TALKING SHRED W/ BRAD GILLIS PART 2! SAMMY HAGAR & WHITESNAKE TOUR, OZZY + BRAD SHREDS FOR US!
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- Опубликовано: 3 мар 2020
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I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the Whammy Bar Wizard, the Shredsational Brad Gillis, for another Shredtastic episode of 'Talking Shred' LIVE at the Arcada Theater in St. Charles, IL! We discuss everything from the back story of his iconic DIY 62' Strat, AKA 'Bubba', all the way to his experience playing with Ozzy and recording 1982's Speak of The Devil album! Plus we answer some of YOUR questions that you submitted a few weeks back so look out for an on screen 'SHRED OUT'! Also make sure to check out our new OFFICIAL Brad Gillis Merch! We worked very closely with Brad on our 'Blizzard of Gillis' design and we think you will agree with us that it looks BADASS! Click the link below for more info:
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With Brad, you always get the feel that he has seen a million things he cannot talk about. LOL
Right? Because Sharon would definitely put a bounty on his head
He probably seen Sharon Naked .
Or has that much time.
Brad does talk about those things amongst friends - I've heard some of it which has never been discussed in any video/audio interview. Good stuff!
When he closed his eyes to talk about the 80’s and remember it all,priceless
salif M
... or maybe just remember what he could! 😜
Mr. Gillis is a very UNDERRATED guitar player. An amazing guitar player with his own voice, a bunch of epic solos and other guitar parts! Very humble, One of the best for sure.
Thanks for posting this interview, lt deserves a second part 👍
ln God We Trust He’s not underrated.
The word you are looking for is UNDERAPPRECIATED. Guitarists rate him as one of the best guitarists but you never hear his names in magazines or fan lists.
Well it's not that he was underated he only played for Ozzy for a very short time he wasn't well known for playing for Ozzy. I would say "not well known" in Ozzy because the time he spent was so brief a few months with Ozzy. He's a great guitarists he's more known for night ranger. He came along and surprised the hell out of people when he played for Ozzy though. He did me for sure. Learning every RR song in a couple weeks! Really? How?!
Brad Gillis is one of my all-time favorite guitar players
The strap is one of several that we made for Brad. He truly is a wonderful human being and hope he continues to inspire many guitarist like myself for years to come! Andy AF designs
Can't imagine all of the stories. What a life. Enjoy Brad's playing.
Brad is such a great guy. The kinda guy that'd help ya move. Just down to earth.
Brad doesn’t get the credit he deserves for his work with Ozzy. Speak of the Devil is the best live album of Sabbath material ever made. IMO he was second only to Randy in Ozzy’s guitar stable.
Scarecrow Fields good point!
Jake
Gillis is criminally underrated.
But he is the 3rd best guitarist ozzy ever had.
Ronnie J I have him ahead of Jake by a hair at 2nd place.
@@ClassicGuitarRockJFL jake got a bad hand dealt by ozzy and sharon. The mox on bark is horrible. His guitar work on that album is great and ultimate sin is god teir.
Saw him on the Speak Of The Devil Tour. He is amazing .
Brad is the reason I wanted a Floyd Rose. His solo on Don’t Tell Me You Love Me is amazing.
Thanks so much. You never fail with your content. People don’t realize how great it is to see stuff like this. I’m from the 80,s and wish we had access to things like this back in the day. Good job
I loved Brads playing on the speak of the devil / talk of the devil double live album.. made all the old sabbath songs sound new and fresh... i got to meet him at a Night Ranger Gig in Cali in 1988 ... fucking killer guitar player..
he was super nice and i was so happy to meet the guy that is super talented...and kicked everyones ass on the stars hear'n' aid video.... awesome!
That is so true, he was better than Yngwie for that song !
He kicked ass on that Sabbath stuff. Walked onstage with Ozzy after Randy died. Balls
Went to Night Ranger concert in 80's when I was 16. Caught Brad's pick which was metal. Saved up for my fist 🎸 after that concert. Now 50 years old and 12 Kiesel guitars. Brad is one of the best and does not get the credit he deserves. One of the best players out there.
You really like Kiesels!
I saw Brad and Jeff on a local news program in Seattle in the 80s. They were talking about the Night Ranger show saying that the kids really liked the guitar tricks. Hell yeah I was a big fan but not allowed to go to concerts, but I had a guitar and cassette of “You can still rock in America”. I learned what I could with play and rewind. Awesome interview.
Had a cassette bootleg of Gillis playing in the ozzy tour where they did the tribute series of songs. Incredible
Brad is definitely one of the best guitarists out there and in my opinion never got the credit he deserves
If OZZY had any brains left, he would get Brad, Rudy and Tommy and do another CD and tour. That Speak of the Devil lineup was classic musicians and have a sound of their own.
I had that vynl and it kicked azz!
Ozzy probably too old, he's like 90 now
Brad Gillis the only guy who sounded like Randy Rhoads. Ozzy should have done a couple of records with Brad. I was standing right next to him outside of a club in Hollywood in 91 but was too damn shy to talk to him. I wish I had. Seems like a cool guy too.
Yes he did a good job of covering for Randy on that tour after Randy died... He looked a little stiff and it looked like he had to work hard at it but he pulled it off
Dude, you are way off of key and out of tune . Jake E Lee is the only predecessor to Randy Rhoads. No one else has or came close to Randy, Thats why Ozzy picked him, Now Brad is a great guitarist and king of whammy bar antics but his greatness shined on Ozzys Speak of the Devil cd live by doing Sabbath material . Nothing beats that except Tony Iommi with Ronnie James Dio and Geezer Butler doing Heaven and Hell live, both are killer and nothing beats it at all. But Dude, wake up , no one is better than Randy -eddie is close and they are both great.
@@jamesmccracken9323 I agree Speak of the Devil is a live masterpiece. I never cared for Jake E Lee and I bought Bark at the Moon as soon as it was released. Not to say he's not good, he's very good, but I just don't care for his playing. It wasn't as varied as Randy Rhoads and missed that 'popish' element that Randy had in his playing which was mixed with classical and metal. Brad Gillis had/has that 'popish' element as well which is why was and is in Night Ranger. Ozzy was influenced by the Beatles and Ziggy Stardust among others and his vocal melodies shine when you add a touch of pop to the classical and metal, which Brad Gillis could have done writing with Ozzy if he had stayed in the band for a couple of albums. Bark at the Moon was just OK and the Ultimate Sin was not good, even Ozzy agrees with that according to some interviews I saw.
I still have my PJ Marx Brad Gillis pickup. Yeah i'm old.
Great interview! Love Brad Gillis! My wife and
I always go and see Brad and Night Ranger playing live when they come through the Cleveland area.
I live in town too.. Seeing Brad is still on my bucket list
@@nickcosta8062 Cleveland here also, representing
I had the honour to meet and chat with his then tech Mr. Newman, He told me the exact same story on his early Mesa gear. And also so many other interesting stuff about the many other icons he has worked with. It would be nice if you could sometime interview guitar techs, they usually keep those gear facts a lot fresher than the artists themselves... Not he case here with Brad though. He always speaks in full detail, which is something I like!!!!
thats was most entertaining,,love brad gillis/night ranger,,and his solo cd rocked--love that he sat and answered questions,,, keep rockin brad
One of my favorites interviews so far!!
Wabash Valley Cards Thanks so much! I’m thrilled to hear that!🙏🙌🎸🔥
Brad is the unsung hero that came along and brought something Amazing to a legend (Ozzy) and immediately following brought a great new band onto the music scene (Night Ranger).
Always in my top 5 guitarists.
On a side note, if indeed those original Floyd Rose models never go out of tune, why doesn't everyone have one?
And why can't we, in this day and age, 40 years later, reproduce those first few models so that we all can experience what its like to stay in tune?
Damnit!
Speak Of The Devil was the first Ozzy Osbourne live album I ever got back in the mid 80's as a little kid on cassette tape. It is still one of my all time favorite live albums ever to this day. Brad Gillis did a PHENOMENAL job on that tour. I even got a bootleg CD of the show that Brad did that was released on DVD of mostly Ozzy solo songs and a few Black Sabbath songs and that one is also PHENOMENAL!!! Brad definitely did justice to all those songs and I still enjoy listening to both of them on a regular basis. Brad is definitely underrated as a guitar player big time.
Brad is The Man!! I can't quantify, how important his influence has been on me. He is truly an unsung hero. Love ya, Brad. P.S. I was at his garage sale in '89 and had to pass on buying Randy's pedalboard...for $200. I was a poor-ass musician. Still brings tears to my eyes.
I don t understand the facts because his Randys mom and brother stated that they have all of Randys heads, cabinets , and the pedal board of Randys so why would Brad end up with his amps and cabinets and pedal board? some info is missing here!
James McCracken
I looked at it, in Brad's garage in the Oakland hills. 31 years later, I honestly can't remember what it looked like. He told me that it came with the Ozzy gig. I do remember that it was a good sized, wooden pedalboard; nothing high tech.
@@jamesmccracken9323 sharon arden probably didn't pay him! Just gave him some artifacts when he wouldn't sign with them .
Look up Bob Dasily , who wrote the lyrics and a lot of the songs . bob was very vocal about how they got famous but no money
Steve Sorrell it is in the video here, a quick peak at it.
ozweepay. I saw that. I screwed up SOOO bad. I really didn't remember what it looked like.
I had borrowed $250 (from my parents) to buy a guitar from Brad. We had already made the deal, when he showed me the board. I literally had no money (starving musician). I'm still sad.
Great interview...love Speak of the Devil...great..great ..tone. wish he could've made an album with Ozzy. ..has great taste and feel of a song with his solos...
Ozzy (circa '82): Who can replace Randy and still have balls?
BRAD: HOLD my beer....
One of the most Underrated Guitarists ever.
One of my favorite Ozzy albums, Thanks Brad!
One of My biggest influences.. Love the guy!
Gotta love the Gillis
The guy is just freaking amazing. When people ask me who my favorite guitar player is and I say Brad Gillis, I usually get who? Dude, go do your rock homework. Brad is one of the greats.
Brad is hands down, amazing!
Awesome story! He did an awesome job for the short time he was in the band.
I got to hang out with Brad back in the 90s he was really cool. Great guitarist and a huge influence for sure. 😎🤘
Brad is a monster guitar player still after all these years. Wow! Incredible! 🤣😎👍🏼
Love this interview. Brads humility is awesome.
What can ya say..Brad is a legend.
Excellent show! I always liked Brads work and saw the Diary tour with him! It was great! Thank you for having him and discussing this era!
Speak of the Devil has such an amazing guitar tone! I have been a Brad Gillis fan ever since that album and video came out. 🤘
Couldn't agree more! Such a monster of an album! 🙌🎸🔥
Gillis. My man
People dont realize how good Brad Gillis was (still is) back then, no tabs, no song books, all Ozzy / Randy"s material was fairly new and he picks up all the songs practically note for note in about a week, no small task by any means
After a concert in Island Lake I told Brad he was the most underrated guitarist of his generation
Speak of the Devil is one of THE best live albums by any band and Brad fucking killed it on that recording.
Brad is a MONSTER GUITAR PLAYER!!!
Major fan of the mighty Night Ranger. What a catalog! NR has consistently put out some of the smartest hard rock out there. Brad is a huge part of why. Keep rocking!
I still have his REH instructional video from the 80`s right along with Steve Lukathers..
Have this George Lynch Friedman and Emmet vhs. They weren't cheap either. Lol.
@@edwinmorse6615 great instructional videos! They don't make them like that anymore.
I totally enjoyed the interview.
I had the pleasure of meeting Brad after the KISS show at Rupp Arena on that tour. Very cool to the fans!
I remember seeing Night Ranger on their first tour opening for Black Sabbath. Sabbath was on the Born Again tour. I didnt know they opened for KISS on the Dawn Patrol tour as well!
Saw them open for Sammy Hagar in 1983 on the Dawn Patrol tour
Best guitar faces ever!
Ok... listen to that thing he sneaks in at 4:53 wEEoooww!! Thanks Brad, for making me smile. :-D
Gerald Hartley ......LOL!
Great content, glad I found this channel
Brad Gillis is probably my favorite guitarist ever....the man is a wizard with the tremelo bar.
Excellent!!!!
Another great episode from the most entertaining guitslinger show on youtube! Great questions and research around the Randy board too. Bradley was surprised by the question. Go M.O.S. Go!:-)
No eye contact Brad...no eye contact!
I loved that stereo sound.
Ha! I'm doing Bad Gillis RUclips videos today & reminiscing on my experiences from High School through present with this fellow. Cool dude, several gigs, many interactions. LUCKY LION!? = Many Memories there. (Now a Grocery Store) Ha! Mark Newman Guitar Tech. I jammed with Mark too a few times. Cool guy.
Awesome. Seems like such a down to earth guy
One of Brads solos it’s my ringtone 🤘🤘
Brad Gillis is a legend
He kinda looks like Sammy Hagar. 🤔😄🎸
He can still ROCK IN AMERICA!
Gillis is one of the best story tellers
Super guitar player. Very good musical mind.
Brad is one cool cat, that I can say. I met him once and partied with the Night Ranger guys on their tour bus. Got a great pic out of the deal too lol Always loved Brads playing and years ago I totally stole his race car lick 😂
Damn.....Brad is geeking his ass off....😎
Sharon ‘ Brad don’t fuck up’ 🤣🤣
Brad was dying to go jam out. Lol. He didn’t want to chat .. he wanted to play.
I'm amazed that he was able to learn all that stuff with the time constraints.
In the late 80s, I would see Brad at shops on Webster street in Alameda. There was a cool record store he was in often. And Mr. Nady bought the Omni at the edge of Berkley and Oakland. Nady wireless, cool.
Brad kick some ass
I saw Night Ranger at a free concert in Dallas, TX during the “Still Rock In America” tour. Joe King Carrasco opened. I think it was at the Dallas Convention Center. The band was incredible but I never knew why it was a free show considering the bands popularity at the time.
Sing me away Brad!!
I’ve recently fell in love with Brad’s playing, any song suggestions that really show his shredding ability?
his solo in we're stars has about the coolest wammy bar i have ever heard ..lots of other greats too it was a relief thing put together by RJ Dio
mikesnakemanchaney we are stars is amazing
his cover of summer song is awesome AF
11:49 sounds a lot like mean street!
Brad Gillis is the one guitar player that you can say is seriously underrated, AND you know I hate that word. I PROB LISTEN to
SOTD more than other album. WHEN that came out it was like Whoa! Its live. Oh yeah. I seen Ozzy with Jake, & Dirty Zakk.
KEEP ROCKIN Dobie Gillis
Wow, for some reason I always remember Brad Gillis as stepping into the Ozzy tour gig happening after Night Ranger (and Brad) had already released 'Dawn Patrol'. But, I guess that couldn't be. Because Randy died on March 19th, 1982. And Dawn Patrol wasn't released until November 1st, 1982. Seven and a half months later. I don't recall ever wondering who Brad Gillis was, or where Ozzy found him . I just figured he knew of him from the recently released "Night Ranger - Dawn Patrol" material. But that couldn't be. Unfortunately, not my 1st incorrect recollection from the early 80's... lol.
Randy is why I play. Tommy and bonham my favorite drummers rudy, I have my signed book. Dimebag signed my guitar n remembered me wo it on 2 separate vulgar shows harmony house. Brad stepped in to the biggest moment and to me rewrote history. For once hear a brother and a fan. Thank you. Sept151985 I've never looked back at my adventure
My first guitar was made from Legos. Bought a cheap acoustic in 83. Borrowed a banjo then bought my vantage avg315 n gorilla gg25 in 85
Love Gillis..awesome guitar player..the floyd master..!!!!
Great interview, Ozzy's Speak of the Devil is one of my favorite albums. Now get some decent microphones to do interviews please.
Happy to hear you enjoyed the interview! As far as the mic's go, unfortunately mine was too low on my jacket so it wasn't picking up my voice :/ However, Brads mic sounds AMAZING. Can we not agree on this?
@@MastersofShred Absolutely! He's gotta be the most hyperactive guitar player out there.
Seems like a good enough guy. I enjoy his work w Ozzy/NightRanger.
Won tickets on the radio to see Ranger in Hollywood back in '83-'84. A friend had just won and he called me up to tell me to try. What are the chances? I got in and got a ticket. It was a private show for a few fans. Following the show was a Q&A. Brad was great but he did tire of the questions about Ozzy.
🤘🏻 🌟 🤘
Gotta give Brad alot of credit... he had HUGE shoes to fill and had to deal with Ozzy and Sharon.🤘
seen Brad gillis with Night Ranger ...n Golden Earring opening up for RUSH 😛 tingley coliseum Albuquerque New Mexico
When asked about Ozzy treating him badly, there were stories from Rudy’s book that Ozzy was always trying to replace Brad. Even to the point of having Rudy & Tommy audition other guitar players during the tour. One of them was Marq Torien who later became the lead singer for the Bullet Boys.
I have never understood why Ozzy wanted to replace Brad, and especially Jake E Lee. They are both phenomenal guitar players and in my opinion much, much better than Zack Wylde. I love the No Rest For The Wicked album and most of No More Tears album, but never cared for the majority of everything that came out after. Zack's pinch harmonics got very out of control in live concerts in the past twenty years.
Brad Gillis is an excellent player, who stepped into a situation that most guitar players at the time couldn't probably handle. Randy is, and always will be my favorite musician. Brad did a killer job, and is, I think I'm right, - the first master of the Floyd Rose whammy bar. He had the prototype on his red Strat, when he played with Ozzy, I think. If I'm wrong, cool, but Brad is a great player, Speak of the devil is a killer live? Album...
Brad Gillis and Mick Mars ...pointed me to the guitar ....
16:30 the Speak of the Devil sound is STILL a great guitar sound!
I was at the Irvine show with Gillis, Sarzo,and Aldridge
I was at the Irvine Meadows Show we snuck in through a swampy mess we are from Lake Forest, CA. So Irvine is our back yard..! 🥳
@@JBG949 I went through a swampy mess to trying to get back stage, we jumped a fence walked up and realized we were in an elephant cage...got out quick before they saw us hahahaha
Dude...I believe that we have met...Im a former Pro Skater from the Dogtown era and Ray Bones Rodriguez had a band Called: POWER TRIP and they may have opened for you or you guys did a multi band gig A Hogue Barmicheals...With early Badlands? 🤙🏿
That was my first intro to Ozzy. I was 10.
cool
Lots of Eddie in his playing
Yup, Eddie was still the guitar god at this time in the early 80's. After Yngwie hit the scene about a year later, all of a sudden everyone was doing sweep arpeggios.
Brad is amazing ... learned Randy’s part in 4 days by ear...and made it better.. He is an EVH disciple I think. I heard a lot from shredders that Randy triple tracks to hide imperfections .
Eh i don't think so m8
I wish I could find the concert that was played on MTV back then. The one with the Sabbath songs.
The one on MTV that I remember of was Speak Of The Devil which was mostly Ozzy solo songs and four Black Sabbath songs Iron Man, Children Of The Grave, Sweet Leaf, and Paranoid. That is available on DVD. The CD Speak Of The Devil is the only thing I have ever seen with just all Black Sabbath songs. The British import is called Talk Of The Devil because Speak Of The Devil sounded weird to them.
@@johnkatsoudas4767 The one available on the DVD is, I believe, the one where Brad and Rudy are constantly shaking their heads and bodies. It's silly but Sharon wanted it. The one on MTV had them moving however they wanted....like normal people. LOL
These stories ! Randy's real pedal board and amps were SENT back to the Randy's family. Randy OWNED his pedalboard and AMPS. To this day his sister owns and displays his pedalboard at her winery.
DO YOU THINK OZZY SWITCHED guitar players often because he believed he was cursed and didnt want to lose his guitar players like he sid Randy. DO YOU THINK Randy would have stayed un the band or do you think he would made a living just beating up Malmsteen on
Celebrity Slobberknocker°
Pedalboard !? I know what tape they gave him.