Ozzy has made a career out of others saving his ass. Starting with RR.

He was offered the job but declined to stay in Night Ranger. Pissed off Ozzy but was that a big career mistake?

Brad was a bad-ass guitarist with the skills to reproduce the riffs and solos of Randy and Tony while adding some amazing whammy bar techniques to the table.

ejamsc starting with his wife, then RR and all other guitarists

@@mikedreucci4236 Ox treated him like shit. POS drunken druggie

100% correct. But one guy said here Gillis is better than RR. I had to quickly correct him. Gillis doesnt even believe that.

One of my all time favorites and influences.

Mustard!!!!

@freepressright....so true dude....Brad stood in a pair of shoes NO ONE could ever fill but did an amazing job....hats off to him....

freepressright indeed was like the were not even a month behind schedule after Randy died I had my ticket and he died two weeks before our show and was blessed to go see Brad fill his shoes was awesome I did see Randy on diary of a madman tour blew my mind as a player was in awe of both!!

Yes, yes, yes! At this time, call his name right beside Y. J. Malmsteen, P. Gilbert and J. Satriani!

Love Brad, but Jeff Watson was my favorite in Night Ranger.

Rene Seaver, I am amazed at how many people say things like that, that so-and-so it is the most underrated guitar player, etc. I have seen people say the same thing about other guitar players, but none of them are underrated, and anybody who knows Brad knows he’s amazing. Somebody just said the same thing about Nuno Bettencourt the other day, that he’s highly underrated. But I understand that you’re probably saying you wish Brad had more recognition because he’s so bad ass.

Simply amazing. A true gift to us all. Rock on Brad. Thanks for sharing your great playing with the world.

David Bruce They say it because unless you’re a guitar guitar player you probably don’t know who Brad Gillis is.

He was playing in a Ozzy cover band at the time. Many of the core Ozzy set list he already could play. Not like the 25 songs he had to learn in total but many of the "classics" he already was fluent in.

Yeah, incredible guitarist.

@@malmstring I'm pretty sure he was playing in Night Ranger at this time.

@@malmstring True, he was in a cover band prior to auditioning for Ozzy, but it wasn't an exclusive Ozzy cover (i.e. tribute) band.

I'm pretty sure he'd spent the previous couple of years learning at least some of Randy's songs. Randy was the next Van Halen and of course all the rock guitarists, Gillis included, would have been learning his stuff.

AMEN or LIKEWISE! TO THIS (VERY) DAY, I'M, STILL, FLOORED BY BRAD'S GUITAR PLAYING DURING THIS CONCERT!

Brad did what he did in an era with no KZfaq, no programs or apps to slow down fast solos to learn and he did it in warp speed. While not an RR clone, he did it in a way that had some of Randy's spirit, but with Brad's style. Anyone who speaks ill of this performance is an idiot.

@@freepressright totally!

@@freepressright amen to that.

Very agree

Fucking rights he did. I wonder how Bernie torme would have been?? Very talented but I don’t think he would have been a good fit but that’s something I’ll never know.

,@@williamdon3442 he was great in that he changed some of the solos and did it like his own style but the fans weren't having it so he left so brand gillis stepped up after him.

Now we know the truth, ozzy owes his career fist and foremost to Randy, then to Brad Gillis, the man saved the act for sure

@kitty lingdon't like it, don't Buy it

a masterfully made guitar man hard to learn all that in short time

Two styles so far apart yet fit perfect in Night Ranger.

Thanks Captain Obvious. 😀

Yes! Thank you for including Watson. The man who brought us 8 finger tapping.

Hey . Huge Randy fan.. but Brad did a great job. Can’t imagine how the group felt not seeing Randy.. troopers all under this sad time . Fans came first.

Criss Oliva for most underrated heavy metal solo guitarist of all time for me 😁 but Gillis is great too

Hell yeah

@@lawrencehardy6809 fuck yeah!! Gillis is one of the most underrated guitarists ever .night ranger is still relevant , 35 yrs later 😍 was a Very hard place to come in and replace Randy. Rip

@@michaelpachuau3885 Criss Oliva is def the most underrated guitarist of all time! Brad Gillis could be a close second tho.

Youre probably right. Zakk most overrated, if there is one.

@@bellmeisterful Zakk can play country style guitar.

Just because of his short tenure. No Ozzy guitarist is underrated or overrated when it comes to the true fans of Ozzy and his guitarists. All are badasses. I admit I steal Brad's tremolo bar flicker technique.

Jake E. Lee

@@bellmeisterful bet u wont tell him that lmao

He got a call from Sharon and he's hung over thinking its a gag. " I'd better pit Ozzy on. Hello Bradley. This is Ozzy." They flew him out to a hotel suite and he and Ozzy event up the stairs, had no amp, sitting on the bed, Ozzy cross legged on the floor. " Channel me Bradley' uh okay.... then played flying high acoustic on his red Floyd rose guitar. After the song Ozzy opened the doors and screamed at the crowd below. Everyone's clapping and congratulating him and Gillis is thinking "uh , I think I got the job". Some guy who knew Ozzy had been in the crowd weeks earlier and sometimes Brad would do some Ozzy songs. This guy tells Ozzy, gets the ball rolling. Next thing you know the phones ringing. He wasn't even applying for the job. Brad I'd way cool.

Yeah, he’s better than Randy was back then.

No Randy?? Excellent guitarist!! I rate them the same! Let’s see Randy do some Brad stuff. Look at Brad now.. look at Night Ranger solos.. Sister Christian solo.. Don’t tell me you love me solo ...Brad is great!!! So was Jake !!! Then Zack .. not so good.

Brad is on randys level for sure!

@@styga1969 zakk was a big mistake. I cant stand his playing at all

100%

lonelydwightfrye well said sir. .

lonelydwightfrye I agree, he wasn’t randy, but a fine guitarist...

Yes... Brad filled in on a last second notice... he knew some of Rhoad's tunes... but still had to learn Randy's parts and leads... had to be real miserably tough for Brad... because Ozzy just lost his closest-best friend and band-mate... and all because Ozzy still had to fulfill his Diary of a Madman tour dates... this move hurt Brad's career in the long run when it came to N.R. and their relationship... not to mention that Brad loved Rhoads...!! ...who didn't???!!!

Amen. Brad took on an impossible task and did a fantastic job.

I was just about to post the same thing. Considering that Brad had very short notice to learn and entire set of difficult solos i think Brad did amazingly well.

@Beard Guy101 STFU Brad is the best he ever hired after Randy

Knox Harrington this was the reason I gave night ranger a listen !!!

@Beard Guy101 You clearly know nothing about guitar playing. He wasn't sloppy at all and played most of Randy's solos note-for-note with great feeling. He just added some of his crazy wang bar shit in there.

I think people were too upset by Randy's death and couldn't appreciate what they were witnessing with Brad.I'm sure Brad knows the importance of time with Ozzy.

I saw this from right up front in '82 and between each song the chant would go up ..."RAN-DY RAN-DY RAN-DY" Brad would just grin and take it.

I guess it's because he is a curly blondie ass.....

@@RingOfRae woah

So is Jake E Lee

@@RingOfRae Settle down spanky

funkster007 you are right, I should have not mention the curly aspect....

Ah, the good ol days of MTV. I remember the same.

This was part of the mtv Saturday night concert series or maybe it was Friday night it's hard to remember.

Agreed. This made me buy a red guitar with a black pickguard, humbucker and floyd rose! 😅

It wasn't hard for him he really didn't step up his game he could play just as good in night ranger he was a guitar virtuoso he could hear any song one time and play it. No matter what the song, that is how good he is.

Brad brought his own shoes baby, and he danced Randy's moves to a T!

he is not consider one of the best... he is just lucky

Brads in the top 30 . If you look at AllTime the list of guitar players is loaded with very stiff competition. Tony I. From Sabbath. Eddie Van Halen. The duo from Iron Maiden and Kk Downing and Glen Tipton from Priest these players were also very good. Going all time you also have to look at older guys like Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix i mean damn man sooo many burners out there its diff to put together acurate rankings but Gillis was Never ranked #1 in Hit Parader or Circus Magazine and the fans voted in those polls! Fans can be biased and subjective but who else is listening to the music more than them. I lend high credibility to those magazines rankings. Even Guitar Player magazine had a poll for a while and Randy got #1 there one year. Gillis was only ever mentioned as an after thought. I like Brad and saw him live with Ozzy. Speak of the Devil tour in New York. Ozz was soo devasted by the loss of his best friend that he sucked! I felt very bad for him and was sad as well! However Brads solo in the concert was his Own and it was Very very good. But when he played Randy’s solos he was all over the place and it was very amature. Its eveidenced here in this video. He hardly got one solo rite And its not cause hes not trying. Perhaps he was preoccupied with upcoming Night Ranger material. This is very possible.....

What? Fan polls, especially in mags like Hit Parader and Circus, were nothing but popularity contests. Guitar Player and Guitar for the Practicing Musician would be more legit representations of actual musicians' opinions. That said, I've always considered Gillis to be one of the best around. He's so damned smooth and accurate, both on the fretboard and with the tremolo bar.

Corey Hit Parader and Circus magazine polls were very accurate reflections of who was the best at the time. As far as Brads accuracy. I don’t question how good a guitar player he is. I liked him but if your listening to the playing here it’s shit. He’s playing Randy’s material and doing it horribly. No I don’t believe Jake E Lee would have got the gig. He auditioned and was passed over. He was picked up after the Speak of the Devil tour cause Ozzy was desperate. I’ve seen both Jake and Brad live with Ozzy. Neither were as good as Randy. Randy got the Best new guitar player award. I saw him presented it along side Sharon Osborne. Jake and Brad never won shit. Well maybe a few groupies and sponsored guitar strings. This is true.

Here is an honest reply to Takanori's comment...yes Brad is'one of the best in the world'. He didnt say THE BEST, but one of the best. Guitar players are very subjective and even someone as talented as Yngwie Malmsteen can be hard to listen too. I have always enjoyed Brad's signature sound and he is one of the few you can recongnize his playing style, like Eddie, Vai, Lynch, etc. A pioneer in his style for sure , and still rockin.

He played in Night Ranger

Jungchen,Du hast keine Ahnung

Bandit666 mine as well!!

Mine too!

Speak of the Devil is all old Sabbath material. Where’s Brads touch??? Wheres his originality and creativity. Oh yeah, dont tell me you love me..... Case closed! Yes he was good but never a top 5 or even 10 player. I Can name many better. Fuck even Hendrix would dust his ass. I say this and i like Brad. Ive seen him and appreciate him but wheres his Super album??? There is none!

@@HappyFoxSuperSTAR where's Brads touch??? Its all over every solo he played on speak of the devil!

He was loyal to his band Ozzy gave him the job know your shit man why so damn salty

I got stuck with Bernie Torme for the Buffalo show, was so looking to see and hear Randy, I just couldn't enjoy the show.

@@michaelkeudel8770 Bernie was more of a ‘70s British blues player from what I remember. How did he handle this new shredding ‘80s heavy metal?

@@TheSteveSteele I barely remember it, was 40 hard years ago, I'm lucky if I remember what I did this morning.

The guitar player magazine , brad Gillis. Keith Richards on cover

Brad has explained all that on youtube. The red orange paint was chosen because it was the color of his brothers datsun 240z.

@@patrickthometz6365 he had some laquer left.

@@tonymctony4551 yes he did.

@@chrisclausen4093 It's unclear how many shows Lynch was at ,if any! He is the only one to say he was there,but in fact he was there when Brad left ,Lynch got hired but then they found Jake E. Lee and that is when George was at the side of the stage. I heard it was that his hair was too short ,because he kept his hair shot until he found a band that got signed ,then he would grow his hair! I asked hi myself why he kept it short instead of growing it out,he said he had a job outside the band(Dokken) and when they got signed to a major label ,he started growing his hair.So,he lost the Ozzy gig because he looked like a 12 year old kid with short hair! Bernie played 7 shows before Brad took over,and that is when Lynch said he was there for that gig,but Rudy Sarzos brother Robert was already hired by the band ,but Don Arden had hired and paid for Bernie to play,also it was because it was an easy switch,he was also on Jet records and Don was managing him,so he got pushed into a gig he didn't want ,and it was clear,so they got Brad who is a great player and can play the songs and still make them sound right but doing his own thing and not trying t copy Randy,which is almost impossible ,especially back then. So, that is what I know. Craig Turner ,who took over teaching for Randy at Musonia after George Lynch quit that job,which is good for him,because he was not a good teacher! Anyway,I took lessons from, after Randy left,then lynch,Craig Turner also auditioned for Ozzy and he was third in line after Lynch and Lee,and his hair was almost to his shoulders,and the guy they picked,Jake,had a ton of hair and could get by on guitar! Wow ,that was a long answer! Sorry. That shoud be everything!

My friends had no idea Brad Gillis from night ranger could play like this !!

No ozzy punched randy in the face for wanting to leave the band randy said hed never play for ozzy again and was killed that day

Lmao you are fukn xactly right

Will you please explain me what do you mean by Ozzy screw...

I think All big time singers screw over musicians. Thinking of Dio ,Coverdale etc. I've heard some real tacky shit they pull.

@@takaorobinson8719 when I heard what Dio did to Vivian Campbell I lost a lot of respect for him (still one of the greatest singers ever).

I agree Ozzy and Sharon treated the band like shit and then took all the royalties and credit!!! Shame on them!!! The band is what made Ozzy famous not him!!!😠😠🔥👎👎🤔

It's like a substitute teacher. Fillers don't get paid as much man . It's sad but it is what it is