Former Ozzy Guitarist Jake E. Lee Opens Up on Replacing Randy Rhoads
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2018
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His playing on ultimate sin is some of the tastiest playing ever...
He's a great guitar player and he sounds amazing in Bark At The Moon and The Ultimate Sin my favorite guitar solo is from Secret Looser.
ultimate Sin was a great album. it is just not BOO nor DOAM
Killer of giants!
Probably ozzy's best album.
@@nemonucliosis The two Blizzard of Ozz band albums were both great in each it's own way and after those the two follow up albums written by Jake E Lee and Bob Daisley under the Ozzy Osbourne brand were also equally good, again in their own way. The albums were different, which is good, and the songwriting, composition, arrangement and performance were top level on all of them.
Bark at the Moon solo is - in my opinion - one of the best solos ever recorded.
BATM is a great solo.....
The lead on center of eternity is sick 🤘🏾 they all are but that one is DaShit!
Well the rhythm is sick as well.
After watching Jake give an interview on what’s it was like replacing Randy... I still have no idea how he felt about replacing Randy
that's because he has nothing good to say about it. he got taken for a ride and dumped and they didn't apologize or anything he was used as fresh meat and discarded when slightly out of date. they need to keep touring and making the $ off of randy's material he got used for that and they paid him squat. take a look at how he acts about it hes not happy at all and really never discusses it like it was some great memory more like its just a pain in the ass to have to keep talking about it like it interests him hes probably bored as fuck about the whole affair I would be. sharon and ozzy still aren't square with him i wouldn't be happy either.
@@truescotsman4103 I might add Jake E. Lee wrote most if not all the songs for the Bark at the Moon album and got no credit for it.
@@truescotsman4103 Yes, but Jake's has never been 'out of date' in our eyes - because of what you said. Red Dragon Cartel 'Feeder.'
That's because replace, doesn't sound right.
right the interview caption is really misleading
3:50 So I heard that Ozzy walked into the room as Jake was playing "Crazy Train" wrong during his audition and asked him "What song is that?", and Jake shrugged and said "Don't ask me - I don't know!".
😂😂😂
Jake is a legend. Ozzy's success in the mid-80s is largely down to Jake
Iosif Pateroulis correct...bark at the moon is a wonderful solo
Truth!
You're sooooooo correct.
Ozzy’s wife really screwed him over.
“Either you sign this contract giving us exclusive rights to your work, or we replace you and re-record everything and you get nothing.” That’s basically the deal they offered Jake
Aw man Seems Jake had a rough ride right from the get go
Just a crying shame Sharon Osbourne ended up screwing over Jake when it came to Bark At The Moon royalties. George is probably glad he avoided that debacle.
Only to have his own similar issues with Don Dokken do he didn't avoid it, just not with Ozzy
Sharon is a very shrewd business person! God damn! She really screwed people over! Shame on Ozzy for allowing her to do it.
@Unfiltered Truth , well said! Loved the Clinton reference. I'm a bit of a liberal but I despise the Clintons. Hillary reminds me of some cackeling harpy from Greek mythology, or maybe, the even more evil sister of the wicked witch from Wizard of Oz. 😁
@Unfiltered Truth and let us not forget Benghazi, Lybia, which was the final nail in her political coffin. I'm much the same way politially. I can generally listen to anyone's point of view and not get pissed because I disagree with them (so long as they are at least educated on the issues) I'm a moderate and could care less about trolling people who don't share my opinions. I have Libertarian, Democratic and Conservative friends and family and they are all great people who want to see our country be successful and it's people happy. They just have different ideas of how to achieve those goals. Whatever! That's why we vote, right? 😁
She is a Jewess.
Jake E. Lee has long been one of my favorite guitarists. He was somewhat reclusive back in the day, though, so I'm glad that not only do we get new music from Jake, but that he's open to doing so many interviews. He's actually a great interview, and so much fun. I enjoy listening to his interviews. Very honest.
Eric Vancil Jake is awesome; seems like a regular, down to earth guy who pulls no punches in his interviews. I saw him live just once...with Badlands back in the day. Jake played with his leg in a freaking cast and kicked ass! Great show.
Yeah he is "great" spilling the tea about bullshit that happened over 30 years ago. He should have been happy to earn serious cashola between recording two Ozzy records plus touring.
@@warrengauthier4699 Unfortunately, he didn't earn "serious cashola." In fact, far from it. He was screwed out of publishing of songs that he wrote, AND he had a fairly low weekly salary.
@@headtoheadsw : As is the case with everything, you need to get the contract in writing so you can sue if you are not properly compensated. As for his "fairly low salary" who's fault is that? No one forced him to work for peanuts.
I recall reading a story about 5 years ago about a major artist that was paying his drummer only $500 per live show and we are talking 20000 to 50000 people per venue. I guess it's not just businesses that are cheap with employees.
great player.....does not get the credit, literally, that he deserves
Jake E Lee is my second favorite guitar player of all time, behind Jimmy Page. His band, Badlands is my second favorite behind Led Zeppelin. And that, with only 3 albums! His riffs, chops and phrasing are so unique. It's difficult to figure out his solos because he breaks rules of theory that if anyone else did it, it wouldn't work. But Jake can build psychedelic phrases that sound insane, intense, emotive, passionate and inspired concurrently. His contribution to his generation is invaluable 🤘
He is great and all that you said is true, except he doesn't seem to break the rules of music theory so much as he is comfortably modulating keys and experimenting with modal substitution. I'm no professor of theory. I have one year of Conservatory training, and 41 years of practicing, though. Just ignore me, I'm rambling.
some of the badlands songs especially Winter's call and Seasons sound like Zeppelin. Jake was awesome
Jimi Page is nowhere near Jake E. Lee. When I started playing guitar I realized how sloppy of a guitarist Page was. I'm not a fan of Zep because of Page. I like Plant's music.
@@bruzrcruzr2004 wat
I cannot find the first Badlands album on Spotify. I really love it. Had the CD back in the day.
Randy and Jake are my favorite guitarists along with George
Being a teenager in the 80's, it's a given to all of us. Jake's a class act and his new Red Dragon Cartel kicks ass. We're all glad you are back Jake!!!
My first concert was Ozzy on 3/18/82 here in Knoxville TN I remember it like it was yesterday Watching Randy play live was like a Magical Experience HE WAS UNBELIEVABLE I'll never forget it.. people forget how ABSOLUTELY AMAZING HE WAS HE WAS AND IS ONE of the BEST GUITARISTS EVER
I have to imagine since I never got to see Rhoads live, but he sounds like a beast on the audio bootlegs, I mean an all time great live player, but what I do imagine seeing Rhoads is tantamount to a religious experience.
That was his last show. Wow. RIP
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle "Tantramount" how are you gonna come on in here and use these kinds of words, Dammit Man
The last one for Randy 😢
Jake gave Ozzy two incredible albums after Randy gave him two get where I am going with this. I can’t even tell you what are the names of any Ozzy albums after Ultimate Sin !
Wilbert Cook No more tears is the best Ozzy album check it out.Thats when Zakk Wylde was on fire and not this macho"biker"he is today.
Ray Jordan that album doesn’t do anything for me with the Mr. Tinker and mama I’m coming home was not something better then the Randy or Jake time with Ozzy. Zakk is a awesome player don’t get me wrong not downing him one bit because I did like Zakk’s Pride and Glory Album but some of the stuff with Ozzy didn’t click for me.
and 2 great albums with the next guy ( well at least one, No rest for the Wicked). Nobody from that era did much of any significance since
Plus Zakk has done WAY better stuff with Black Label Society than he ever did with Oz.
@@rorycunningham5457 Spoken like a true pussy!
I forgot how much I love this human being, Jake is a great guy and a really special musician. Up there with Sarzo.
he is refreshingly candid
It worked out for both of them, Jake was the better fit for Ozzy but by being with Dokken George Lynch got great fame and fortune as he became one of the all time greatest guitarists with plenty of commercial success!
wouldn't say fortune...Not as much as you think, More work than money
@@s4lroachclip : Yeah because band members get paid peanuts from millions of record sales and millions from live shows. Lmao
@@warrengauthier4699 NOT Ozzy or sharons fault if a player cannot negotiate a better contract. He got what he was owed.
@@s4lroachclip Still wanna deal with the pussy ass devil?
Ripped off by the Osbournes
Not only that !! He got a ass kicking on stage everynight & dragged off by his hair ! Ozzy was really crazy then straight off the train 😥 & "Sharon" flat smooth Ripped him a new arss . Lol 😣 Jake E Lee is a cool dude ! didn't deserve what he got .
I didn't say tuff !! I said Crazy & do some research Big Horn .
@@just4kicks950 what do you mean ass kicking on stage and dragged off by his hair?
@@bellmeisterful I'm Trying to find the link to the videos ! Seems ! The few that was on RUclips was removed ? . I don't mean a beatdown & Ozzy was drunk just pulling him down to the ground by his hair & kicking him in the middle of his solos why he was kneeling ! Ozzy. also pissed on the Alamo in a dress & tried to strangle Sharon in them days . Look for Ozzie Osbourne behind the music ?!? STILL ❤ Ozzy Osbourne ! Sorry if I had to choose it would be the Prince of darkness ( Ozzy & Randy ) 😎 .
BIG HORN MGTOW Birmingham is a very tough place, even more so back then.
George lost the gig to Randy, but it had nothing to do with Dokken.. This is a fact, not my opinion.. After Randy got the gig, he told George that Ozzy had picked him... So George talked to Dee (Randy's Mother) at Randy's request to take over Randy's students at her school, and he did. That is how it went down. I've heard this story told by George, and Dee herself.
That is odd . In Jake E Lee video , he said Ozzy didn't give the gig to George because he didn't read music .So why would of Delores have had him help at Musionia with their students.
Felix Campos.. Evidently George had to be able to read music, otherwise he would have never taken over for Randy at his Mother's school. As strict as Dee was, there's no way she would have allowed it.
It is odd as you said because I've followed Randy Rhoads most of my life. And this is the first time I've ever heard anyone say anything about a requirement for being the guitarist in Ozzy's band was that you had to be able to read music.
Rhoads Matheson WHY WOULD RANDY ASK GEORGE TO ASK RANDYS MOM FOR A JOB??? MAKES NO SENSE
Jason Lee... I never said "ask"
I said "talk" to her at Randy's request. Randy asked George if he would be interested in taking over his students at his Mother's school after he got the gig with Ozzy... He said yes, so Randy told him to speak with his Mother.
@@LLtigers When I was 16 years old I was hired by a music store to be their 'guitar teacher'. I guess I impressed the owner when I came in and tried out his gear. I accepted the job because I needed gas money. I remember having 3 students. I simply asked them "what songs do you want to learn?" I would then read the tabs and played some by ear and would teach kids about 3-4 years younger then me. It was fun. I made enough money to buy all the pedals I wanted from that store.......but I never knew how to read music. lol
Actually Brad Gillis replaces Randy after the tragic plane crash. Brad was with Ozzy 10 months before going back with Night Ranger. Brad did the Speak of the Devil Album with Ozzy and it sounded great. I loved Brads time with Ozzy, it sounded fantastic and he did it with a different style than Randy
Brad's tone live is fucking awesome. I give that guy a lot of respect for the time limit he had to learn all of those songs. Even the purple vest Brad wore was Randy's. You can tell by how small it looked on Brad. 😀
Bernie Torme was the first replacement
@@skummtoons6686 Brad was about 60 pounds heavier and 5-6 inches taller than Randy. So how the hell did they both wear the same vest? lol
@@wjatube oh you can tell. Look at some of the pics. It looked pretty small on Brad. 😝
@@skummtoons6686 lolllll. He doesn't even care his belly is hanging out of it. Reminds me of a plumber's outfit. thanks for making me look that up. Hilarious!
Often, Randy Rhoads is praised more for his guitar work than his songwriting when his songwriting was brilliant.
Oh yeah,
His classical writing structure and brilliant feel are really overlooked, I think due to his amazing guitar playing.
Absolutely because you could tell the difference in ozzys music after randy was gone...
anyone who does not laud his songwriting or recognize how great it was, is either in denial or deaf. he is the only guitarist who I will look up to see how people play them on youtube because the song structure is so fascinating, his guitar playing so melodic, but yes he was an incredible live player too but he wrote his songs. And thne think about the solos he put on the sabbath stuff is A league
@@Daddy53751 I am shocked when anyone buys into the EVH crap that Randy admitted to copying him, Randy wrote and sounded nothing like EVH, you can tell that Randy was more educated on theory so his solos also sounded like the perfect sequence of notes. Jake, Zakk...EVH..lynch all great players, but Randy was so distinct in his playing and sound. But his songwriting to me is above all of those guys
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle ya know,
If I remember correctly Randy said something in a magazine about copying some minute thing of Ed’s in a guitar solo, and that’s it.
I don’t remember the details of it other than Randy was always so humble, and seemed to always try to be nice and respectful.
(Every player picks up something from other players, that’s just fact)
Ed on the other hand,
Always had such a monstrous ego and spent a good deal of time accusing everyone of copying him. (Which is more than well documented).
Ed has always come off self aggrandizing.
Ultimate Sin ....one of the best albums put out by Ozzy , that's because of Jake . Not one filler on that album .....brilliant 🍺🥃🤘👍
what song would consider filler on any Randy albums? Bark At The moon has no filler on it either.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle totally agree Bark at the Moon is awesome. Ozzy found a real partner in metal with Randy . Those first two albums are real classics . The first two albums with Zak are also brilliant albums but I think by the time Ozzmosis came out it was sounding like a formula rather than groundbreaking metal . Just my opinion 🤘
@@gladiator22666 Ozzmosis was really good, but I think Ozzy started to lose the plot, having non band members write the music with him. Of course not having Bob Daisley involved on that album probably did not help. I do not view anything after Randy as groundbreaking I mean Randy and Bob broke the mold, I thought the next several albums were great, sounded good, well written and delivered on a level I would have hoped for after losing such a great songwriter.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I think Ozzy has been a very lucky man . A voice is nothing without a great band . I remember when Ozzy left Sabbath ….I couldn’t wait for his new music . When it came out just looking at the cover with Ozzy and the crucifix ….you knew it was going to be good . If you can remember it coming out you will know there hadn’t been anything like it before . Randy had that crisp but heavy guitar sound , far removed from the Sabbath sound Ozz had come from . Brilliant stuff 🤘
The way i see this, we got some great music from this scenario....ozzys first two albums with randy, georges four albums with dokken and jakes two albums with ozzy. George may have felt that he lost out, but as fans, we won!
Saw Jake , tear it up at the 83 US Festival with Ozzy . Dude scorched the place. Rough Cutt , one of his early bands , was big in So. Cal . back in the day too.
Randy and Jake are my two favorite ozzy guitarists. Great work
I believe that jake e lee was the best guitar player of ozzy Osbourne, I saw him live in 2014 with his band red dragon cartel, they played songs from the ozzy Osbourne albums and from the badlands albums and from the debut album of his band, he is a great talent, his second solo album from 2005 is a blues/rock album, one off the best I heard in the last 20 years, I wish him all the best
So in your opinion he was better than Randy? No wrong answer, but IMO Randy dominated all of them.
@@texasrealestateroadwarriorI much prefer Lee . Randy didn't have a guitar tone I liked and there wasn't anything in his playing that moved me at all. Jake E Lee had a far more interesting style and a better ear
One of my all time favorites, met him at the whiskey, nicest guy in the world!
he seems like a nice guy who is very candid and honest, and that is refreshing, you ask him a question you geta reflective honest answer
Very cool! 🤘🏼😆 I love super rare or unknown stuff like this about the old days. When music was actually music.
Jake is a very gentle person, and a very good guitarist.
he is honest...and I love that, he is a great player too
Love the guitar playing of Jake, if there was one to replace Randy then he was it ❤
Jake was awesome , different player which is what they needed back then , could not go with a Randy clone, fans would not buy it
Jake is awesome. Love his playing and his vibe. Great dude.
Love his playing.
He's like the only guitar player that's stood up to Ozzy and Sharon. Sucks they screwed him outta writing credits on Bark at the Moon.
It'd be awesome to see his new band Red Dragon Cartel and Black Label Society tour together.
Actually Randy stood up to them prior to his death as he refused to do Speak Of The Devil, which they were contracted to release under Jet Records as they owed them an album & Sharon didn't want to give her father Don Arden any new material so the Sabbath covers album concept was devised which Randy was totally against as he was never a fan of Sabbath & wanted Blizzard Of Ozz to be recognized in their own right.
Oh yeah for sure. They loved Randy! One big difference is Randy got the writing credits. Jake wrote the riff to Bark at the Moon before he joined Ozzy. He deserved the credit.
Bob - Oh hell yes! I love BLS, and to have RDC on the same bill would be a gig to die for. Great idea. Somebody get Zakk and Jake on the horn!
@@rockerbob949 : I just listened to that album today and the credits say all songs written by Ozzy.
Coming up with a guitar riff is not the same as writing lyrics. If Jake actually wrote lyrics, then he should have been compensated.
@@warrengauthier4699 I take it you are not a professional recording musician.
Jake is a really nice guy. I met him in Bristol U.K after a Badlands show in 1992. Still have his pick. I loved his work with Ozzy, i met Zakk a few years later at a Pride and Glory show too,i never got to see Randy play i was too young and it's sad but he is still one of my biggest influences.
It wasn’t really replacing Randy Rhoads. Randy died and Ozzy needed a new guitarist. Replacing is when a guitarist quits or gets fired.
Huh?
Nnnooooo, that would still be replacing.
Brad K, no, that’s filling a needed position. Replacing is finding someone better because the person on guitar now is not good enough.
Brad K, you don’t replace a pope who dies. You choose a new one. If a man’s wife dies and he remarried, he didn’t replace her. He replaces her if they get divorced. Nobody could replace Randy Rhoads. Ozzy had a different sound after Randy died. Do you have kids or even pets. You don’t replace a pet that dies. You may choose to get a new one, but you don’t replace the pet. Ozzy’s band had an opening that needed to be filled due to death. No one quit or died. Replacing means getting the same or better because you no longer want the original. Replacing is a choice. You replace a refrigerator you no longer like. If your refrigerator quits working, you don’t have a functioning refrigerator, so you buy a new one. You don’t replace it.
@@johnblossom8447 If you say so.
What a story!...never heard that about Lynch's role with Ozzy & firing. Love that Jake has shared some of his past so openly. Jake is a pretty chill guy & awesome guitarist. Really enjoy these behind the scenes history to some great music. Jake has some really good music out now with Red Dragon Cartel. Thanks! 🎸👍
The only difference between Randy and Jake's playing is in body style. Jake did alot of actual physical interpretation of the music while Randy just basically stood there focusing alot more than Jake, who moved his entire body to the sound alot. That distracted from his concentration somewhat. Randy had him on that. Randy was classically trained from age 7. Who can compete with someone who lived guitar their entire life? Jake was the only player I know of though who could step in and keep Ozzy and Sharon's machine alive. Jake is a great guitarist in his own right and even more thrilling that Randy to watch, and that's saying alot.
Doesn’t surprise me George didn’t work out. His playing is SO stylized and unique it isn’t really in the cards for Lynch to cop other guys’ licks and solos. Having said this, Jake really took to the gig, considering his natural stylistic inclinations are quite different from those normally associated with Ozzy. Of course, he did cut his teeth in the burgeoning LA metal scene, so that approach wasn’t alien to him. If Lee had recorded nothing else, “Bark at the Moon”, the song, would have cemented his legend. That tune is a goldmine of riffs and soloing.
Personally a boring player...
@@roadwarrior4080 Which one? I take it you are not a guitarist.
@@machupikachu1085 its blah blah blah nothing about him replacing randy its more about him getting the gig over George hence Boring its about Jakes egoville, who cares!!
If it's so "stylised" it's not really unique.
One of the best hard rock guitarist of all time and way underrated
Nobody replaced Randy Rhoads
Agree 1000%!
Sad. How he wasted his life by doing stupid things in a airplane But. Everything happens for a reason.
One of the top five best guitarists of all time!
Jake E. Lee is an amazing guitarist the Bark at the moon album was really excellent one of the best Ozzie ever did.
BATM is great for sure
Jake is really underrated - his style and skills blow me away.
I pride myself on my integrity.. As such, I judge the character of others on how honest they are and that goes into my decision on whether I like them and their work and with that said I can say with confidence that Randy Rhoads and Jake E Lee is by far my favorite musicians of all time.. Extremely honest and I admire that, especially in todays world.
two great players, Randy is in a different league though....jake is very candid and it is refreshing.
What does their character or honesty have to do with their playing? If you judge musicians by their personalities you're probably going to have a very limited playlist
Well,, to answer your question,, it probably has nothing to do with their playing, As far as I know and I actually do have a very short list because my morals mean something to me.. With you stopping by and bloviating your obvious distain for someones integrity, Im sure you fit right in to the morally bankrupt cespool called the music business.. @@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973
If anyone wants to see how Jake played live after joining Ozzy, just look up Suicide Solution live with Jake. It's easily one of the top five guitar solos of all time.
Paranoid at the US festival is great. Must be the same show.
Markus Antonio nope. US Festival was in ‘83. Jake’s bad ass Suicide Solution was an indoor ‘84.
@@FreeMTrider Thanks, I'll check that one out.
Randy Rhoads was replaced by Bernie Torme who was then replaced Brad Gillis who was then replaced by Jake E. Lee. Jake was third in line not first.
Thanks for posting 🔥🔥😃👌
My favorite Ozzy guitarist
He was the best choice to fill in after randy, a brilliant guitarist!
George Lynch was way to bluesy for Ozzy anyway. I saw Lynch a while back and he's a monster guitarist. Eric Clapton should invite him and Jake to CrossRoads. That would be interesting 🤔
I'm glad George ended up in Dokken though, because I think dokken. Jake e Lee is my favourite period for ozzy
Wouldn’t it be something if Jake E. Lee did one more record with the OZZ ! 🤘🏼add a Rudy Sarzo and a Tommy Aldrich. 🤘🏼
Ozzy doesn't have any more records in him sadly. He's toast....
@@mikeblaz That comment didn't age well lol
@@machupikachu1085 As much as I like Ozzy/Sabbath I wouldn't pay a dime to see him these days. It's getting pathetic ....like the Stones.
Without daisley it would be horrible...as most of his catalog is without him.
Always respected Jake's guitar playing. Saw him on Ultimate Sin tour in Chicago. He was ill at show but still nailed the set like a true professional. Thank God for the Bomb is the shit....👍✌🤘😎🤘
Just saw George last night in Toronto...he is still an amazing guitar player...he can do all the complicated stuff he did 35 years ago...he also throws in a lot of jazz these days...
Jake is a Truly Brilliant Guitarist . ✨✨✨✨✨
I remember when Ozzy offered me the gig after Jake, I told Oz no just because of the way he had treated George before. I never regretted it. 🎸
Very funny, dude. I actually took the gig, but they wouldn't agree to my demand of a bowl of red gummy bears (no green, yellow or orange - that would be blasphemy!) after every gig, so I promptly told Ozzy and Sharon to piss off. I mean, can you believe that bullshit?
@HinjuRock
Man I remember hearing about you doing that to Ozzy and Sharon! You were the talk of the guitar world at that time. Legend man....legend.
@@justintyme2764
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And then I went on to have a long and illustrious career as the ghost lead guitar shredder for New Kids On The Block, 'N Sync, and The Backstreet Boys.
@@hinjurock70 I guarantee that job pays well.
That’s pretty fucking funny. They are both really good though. I would have liked to hear GL playing early OO tunes though.
Jake really needs to put a Auto Bio of his life and Musical career! Ive listened to a lot of his interviews and those are AMAZING and AWESOME Moments he has talked about that us as fans didn't know back in the day!!!! Go for it jake!!!!!
I love hearing stories like this......So Cool....
Jake was a shot in the dark..
Every interview I hear with Jake E. Lee he seems like a very likeable, humble, almost self effacing guy. S#-t hot guitar player as well.
I love hearing these stories from the horses mouth so to speak lol Jake you are awesome Brother :-)
George lynch and randy were good friends. George actually wrote the tapping section of the Flying High Again solo, and Randy incorporated it.
Ozzy ( and Sharon ) made the right decision. Two brilliant albums. And George's guitar work and writing (with Pilson) was top notch as well.
btw Gary Moore was actually Ozzys FIRST choice believe it or not. Later they did the song Led Clones together
Btw that song is AWESOME, on second thought that album is AWESOME.
Priceless.Jake E Lee is the man!
Great little interview
The last part of the speak of the devil tour had a great line up with Jake and Don Costa on bass! Costa a monster bass player!!
then Bob came back in with US Festival
One unique thing about all of Ozzies guitarists after Randy is that they are all great story tellers. Brad Gillis , Jake and also Zakk can really tell it like it was!
Zakk is a good guy but he kisses Ozzy's and Darth Hideous' asses too much, i prefer to hear Brad or Jake who have no compunction to be candid about the time either spent in the band
Jake was great when I saw him at the American Rock Festival in the summer of '84.
good player,,,he was awesome with ozzy and badlands
Jake E. Lee and George Lynch are both amazing guitarists and class acts. It was too bad Jake got caught up in the hornet nest known as the Osbourne empire. George made the right decision and stayed with Dokken.
It wasn't for he did two great albums. Without Ozzy he could have remained unknown. Badlands is different stuff not any Ozzy fan would get into. It's not like Blue Murder after Whitesnake 1987.
Yup lee is also 1 our pioneers of shredding amongst others bk then late 70s early 80s great time for music and guitarist
Jake talented and underrated
All the man wanted was
credit for his music
She etched him rite out
He is a 🌟 in his own rite
The way music sales go today
Record labels are practically obsolete
The industry has dramatically changed due to the internet
But us true fans know Bark and Sin were great fuckin albums and we also know Jake wrote the gutair parts
Keep your head up Jake
I lived that era it was a fun time
Thanks for the music
Many great memories back their😊👍
Jake really is a great guitarist
I recall an interview -- not too long ago -- where George explained that he didn't get the gig with Ozzy because of his hair, that is, he didn't have the right look. At least that's what I remember.
He did have a weird look back then, almost like he belonged in the Stray Cats or something.
That could have been easily remedied.
This is a fact
OOPS!!! Didn't see your comment till now.... I just posted this above... I'll repost here, if you don't mind:
And, as for Lynch's 2nd time he was up for Ozzy... and essentially had the gig... I interviewed George a few times for Guitar One magazine (between 1998-2005), and in one of them he mentioned something about needing to get a side job as a truck driver, because after he (apparently) got the Ozzy gig, there was no $$ coming in yet... He had to CUT HIS HAIR to get the trick driver job... Ozzy saw George and asked "Why'd you cut your hair?!" and was pissed... This coincides with when Jake showed up at SIR, or wherever the rehearsal "audition" was Jake refers to in this interview. An extra detail to toss int the pot! (Maybe someone already wrote this in earlier comments though.)
@@daleturner coincides how? not by timeline...
That's real cool! I didn't know that about George Lynch though. Very cool stuff! Jake e Lee is one of my favorite guitarist.
Does anyone know who the other guitarists were who auditioned? I am curious.
later on ozzy was interested in Paul Gilbert. paul was too young! like 16,17. lol. mike varney " discovered" paul. jake was depressed when he audioned for ozzy he had come close to getting the Dio gig but didn't. Vivian I guess. Dio wanted Yngwie at one time but That wasn't going to work. Too much ego from both
MetalSalvation -Yngwie Malmsteen said he was asked. He stated he declined, because he had just put together “Rising Force”.
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That would have been interesting, but probably not very good - Yngwie is a weak songwriter and way too much of an overplaying show-off.
HinjuRock After dealing with Blackmore and Viv, Yngwie was probably the last guy Dio needed. But I still think they could've written some cool tunes together. As long as Dio had most of the song-writing control. It worked with Bonnet and Alcatrazz.
Jake E Lee is an awesome guitar player. Zakk Wylde is too but he looks like a dirty wizard. Bark at The Moon was one of my favorite Ozzy albums and I still love Now You See it Now You Don't. I love the main guitar riff and the solo in that song. And I really love Rock N Roll Rebel and the solo on that is killer!!!
Randy Rhoads is the person I most credit for helping me to decide between drums, or guitar; I heard Ozzy's "Over the Mountain" and asked who that was playing guitar, and I had found my mentor. Therefore, I scrutinized Jake E. Lee's playing unfairly in my opinion; it's unfair to expect anyone to be as good as Randy Rhoads. Moreover, though Jake E. Lee does not command the power of Music Theory and Composition to the degree Randy did, e.g, Jake E. Lee says on this recording "I Don't Know" and "Crazy Train" are similar songs, they're both in "A.", etc. which is not true with regard to key signatures in musical notation. In college I learned in first year music theory (Classical Guitar) to commit the circle of fifths and fourths to memory by their key signatures, sharps, flats, enharmonic equivalents, etc. It's true that "Crazy Train" is written in the key of three sharps = A Major f# minor. However, "I Don't Know" is written in the key signature of zero sharps and zero flats = C Major a minor. Therefore, though one is dronning on an underlying "A" tone/note, one is thinking very differently with regard to open strings, and scales. Therefore, Jake E. Lee was lacking in his lead guitar playing prowess when compared to Randy Rhoads who was a loving student of musical theory which shows to this day in his musical thinking.
For me, Jake E. Lee's songwriting ability on a whole, and his rhythm playing has always been his greatest strength and he's no slouch on leads either. "Bark at the Moon" is a metal anthem along with "Rock 'n' Roll Rebel", and "Shot In The Dark" is one of Ozzy's biggest commercial successes. Personally, I liked tunes like "Now You See It, Now You Don't", "Slow down" and "Never" which has a real "Ratt" feel to it, which is very cool.
This recording helps clear a lot of things up for me about the rumours about how things went down, and I believe Jake E. I thought Gillis left over some conflict with Sharron and I thought Lynch failed at his first attempt to gain a nod from Ozzy. I'm not at all surprised to hear that Jake E. Lee was considered all along because he can write a good song with more of a finger on the pulse of what's popular at the time.
@SabuPtolemy My facts pointed out above prove your argument to be wrong. If you state that I'm "wrong" you will need to offer proof (I have already offered proof to the contrary above, just look it up) of why I am wrong, which you have failed to do. I never said Jake E. Lee knew nothing about theory, I said he was wrong about these key signatures (fact, not opinion) and that he is not as learned in theory as Rhoads was which is also a fact.
More specifically, "I Don't Know" is written in C natural major (i.e. the Ionian mode)/A natural minor (Aeolian mode), while "Crazy Train" is in F# Aeolian/A Ionian. But you're correct - the two songs are in very different tonalities.
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As a lead guitarist who's been playing since 1985 and who knows quite a bit of theory, I have to side with David here - Jake is clearly not as knowledgeable about music theory as Randy was, but he's a great player nonetheless.
@@hinjurock Exactly! This is the brilliance of Rhoads' theory in crafting these two pieces of music. In "I Don't Know" Rhoads decides to bring about a very strong, almost Ionian feel to a song written in a minor key signature as he employs two note chords with omitted thirds (no 3rds) to also mask their Aeolian tonic in nature, so when he goes to the dominant fifth (G Major) and begins his pentatonic dorian blues attack it makes for a very refreshing and unexpected direction which I love hearing, and playing.
In "Crazy Train" (NFL Kickoff Anthem) written in A Major, f# minor, or three sharps, Randy opens with a bass line on a dominant fifth (E Major) and later after playing the famous riff rides the Ionian tonic A while playing yet more no third chords afterward lending the overall feel of the rhythm to an Aeolian vibe.
@SabuPtolemy Actually, it was Jake E. Lee, and Pythagoras who presented the "facts" above in the video (a minor=no sharps or flats, and A Major=three sharps are two very different key signatures) and in the standard written musical language of notation. It was I who pointed these facts out, and it was you who failed to notice either.
Also, I saw Jake E. Lee at Arco Arena on the "Ultimate Sin" tour; Jake E. Lee rocks! However, he does not play Randy's music the way Randy did, so I know you are wrong about that as I experienced it for myself. Zakk Wylde also plays Randy's music very differently from the way Randy played it; I have seen Zakk (who surely kicks ass) twice playing for Ozzy, and all of that harmonic pitch squeal shit gets boring as fuck the first ten-thousand times around, and I'm pretty sure Randy wouldn't like so much of that in his music, though I could be wrong. Goodbye you ignorant dolt. Cheers!
Why is Jake talking to Stephen Hawkins?
right??? i hear a bunch of whispering in my left ear lmao
Their is no replacing Randy!! 😞
Bullshit their were many who could replace Randy Rhoads and Jake E Lee was one of them..Rhoads wasn't shit..not at all..
Angelo J Richetti Rhodes wasn’t shit ?! 😂 you sir are a poorly developed human being.
@@austinfisk8974 no he wasn't..he doesn't even make the Top thats reality..Rhoads did nothing..he wasnt a innovator by No streach his style of playing aready had been done by Steve Howe..Steve Hackett..Blackmoore and others..weak ass Tone too..he doesn't deserve to be in the presence of Edward van halen and Jimi Hendrix these two are and were true innovators..
@@austinfisk8974 and hes not in the presence of Hendrix and Van halen because of the reasons mentioned and he never will be..
Out of the ten best Ozzy songs all time, seven of them were with Randy. Let that sink in. Seven. He was 25 when he died. He did so much in the short time he was alive. And the very short time that he played in the big leagues. I put the dude in my top 10. Not as good as Hendricks. Or Clapton. I personally like his style better than EVH, but EVH is definitely up there. I like Iommi’s rifts best, but Iommi isn’t as good as any of the above as an all around guitarist.
Jake E Lee is the last great guitarists ozzy had. I don't like Zakks distortion and fill inns all the time it sounds to messy to me. But give props to Brad G because he did an excellent job filling in after Randys death.
Jake was the PERFECT replacement for Randy. Has his own style and was super talented in his own right. Bark At The Moon was so good... connected the past to the future. Know what I'm saying?
you pseak truth, jake also an A leaguer, he is not in Randy's league as a songwriter , but he is a great player too
In the end I think George has had a longer more fruitful career than Jake but both are awesome guitar icons.
Only seen a few vids here recently with Jake E and brace myself for an edge of bitterness, but so far haven't heard it. The YJM bit was a laugh but admire his, i dunno, resolve? Class act!
Jake: Randy was a huge part of Ozzy having any kind of a career after he got fired from Sabbath. Everybody thought Ozzy was done. I saw the last Black Sabbath tour and they sucked. He was one of the main reasons that they sucked. They fired him and everybody thought he was washed up. He comes back and releases Blizzard of Ozz with that guitar player and those songs…are you fucking kidding me? Man, those songs were amazing. Randy was a huge reason why Ozzy had a career.
in fact every guitarist ozzy has ever worked with have been awesome
He'll always b 1 of my all time favorite gtrist.....
I love Jake.Bark at the Moon is my favourite album after Blizzard of Oz, and always my favourite, Diary of a Madman.
Ozzy probably couldn't recognize the difference in crazy train/idk between them being similar and him being ozzy and wasted.
How could he not own an Ozzy album in 1983 ?.... What!!!!
blizzard of ozz... diary of a madman.... he did not have these and borrowed them and had to learn the night before audition... it is the video!!!!!
@Jesse Williams He was also writing material for Dios Holy Diver. before he did Bark at the moon....
That is why he got hired over Lynch... Ozzy wanted to steal Jake from Dio for the Notoriety of it all.
thomas yunick was two albums at the time
@SabuPtolemy You are right.. I just found another video where Jake.E states he was fired from Dio after 6 weeks for sounding too Americanized. I am Like What !! Yet Again...Thats just crazy stuff.
This guy was definitely one of the best!
Jake has always been my favorite Ozzy guitar player, that Ultimate Sin record is full of sick riffs! I think Randy Rhodes was kind of "martyred" in a way because of his death....not that I don't think the guy wasn't talented, I just prefer Jake's style.
Jake is certainly in the top 10 hard rock players great technical playing and great riffs and acts like a normal person. At a recent red dragon cartel.concert his playing was superb on every level and waited at least 10.minutes for fans to.meet him that shows hes very appreciative of his fans thank you jake !
Are you kidding? The Ultimate Sin was Ozzy's semi-glam/pop metal album - Bark At The Moon rocks way harder. And overall, Randy's riffs and songs were much darker, heavier and more intricate than Jake's and his solos were more thematic and epic, with classical flair mixed with bluesy passion.
@@hinjurock70 rhoads ‘s playing boring Jake’s rhythm playing better
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You must be on some really heavy drugs if you think Randy's playing was boring. Jake E Lee is a good player, but Randy's riffs were way heavier and better and his solos were cooler, more interesting and more passionate.
NOT TOO MANY COULD TOP JAKE E LEE IN THE 80S....HELL TODAY EVEN
Honestly think the Jake albums are better than the Randy ones. Randy was amazing and there are great songs. The Jake albums, as a whole, have more songs that I love.
Just to clarify, according to George, Randy beat him out for the gig, he did not turn it down. I think Darth Hideous more made the decision to more on from Lynch, I am sure ozzy signed off on it, but Darth Hideous was about look more, and Jake had a look she thought would connect better. But of course, Jake is also a great player.
I guess you ( Jake) is off the hook for replacing Randy. I seen you live at US was raising hell with Ozzy, kinda a cussing bro down were the Oz Man could talk shit back hehehe, but you weren't to upsetting I thought... I wish I could of once seen Randy!! Thanks for rock and roll to keep it going on insanely, even til today
Jake isn't writing this .
I met George Lynch briefly at a small Dokken gig in Arlington Heights IL in 1984 and asked him what he thought of Randy Rhoads...I had no idea he had been passed over for Ozzy twice.
Pretty sure they were friends
Why does the guy reading the questions sound like he just got off the phone asking for a ransom
Dokken didn't get a solo deal until after he helped the Scorpions demo Blackout in 81. George took Randys place at Muzonia in 80.
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Klaus is has a much better vocal range than Don - that much have sounded pretty weak.
After Randy Jake is the man!!!
i like george lynch and his music, i wish now he would have gotten the gig, randy would be alive today
Who is solely responsible for that spellbinding intro to Mr Crowley on the original version of Blizzard of OZZ? Don Airy or Lindsay Bridgewater????
Talented guitarist!
Love Jake the guy is so genuine
Jake E. Lee is hands down the most underrated player ever
he is in the conversation, A leaguer
Unsung among plebs but not underrated among guitarists. Admittedly underrated among metal fans who don't understand what they are hearing though.