I must agree

I wonder how much Ozzy had to do with it? I like Zakk, I love Randy but I was once again crushed at the Osborne’s for being greedy and arrogant for their treatment of Jake and Randy!

@@robert.m4676 More to do with Sharon then Ozzy Perhaps. Like Wendy of Dio.

True they did screw him over .Ozzy has said he and Jake never made a personal connection with each other and that Jake tried to take over the musical direction of the band .where he and Rhoads were very connected on just the music but also on a personal level.

Ozzy pretends to not know,or pretended then,pretty sure he has no idea wtf is going on now. The Osbournes actually F'ed Bob Daisley worse than Jake.

Just awsome

I was just playing along to a few songs off that album. Do I play them perfectly? Nope. Could I ever? Doubt it. Do I "hear" something new every time I pay attention? Absolutely. Red Dragon Cartel is a successor to Badlands. Git to check them out. You won't be disappointed.

Saw Ray live while he stepped in at short notice for Black Sabbath, did well given how little time he had to learn the songs

Jake was at the height of his powers in Badlands! Seems, much like Sampson Jake’s awesomeness was tied to the length of his hair.

Was?? Still is.

I loved Randy Rhodes and wasn’t sure if Ozzy would ever find anyone of that same caliber and inventiveness. But instantly when I heard Jake,wow!

Ups and downs?!! You know anyting?! Nobody knows that you're talkin about! Jake E is the greatest of all time

right down the middle balancing great tech skills, I would say that's a correct statement, great songwriter also, Jeff I appreciate you viewing, My 100th video is next

I couldn't have said that better. I've always said that his playing held the spirit of the seventies with the necessary components of the eighties

@@markc5771 Thanks...I feel the same way...All the best:)

Great song writer and a good guy, thank you also for viewing

Hel no what has he done besides playing for Ozzy he wouldn't be known if it wasn't for Ozzy period Jake sucks good guitar player but is not even a top 25 best

I agree, he's definitely underrated for the incredible talent he is.

​​@@Heatherssuperman80You're wrong and don't know what you're talking about. Do you play guitar? I have for 35 years. Make that 39 years. 35 since I had my Gibson.

@@ericbitzer5247 yes I do play

A Good guy also that's always a plus

Heck yeah I was pissed at Sharon for wrecking another good thing. She sucks cause Jake E. Lee was incredible and still is!

Jake E. Lee is definitely NOT underrated. He's one of the most respected and highly regarded guitarists in rock.

I think you have seen more concerts then any of us here I think Lol, Pretty cool you Met Jake E Lee Nice fella I understand.

Very cool to watch also.

No he was the Jake E Lee of the eighties.

I agree with you, There is no discounting Jake E Lee, he is a good guy also. Thank you for viewing I appreciate it sir.

Yes indeed Sir, and thank you kindly for watching

Ozzy trying to rip his hair out

@@scottgarber4558 Lol yeah, Bang Zoom, one of these days Ozzy, just kidding. Thanks for viewing.

He was pretty cool, I agree, thank you for viewing

Sir yes Sir, Great song writer as well, Steven thank you ever so kindly for viewing & more so subscribing I certainly appreciate it, My 100th Video is next.

Certainly a great song writer that's for sure, thank you Robert for viewing I appreciate it

@@theguitartemplepriest your welcome ...Jake should know he's appreciated big time and I'm glad to I've seen him live in Scotland a couple of times.

@@robertkidd6270 he indeed will know he's appreciated after he watch's this video I Hope. Jake give me an Exclusive interview TRUTH will be revealed Sir.

Badlands should have been a supergroup, but they fell apart too soon and he never seemed to recover from that..... I agree with that Statement Philip, Glad you liked the video, I have a new one coming late today.

I wouldn't say they "fell apart" as much as I would say "shut down" . Not trying to resurrect any past darkness of the band ,but after Ray's diagnosis AND his antics away from the band, there really wasn't a choice. I do agree that he never seemed to recover from it, though.

@@CS-ru4xd Good point's Sir

Mine too

Jakes a good player but nothing great .

@@herbcanter2114 Opinions vary..........

That's why he is here at our Guitar Temple, we will keep the spotlight on the true greats, he is one guy anyone could talk to, a very down to earth guy that's true, Thank you for viewing Sir

En mi opinión mejor que Randy

@@fkngfkngdiablo2360 is Rembrandt better than Van Gogh?

Thank you ever so kindly for appreciating my video compilation of Jake E Lee, always nice to hear.

I am happy for him as well, a good guy.

I would argue that The Ultimate Sin had better riffs....all amazing, nonetheless

Also the challenge of doing it right just recorded a cover of bark where in playing all the parts

Very Cool guy that's for sure.

A Real Good Guy humble & certainly a True Rock Star.

I guess you haven’t seen him in the US festival, if had you wouldn’t have said anything about him not missing a lick or phrasing on Randy’s work.

I wasn't particularly into hair metal bands like cinderella, great white, poison and even GnR because I was a thrasher. I now realize these bands had great SKILL, much more than what todays "toy rock and metal" bands have to give

@@Thrash_ranch these bands mostly had their influences and blues and they played more of a bluesy metal than a straight metal.

@@chriskroll4166 early NWOBHM bands for that matter, almost all of them took their influences from Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Vaughn

@@Thrash_ranch whenever I listen to those 80's bands I hear a lot of led Zeppelin also . Aerosmith too .😁

Damn what a Great list. The saddest part of that list is Jack Russell. What an Awesome Awesome voice Jack had to just let it all go to shit. I met and really enjoyed talking with Jeff LeBar at Nashville concerts. He was such a nice, down to earth guy. I LOVED Cinderella concerts. What a shame. Terrible loss.

Sounds like a great day, I take it he was Melting like a snow cone in Phoenix Lol

Respect your opinion but not in the same class as Randy in mine. Just listen to isolated tracks. Rhoades is on a different level with crisper, cleaner, and more technically advanced. Writing composition we could argue but Jake was given zero credit. Jake E. Is still great though

Interesting, thank you , I Didn't know that, appreciate it, thank you for viewing, my 100th video is next.

I also reverse the bridge pickup angle on Fender style Telecasters away from the treble side of the bridge which gives the effect of playing the guitar in an upside down orientation as if Paul McCartney or Jimi Hendrix often played the right handed instruments left-handed

Wow ! You Nailed it on All points, especially how you and I prefer earlier Zakk. I thought Zakk was just Phenomenal during No Rest For the Wicked and No More Tears. I just Totally lost all interest once he reached the whole SDMF / BLS biker/lumberjack/viking wannabe bullshit. What the hell is his deal with constantly spitting up in the air above Himself ? He became Repulsive, and honestly never sounded as good again. He seems to be one Messed up dude. Jake E Lee is just Awesome ! Absolute magical guitar Wizard. Ozzy says he hated that period, when ironically, the Jake period is my Favorite Ozzy period. I LOVED the Ultimate Sin tour. Years later I would see whatever tour where Ozzy had Joe Holmes on guitar, and I hated it.

@@shaunclifton5281 I think Holmes was part of the Ozzmosis tour in 96/97. I get what you mean with Zakk and his spitting. There's a pro shot show from 89' in Philly where Zakk is doing the spitting in the air thing like he's trying to catch it again. So he's done that from the beginning. It is kinda sick but looks even worse when he looks like a dirty biker guy. I never liked Sharon but there's one thing that I found myself agreeing with her on and that's when she made the statement about Zakk turning Ozzys music into a BLS project, and I was hearing the same thing. After Ozzmosis, Ozzys music started to have these muddy uninspired guitar riffs and the production left a lot to be desired. It sounded like leftover mediocre riffs Zakk didn't use for BLS. I've always said that Ozzy solo sounded the best when he was more hard rock and less metal. Those bright sounding uplifting guitar parts Rhoads and Jake put to tape was just a better fit for him. Stuff like I Don't Know, Flying High Again, BATM, Shot In The Dark etc..just sounded better to my ears. I also agree with you that Zakk sounded great on NRFTW. That's one of my favorite Ozzy albums. Even NMT had some outstanding material looking back and still had Ozzy sounding like rock n roll. He only sounded good doing the darker doom stuff when he was with Sabbath, and I personally think the best Sabbath albums are Vol-4,SBS,Sabotage, where they started to get more progressive and away from the simple doom sound from their first 3.

Your comment pretty much sums up my thoughts also .I too think Ozzys best all time work is those first two records with Randy Rhoads .this was music that Randy had to come up with from a genre and style he was completely new to .Quiet Riot from the 70s was a pop group that's flamboyance was created in the honor of David Bowie and Mic Ronson so when Randy joined Ozzy he was out of his element in every way finding himself on another Continent having to create Heavy Metal music something he had never liked let alone had any experience with and was probably thinking he was in way over his head when he first sat down with Ozzy and asked "what do you want me to write" probably not having a clue and when Ozzy replied "just be yourself" that was the 3 best words Ozzy could have ever said to Randy cause it let him know that this new bands music was not gonna be like Black Sabbath's and let him draw from his educational perspective to write something completely new and unique .which is exactly what Ozzy wanted .after touring with Van Halen while in Sabbath he wanted to be in more of a Rock guitar oriented band simular to VH rather than the gloom and doom devil type like Sabbath was .and the result of this was what came out on the Blizzard an Diary recordings .this is wat made those 2 records stand out and caught the attention of the Rock fans around the world .and Lee's entry into Ozzys band was different in he was already playing music from that genre and really nailed it with Bark of the Moon .his playing and music was more explosive and hard rock driven than the first two albums and having to fill Rhoads shoes was something that couldn't have been easy by any stretch of the imagination .but he owned it and allowed Ozzy to carry on instead of fading away after Randy's death that could have very well happened had he not got the right guy .and Zach kept it going with his first 2 records. Like you after this Ozzys music wasn't quite the same Ozzy was having personal and health issues .he didn't have Bobs influence and lyrics anymore which was a HUGE part of Ozzy earlier success .Zach was wanting to do his own thing and Ozzy had a revolving door of musicians from this point on and never had anyone to create something special and magical anymore .

@@johnhagan582 Spot on I think. Randy was an absolutely brilliant composer and still moves me to this very day. Lee was certainly more explosive style-wise and had better stage presence. He really did a great job keeping Ozzy's act together for a while and did an awesome job with Randy's material. As an album, BATM is quite a distant third for me - with the title song the sole exception. And Shot in the Dark was magnificent. But his writing paled to what Randy could create. That said, onstage Jake was brilliant. I actually think most of Lee's solo's were better improvised on stage, unlike Randy who played best after carefully composing and phrasing his solos, like Mr. Crowley. Interesting contrast. But Randy was far better at creating unique, out of the box melodies and fills... like in I Don't Know... you never expect what comes next but when it does it's absolute genius. And truly masterful, epic compositions like the way Diary builds to a dramatic climax. Randy's passion and fire were magical. I rarely felt that way with Jake's studio playing. There are a few moments when he hit it, but then slides into some fast pentatonic thing in a major key and just noodles off. But onstage, it's another story altogether. Never saw such a natural in front of a crowd! Anyway... let's not forget about Bob Daisley. He was the glue and catalyst for much of the early music. Thank God he wrote all the lyrics... LOL As far as chops are concerned, I always ponder what Randy might have become with another decade to develop once the genre had taken off. And he'd gone back to studying Classical for a while. He'd surely have been influenced by Vai, Satch, Yngwie, Freidman, Gilbert, etc... I could easily have seen him on the G3 tour and collaborating with everyone to create unexpected, brilliant and moving music. It would have been glorious...

@@Mike-eq4ky See I saw all 3 players (Rhoads .Lee. Whilde) .and IMO Rhoads had the greatest stage presence of anyone ever with maybe the exceptions of Hendrix and Page .and the live solo he did on Mr Crowley at the After Hours Promo was the Greatest Heavy Metal Guitar solo in history .the feeling he put into that eyes closed the entire time was unbelievable .but that's just my take brother .thanks for the reply though forsure

a true fan, thank you sir

Randy changed the game Jake was just another Randy Eddie hybrid

yeah, that's a dirty dirty shame. so often happens to the sidemen/songwriters in the music business. just because they're not the "star..."

Who did Sharon gives those to?

@@bondalero0074 Ozzy

ozzy & the wife stole a lot of writing credidts.

That was my first gig. What do you mean they're not all like this?

You are not alone Sir, he is a very loved guitarist, I guess he is a pretty good guy also I understand, But yes indeed he has a HUGE Following, thank you ever so kindly for viewing.

He has a new LP out with Red Dragon Cartel I believe .

If that's your top 5 they aren't very good.

Interesting list! Personally, I would not include Slash and I actually need to listen to John Sykes, but I'm going to add Vai, Satch, Yngwie, Gilbert, and Friedman. And of course we can't forget Eddie... Just for ONE day I'd like to be able to play like any of them... What a day that would be!

Your right a Nice guy I hear tell.

I thought that was cool also, thanks for viewing Sir.

Jake said he didn't need a Floyd Rose. This proves that. He also stated that when he has one he abuses it! Ha!

Very hard to play those Stretchy parts he plays, a nice guy also that add more points in my opinion

I didn't know that, interesting, Shawn Lane was that way a world class guitarist but a fantastic Piano player as well, both were nice guys.

I didn't know that either. So yet another thing he could match with Eddie VH =) Reportedly he played VH covers as good as EVH

I can agree with that, keeps your attention and that makes for a great entertainer, he is a nice guy also. Thank you for viewing

Thank you for the Subscription Kenny Lee, I appreciate it Sir.

And a good guy to boot

So Glad you mentioned Centre of Eternity ! Killer Killer song

Those stretches are remarkable to be honest.

I will say to you, I think the issue with Ozzy about Zakk (for me) is that Ozzy stuck with him too long. After Ozzmosis that should have been it for Mr. Pinch harmonic. So it got old to all of us hearing this guy (Zakk) play pentatonic scales. Zakk is a physical meat and potato guy, where as Jake is a fiery finesse player who is very unorthodox. But you have to admit when No Rest for the Wicked dropped. That shit was ballsy and heavy. Omg

Lol yeah Sharon Unfortunately she became her Father, He was that way with his bands, she is a lot like Wendy Ronnie James Dio's Wife also. Check out my VIVIAN Video Its the same kind of thinking.

I Agree with You Though I personaly Think its more Sharon Doing, Just like Wendy with Dio. More about Money then music for Those Chicks, sad really, Hey thank You for Viewing.

If you havent checked out do listen some podcasts on him

@@atteljas I’ve been on it my friend thankyou

@@theclanmorrison The makes a great interviewed. Theres also one very long on youtube which is worth checking out as well as Badlands bassist Greg Chaissons podcast interviews are worth checking out if you were into the band

Yes indeed, I myself was shocked to find that, it was a very short period , just like Garry Moore played with SKID ROW I thought well that can't be lol but it was a band in Ireland once upon a time.

It was about six weeks. Jake actually worked on Holy Diver, but he says he basically just played what Ronnie had in his head so he could figure it out lol

@@dx.feelgood5825 Interesting, good to know, I love Holly Diver .

I think Gary moore was in a band called skid row in the 70s but I don't think it was the same band from the 80s with sebastan bach

@@ley98 uhh wrong comment reply?

Thumbs up for the Rock Stars, I don't know who Don is but if Jake is at My site he is a True Rock Star Sir

You gotta hear this guy, an unknown, who can shred, but with passion and fire! His name is Adriano Kaverna.

@@if6wuz9 Thank you for the tip! I’ll definitely check him out!🎼🎸

@@if6wuz9 Thanks for the note, yes i indeed will check it out, thank you for viewing also.

@@if6wuz9 Very cool! You may want to check out Igor Paspalj or Max Ostro. Those two are incredible!🍻

Ozzy and Sharon were annoyed that he drew so much attention. They were jelly at JELEE.

Who was bigger and better than OZZY? That was one darn good gig. OZZY filled enormo-domes across the planet for close to 50 years. Nobody is too good for that. A gig in Toronto, wow, that's a long way away from Montréal...Montréal baby 🤘

@@DaveClark-ib6sp Lol. John was a former frontman but at that point just a very depressed addict with no future until he and Bob (Daisley) decided to try to form a band! Bob and John had many musicians they tried out to play with before they went with Randy because it clicked between songwriter&bassist Bob and Randy. A bit later Bob got the drummer,singer&pianist Lee into the band which they called The Blizzard of Ozz. The band, primarily Bob and Randy wrote the songs, but also Lee and John. The Arden family management just schemed the band to be printed as a solo artist on the album covers even though they were already touring as The Blizzard of Ozz band. The band, but primarily Bob&Randy made the music outstanding, which is why John got a career as a band frontman back, except for his and the management's deception which made him a "solo artist" with a backing band, which was total bullcrap. Then Randy died and so it was back to square one on how to write and play as good music. There were good players out there, but also writing, that's a necessary component. Enter Jake. He and Bob wrote the next 2 albums which, if people would be honest, were the first albums agreeably ment to be under a solo project brand moniker. Working with Bob, Jake made many homeruns delivering exceptionally outstanding and iconic music for history to remember. And just like the BOO band he got screwed, but even worse by the Osbourne-Arden company. He forgave them. But most of all, he was and is a good person, so yes, for sure, he was too good, better and a bigger man than John in more ways than a dozen. Ps. The original commenter wrote "too talented" but you read something else, but that's ok cause as proven those praising claims you ascribed to the OC comment would also apply to J.E.L.

So??? What about RANDY RHODES OR ZAKK WYLDE? EITHER OF WHICH COULD GIVE JAKE MORE COMPETITION THAN HE COULD HANDLE...OZZY HAS ALWAYS HAD A PRODIGY ON GUITAR IN HIS BAND...

What happened to him...BADLANDS DIDNT MAKE IT TOO FAR...THEN WHAT...

Your answer is subjective.

Very honorable he is a guitarist to be respected, thank you for viewing Kevin.

Good man Mark, Thank you ever so very kindly for doing so, I certainly do appreciate it Sir, see you again soon.

Mr Jones Sir, I cant thank you enough for the very kind words, I am honored, Thank you ever so kindly for viewing I appreciate it, It takes a person of character to give a compliment these day so again thanks .

Michael I can't thank you enough for the very kind words, I so appreciate your positive vote of confidence in my guitar playing as well Sir THANK YOU, Most people of the world couldn't give a compliment if there life depended on it lol, Yes Interesting history, Jake E Lee said it right out of his mouth he was a guitarist for DIO'S Band in the Las Angelos seen and also playing for RATT also in the L.A. Seen so makes for quite the history, I am glad you tell me what you like snd the way I put it together this way I can better develop The Temple in the right direction, Thank you for viewing Michael.

Well thank you ever so kindly Sir, Greatly appreciate the the vote of confidence in my video creation. Thank You !

I can agree with that also. Thanks for viewing.

I can see that, Honorable pick I'd say.