Ozzy on Why He Turned His Back on Jake E. Lee + Dana Strum, Randy Rhoads, Black Sabbath
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During an interview with Stereogum, Ozzy Osbourne talked about why he fired Jake E. Lee, being forever grateful for Randy Rhoads, also Dana Strum, Phil Soussan, and the Black Sabbath Reunion at Live Aid in 1985.
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Sharon is ultimately to blame for Jake getting screwed. She made all the decisions back then, including screwing Jake out of songwriting credits
She is. But, Ozzy is a grown-ass man and responsible for his own action/inaction.
@@e.l.norton I lost a lot of respect for ozzy.
@@e.l.norton ozzy was and always has been on cloud 9. he doesnt even know the day of the week
@@e.l.norton Debatable.
@@asnark7115 You're right. He's essentially an ill-mannered 8-year old with A.D.D. and she's the wicked stepmother.
"Bark At The Moon" is the gold standard of guitar player quality. Guitarist's today are still dissecting that track in the aftermath of its wake to unlock its secrets while going insane to master it. Literally hundreds of video's trying to teach it are on youtube. Let's get Jake his due credit and put it in perspective "Bark At The Moon" is a literal tidal wave of sonic mastery few have achieved on this freaking planet.
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AMEN BROTHER PREACH
It’s good but none of Ozzy’s guitarists lived up to Randy and his incredible work on Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman
Great tune loved the solo but that stuff was par for the course with Ozzy and most of the music at that time. Just because you lived it don't mean it was the best part ever. This was actually later on with Ozzy, when he tried going more popish. "few have achieved on this freaking planet" /facepalm.
Watching him play live is jaw dropping.
Jake’s work in Badlands was also fantastic. Underrated guitarist.
Love your show Killbot!!! You turned me on to Autopsy a couple years ago 🤘🤘 P.S. I saw Badlands open for Tesla and Great White in 1990 and Jake E. Lee was amazing!!!
Badlands was the sheeeeit!!!
Badlands is arguably the most underrated band of all time. Just spectacular music.
Not underrated at all. Literally is responsible for writing one of the most iconic metal riffs and solos of all time. Badlands maybe, but even that was a supergroup.
If you talk to enough music fans, you'll see that all kinds of them sweep Jake aside...not worth any conversation. That's under rated.
Jake's my all time favorite player and Ozzy guitarist. Yep I said it. Randy has a special place in my heart and always will, but Jake was just a monster. Probably the most underrated old school player ever.
agreed!
Same bro, Bark and the moon and ultimate sin are two bests albums from Ozz.
Jake was genius and deserved better.
I recently did an Ozzy review video & i of course mentioned jake, I just wish at some point they worked together again & or Jake was on a song on the new Ozzy album.
Agree 100% I'm sure Ill catch hell from the Randy devotees...but Jake has always been my favorite player both in Ozzy and later in Badlands etc.
Ozzy has got to be the luckiest bastard alive, he didn’t write the songs, he was drugged out and wasted constantly, yet still managed to have some of the most talented artists in metal/rock to come along and help him create material that Ozzy would’ve NEVER have been able to come up with on his own.
That's what having a great manager will for you.
@@Dagger-Deep apparently so!!!
Well, he's certainly lucky just to be alive, and he was surrounded by great musicians. But he did come up with the melodies for a lot of the songs, and his voice is simply iconic. So it wasn't all luck.
No one else sounds like OZZY.
There is something to that.
😂😂Haha stop the madness. Ozzy made Sabbath and Rhandy. No Ozzy. No Metal
Dana Strum recalled to me in 1995 (when I gave him a ride from the airport) the way he had to talk Randy Rhoads into coming to the audition. He said “Randy kept telling me that he didn’t have enough gas to make it back home...and I said ‘Dude! I will give you $5 to put in your tank if you can just get your ass down here!!’ and by the time Randy got there, Ozzy had been passed out on the recording console for about 30 minutes. Randy whipped out a 3-5minute solo that actually woke Ozzy up!” He continued, “Ozzy barely lifted his head for just long enough to mumble ‘Tell the.. bloke ..he’s.. got the gig.’ and then proceeded to put his head back down on the console”, Dana said.
I happened to be fortunate enough to be working for ROCK 106 in Spokane when Dana Strum shared this historical moment in the passenger seat of a Toyota Tercel on the way to Spokane International. True Story.
@Tripp Rogers
Did Dana give Randy the promised $5 or not?
@@dududu5189 YES! And from the way he was talking, Randy paid him back L O L!
Sorry but you're story is bullshit. That's not how it went down.
He auditioned in a hotel room, no?
yes@@highdb1
Randy Rhoads is probably my favorite guitarist ever, but damn..........Jake E. Lee was just a phenomenal player...........he is definitely overlooked quite a bit, because of who he followed.
Right on man, Happy holidays from the Thoresen's of New Hampshire.
And an Ozzy fan as well!
( dont run into pretty much ANYONE up here in the northeast with the name) and I agree Jake wasnt ever going to get the proper recognition while being in the shining light of Randy.
Damn I wish Jake and Ozz would have made another album.
But then we would never have had Badlands who recorded two fantastic albums
@@MrOctober44 That would be THREE albums. Dusk is the third and it's AMAZING!
That is true I do love Badlands especially the breakdown in the song healer
@@Assimilator702 Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Dusk
@@MrOctober44 Really? That album is pure fire.
He turned on Jake because Jake wanted credit for what he wrote. He and Sharon are pathetic.
I'm absolutely a RR fan, but Jake had his own thing going on that was great. I liked Jake's tone much better than Zakks
Same here!
Ozzy’s got a great talent for finding awesome guitarists, and then subsequently screwing all of them over.
I don't think it's Ozzy that does the screwing, I think it's Sharon !
Yeah it was Shannon but Ozzy went along with it, regardless of the reasons, so he gets the blame as well. Shannon is just evil... Especially how she screwed over Randy after his tradegic plane crash
@@jonathanbatturs6359 BINGO!!!
@@paintmonster1 Look what she did to Dio and Tony when they got back together shortly before he passed , she threatened to sue them if they used the Sabbath name. So they had to change it to Heaven and Hell , which makes no fucking sense. Because when Dio originally joined them in 1980 and recorded those 3 albums it wasn't an issue. She's a double edged sword when it comes to Ozzy , either she's supportive or creating problems between him and other musicians!
@@mikeg6666
I don't know about that. I recently saw a Dio interview from that period and he said it had nothing to do with Sharon. Either way that album was great, much better than 13.
Jake E. Lee is a great guitarist. He's overshadowed by Randy. Jake nailed all of Randy's solos. And Jake wrote many killer solos of his own. Bark At The Moon speaks for itself. That story Ozzy told about Randy trying out was great!
Spot on , you're absolutely right. I loved Jake and seeing him live was incredible , his guitar solo at the US festival is one of my favorites of all time. Also his playing on the Badlands albums was great , personally I never thought he got the recognition he deserved. To me he's better and plays cleaner than Zakk!
@@mikeg6666 You are absolutely right! He really doesn't get the credit he deserves. People talk about Randy, Zakk, And Gus G all the time. Great players but I agree, Jake is badass! He's my personal favorite Ozzy guitarist. Nothing against the other guys.
Killer of giants
@@MikeysMorgue Yup and to me Zakk is overrated , he's a good guitarist but a lot of his playing sounds the same. He gets to pentatonic crazy IMO!
Bark At The Moon!
Bark at the Moon was my go to cassette in my walkman when delivering papers. Loved it. Just rocked my world.
Well, I played *Paperboy* the video game whilst listening to that album so I can kinda relate.
My first of many Ozzy Cassettes... Good times
Your comment brought back memories..4am loading papers before school..Sony Walkman at the ready..except my go to cassette was Y &T Contagious.
great reply man. I also had a mix tape of early Motely crue, ratt, dokken, fastway, whitesnake, y&T and van halen loved it. It will be in garage somewhere@@johnj.baranski6553
People need to be thankful for Dana. He is a talent, business savvy and has played in some great bands.
Vinnie Vincent’s invasion !! Amazing
Friend of mine from Flint jams with Dana now. Jeff Bland.
Fuckin awesome bassist.
Dana actually explained it to me when I picked him up at the Spokane Airport back in 1995. I left a comment above that I hope you get a chance to read
Wonder why he never played with Ozzy? Not 'pretty' enough?
Jake was a great performer. Saw him live on the Ultimate Sin tour. A great guitar player too who never used a whammy bar but did sic bends instead. Under rated imho.
rite on brother!!! saw jake on the bark tour with accept as the opener, n then saw him on the sin tour with the mighty metallica!!! cheers!!!
I saw the “ Bark “ tour. A top concert experience.
Crue opened…..I think. They were dark and wild too.
What do you mean was?
"Never used a whammy bar?" Uh, the deep dive in Bark at the Moon. . .and countless other songs with Ozzy and before and after. Ozzy. And frankly, that's not how you judge a guitarists talent. Having said that, I think Jake E Lee is phenomenal.
@@BBGreek1 You sir are a fool. Find me one picture of a Jake E.Lee guitar with a Floyd Rose,you cannot! Try Googling it. You've failed metal school.
Jake E Lee was Ozzys best guitar player.
Nope it was Randy Rhoads
@elitecombatfitnesscentral6170 that is the popular opinion but I think Jake was really good with ozzy and his contributions are very down played. If he had a little more time with Ozzy, Zakk Wylde would have never been.
@@jaycole4691 Dude.
I like Jake over Zack.
But Randy Rhoads is king. The Gold Standard when it comes to Ozzy and The Blizzards Of Ozz band.
I’ll even go and say that if Gus G was given full reign on one COMPLETE album,it would’ve been better guitar wise that anything that Zack “Capt. Caveman”Wylde could muster up.
But again,Randy Rhoads is king.
The Ultimate Sin is still my favorite Ozzy record, though his first 4 are all pretty close. Jake's playing was incredible, Killer of Giants is especially a masterpiece! It's like Jake's Diary of a Madman or Revelation (Mother Earth).
I agree. For me Diary is my favorite Randy album Ultimate my favorite Jake album & No rest tied with Ozzmosis for my Zack album.
Funny, because that's the last album I bought. It was way to commercial compared to his previous records, and the big 4 were killing him as far as real metal goes. The Ultimate Sin vs Master of Puppets? No comparison, Metallica destroyed Ozzy. I saw that tour and witnessed it firsthand when Metallica opened for Ozzy. I went to see Ozzy but left impressed with Metallica. Jake was still the best guitar player to take the stage that night though.
@@Jangocat Jake was/is a beast. He’s better than Kirk Hammett technically (Jake’s technicality went far beyond just his playing style, he purposely chose to play hardtail guitars because of the tone, he had his guitar pickups slanted backwards to match the position of Jimi Hendrix’ pickups because Jimi played a right hand guitar upside down and the way Jimi’s guitar was strung indirectly made it to where the pickups would give “more bite out of the wound strings and more thickness from the bottom strings”, also Jake experimented with different distances of mounting the pickups between the bridge and the neck and he had a tone with his amps that required a lot more precision because the clarity of his tone showed mistakes a lot more, and dare I say he’s better emotionally as well. But Metallica back then was an entirely different type of destructive power, whether it be Ozzy, Van Halen, or if Jimi Hendrix had literally come back to life, the rebellious and ‘we’re doing shit different and doing it our way’ attitude of Metallica from 1983-1988 couldn’t have been stopped, they were like an impending doom for the old legacy that metal bands of the past had set, and their influence came from James’ downpicking riffs, Kirk’s shredding, Lars’ ‘Lars-thing’, and Cliff Burton’s monumental songwriting and bass playing ability. They were a metal band that purposely did everything different and played with a high speed crushing thrash metal sound just to be different than the other metal bands back then. The black album on the other hand… anyways Jake in the 80s and beyond was one of the greatest guitarists of the 80s metal scene, but there’s only so much one guitarist can do to try to hold his own against an unstoppable “we’re wearing jeans and t-shirts on stage, and besides skateboarding, we’re letting our Gibson explorers, Mark iic+ amps and EMG pickups do the talking” wave of thrash metal destruction.
@@Jangocat Haha! I was SUPPOSED to see Metallica but James had broken his wrist or something so we got Blue Oyster Cult instead....... and they were KILLER! What sucked though was that Jake's PA patch was down and only his onstage amps were firing so you could barely hear him.. :/
I like Ozzy don't get me wrong. Ozzy had this crazy charisma and some wacky ideas, but all these great musicians like: Bob Daisley, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and others basically created like 95% of his music and lyrics for him. That are the facts.
Jake is one of the greatest no doubt. Every song on bark at the moon is killer, I feel like he never got the right respect just because he was a replacement for Imo the greatest guitar player of all time.
"So tired" kinda sucks....
Bark at the moon blows!
@@mikeoxinya570 how so?
@@tristanhargrove5062 Not saying Jake blows I'm just saying the songs were a little cheesy. Bark at the moon was probably the only good song. And that wasn't great.
@@mikeoxinya570 you didn’t even like Rock n Roll rebel?
The Badlands albums have some of the best guitar I’ve ever heard.
I absolutely LOVE the two Jake E Lee Albums that ozzy was lucky enough to sing on.
Its the other way around. Ozzy couldv picked any of the thousand guitarists to be in his band. And im glad they picked jake
But without ozzy, we would NEVER even have heard of jake. Its because of ozzy he got to tour the world and play the biggest arenas in the world.
@@freebee8221The songs would have been completely different though.
@@jwccsnm yeah maeby better, maeby worse who knows
Saw Jake in '86. Magic. Loved the badlands stuff too. With Lynch and Dimartini as my fave three tones from that era. Magic.
Good company...🤘
3 top guitarists, each with his own style.
3 excellent guitarists right there 👍
Can't argue with that!
Saw Badlands in 90. Jake e Lee still blows me away
Jake is the greatest guitarist Ozzy ever played with.. Ozzy also screwed Jake outta song writing credits and royalties..
Shot in the Dark has some pretty damn amazing guitar parts in it and while I don't much care for the song, there's no way Phil "wrote" what Jake played. Jake is Jake and there's nobody like him and quite frankly the guitar riffs make that song. Even if the chorus was popular with Ozzy singing it, there's no other guitarist that would have fit the vibe of that song like Jake.
I believe Phil brought it to Ozzy. Phil had it in his previous band. I don’t think that band recorded it.
@@forgotmyname4971 He did but it sounded nothing like the final version
I saw Jake on the Bark at the Moon tour. Incredible player and performer.
Sharon is a machavellian businesswoman. She and Ozzy took more than their fair share, paying their bandmembers barely above minimum wage. The only reason those guys stayed on was because they loved making music and knew it would establish them in the biz.
Thanks for your insight o.O
I was always under the impression that Jake got axed because he wrote most of the music on Ultimate Sin while Ozzy was in rehab and he wanted to get paid and Sharon didn’t want to divvy up . Ozzy was blessed with guitar gods one after an other and those first 6 studio albums , two with Randy two with Jake and two with Zakk are gold all epic imo especially Bizzard and Diary . Great news brief Full in Bloom !
I heard the same for years, too. I still think there's some truth it. Sharon loved the cash.
Jake wanted to be treated fairly and that didn't happen.
@@grantorino2009 The way Jake was treated rubs me the wrong way and you can throw Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake in there too . I love Ozzy and those 80’s albums I still listen too they’re iconic but Sharon on the other hand like you say she’s all about the money .
@@clutch2827 Indeed. Sharon treated Jake like he was a session player and he basically did most of the writing on Ultimate Sin . I’d say that’s pretty unfair to put it mildly.
Sharon didn't want to divvy up... or pony up lol
George Lynch got really screwed , he was thinking he had a gig with Ozzy , George turned up to the studio but when he got there Jake E Lee was auditioning and Sharon liked his look , Ozzy said to GL your fired on the spot poor George was near homeless over that incident as he just moved to LA with his family , Thank God he went back to Dokken or he would be screwed completely.
You might want to listen to the Full in Bloom interview with George. It was all rumors that he got the position. He was never hired.
@@colbyclayton8052 No it's not rumours at all as Jake E Lee got the job and told George he was fired , the interviews are all on TH-cam
I absolutely LOVE Bob Daisley's song writing and Jake's collaboration with him on those Albums was truly magical, it is time to pay the piper Ozzy.....
It is so overdue to pay the piper...and that piper is Jake.
Song writing? He mostly wrote lyrics. Lee wrote the best riffs during that time. Including Bark at the Moon and Killer of Giants.
Wow! Dude, you never disappoint to bring the news or the interviews that always delivers. This is a big one and yeah, i wounder what happened to Phil when Geezer showed up at my first Ozzy show show for NRFTW & Zakks first go at The San Diego Sports Arena w/Anthrax.
I've always said Jake was the greatest guitarist Ozzy ever had...the guy is a fucking incredible guitar player.
I loved his work in Badlands too.
Except he wasn't. RR was.
@@demigod1013 Randy Rhodes was dead long before Badlands was even formed (1988). Jake E Lee was the lead guitarist of Badlands. You're thinking of Quiet Riot.
@@niteowlification LMAO I know who/what/where/when Randy RHOADS died. I heard on the radio on the very day in 1982. I saw Ozzy live with Jake in 1984 on the BATM tour. And I love Badlands.
Well good for you. The response was about Jake E Lee and and had nothing to do with Randy Rhodes.
Sharon and Ozzy both use people. Remember it was supposed to be a band. (Blizzard of Ozz) Look at Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake, you need go no further. I have no doubt over time Randy would have been unceremoniously fired or he simply would have quit. Rudy Sarzo got when the gettin was good, same with Brad Gillis and later Mike Inez. There's no way Randy Castillo could be involved with Jake E. Lee getting let go either. And most recently Zakk Wylde was informed his services were no longer required after "Black Rain" not in person but online. "I didn't want another album to sound like a fucking Black Label Society record' was Ozzy's excuse. At least to Zakk's credit, he seemed to let it go over time and didn't take things personally. Fact is I really like all of Osbourne's stuff, but he's not a great human being, apparently neither is Sharon. I did hear years back during Wylde's time with him, that Jake was approached about working with Ozzy again, since the Lee albums were the two most commercially successful. Jake turned it down is how the story goes.
You're right about just about everything , the only part I differ from you is Ozzy's albums in the late 90's and early 2000's were starting to sound like BLS stuff and getting stale IMO!
@@mikeg6666 Yeah. I would agree with that. Can’t remember who the co-writer of the No More Tears Album was, but that partnership with Zakk seemed to really klick. The song Won’t be coming home (S.I.N.) is actually my favorite song of the entire Ozzy catalog. Overall, the Ultimate Sin album was great from that period with Jake.
randy was already going to leave before he died. he wanted to leave to focus on classical guitar
@@mikeryan5088 Also Lemmy wrote the lyrics for Hellraiser and his version was on a Motorhead album!
@@b.ar.m4251 Yeah I think he would have done one more album or maybe two at the most before leaving. It would've been hard to top Diary anyway , but would have been interesting to see what would have come out after that album...
I think Jake was the best guitarist Ozzy had. Randy was great but Jake was different in so many ways.
George Lynch was the best 🎸 guitarist Ozzy fired lol 😆
I agree! 🎯
Randy was great, no ifs ands or buts.
Yes, Jake was DiFfErEnT 😑
I love Jake’s playing. No one ever mentions Joe Holmes, another monster of a player that toured with Ozzy.
Agreed great player who no one really mentions . Only guitarist I’ve ever heard play Diary of a Madman live and it’s pretty awesome . A studio album with Ozzy and Holmes woulda been great .
Joe ruled
There is a video of Perry Mason live with Joe. Awesome player.
I went to a number of Ozzfest's in Massachusetts in 97 through 99.
I'm pretty sure I only ever saw Joe Holmes with him. It was great. I'm a big Zakk fan so I was bummed I never got to see him.
And Joe Holmes Took lessons off of Randy which is a major plus.
After much contemplation, I've come to realize that the iconic heavy metal bands of the 80s, such as Ozzy Osbourne, Ratt, and Motley Crue, were primarily composed of Baby Boomers. While Ozzy himself was born in 1948, most of his peers were born in the 50s and early 60s. Despite this, their music resonated with the younger Generation X, my own generation. Unfortunately, many of us were too young to have experienced the early days of Black Sabbath, and only discovered Ozzy as a solo artist.
It wasn't until later that I learned to appreciate the foundational work of Black Sabbath, but to this day, the first two Ozzy albums featuring Randy Rhoads on guitar remain timeless classics. While subsequent releases like Bark at the Moon and The Ultimate Sin may not have aged as gracefully, they still held a special place in the hearts of 80s metal fans.
However, it's important to recognize the role of Randy Rhoads and Jake E Lee in making Ozzy's solo career so significant to us. Despite being overshadowed by Ozzy's larger-than-life persona, Jake E Lee's contributions to the music often go overlooked. This is a shame, as he played an integral role in shaping the sound that defined an entire generation.
Ozzy is living proof of how much abuse the human body can take and survive.
Wow, talk about re-writing history! It's pretty clear that Jake learned from the royalties debacle during the recording of BATM, and refused to write/record anything without a proper contract. So he was promptly fired once the record/tour cycle was done.
I love Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a mádman.. as much as i love bark at the moon and the Ultimate sin..Randy was a genious .. but Jake was an amazing composer ...
And thanks in Big part to Bob Daisley... A real power man behind ozzy ..RR and Jale e. Lee
Not Jake. Composer? No. Don Airey wrote most of music on the two jake albums. Jake played lead guitar to the keyboard parts.
@@s4lroachclip
Thats what Jake and Bob Say .. that they compossed the whole thing in the bark at the moon álbum and the ultimate sin as well
It's never mention anywhere anything about don airey .. maybe i got the wrong information
Jake At The Moon
The Ultimate Jake
Both great albums.
Thanx Jake.
Dana brought Randy AND Jake
Jake getting fired was a blessing in disguise. It led to Badlands & the untouchable Ray Gillen. Their debut album in particular is damn good.
Ozzy's first six albums are all lessons in great songwriting and excellent musicianship. Randy, Jake and Zakk were all incredible talents, but the Jake-era is my favorite. Although Randy might have been a more skilled guitar player.
….great albums yes, but not because of Ozzy. Not bevmcause of his whiny voice. Not because if his cheezy self iindulgent lyrics. Nope……. Because of the music and musicians.
@@awesomewelles9174 Ozzy does not write the lyrics, he just comes up with the melody.
@@williamthomas4125 Yup
Randy was absolutely not the more skilled player, Jake was.
Randy was my fave
That was awesome... great narrating... 🤘🏽😎🤘🏽
What about Brad? He had the lead guitar spot handed to him but Brad wanted to make it with his band Night Ranger. Great live player
Or Bernie Torme
Brad made a good decision.
I’m 55 yrs old. Been a hard rock / metal fan my entire life. Slowly but surely starting to realise what an over rated palooka Ozzy Osbourne is.
its the guitarists tha tmake him great
Well said. He's a fkin joke who led the way in making the entire genre a laughing stock. Talentless. And the less said about his wife, the better.
I found Black Sabbath tracks on youtube with all the vocals erased. Its the best thing Ive heard that is in any way associated with Ozz
Ozzy himself has admitted more than once he doesn't know what key he's singing in.
Sharon gets away with an awful lot of bad things because she's (technically) a woman.
@@dududu5189 she gets away with things because she understands contract law, publishing and how the entertainment industry works. Those guys can't blame anyone but themselves if they signed contracts without having a lawyer present, especially if they know fuck - all about the business.
I saw the ultimate sin tour , Metallica opened on the master of puppets tour at Nassau coliseum march of 1986,it was open floor Ozzy was fat and Metallica with cliff Burton were on fire,cliff was killing it on bass, Ozzy's band was tight and Jake e Lee tour up the fretboard, he played all of Randy's stuff superbly
@@pierre5227 Especially when the people around heard James Hetfield with his arm around Jon singing, "Whoaaa we're halfway there, whooaa oh living on a prayer. OOOAHH!"
How on earth did you read Ozzy's transcript without busting out laughing? 😂 I had to play this through 3 times because I couldn't make it though the Randy Rhoads audition without dying laughing!
The biggest mistake ever was the day Jake was fired.....Ozzy did him wrong. Jake wrote Bark at the Moon, period!
If he didn't he wouldn't get zakk wylde n become more powerful n unbelievable... Zakk one of the best ever
Jake was the best!
What happened to Jake was horrible. I remember reading about it in I think Hit Parader and just being so upset w/ Sharon and Ozzy. Jake helped save Ozzy and helped him get his career back on track and this is the thanks they gave him. They royally screwed him over. Some things are just to hard to forgive. But, because of this, we got Badlands which was a great band too.
Jake's not just a fabulous player (& songwriter) but also a very lovely guy.
Thanks for another interesting and informative video 🤘🏻
I felt Jake E Lee's main issue with Ozzy was due to Ozzy's connection to Randy Rhoads - which he lost in such a tragic way, and Oz just went of the rails... How to step in your predecessor's shoes, if that guy had established himself as a total (and deserved) legend within 2 albums?...
In that respect Zakk Wylde had it easier than Jake.
What happened to Jake further down the road with Sharon, writing credits and backstabbing within the band - it cracked a relationship that was already fragile from the first moment, and it was most unfair towards him.
Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee are easily in my top 10 guitar players. Hopefully Randy looked down on Jake E. Lee and knew he was a good guitar player to replace him when he tragically died.
I wouldn't be surprised if Jake went to musonia to get lessons from him!
3rd cool interview in a row I just listened to.
Wow . Always wondered why Jake E. Lee left Ozzy . Although there is always 2 sides to the story . But , thanks , fullinbloom ! Rock on !
I prefer Jake, his composition is on another level and I also prefer his tone over Randy. With that said it would’ve been awesome to see how Randy’s tone would have evolved had he not passed.
The more I hear these stories, Jake Lee imo comes out as a more down to earth mature guy who was trapped and in heavy metal hell - and was lucky he got out. Can we all be honest, Ozzy is a melodic genius but everyone else has made it possible for him to succeed and he seems to show little concern for them except Sharon.
I remember hearing bark at the room for the first time. I was like 14 years old and it absolutely blew my mind. I sat there with that record and played that song 100 times in a row. It is some of the best guitar playing of that era.
I don't know why Jake E. decided to go with Ozzy. He's a completely different style guitars, hence his Badlands band. He looks like a lot of singers with issues tend to migrate towards him. Ray Gillen had issues. But Ozzy was notorious for hiring musicians then screwing them over. Jake is better off on his own.
I'm nowhere near as talented as Jake E Lee, can't relate to him at all on that. But I can absolutely relate to him on getting stabbed in the back by the very person you defended. It hurts a whole lot more when its like that, and you feel like a moron for being goodhearted.
@Fan Of The Wylde
Yes, I can relate too.
I did so much for a particular female I should have been the last person in the World she would choose to cross - but she did!
Dana is an awesome man.
Met him many times. Great guy.
I saw the original Black Sabbath in 1970 or '71 at the Eastowne Theatre in Detroit!! AMAZING!!!
Still crank the Living Loud album every week. It’s on my set list for work and it takes about that long to come around again and I dig it every time. I honestly think their cut of Tonight is as good or better than what’s on Ozzie’s record. There’s a lot of stuff that’s been said over the years but I got no attitude about anybody involved. In the end it was the fans that won. What a great bunch of music from everybody who was a part of it!
Jake was the king of Ozzy guitarists. Randy was unbelievable, as well. It's possible Jake was the most technical of the hair band gunslingers. Warren and George were monsters but Jake was just a bit better. Kinda like Peyton Manning over Brady. It's just a fact.
Each to their own but I fuckin loved jake best.I’ve played guitar for 40 years now and he’s still a favourite.After schenker Moore and van halen that I cut my teeth on,of the next generation jake and John Sykes are greats capital G
Dana Strum is the motherf*ckin' dude!!! Eternal thanks for getting Ozzy to listen!!!
I get the feeling that Ozzy was even more impressed by Randy’s warm and kind presence than he was his guitar playing. He probably knew when he first met Randy, he had just found the friend he was looking for. It took a lot of willpower for Ozzy to carry on after his passing. Much respect to Ozzy for carrying on when it probably didn’t even seem worth it to him. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was ready to quit but Sharon stepped in and said, “oh, no. You don’t understand. I have very expensive taste. You will dust yourself off and go make me millions.” 🤑
Brad Gillis anyone?
Randy, Jake and Brad were my favorite players with Ozzy! Brad's take on all the Sabbath songs on Speak of the Devil is just incredible! I loved how he brightened up the tone and modernized with all the whammy work. My favorite versions of those tunes!!🔥🧨
Rhoads was the BEST
Ozzy poorly worded the comment about Randy not saying anything nice about Ed van halen. He meant Randy never talked about them.
Ozzy throwing Randy Castillo under the bus is comical. Phil is to blame for Jake's departure.
I always felt bad for Jake E. Lee getting fired from Ozzy's band. There will always be guitarists who are both better and worse than Jake. However, considering all the different players who have worked with Ozzy, I always felt he was the best fit for the job.
The music industry is shit, the good people always get screwed!
Jake is my favorite after Randy Rhoades. Solo on Bark at the moon is legendary. Cool cat
Here’s my thoughts: Ozzy’s first 4 albums has great musicians playing on them. They wrote great songs. I think sound wise (how they were mixed and mastered) sucks! Let’s focus on the Ultimate Sin and the sound quality of that album. Ozzy had made an announcement that he was going to go in and take out some of the keyboards and have the album re-mixed. I even heard an interview where Jake was reaching out to Ozzy to let him know that he would be happy to go in and replay some of his parts or whatever Ozzy wanted, to polish up the album. I like the album. It has phenomenal playing on it. BUT I can’t hear the cymbals and the album as a whole, just sounds over compressed. Nothing against the keyboard player or what he played on that album, but I would love to hear it stripped back to guitars, bass and drums (where we can hear Randy hitting the cymbals lol and maybe Jake overdubs some of the tracks with his new Friedman amp set up). It wouldn’t be a new album per say from Ozzy and Jake, but I think it would really take that album to another level. Thoughts?
Jake E. Lee was the best thing that ever happened to Ozzy, but Sharon effed it up.
Another messed up part is Phil didn't actually write "Shot in the Dark." It was co-written by him with two other musicians from his previous band. Phil and Ozzy never gave those two guys songwriting credits, so lawsuits ensued. This is the reason that The Ultimate Sin and Just Say Ozzy were the only releases not remastered back in the day, as they both contained versions of that song. You can hear the original pre-Ozzy version here on TH-cam. In short, screw Phil Soussan.
Jake should have been a guest guitarist on the latest album for a couple songs as well.
Jake is my favorite Ozzy guitarist.
There's so many guitar solos out there that inspired me, but BATM inspired me to pick up the guitar. The only solo (at least for me) that had such a frenetic sonic wall of phrasing that blew me away like BATM was Nuno Bettencourt's solo in "Get the Funk Out". So many good players out there. I stand on the shoulders of giants.
Listening to this guy say Ozzy quotes is hysterical. Ozzys always had a great sense of humor. From this guy you realize when Ozzy was serious he was still funny. Ozzy funny, funny😂
😂so fucking funny !!
How about paying Jake for all the music he wrote that they took credit for?
I've been in some bands where so and so was whispering in so and so's ear about someone else in the band being the weak link, or not fitting in. It just shows how people's human natures are the same whether they're small potatoes, or prominent professionals.
It's generally why I don't listen to a lot of the inter-band bullshit. I've been there, it's petty, it's bullshit, shut the fuck up, and play. My only real exception was Phil throwing shade at Dime and Vinnie, over a situation he fucking caused. Fuck Phil.
what a great bunch of guys
Jake's Solo on Ozzy's "Centre of Eternity" live is insane.
I love Jake’s playing to death, just the second you compare to Randy, Randy wipes the floor with him. But Randy wiped the floor with every player. That’s why I don’t like to compare, just appreciate every player by themselves
I wouldn’t say Randy “wiped the floor with him”. Randy is legendary. No doubt. But Jake is a top tier guitarist in his own right. Had he not been canned by Ozzy, I think he could’ve put out some legendary material.
I don't buy that. Dude died early and got put on a pedestal? Show me the greatness? Crazy Train?
I agree wiped the floor is way over stated. Jake was a Monster in his own right. I love Randy to but c'mon wipe the floor bro? not even close.
ALOT of people don't realize the 2 major draws on ozzy music is his weird voice and the caliber of the guitarists he's had. From iommi to randy,jake,Zack and most in between.
Jake was Ozzy’s best guitarist and Ozzy lives in mourning of Randy but if he could’ve only taken the time to see what was right in front of him like millions of us can see! I love Ozzy, but his loss I say 🤟🏼
It really bummed me out when Jake was fired. Ozzy never recovered after that in my eyes.
Sin is the best Ozzy album
AS IF lmao
Bark at the moon best Ozzy album for me. And Ozzy never wrote anything in his life he is a hollow vessel. Filled by those around him. The devil plays maze games.
What? Diary is EONS better....All Randy
Pastel on industrial type wrapping paper… I can go back in and erase and blend with anything… .🧑🎨
Here is what I heard: Sharon took Jake to dinner and fired him. But it was unclear - she kept going on about “Jake, when you have your own band blah, blah…” He got back to his apartment and his roadie told him that word had already gotten out that he was let go. Jake was like “What? I just had dinner with her!”
Jake was and is the greatest guitarist I've ever seen!
Not as good as Randy...sorry bubs
@@markusaurelius777 both were childs of their time...with one difference. Lees parts are still difficult to play while every second youtube guitarplayer would smoke Randy into nothingness today.
@@fallinghausen2707 Cool story bro. Let me know when you have the sequel.
@@markusaurelius777 you got it!
@@fallinghausen2707 LMAO
Jake my fave Ozzy Guitarist, Rhodes overrated
That statement is a huge FAIL
you can tell it's a true story, I subscribed
Some of these old stories are like day time soaps. It sucks more people don't get along. We probably would tons more music to enjoy from the bands that didn't last long.
On an entirely different (lower / real world) level... a level that MOST can relate to:
I was in a band that morphed several times over... I was the lead singer the whole time and it went this way, then that way and back again, all based on the lead guitarist, who, was the initial member. He smoked weed, lots and lots of weed. He never wanted to practice as he thought he never needed to. He was already the big Rockstar in his mind. He would become increasingly worthless AS a guitarist whilst simultaneously becoming increasingly bitter and nasty as the gig dragged on. He smoked dope behind whatever dumpster was behind the bar between sets and it kicked in with a vengeance about 10-15 minutes into the new set. Yeah, don't tune your guitar, don't adjust instruments/ amp settings, just inhale as much weed as possible...
As well, everything, I mean EVERYTHING (songwise) ended with this bullshit flamenco outro. I told him to just learn a couple of Santana songs and get it out of his system and that all songs cannot end with some south of the border, salsa-laiden bullshit. Talking metal songs, Priest, Crue, Sabbath, any and all. We also forfeited out pay temporarily as we all worked (except the guitar god) all made good money, so we let him keep all the gig $... tips and all. This of course became the new normal. I finally said fuck it all and quit. He went on the annoy everyone and anyone new that he hired. The band name changed a million times and the places we played would not hire him anymore. It felt good that they told him that if he got me back then they would hire him. Because I held the crowd, retained business and that he (solo) did the opposite. He was late, out of tune, arguing over a hot mike... just a train wreck. He finally asked me to rejoin and I calming told him that I would quite honestly, "rather put a bullet through my head"... but that's for asking. He went on to fake a cancer drive for himself with his brother and pulled about 5k... spent it all on pot (of course) and now lives with his elderly mother. Classic.
Wow!! Gotta love musicians man lol!! Great story and sorry you had to deal “Mr. Bong Hitz”
Jake is SUCH a badass and one of THE greatest rock guitar players ever. He had that "girls love him guys want to be him" quality. I do think the Randy albums are better; there's a fire and chemistry to that band that is undeniable. But "Bark At The Moon" is def a top 5 Ozzy song of all time. I wish the album production was better. Sin is an awesome underrated gem of an album and I think Ozzy hates it because he dressed like a glam grandmother and was at his worst with alcohol and drugs.
As a player I'd argue Jake is the best; his tone was biting, sounded like he's shooting from the hip but always pulls it off. Didn't play basic scales, always had interesting note choices in solos and some really interesting chords and extensions, could play classical just like Randy... I hear he was asked back in the 90's but turned it down.
The one thing I truly like though is that the 3 major guitar players of Ozzy's solo career all had something to offer and have all contributed to his top 5 list IMO of Ozzy songs.
Jake is probably the most creatively different player from the era, his stuff was so complex but catchy as hell. He just wanted credit for his songwriting.
Jake was the best of the early 80s shredders imo, not my favorite but probably the most well rounded even though i was more into guys like Viv Campbell, Warren Demartini and George Lynch i thought Jake was the most solid.