sure more will come back to me...maybe 😂😂
Late 82 or early 83 in the East Valley there was this kid Steve Cox looked and played like EVH and RR only 4’ tall. Had a band that practiced near Musicians Supply in El Cajon. Around the same time bands like Street Legal and Mistreated were playing Headquarters down in PB. Great time to of been alive
Eddie Van Halen , often imitated , but never duplicated . That’s why all these guitarists covered Van Halen songs .. All of us guitarists are always fans of his .
and then Randy Rhoads came along and 'dethroned" ol Ed....which really wasn't saying much...VH did alot of awful cover songs by then. Rhoads was a way better all around musician/player...just admit it.
@@randallrhoads3271 …and then Jake E. Lee came along after he died and raised the bar even further. So yeah, in the end it turns out that Goldy was correct.
@@kospandx Yep. Jake was the best player Ozzy ever had, and he was recognized as the king of LA between 1980 to 1984, after already being the main guitarist in San Diego.
That's debatable, Eddie was jealous enough of Randy to trash him publicly many times. They both played the same venues and knew of each other. Eddie always said Randy ripped him off. I don't hear it. They're totally different and playing RR stuff is at least as hard as EVH but more musical in my opinion but that's subjective. It served the song. Eddie was a bit of a show off. Some songs are almost an excuse for him to shred. And Jake took influence from both of them and made his own thing. They're all great.
@lennegilzow Thank you! Finally someone realizes this is history....not my thoughts today about the obvious innovations of EVH we all know about now! I didn't know much about EVH then, obviously!! Thank you!!
@TCraigGoldy You are most certainly welcome. I wish we could have gotten an Imagica II. When DIO makes the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, it will be well deserved. And you will get your rightful place in it. 🤘s high for the mighty DIO and Craig Goldy's fabulous work in the band's history.👍
That filmed show from wacken with dio disciples is also good with ripper and oweny Logan singing, Craig nails the solo on stargazer which is brilliant.
So many great guitar players, and yeah, Jake E. Lee is great in his own right. Saw him with Ozzy back in 1984 and he really lit up the place with his long solo break. Really impressed me a great deal, plus he was doing all the Randy stuff from songs on the first two albums. Felt like Jake fit well with Ozzy and I was shocked when Jake was suddenly fired roughly 3 years later. Never got to see Goldy play live, but have watched many of his works with Dio and he's kick ass too. Loved his Warlock's and eventually I bought my Warlock in large part to emulatle him, haha.
I saw Rough Cutt open for Dio when I was in high school. I loved that band and I even met a few of them at NAMM. They should have been bigger, I think.
Used to go to Naval Training Center San Diego to see RC when they played at the Crows Nest. The big show was when Dio showed up and did a few tunes with them. Good times.
I got screwed - was supposed to see Ultimate Sin/Master of Puppets. Postponed...then cancelled. I was 15 and beyond devastated. Still am. But I did see Lee in 1992 with Badlands. Deafening in a club. So good. Never saw Goldy. Good player, seems like a great guy! I never really connected to that stuff he did with Dio though.
I remember hearing Dream Evil for the first time and thinking damn it, this is the guitar tone i have been chasing but never came close to catching! Love his playing on that record!
Craig Goldy is under-rated and under appreciated. Great songwriter and amazing player. Time To Burn from Dio is such a great example. Seems like a cool guy. I would love to shake his hand and say hello
We dropped a story of when we got the chance after a Dio / Doro / Malmsteen show on a post under this video. You got the right idea. He is an awesome gentleman.
@@user-cruton No, that's personal your definition of underrated. "He played in an era of guitar heroes," That's what made him and the others a dime a dozen of that era. He never stood out which would've gotten him the recognition he deserved.
Thank you so much for posting this interview. Craig is one of the biggest sweethearts of the metal scene. We were very fortunate to be able to chat with him after the Dio / Doro / Malmsteen show in a 4000 capacity club and he made a real life-long impression. In this day and age, it might sound strange to say, but we need to get back to being more human. Craig was open with us when we started talking about beliefs and motivations. That takes a real man to be that vulnerable, warm and embracing. You can't fake that, and we'll never forget the conversation. The show in and of itself was a mind bender and a half. Talk about a killer bill. It was mind blowing how short Doro was when she went walking through the lobby while everyone was chatting. Not sure who was taller, her or Ronnie, but you definitely would not want to cross the metal queen in a back alley. lol She was awesome. A true lady. It was so crazy at the time how all of these heavy metal heroes were so kind, gentle, warm, appreciative and we could tell geniunely cared about us fans. It was truly one of the things that made the whole 80s/early 90s metal scenes such a special time. It was really awesome to hear Craig talk about the Hear N Aid sessions. Have told so many people through the decades to check out that tape. It's like an encyclopedia how-to on every guitar trick you didn't know you needed to learn but never knew existed. Always told people Craig's playing was like a computer simulation expanding then imploding into itself. Absolutely amazing. It is really cool too to also hear him comment on G Lynch's playing. Here we thought we were the only ones that all these years later, we still cannot figure out what George did with that nose dive that made the entire crew in the booth start cheering and wooping it up. To hear a legend like Craig say it sent him back to the shed is truly heartwarming. Have to say, though, at the risk of some donkey rears making some butt ugly troll comments, have said since that show, Malmsteen was so d@#n good, even after seeing hundreds of performances from A LOT of legends, STILL cannot figure out how that guy was able to keep things going with how many times he whirled that guitar around his waist, across his back and flying around his neck back to playing position without skipping a beat. The interview with Beato that surfaced online recently with Yngwie is truly another heartwarmer. We are all really blessed Craig and these guys are out talking to folks like this interview and keeping the dream alive. With gas prices, the wars, inflation, etc. everything going on, some of us are hoping for another party scene like we got in the 80s when we had the same conditions with the same stuff as the 70s. With so many people's kids getting into their parents' record collections, and posts out here saying they wished they were born in the 80s, it would be really cool if we got resurgence of an 80s metal scene 2.0. Our heroes like Craig, Yngwie, George Lynch, Dokken, Ratt, Winger, Def Lep hitting the road like the old days' concert scenes with new supporting talent like Deraps, Bloody Heels, Adam and the Metal Hawks, etc. so that the new generation of budding guitarists, drummers, songwriters, metal diehards would be able to go to shows with their parents like we did when almost every weekend there was a concert somewhere and we had the time of our lives seeing people like Craig tearing it up standing 10' away from the front of the stage having their mind blown like we did. Hearing Craig laugh about Guiffria is genuine, and gotta love him for it, but that album stands up, to the test of time, as does the band, and he deserves a lot of credit for it. Lanny Cordola following in Craig's footsteps and then all the players that followed both of them through the House Of Lords era, well, we were all just really lucky for all of it. Kinda hope that at some point, people putting comments out here start to realize tearing people down and negative posts really don't do anybody any good. And possibly, may bring an end to someone's motivation. Sometimes we forget that these heroes are people too. Every time someone shoots off a negative post about Guiffria, Dokken, etc., you never know when it gets back to the person or the band, someone like Gregg G was kind of thinking about doing something new, an album, a reunion show, a mini tour, and enough negative feedback got to the them they decided not to. We know it happens because we've had a few bands respond to our comments out here directly when we brought it up to a post that wasn't cool. Maybe we'll get lucky and there will be a shot some of the legends get together and do some tours, maybe even some supergroups like Don Dokken's Up From The Ashes band/album if we show these guys enough love and support. It was a great metal scene, these guys have kept a lot of it going, here's to hoping they get enough support from the rest of us who love them for all they've done for us that some people call Craig and other's that are itching to lay down some tracks in someone's home studio, hit the road, and sign some t shirts for us adoring fans that would give good money to see em live again. Thanks for everything you've done for all of us in the metal community, Craig! You're the man!! (ps Thanks for signing our Hidden In Plain Sight disc after the show! It's a memory we cherish.)
@RockDawg77 There aren't enough words in the English language to thank you! And "Thank You" are not big enough words! Once again , I'm speechless!! Your kind words really do mean more than you know! And I appreciate that very much and I appreciate you!!
Jake was himself. His own style and people should respect that. John Sykes is another guitarist who had a similar talent that Jake had but different styles. Love them both ❤
To all: This interview is not about what we all know about EVH now! This is a story when I was just barely a teenager and my experiences when I encountered other guitarists way way way back then. This is not about how we all know that EVH re-revolutionalized Rock guitar from stem to stern. We all know that most of it Eddie invented himself or was the first to present it in the manner in which lit the world on fire. This is a story of what I saw and heard at that time with limited access to the kinds of information we have now. When I first heard Eddie Van Halen I was in the Hospital listening to the radio while hoping my leg didn't get amputated from the atrocities perpetrated upon me by my abusive family. Eventually I ran away from home and lived on the streets. Very limited amount of information to gather during all this. However, years later Headlining Madison Square Garden with my favorite singer Ronnie James Dio. By that time I had been able to connect the dots.....but this is not that story!!
why clarify, there is nothing wrong with what is said. Hopefully those demos Jake did with Ozzy for Ultimate sin get released or leaked. Apparently he was writing compositions that were mind blowing and not that poorly produced stuff that ended up on the ultimate sin. Randy was just as good as Ed if not better too.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle If you had read some of the comments where practically everyone is all upset that I didn't say EVH invented it all......then you would know why I thought to clarify. It got real old reading the same complaints over and over again. I like to read the comments and reply to the special ones.....but it was all complaints and arguments instead of what this story is really about! No biggie!! Thank you for the kind statement though!!
JAke was heavily underrated. He was blowing away VH in donington 1984, to me he shines when he is playing live and can play freely as Ozzy restricted him on the albums. He has some great rhythms. He even did great things with Badlands.
Sharon was the master mind behind all that, look how many guitar players have left shazzy, even before Randy's death, he told them he wanted to go do his own thing, too bad we never got to hear Randy soar to new heights!!!
Craig must be one of the nicest guys in Metal and I'm surprised more people in the comments don't agree with him about Jake. I remember watching the Ultimate Sin concert in the 80's on Mtv and was completely blown away by Jake.
I think most rightfully agree. But, as we know, it's hard to be compared to two dead pioneers like EVH and Rhoads, they have a cult following with crazy fanboys. Jake is the best.
@RFXLR Thank you for that! Yes, being in Giuffria with only ballads being played on the radio at that time sure didn't let people know where my heart was at regarding Hard Rock & Heavy Metal! Thank you for pointing that out!
@@TCraigGoldy hey Craig I loved this interview. And I really didn’t know if you until your first Giuffria album about 84. A little guitar from you goes a long way! Trouble again, line of fire, don’t tear me down, even the outro picking in Out of the Blue 💪😎 Thanks for rocking us!
I like(d) Craig's playing. It's articulate and you can hear every note so it was never a sea of muddled notes as it could be with other players some of whom were quite talented in their own right. Craig reminded me of an evolution on Blackmore but he still developed his own thing.
No if it weren;t for Ozzy too he signed off on eveything if he really wanted to keep Jake he would have fought for him, he told Sharon to keep Robert Mason on tour as the guy in the tent doing backing vocals
I remember the Bark at the Moon tour. Jake didn’t try to replicate Randy, he brought his own unique style, and it blew me away how good he was.
Jake’s solo on Bark at the Moon was absolutely nuts.
Randy will always be looked at and respected, as an innovator in the early days of heavy metal shred guitar playing, just as Eddie Van Halen was, and not many will give him credit, but Jake was actually a more talented virtuoso guitarist than Randy ever was. The guy was just phenomenal. No one sounded like him. Not even close, and he created and played things that were simply mind boggling.
Jake better than Randy? Tha fuck out of here w/ the bullshit!! That’s rich😂
@@500erider sorry, you have no ear for great guitarists...Lee was a poser deluxe, all the way down to his fake, made up name. Only reason hes known now is because Rhoads was tragically killed. 2 VERY mediocre records with osbourne...and never was heard from again. if he was so talented why didnt he form his own band after ozzy....we know why...
Bark At The Moon is the bomb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@ZombiedustXXX
Jake has ridiculous ability!!! Unforgettable playing & creativity on those 2 Ozzy albums!!!
Then, the Badlands albums showed him to be more than a great metal player! Glad that I was able to hear what he brings to the table… One of the most UNDERRATED musicians!
Sounds that bring me joy!!!
And yet - profoundly exploited and financially screwed by . . . Sharon Osbourne. And the list of the same thing happening to every possible musician who ever worked for her - is a mile long.
@@SALESPRODUCTIONS You can only blame Sharon like the first 10 times people get screwed. After that, Ozzy's just as responsible.
@@Scott__Cso true he could have told Sharon no more. If he wanted some cred for standing up to her. But he never did.
@@Scott__C I would say more like 4 or 5 Ozzy was no idiot, but he still was doing a lot of drugs, especially after Randy died. That is why I give 4 or 5 times,but honestly their should have only been one. Ozzy should have a least paid them off they act like they couldn't afford it. Liked the songs from Black Sabbath and Ozzy's Diary of a Madman and Bark at the Moon albums, but stopped listening to him after Ultimate sin and than I found out he did pay some of the band members, I lost all respect for Ozzy after that. He is a great performer, but not one i would choose to want and hang with, Now Dio, I would have loved to hang with. R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio may we meet in the after life.
@full in bloom
Thank you Adam!
What a nice surprise to see this when I just got home!
Thank you for being so cool and so supportive, encouraging and inspiring!! It means more than you know!
My dizzle. Back at you!
Craig Goldy is an amazing person and extremely kind!He gave me a shot and worked with me for a couple of years or more teaching me guitar and recording ,and how to find your own style and sound!
I moved out from Colorado straight to his apartment in North Hollywood until we found me a place on my own.He helped me big time and am forever grateful for him! Little Brother on guitar Tone Raven-We Are The Black Things(Hollywood)
That is so heartwarming to read. Makes me wanna hug y'all =)
Really cool story, happy to hear that he is exactly who you think he is. I’ve never heard anything bad about him and how he interacts with fans, other guitarists and just people in general.
Craig is a thoughtful, generous, insightful man,who gave the nobody, me at at the time, a shot to come out to Hollywood and rock,so I did! tone raven-guitar We Are The Black Things(Hollywood CA!)
🤘🏻 🌟 🤘
Did you play Mr Lucky's in Denver?
Jake E Lee is my all time favorite player. Serious chops on ultimate sin, and Badlands was so good 🎸🤘
Agreed!
@@x.rickenbacker9393I Second that bro.!!!
I played those first two Badlands albums absolutely nonstop for probably 10 years haha. They were like the guitar bible to me
I think Jake said he started playing at age 13, incredible study and really caught onto the guitar from there on out.
@@ericscottstevens Yeah, Jake was around 12 years old, was Purple Haze that changed his life. But he already had 6 years of classical piano in his repertoire.
Craig is a very humble guy. Awesome dude.
he's lost his mind lately
Why, what happened to Craig I thought everything was going well for him? @@CheriWFH
@@mikedegarmo3203 I love the guy but he's a mess lately. He's ranting about how he's the only one who has the secret to fix the music business, then he went on a long winded rant against Candace Owens on his Instagram. It's deleted now, but then he went on her youtube and made 8 separate long and rambling rants. I feel bad, he's always seemed so cool and so nice, but lately he's losing it. Political stuff, arguing with people, calling people dicks when they don't agree with him, etc etc. He could be on tour now as a hired gun, or do session work, (like Rudy Sarzo and Tony Franklin) - but people don't want to work with him anymore.
Saw him with Dio around 1990s. Overdoing the classics.
@@mikedegarmo3203
Hey there, look up a band called "Resurrection Kings" I did 2 albums with them with Vinny Appice!
And look up the band Dream Child, the album title "Until Death do we Meet Again" album I did with Rudy Sarzo!
I wore out my Sacred Heart Live VHS tape out, back in the day.
My parents actually had enough equipment at the house to record the audio off it onto cassette, too.
Craig's playing is hypnotic on that recording.
Somebody gave me Craig's phone number...told me to look him up if I ever was going to Ca...I called and the dude answered!! Gave me a few pointers about the music scene in Ca. Made it out there in 84 and released a record in 85...dream come true
@davebasch5995
Great story!! Thank you for sharing that!! Very cool of you!!
Craig is easily one of the best guitarists of the 80's scene. Just check out Dream Evil, Master of The Moon, Magica etc from Dio. Tasty leads and killer riffs!
I saw Dio with Craig on the Magica tour in a tiny club near Seattle. There couldn't have been more than 70 people in there. It was one of the best shows I've ever seen. I was so close to the stage just standing by the bar Ronnie and I exchanged the horns. It was awesome, and Craig was absolutely on fire.
Saw Dio on the Sacred Heart tour - Rough Cutt opened. I believe 1986? Wonder if Craig was in RC then or had already left. Vivian Campbell was Dio's guitarist. Had front row seats. Man what a show!!
Jake E Lee took Ozzy to another level. Guy is prob the most underrated metal guitarist. Absolutely phenomenal 🎸🎸🎸🎸
He did. He is.
I like Jake and all, but Bark at the Moon and Ultimate Sin did not take Ozzy to “another level” after Blizzard and Diary.
@@bstar777777 We can agree to disagree. Randy was good but he wasn’t gods gift. When people pass away they become larger than life. I prefer to look at them just bare bones talent. Jake is every bit as talented, just different style
I have to be honest, I heard Jake before I heard Randy Rhoads. I actually heard Bark at the Moon and Ultimate Sin before I knew about Randy. Jake just blew me away. He hooked me with his energy and technique. This was I knew about Randy. Then when I heard Randy, I was blown away but it was Jake that got me. I like both, but I’m a Jake guy. He is a hell of a rhythm player 😎
@@nordicpride9708 Certainly Jake is awesome & did his thing, & yet let’s be for real here? Jake mostly put out duds with Ozzy & arguably has wrote only two big Ozzy hit charting songs, with the title tracks to Ultimate Sin & Bark at the Moon from his 2 Ozzy albums & played on Phil Soussans bigger hit song Shot in the Dark. Without even mentioning Randy’s huge mega hit songs Over the Mountian, & Crazy Train, which still get featured as sports stadium hype tracks, existing beyond just the culture of heavy metal. Undeniably Randy has far bigger deep cuts & B sides on songs like, I Don’t Know, Suicide Solution, S.A.T.O., Tonight, Mr. Crowley, Steal Away the Night, Goodbye Romance, Revelation Mother Earth, Believer, Mr. Crowley, Diary of a Madman, Flying High Again & You can’t kill Rock n Roll, that still get radio play up to this day. One could even arguably list damn nearly every song Ozzy song that Randy ever wrote, apart from his 2 duds, No Bone Movies & Looking at you, looking at me? At this point Randy’s Ozzy’s albums have sold about 14 million copies, to Jakes 8 million Ozzy albums sold…🎸
Craig Goldy is an amazing player. Loved him in Dio.
me too
@@Marco-vw3mv Great band, great album, great history. We'll take it. Loved it from day 1. Still do. Right along with Lynch, LA Guns, Megadeth, the Scorps, Priest, WASP, HSAS, Bonfire, Dokken, Lynch Mob, House Of Lords, Warlock, Van Halen, Kiss and 1000 other metal bands from the 80s that cranked out great albums. No need for negative energy from these metal heads. Serves no purpose.
I absolutely love his playing on Dream Evil, but he was a one album wonder for me sadly. That’s just a personal taste thing, not me trying to disrespect him. I’ll always hold him in high regard for that one album.
Goldy is a great player, whose awesomeness did not always translate to the studio. Dream Evil is a classic that is just as good as the Campbell-era records. On the later albums I think that a lot of the songs are plodding dirges that to me are of little interest. I don't blame Goldy for this, though, as I know that this was what Ronnie wanted. Goldy was probably called back so many times because they understood each other and because he was a team player.
@@cameronsmith8328 Go back and take a good honest listen to the first Giuffria. Craig did a lot of really cool stuff on that album that not many players could pull off with his distinct style. A lot of his other projects in the last 30+ years are really solid, too. Just takes a little appreciation to wander away from the mainstream stuff. A lot of times, the other projects are where the players really shined.
I've been a big Rough Cutt fan since the beginning, before i knew of the Dio connection or the Goldy connection. I haven't been able to find any audio or video of Craig with Rough Cutt. This interview is pure gold!Craig is such a phenomenal player and genuinely decent, good guy. He doesn't deserve the crap that people that can't get over Vivian leaving say about him. Just like Jake didn't deserve the slagging he got coming in after Randy. Can you imagine having to step into a band after Randy or Vivian? They both slayed it!
Jake was, without question, Ozzy's deadliest gunslinger. Gotta check out the vid ALL SOLOS FROM BARK AT THE MOON. That kid playing his stuff is a complete prodigy. His technique and tone are spot on. I've been playing hair guitar since 1985 and this kid's fretboard acrobatics is mind blowing. For Jake to come up with that is just so beyond my comprehension and capabilities. Gotta check him out. He did Randy's albums, too. Every song. Perfect. Maciej Stalmach is his name. Killer player.
Yeah that kid nails all of it. The solo and outro are epic....tasty and as bad ass as it gets. I've always maintained that Jake was Ozzy's best guitarist because of how well rounded he was. He was great at rhythm and lead, vs RR playing the same pentatonic box with some occasional taps for leads. That probably cost me a friend or two in high school lol.
Jake is absolutely the most underrated guitar player of the era! Definitely the top three of my favorite guitar players of all time!
NOT UNDERATED!!!!! Where ya been? Top 5 all time rock Guitarist.
Really? I find it kind of odd as I've never even heard of this guy!
yeah... he's underrated you clown.
everyone who's a fan of 80's metal knows who Jake E Lee is, you got people posting about the guy a quarter of a century later but, according to you... he's underrated.
why does there always have to be some idiot trolling for attention by pulling out the
'that person is so underrated' comment??
annoying.
@@JamesWilliams-js4fo Unfortunate turns for Badlands and unfortunate turns with the Osbournrs who wiped his name away. No wonder at all he isn't a household name.
But he IS and always was a guitarist's guitarist.
If a rock guitarist don't know Jake then it's a very bad indicator on himself.
He is only underrated because you found out about him last week. He was no where near eddie van halen.
I loved Craig’s playing in Stars. I got it on VHS as a kid and his playing blew me away. All of those guitar players were awesome but Craig’s parts were cool. You really made him laugh with that last question!!!! 😂
I used to go there and I saw Teaser and Jake play. I was a young aspiring drummer and all the drummers were great but....... I used to stand on Jake's side of the stage the whole night and watch him. He was incredible !
I've read about his first appearance and his parents and sister supposed to be there, too But after the gig he and his parents got the worst news ever - Rip Susan his sister by a drunk MC rider...
Guitar is not-a-competition. There is No Best (period). I can equally appreciate the speed of Guthrie Govan, the acoustic mastery of Tommy Emmanuel or the "tasty" crafted solo's & epic-tone of David Gilmour. Eddie created masterful guitar-parts and was a phenomenal songwriter & rhythm player-too.
That’s true.
Yeah, but there's one musician who can do all of those things and more! He's the master guitarist of the 90s who's incredible lead guitar solos influenced literally _BILLIONS_ of kids to become guitarists... Of course I'm speaking of Fred Durst. 🙃👍
I say the same thing about so many things. Drums as well for me.
Well said.
@@HighlanderNorth1 There is only ONE thing I can say about the sheer GENIUS of Freddie Durst……..FRED DURST will be remembered long after the brilliance of Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen are forgotten …..AND NOT BEFORE . 🤔🙄😖😖🙄😵💫😵💫😵💫😵😵🥴🤧
Craig's such a great player, and he always comes off like the nicest, most level-headed guy.
I met him (and Ronnie!!!) in 2000 and he was a sweet, genuine guy.
@@thechestermoore Same here. He was definitely a true gentleman.
Thank you for that! Very cool thing to say!!
@@thechestermoore
Thank you for that! Ronnie and I had so much fun being good to his fans!
@@RockDawg77
Thank you for that! Means more than you know!!
Wow Great stuff, really brings back memories for this 66 year old man. I was 20 in 1977 living in Chula Vista Ca and played drums in a rock cover band with some high school buds called Fökker..I had heard people talk about Jake, he was Jake Williams then. In 78-79 My guitarist told me we have to go see Teaser, they were playing at a keg party. It was packed but we jammed our way up front, Van Halens debut was out and there were tons of guys crammed in up front, I assumed they were guitarists because at the time it was hard for those guys to get what Eddie was doing and the word was Jake was covering Van Halen and i guess it was an opportunity to see the techniques in person
They were a great band, did a lot of VH and Tommy Bolin, they actually opened with Stiff Competition by Cheap Trick. The next year we opened for Mickey Ratt at Straita Head Sound. Jake was actually doing stage tech, he mic’d up my drums and got all the guitar and vocal mics set up
Cool story bro !
Chula vista!
Wow. I'm envious. I'd love to have seen Jake playing Tommy Bolin's stuff. And him doing EVH. Well, I guess I could handle that.
I don't know when he changed his name, but I read an interview with him right after joining Ozzy and he was referred to as 'Jakey Lou Williams.'
I saw all three of his tours with Ozzy, and my opinion of him hasn't changed since 1983. I loved Randy. His death broke my heart. Jake came along and... It helped ease the pain.
@@markgarner2725 it was pretty awesome. He was already shredding but also he had his stage moves down had that star quality Only 21 then
I played in the band Vengeance with Matt Thorne, Leroy Vega, Pete Papps, and Dani Robinson back in 1978. I played rhythm guitar I was an original member from back in 1975 when it was called Millenium with Glenn Noyes on drums (became drum manager for Guitar Center Hollywood), Matt, Dani, and Pete. What was the name of your band? I quit the band in 79 to go to college.
one of the nicest guys in the industry.very humble and kind,and a monster player
Thank you Brother! I'd be saying the same thing about you if you were as dumb as us to join this industry of greed, corruption and hateful fans who can't seem to understand that this is a story from WAY back and not how I see Jake or Eddie now! So in their ignorance they spew hate instead of commoradery since we all love Eddie, Randy Rhoads, Jake, Viv, Doug Aldrige, Traci G, Rowan, Niel Schon, Yngwie, George Lynch....and the list goes on....and somehow so does the hate!! You were the smart one Brother! And you are one of the world's best that the world doesn't know about.....yet!! Love you guys and miss you guys!!!
Best channel on youtube. I love these segments with Goldy. That dude worked SOO HARD! He seems humble in every segment. Stars - floored me as a kid! The new Jackson Guitars ad with Marty Friedman is an homage to that video.
I saw Ratt at the Roxy in 1981 and Jake E Lee was playing in Ratt . He stepped on my hand when I tried to take a Ratt Frisbee off the stage! Jake also did a demo with my old singer for my band Trick Or Treat. That was about 99 ,2000 . Trick Or Treat was in 87. Anyway, Jake was definitely in Ratt! I saw Micky Ratt play at the Golden State motor hotel in about 80,maybe 81,I was still in high school. That is a lotvof info,but I was there ,my guitar teacher was Randy Rhoads, so I was in the scene early and probably a little young.
cool
Do you have any stiff with randys lessons?
That would be awesome to share
You are blessed to have experienced what yiu have.
Awesome just awesome
@@user-fc9iq6le2g Yes I do,other people have posted their lessons and to me it is a very private thing. i have made videos of me playing some licks and alternate picking exercises ! I just have a hard time putting those out for everyone! I have put out all my pictures ,almost all my live recordings that no one else has! Pretty much everything,excrpt the lessons and the live Diary tour videos ,because I have been told not to! So there you go!
I would definitely love to see what Randy taught you.
Yeah, your timeline seems about right. He was in Ratt in 1981, because I taught him and Warren how to play guitar in 1980, after teaching Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore in 1969, EVH in 1977, & Randy R. in 1979....... Yep, I was pretty much the catalyst that made hard rock happen. You're welcome! 🗯️Kidding
Craig is being very humble in making comparisons between Jake, George and himself. The fact of the matter is from day one, Craig has always been a powerhouse and absolutely belongs among the circle of great players. He won't say it but his accomplishments say it for him.
There, I said it...
Cheers brother,
J
@JDavis2024
Thank you for that! Such a very cool thing to say!!
Thank you for keeping these wonderful stories alive..
I miss the 80's sound.
Craig sounds like the most humble guitarist ever.
@RycheForOrder
Thank you for that! Such a very cool thing to say!! Means more than you know!!
@@TCraigGoldywell in reality I should have said the most humble shredder ever. As a guitarist I've been following since Dream Evil. What an amazing talent at such a young age.
Yeah, I just got through listening to Tommy Aldridge describe some of his experiences in the 80s, and he sounds similarly humble.
i don't know Goldy that much musically...but i absolute respect his honesty ,no Ego at all .. now i wanna listen to his stuff
@ACCH-cm9ou
Thank you for that!
I loved this interview! Goldy talking about the Hear'n Aid - Stars recording was such a fantastic time for bringing together all the artists that shaped the early/mid 80's. Even hearing Zack W. talking about the 80's guitar sound, its all about EVH, Jake and George Lynch. Didnt even know that Craig was in Rough Cut - what a cool dude!!
The thing that always struck me about EVH was his brilliant rhythm playing and songwriting. For me, he always stood out because of that.
Jake was also brilliant, in The Ultimate Sin and Badlands first album especially. EVH was commercial, Jake wasn't, both brilliant, just wish Jake got the break and ongoing record label support VH did.
@@jake.e.wanabee5333 I’ve heard of Jake but not that familiar with his music. I don’t think EVH went commercial until around ‘82 with the DIver Down album. Before that he unleashed the dark and powerful Fair Warning album. I guess the only songs on that album you could say were commercial was ‘So This is Love’ and ‘Push Comes to Shove’.
So true about EVH. Rhythm parts and songwriting. Jake is too. They are my top 2 since the beginning.
@@nickgodfrey1148 Check out Jake's masterful work with Ozzy and Badlands, you won't regret it, that's peak rock/metal guitar.
Yea I think eddie was a far better lead player then he was a soloer
San Diego was so much fun in the 80's, I was one of the long hairs in the high school parking lot and the beach, Wind and Sea in La Jolla, Pacific Beach, just chillin'. Metal was so alive back then.
Anybody who equates EVH with just tapping or hammering has no concept whatsoever of Eddie’s abilities not only as a lead player but his impeccable rhythm and swing playing.
Craig is always a pleasure listen to, playing wise and being interviewed.
@leeforrester466
Thank you for that!! Very cool thing to do!!
I have to admit, I wasn't a fan of Craig Goldie as a teenager, only because he replaced Vivian Campbell. Now the 57-year-old me realizes he's an incredible guitar player and a really good guy......
Jake is amazing for sure!
Jake's a beast My Favorite Ozzy solo player IMHO...NO disrespect 2 Randy!
Definitely my favorite Ozzy guitar player.
No need to compare, we can love them both. For me it's Randy, I heard him first, even before Van Halen. To me he is god. But Jake is one of my all time favourites.
What a cool, humble and down to earth guy, Craig is.
@user-qd8nz1lt4n
Thank you for that! Means more than you know!!
Jake is phenomenal... His riffs and leads, no whammy bars.. still rip today..
I appreciate whoever can take the language of music, and make it personal.
Jake is an amazing guitar player. I've met him a few times, he's a super nice guy and very humble too. I hope he makes new music soon.
Jake still makes music, his current band Red Dragon Cartel has music out and available on streaming and RUclips
proud to be for San Diego. These players are all about 10 years older than me...but so cool to know they are were here in my hometown which back then seemed much smaller...Matt Cameron and Eddie Vedder, Dave Mustaine, Tom Waits...we've got some pretty cool people who grew up here. I saw Craig with Dio 2 times and he was GREAT!!
I wasn't expecting the interview to be that good.
That riff from Take Her was so raw and amazing!
@Wrecktoid
Thank you for that! It was on the demo that got me the audition!
Craig was always my favorite guitarist in the Dio band. Its like Vivian who? Seemed to know exactly ( more or less lol ) what Ronnie wanted and played exactly that. Team player all the way. Awesome to hear his take on Jake. Randy gets all the accolades but Jake was Ozzy's best guitarist. The first Badlands lp is the finest rock/metal lp of the 80s. Just a fret or two above the first Blue Murder lp.
Saw him twice and he was freaking awesome
How can you say "Vivian who"? Come on now brother.
The two albums with Vivian was absolutely Dio's best work ever, Craig was good Vivian was great.
Vivian Who? There might not have been Dio the way we know him today. Give me a break.
I can’t tell you how many times I saw Rough Cutt and Y&T open for headlining arena bands, And I saw Craig Goldie with Dio.
That's incredible. We're jealous.
There was a ton of anticipation when Jake came out on the BATM tour w/Ozzy. He blew doors. Nobody moved like him on stage. Phenomenal no-BS gunslinger. It wasn’t an ego trip, he was serving something higher and it showed. 😎🤟🏽
its called being a "poser".....
@@randallrhoads3271go touch grass instead of touching yourself to someone you never met.
@@randallrhoads3271 no it isn't. Posing is for photography. It's called flamboyance. Your IQ is on empty
@@randallrhoads3271who Zakk pinch harmonic Wylde? Yeah you’re right!
I saw Craig for the first time when Dio hit San Antonio. I was 5th row center, and everyone i could see around me was mesmerized with Craig's solo leading into Naked in the Rain.
@samlott99
Thank you for that! This kinda comment really does mean more than you know! Very much appreciated and I appreciate you!
Dream Evil is a KILLER Dio record.
Damn Right!!!
@@wc1994Yes!!!
Great riffs. Kinda Rainbow-ish.
Man, what a killer nice guy Craig Goldy is!
Jake E Lee is the absolute most underrated guitarist from the 1980's
Jake is not underrated he's legendary!!!
Vivian Campbell too
Jake said him and Warren DiMartini were competing with each other to see who could write a song or solo with the widest stretch on the fretboard, that's why there's all those impossible to play riffs on Bark At The Moon
That was probably when He created the stretch technique using His thumb on the fretboard.I had delved into that idea Myself & thought I had come up with something unique but then I got the Ultimate Sin Video with Him doing it on the live solo & realized He'd probably been doing it for ages...hate it when that happens..lol
@@andrewbroughton65 Nah that's good. Great minds think alike and all of that. It's basically impossible to be the first at something. Just do it well.
After a Red Dragon Cartel show in Houston, I personally told Jake that he and Eddie were my favorite SoCAL guitarists, full stop. I take Greg Chaisson's word for it to, when he said the greatest improv jam he ever saw was when Jake was in Rough Cutt, for a show where it was Jake and whoever the Rough Cutt drummer was at that time. Jake himself said he was in Ratt in LA briefly, after they dropped the Mickey
And basically everyone at that point considered Jake to be the best rock/metal guitarist in LA. He was just a phenom, and different from many others. One of the real GOATs for me, always will be.
I believe that drum&guitar jam had something to do with failed equipment or something that caused problems for the rest of the band
@@franknada8235 yep, that was the story Greg told, Jake was the only one who still had power, and they improv'd for what Greg said was like 45 minutes with no repetition. Jake is an absolute monster guitarist, people that easily dismiss him for Randy don't realize what he at that time was able to actually pull off
👍👍 loved that interview.
Damn I love your interviews. You are a fan of the music and it shows. Giuffria, I haven't heard that name since 1984 when I owned the cassette.
What a great interview. I'm right there with you when you say that you're interested in the timelines of how these bands developed. There's so much history there that needs to be preserved. Please keep up the great work!
Yes I was there in San Diego in the late 70's watching Teaser with Jake E. Lee and I was blown away by Jakes playing of Van Halen and everything about his playing! Was amazing! And Opening up for him, when I saw Teaser, was Randy Hansen(way before Hendrix tribute band) and Randy was shredding some Van Halen too and I can still remember him playing "In A Simple Rhyme" and ripping on it and nailed the solo. Amazing times back then! Aslo regular saw Rough Cutt, Mickey Ratt(Ratt before Ratt), Sarge(?), and some awesome band(named Warrior?) with a guitarist named Tommy Asakawa who was a shredder and tasteful guitarist. I forget the band Warren De Martini was in but I still remember seeing his band at some club for 18 year olds(but they didn't id anyone so wtf lmao) and Warren was absolutely killing it on guitar and everyone in San Diego was talking about this 16 year old kid(heck I was only 17 at the time lol). For now that's what I can remember but I'm sure more will come back to me...maybe 😂😂
Late 82 or early 83 in the East Valley there was this kid Steve Cox looked and played like EVH and RR only 4’ tall. Had a band that practiced near Musicians Supply in El Cajon.
Around the same time bands like Street Legal and Mistreated were playing Headquarters down in PB.
Great time to of been alive
Eddie Van Halen , often imitated , but never duplicated . That’s why all these guitarists covered Van Halen songs .. All of us guitarists are always fans of his .
Soon the LA scene was full of EVH clones. It took the most enlightened of guitarists to rise above the fray.
Not all guitarists. I never was a fan of that style of playing.
and then Randy Rhoads came along and 'dethroned" ol Ed....which really wasn't saying much...VH did alot of awful cover songs by then. Rhoads was a way better all around musician/player...just admit it.
@@randallrhoads3271 …and then Jake E. Lee came along after he died and raised the bar even further. So yeah, in the end it turns out that Goldy was correct.
@@kospandx Yep. Jake was the best player Ozzy ever had, and he was recognized as the king of LA between 1980 to 1984, after already being the main guitarist in San Diego.
Goldie is a beast, truly underrated.
@sqiddad1528
Thank you for that!! Means a lot!!
Jake is jake, eddie is eddie. You can't take anything away from eddie van halen. He comes first then jake
That's debatable, Eddie was jealous enough of Randy to trash him publicly many times. They both played the same venues and knew of each other. Eddie always said Randy ripped him off. I don't hear it. They're totally different and playing RR stuff is at least as hard as EVH but more musical in my opinion but that's subjective. It served the song. Eddie was a bit of a show off. Some songs are almost an excuse for him to shred.
And Jake took influence from both of them and made his own thing. They're all great.
buck dharma s solo on stars was super melodic and a stand out from the pack
He still is one of the best. Such a nice dude too. Been fortunate enough to work with him a couple of times.
Tell us more, please
Great interview, man!
Craig always is so humble and honest. I trust his take on rock history.
@lennegilzow
Thank you! Finally someone realizes this is history....not my thoughts today about the obvious innovations of EVH we all know about now!
I didn't know much about EVH then, obviously!! Thank you!!
@TCraigGoldy You are most certainly welcome.
I wish we could have gotten an Imagica II.
When DIO makes the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, it will be well deserved. And you will get your rightful place in it.
🤘s high for the mighty DIO and Craig Goldy's fabulous work in the band's history.👍
Lol. Went off topic a little bit. But hearing what you've went through...you were quite heroic. Just rooting for you. ☺️
@@lennegilzow
Thank you! I think?
@@lennegilzow
Thank you!!
i saw craig with dio, he was fantastic. very fluid and smooth. kinda pretty leads like steve morse.
That filmed show from wacken with dio disciples is also good with ripper and oweny Logan singing, Craig nails the solo on stargazer which is brilliant.
Jake is my favorite player of all time and a huge influence on my playing.
Loved all Craig's solos in Dream Evil
great interview here. thanks
That last question was gold!!! Great interviewer!
Thanks for the great history. This channel is the best
Yet another great interview, gave a few insights on Rough Cutt & Project:Driver too. This channel is awesome, keep up the great work brother!
Thank you, Paul!
Saw Craig play twice with Budgie. Amazing player.
So many great guitar players, and yeah, Jake E. Lee is great in his own right. Saw him with Ozzy back in 1984 and he really lit up the place with his long solo break. Really impressed me a great deal, plus he was doing all the Randy stuff from songs on the first two albums. Felt like Jake fit well with Ozzy and I was shocked when Jake was suddenly fired roughly 3 years later. Never got to see Goldy play live, but have watched many of his works with Dio and he's kick ass too. Loved his Warlock's and eventually I bought my Warlock in large part to emulatle him, haha.
I saw Rough Cutt open for Dio when I was in high school. I loved that band and I even met a few of them at NAMM. They should have been bigger, I think.
Used to go to Naval Training Center San Diego to see RC when they played at the Crows Nest. The big show was when Dio showed up and did a few tunes with them. Good times.
What a COOL interview!!!
@jcb355
Thank you!! Means more than you know!!
Jake was unstoppable. He had it all
Love Jake, but Eddie was in a class all by himself. A true innovator.
All my friends and I always loved everything Craig did, and every band he joined they were better for it ... 100% without a doubt !!!
Only guy I ever heard play Ritchie Blackmore note for note.
I got screwed - was supposed to see Ultimate Sin/Master of Puppets. Postponed...then cancelled. I was 15 and beyond devastated. Still am. But I did see Lee in 1992 with Badlands. Deafening in a club. So good. Never saw Goldy. Good player, seems like a great guy! I never really connected to that stuff he did with Dio though.
Love Goldie. So underrated. So humble. Great guy!
I remember hearing Dream Evil for the first time and thinking damn it, this is the guitar tone i have been chasing but never came close to catching! Love his playing on that record!
@elevenAD
Thank you for that! Such a very cool thing to say! Very much appreciated!!
@@TCraigGoldy ❤
The "Call to Your Heart" solo, altho may not seem like much, is a stunning solo.
Teaser i imagine after Tommy Bolin album
Yes. Jake was a big fan
I like how this guy goes to work to accomplish new things that impress him from other players.
Craig Goldy is under-rated and under appreciated. Great songwriter and amazing player. Time To Burn from Dio is such a great example. Seems like a cool guy. I would love to shake his hand and say hello
We dropped a story of when we got the chance after a Dio / Doro / Malmsteen show on a post under this video. You got the right idea. He is an awesome gentleman.
Underrated! Here we go again with that cliche 🤪
You can't say someone is underrated when hardly anybody knows who he is.
@svtrader That's why he's underrated. He played in an era of guitar heroes, and he's not recognized, therefore making him underrated.
@@user-cruton No, that's personal your definition of underrated.
"He played in an era of guitar heroes," That's what made him and the others a dime a dozen of that era. He never stood out which would've gotten him the recognition he deserved.
Thank you so much for posting this interview. Craig is one of the biggest sweethearts of the metal scene. We were very fortunate to be able to chat with him after the Dio / Doro / Malmsteen show in a 4000 capacity club and he made a real life-long impression. In this day and age, it might sound strange to say, but we need to get back to being more human. Craig was open with us when we started talking about beliefs and motivations. That takes a real man to be that vulnerable, warm and embracing. You can't fake that, and we'll never forget the conversation.
The show in and of itself was a mind bender and a half. Talk about a killer bill. It was mind blowing how short Doro was when she went walking through the lobby while everyone was chatting. Not sure who was taller, her or Ronnie, but you definitely would not want to cross the metal queen in a back alley. lol She was awesome. A true lady. It was so crazy at the time how all of these heavy metal heroes were so kind, gentle, warm, appreciative and we could tell geniunely cared about us fans. It was truly one of the things that made the whole 80s/early 90s metal scenes such a special time.
It was really awesome to hear Craig talk about the Hear N Aid sessions. Have told so many people through the decades to check out that tape. It's like an encyclopedia how-to on every guitar trick you didn't know you needed to learn but never knew existed. Always told people Craig's playing was like a computer simulation expanding then imploding into itself. Absolutely amazing. It is really cool too to also hear him comment on G Lynch's playing. Here we thought we were the only ones that all these years later, we still cannot figure out what George did with that nose dive that made the entire crew in the booth start cheering and wooping it up. To hear a legend like Craig say it sent him back to the shed is truly heartwarming.
Have to say, though, at the risk of some donkey rears making some butt ugly troll comments, have said since that show, Malmsteen was so d@#n good, even after seeing hundreds of performances from A LOT of legends, STILL cannot figure out how that guy was able to keep things going with how many times he whirled that guitar around his waist, across his back and flying around his neck back to playing position without skipping a beat. The interview with Beato that surfaced online recently with Yngwie is truly another heartwarmer.
We are all really blessed Craig and these guys are out talking to folks like this interview and keeping the dream alive. With gas prices, the wars, inflation, etc. everything going on, some of us are hoping for another party scene like we got in the 80s when we had the same conditions with the same stuff as the 70s. With so many people's kids getting into their parents' record collections, and posts out here saying they wished they were born in the 80s, it would be really cool if we got resurgence of an 80s metal scene 2.0. Our heroes like Craig, Yngwie, George Lynch, Dokken, Ratt, Winger, Def Lep hitting the road like the old days' concert scenes with new supporting talent like Deraps, Bloody Heels, Adam and the Metal Hawks, etc. so that the new generation of budding guitarists, drummers, songwriters, metal diehards would be able to go to shows with their parents like we did when almost every weekend there was a concert somewhere and we had the time of our lives seeing people like Craig tearing it up standing 10' away from the front of the stage having their mind blown like we did.
Hearing Craig laugh about Guiffria is genuine, and gotta love him for it, but that album stands up, to the test of time, as does the band, and he deserves a lot of credit for it. Lanny Cordola following in Craig's footsteps and then all the players that followed both of them through the House Of Lords era, well, we were all just really lucky for all of it.
Kinda hope that at some point, people putting comments out here start to realize tearing people down and negative posts really don't do anybody any good. And possibly, may bring an end to someone's motivation. Sometimes we forget that these heroes are people too. Every time someone shoots off a negative post about Guiffria, Dokken, etc., you never know when it gets back to the person or the band, someone like Gregg G was kind of thinking about doing something new, an album, a reunion show, a mini tour, and enough negative feedback got to the them they decided not to. We know it happens because we've had a few bands respond to our comments out here directly when we brought it up to a post that wasn't cool.
Maybe we'll get lucky and there will be a shot some of the legends get together and do some tours, maybe even some supergroups like Don Dokken's Up From The Ashes band/album if we show these guys enough love and support.
It was a great metal scene, these guys have kept a lot of it going, here's to hoping they get enough support from the rest of us who love them for all they've done for us that some people call Craig and other's that are itching to lay down some tracks in someone's home studio, hit the road, and sign some t shirts for us adoring fans that would give good money to see em live again.
Thanks for everything you've done for all of us in the metal community, Craig! You're the man!! (ps Thanks for signing our Hidden In Plain Sight disc after the show! It's a memory we cherish.)
@RockDawg77
There aren't enough words in the English language to thank you! And "Thank You" are not big enough words! Once again , I'm speechless!!
Your kind words really do mean more than you know! And I appreciate that very much and I appreciate you!!
Dream Evil is my favorite Dio album
Jake was himself. His own style and people should respect that. John Sykes is another guitarist who had a similar talent that Jake had but different styles.
Love them both ❤
To all:
This interview is not about what we all know about EVH now!
This is a story when I was just barely a teenager and my experiences when I encountered other guitarists way way way back then. This is not about how we all know that EVH re-revolutionalized Rock guitar from stem to stern. We all know that most of it Eddie invented himself or was the first to present it in the manner in which lit the world on fire.
This is a story of what I saw and heard at that time with limited access to the kinds of information we have now. When I first heard Eddie Van Halen I was in the Hospital listening to the radio while hoping my leg didn't get amputated from the atrocities perpetrated upon me by my abusive family. Eventually I ran away from home and lived on the streets. Very limited amount of information to gather during all this. However, years later Headlining Madison Square Garden with my favorite singer Ronnie James Dio. By that time I had been able to connect the dots.....but this is not that story!!
why clarify, there is nothing wrong with what is said. Hopefully those demos Jake did with Ozzy for Ultimate sin get released or leaked. Apparently he was writing compositions that were mind blowing and not that poorly produced stuff that ended up on the ultimate sin.
Randy was just as good as Ed if not better too.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle
If you had read some of the comments where practically everyone is all upset that I didn't say EVH invented it all......then you would know why I thought to clarify.
It got real old reading the same complaints over and over again.
I like to read the comments and reply to the special ones.....but it was all complaints and arguments instead of what this story is really about! No biggie!! Thank you for the kind statement though!!
Loved Goldy on Dio's Dream Evil album. Amazing guitar riffs on Evil.
@joeyhandeland983
Thank you for that! Means more than you know!
JAke was heavily underrated. He was blowing away VH in donington 1984, to me he shines when he is playing live and can play freely as Ozzy restricted him on the albums. He has some great rhythms. He even did great things with Badlands.
😅😅😅😅
Sharon was the master mind behind all that, look how many guitar players have left shazzy, even before Randy's death, he told them he wanted to go do his own thing, too bad we never got to hear Randy soar to new heights!!!
Craig must be one of the nicest guys in Metal and I'm surprised more people in the comments don't agree with him about Jake. I remember watching the Ultimate Sin concert in the 80's on Mtv and was completely blown away by Jake.
I think most rightfully agree. But, as we know, it's hard to be compared to two dead pioneers like EVH and Rhoads, they have a cult following with crazy fanboys. Jake is the best.
Goldy’s laugh at the end is hilarious 🤣
Bark at the Moon probably the best guitar solo of the 80’s
Jake was very unique in his own way with his chord voicing, his vibrato. He sounds like he even has a whammy bar without having a whammy bar.
Craig Goldy is a badass guitarist in his own right.
@shawnmatthews5118
Thank you for your kind words! Means more than you know!
Craig is a seriously underrated guitarist and I think he wasn't taken too seriously because of his time in Giuffria.
@RFXLR
Thank you for that! Yes, being in Giuffria with only ballads being played on the radio at that time sure didn't let people know where my heart was at regarding Hard Rock & Heavy Metal!
Thank you for pointing that out!
@@TCraigGoldy it's my pleasure! I've certainly enjoyed your playing over the years!
@@TCraigGoldy hey Craig I loved this interview. And I really didn’t know if you until your first Giuffria album about 84. A little guitar from you goes a long way! Trouble again, line of fire, don’t tear me down, even the outro picking in Out of the Blue 💪😎 Thanks for rocking us!
@@RFXLR
Thank you for that too!!
I appreciate you!!
Didn't mean to rhyme!!
@@DarrenMalone253
Thank you Brother!!
That's an extremely cool thing you did!! Means more than you know!!
I like(d) Craig's playing. It's articulate and you can hear every note so it was never a sea of muddled notes as it could be with other players some of whom were quite talented in their own right. Craig reminded me of an evolution on Blackmore but he still developed his own thing.
@atlantaguitar9689
Thank you! That's gotta be one of thee coolest things ever said! And I appreciate it more than you know!! And I appreciate you!!
@@TCraigGoldy No problem man. Glad you liked it. Rock on!
Great interview !!
Jake is a huge Tommy Bolin fan, his band 'Teaser' was named after Tommy's first solo album.
Craig and Jake are Amazing.Good looking too
Jake E Lee all the way forever. If it wasn't for Sharon, we could have had many more Ozzy records with Jake
No if it weren;t for Ozzy too he signed off on eveything if he really wanted to keep Jake he would have fought for him, he told Sharon to keep Robert Mason on tour as the guy in the tent doing backing vocals