I thought this was a ;long time ago! But my 23 year old son,said ,Hey Dad? How can you explain Sabbath,Ozzy,Dio,Randy,Brad,I said son,it's only rock and roll! Fuck you all !!!!!!!
I used to have this entire concert taped on VHS back in the day. Think I recorded it off Headbangers Ball. Tape has been missing for years. Wish I had it back cuz this show rocks!!
There was a much better version of this guitar solo that I recorded on an 8 track back in the early 80s. It was a broadcast over the radio on some variety show...the name escapes me.
@hippopowernow Hey bro, it was "The King Biscuit Flour Hour." 1973-07. I used to listen to that show every Saturday night in Chicago. I used to record the majority of the shows on 8-track, then cassette. If I dig around I believe I have that recording you are referring to. We need a show like that now. ROCK ON!!!
Brad Gillis played rings around Randy Rhoads. I'll say it again, Randy was a great guitar player but he was not a god. He was not even the best player of his time.
@pantleg1 LOL REALLY? Look man, I thought Randy rocked but I'll say it again and again. RANDY RHOADS WAS NOT A GUITAR GOD. He was a great guitar player whose death elevated his stature because of the old "OH, WHAT MIGHT HAVE HE ACCOMPLISHED IF HE HAD LIVED" crap. And I'm sorry He was not better than EDDIE VAN HALEN.
@bklynboy68Randy Rhoads was lightyears ahead of fuckin stupid van halen. eddie is just a whammy whore that claims to have invented fingertapping and shit like that. couldent touch randy on composition, or technique. ( to wit: when randy heard eruption, he came up with a COOLER finger tapping method.) besides, see how eddie stacks up against even george lynch or glenn tipton. he couldent touch 'em.
@bklynboy68 I agree. I think what made him really special was he took Guitar Playing Serious.. (as Ozzy has said ) he wasn't very much in to Drugs or Partying..He was very educated and structured (as Pantleg1 says below)....You know after him and Ozzy made that last Album (Diary of a MadMan),, I believe he would have said "Good Bye" to Ozzy ! And gone on to a more Acoustic Avenue...(smaller shows).
randy was a guitar god and eddie is not. eddie has done nothing new since randy died cuz he cant steal his guitar riffs anymore. oh and randy never put his fat retarded kid in his band as bass player either so randy got that on him too.
Alright everybody, let's not forget that it was 1982. A lot has changed since then when it comes to live guitar solos. I can't think of a band that even takes a break for a guitar solo anymore. So chill!
I loved that album, it was a product of circumstance and a bit of Ozzy's rich history (musically). I did not like Brad Gillis for Ozzy's band though and almost nobody ever even thought it might be a permanent gig for Brad. If you think Brad is not a kick ass lead you don't know shit, just not a good fit for Ozzy, and he had a good gig at the time anyway. Made a name for Brad, brought attention to Night Ranger, made everybody a bit of coin, all good.
Eh, idk at :56-1:08 hes just running scales. Sounds like something Paul Gilbert would do. No hard feelings haha I just think Brad should showcase more things other than whammy bar. I mean by this time in 82 we were already introduced to EVH and all the whammy bar doodlings. I think Brad over does it a bit
@ClevoMaiden He Sucks huh, did you happen to watch 0:56-1:08? theres no whammy there. Never could see Randy pulling that off.. Not saying Randy sucks, just think Brad would've been a better fit if he wouldn't have left for Night Ranger. How can you pass up a deal like that? playing for OZZY.
I always liked Gillis best after Randy. Lee and Wylde never quite did it for me. Too bad he chose his own band, but can't blame him. Damned good showman, and he's not shy about taking up time for his solo.
I have the ending on my iPod and when I downloaded the track it was labeled Randy Rhoads solo or something. I always thought it was weak. Now I know why. Totally getting deleted.
@punchyplets Ive been playing probably before you were born and the solo considering the times...was brilliant......lets see you post a better one...yup...thats what I thought....p
Brad has a SICK tone, is the best bar user alongside Steve Vai, and face it, were he not the best available at the time, Ozzy wouldn't have chosen him. You forget the live factor - stepping into fucking Randy Rhoads shoes (!). Does Brad appear nervous? Sure he's a bit of a dick in person, but the guy delivered the goods at the end of the day and got Ozzy through that tour. I was more into Watson in the day but my tastes have matured and I put Brad pretty high on my influences these days!
I know this sounds pretty nerdy to notice this, but didn't Randy wear a blue vest like that too? Granted, Brad could have bought one too and wore it for these nights. Just thought it was weird.
first of all you have no idea what you are talking about Brad was fired on stage by Ozzy and as for the Evh playing goes Randy was a much better player he had many styles not just one so until you know your stuff keep your mouth shut
Good guess! That whole jam was really composed by Randy Rhoads! All you have to do is type in "Randy Rhoads band jam" into Youtube if you want to hear a soundboard recording with Randy playing it originally from the DOAM tour. :)
I'm not saying Brad Gillis isn't smart, because frankly i don't know that. But when I see Brad Gillis I get that "big dumb metalhead guitarist" idea in my head like all those burnouts in the later 80's with their jean jackets smoking pot and playing some crazy solos in their parents garage...
@vaibanez17 The dumb ones never knew how to play, but the smart ones got out of the garage and went somewhere with it. Brad Gillis was one of the most respected guitarists in LA when he took this gig, and then started a very non-metal band in Night Ranger. Big maybe, but dumb metalhead never. He writes alot of commercials and video game music now. George Lynch is a big dumb metalhead, and he wears a jeans jacket with no shirt!
@vaibanez17 Sister Christian is not a very good song I will admit, but I saw them in 82 and 84 because both Brad and Jeff shred. It was odd that 2 phenomenal players were both in a pop band.
@careypeak23 I concur that Brad Gillis knows HOW to play a guitar, but he never really did anything with it. Don't you agree that the key to being a great guitarist is innovation, being different, influencing people and creating riffs that remain popular long after they are put out.
@vaibanez17 True, but who has all of those? Very few. Randy was not really innovative, he took his technique and hot tone from EVH and his scales from Richie Blackmore Ulrich Roth. He was different, but much like Eddie. He influenced because of being in Ozzy, had he been in another unknown priject, you might not have known him. He also cowrote with a bassist,drummer, and keyboardist. Gillis has great songs and riffs, just not as high profile. He also was very innovative with the tremelo.
@careypeak23 Listen to Randy in Quiet Riot and then listen to him in Ozzy,big difference. Look up VH in 1975, he was light years ahead of everyone. I was 12 in 1982 when I first started playing, but there was no mistake who the innovator of Randy's style was, it was EVH. He just went more minor, and composed his solos instead of improvising. Engwie was the reason the term neo classical metal came about, in an article in Guitar player magazine in 1984. I think Randy is ok, but he was still learni
@cheese0tron I will write as much as I want since I know what I'm talking about and you don't. Everyone knows that Eddie is the originator of the modern shred style, but bacause he was so odd and eclectic, he wa not exclusively neo-classical. Randy was the second player to gain national recognition playing this new modern style with a hot, modern tone. He was charismatic and innovative in that he wrote out classical compositions as solos. But Engwie Malmsteem is the god of Neo-classical.Peace!
@cheese0tron Randy sounds like EVH but more minor and classical. He was the second player to play the modern shred style, coming from the same scene as Eddie. Ozzy was from Sabbath so when Randy joined him he had to adapt to the minor classical influences of the style the band was writing in. If you listen to Eddie in 1977 he was light years ahead of Randy, although Randy was known to be at many Van Halen shows along with Slash,Kerry King,Jake E Lee,Lynch,Hetfield, and DeMartini.
@careypeak23 Brad was an EVH clone also, as were all the young players coming out from 80-90. But as far as level of diffficulty, alot of his stuff is odd, and difficult. Randy is pretty easy to pull off, but because he had a vehicle like Ozzy to showcase him,and the power of Sharon behind him, then and now he is always marketed. Jake E. Lee is far superior in all catagories, but Sharon hates him, and he is still alive. EVH is the father of shred and innovation in all catagories in my book.
@careypeak23 I disagree a lot on the Randy comments. He was not innovative? He was neo classical BEFORE Yngwie came out! That's as innovative as it gets. Also he was riff machine. Before Randy Rhoads, 99% of music from the late 70's had been generic basic guitar riffs and then killer solos. Randy Rhoads came along and decided that intros, verse and chorus riffs, and bridges were just as important as the solos. Even his fills are legendary. He made everyone want to play better riffs.
@vaibanez17 Ritchie Blackmore and Uli Jon Roth were neo classical in 1974. EVH redifined riffing with VH 1, winning guitar player magazines guitarist of the year award from1978-1984, 6 years in a row. Randy was an Eddie prototype, just more minor. Metallica,Slayer,and Pantera cite VH as the hugest influence on metal. The term shred came about to describe Eruption. Randy wasn't as big of a deal until he died. Eddie was redifining everything about the guitar from 1978-1980.
@careypeak23 If Randy wasn't a big deal before he died I wonder how he won Best New Talent award in 1981 by Guitar Player Magazine. Randy was hardly a Eddie prototype. Randy was writing epic compositions like Revelation (Mother Earth), Diary of a Madman, Tonight, etc. while Eddie was playing Kinks covers and 3-chord "Ain't talkin' 'bout Love" type of ditties.
@janderson2000 I didn't say he wasn't a big deal, I said he was the SECOND person to gain national attention playing the modern shred style,tone, and technique. There is a huge difference between the classic rock style tone and technique and the technique displayed in Eruption. If Eddie died only recording Eruption he still would have had the same impact on the innovation of rock guitar playing. Eddie won Guitar player mag player of the year from 78-84. He revolutionized the tone of a guitar,
@janderson2000 That hypersensitive tone and shred technique has been emulated by Metallica,Slayer,Dokken,Ratt,Vai,Satriani,Gilbert,Jake,Zakk,Engwie, and Randy. Charvel,Mesa,Peavey,Kramer,Soldano,Floyd Rose,and Crank all create products for shredders. This is because of Eddie dude. Randy is awesome, I love him, but Eddie is the Original. Eddie was blues,metal,jazz,classical, and noise chaser all put in a blender. He had it all. Randy was classical, which is written solos, very linear, but shred
@janderson2000 Randy in Quiet Riot was a mediocre guitarist at best. He made leaps and bounds getting with Airey,Daisley, and Kerslake. Sharon insisted on advanced lessons in theory and classical guitar. Eddie is a classical piano player, but trained as a jazz musicaian by his father. Thats why his runs are so in and out of so many random styles and scales with odd notes in between. On Fire, Spanish Fly, Little Dreamer,Light up The Sky, etc. You Really Got me even has such an eclectic solo.
@oceans20113 What are you, the utube police? I'll dribble all I want. And I never addressed Brad Gillis vs. Jeff Watson. How can you compare, they are so different from each other. The can't replace each other because they are so unique. All right, now you can dribble some more. I give you permission.
@janderson2000 I could always learn Ranys solos because they were so easy to hear and stayed in the scales. Eddie had a feel and choice of notes that was from another planet, and a technique that was no holds barred. Taps,dive bombs, pick squeals, flangers,phasers,delays, and the sickest tone ever put on tape. Kerry King,Mustaine,Hammet,and Dimebag all hail Eddie the king of metal shred. Randy is great and I love him, but he was not the originator modern tone and technique, thats all im sayin
starting at 4:24 and ending at 4:41, you hear Randys solo for the Tribute album. i wonder if this was supposed to be a new song that he was composing before he died?
Starting at 4:24 and ending at 4:41. this is part of Randy Rhoads solo from the Tribute album. I think that maybe what was going on at that time was this supposed to have been a new song that Randy was working on with the band before he died.
the song in between solos is like Mr. Scary on steroids. love it. lol, too good a band for the likes of Ozzy--yea I said it. Everyone Ozzy ever played with was way too talented for him--there, I said it again.
@MurtaghLaw Randy Rhoads could never play the stuff Brad plays, but Brad could play anything Randy ever wrote, because Randy didn't improvise. Yes, I said something negative about Randy Rhoads.
BLAST FROM THE PAST!! Amazing good ol Tommy!! Loved him In Black Oak Arkansas to Whitesnake..LOVE HIM!! YOU ARE The Reason I Played DRUMS!! Thank YOU TOMMY!!! a.k.a Dork Johnson... u know what I Mean...
ppl are little critics when it comes to ozzy guitarist "rhoad is better" or zakk is better who gives shit there all good n there own way gillis kicks ass
Brad was a great replacement for Randy. I still prefer Randy, but Brad sounds great. I wish he was Ozzys Guitarist for good, but he was already in Night Ranger!
Ozzy only hired the best during this period. Gillis was brought in because he was good. ... really good actually. You may not like his playing style but he was highly respected in the early/mid 80s.
Listening to Ozzy in 1980 was like listening to Korn in 1995. Ozzy in 2000 is like Ozzy Nelson from the 1950's! "Pop" means popular music, and evenOzzy with time becomes pop.
The DRUMMER, Tommy Aldridge, is a legend. He helped make the double-pedal a drummer staple for all styles today. Solid and fluid, balanced alternations of both feet like hands -- not just a 16th note roll gimmick that people turn on/off, or use to make their kit look big or for solos.
Brad had about a week to prepare for this tour. How many guitarists you know can learn a set of Ozzy and Sabbath tunes and tour w/in a week? I know I'd need more than a week to pull it off and Ive been playing for over 30 years. Anyway, run a youtube search for "Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain"...enjoy
I hear some Van Halen in this, when he does the first section of tapping it sounds much like the slap technique Eddie used in "mean street"
He`s a good player, but no, not on Rhoads level. He was trying to impress which was what the 80`s was all about, so I don`t rate this solo as a total loss. You can see the crowd was into it and that`s what counts so I guess he earned his pay check.
Well, there really are very good solos from him in Night Ranger, I agree. But it's so hard to step in Randy's shoes... Anyway, it's the caricature guitar hero attitude (not to mention the annoying whammy bar) that reminds me of Spinal Tap.
Unbelieveable! This was the tour just after Randy's death. I cant even believe ozzy even finished that tour after all the shit that happened to them all! R.I.P Randy! There will never ever be another guitar god like yourself. I just wonder what guitar level Randy would be at today? I was a guitarist way behond his time. and more advanced then any guitarist around today!
@ThunderforceIV I have learned it fluttering the bar. Have the bar tight and slap it. It does not work with all bars though. Best with original Floyd Rose.
He's flicking the whammy bar with his finger, which causes the bridge to shake real fast. The result is a real fast vibrato that happens for a fraction of the second.
Brad Gillis Rocks .Did youknow he had to learned all this songs in a couple of days so he could do these showswith Ozzy, I think he nailed them pretty well.
He can't even fucking improvise! And what it means that he had a few days to learn this songs. Tony's stuff is the easiest stuff on the world. And fucking kerry king played megadeth songs after hearing them once.
Kerry King played Megadeath songs??? How do you compare Megadeath songs with rabdy Rhoads playing??? it's not even close Kerry King is not even qualify to carry Randy's guitar case hahaha
Yeah thats for sure. No one can get even close to Randy's level. The point is that ozzy didn't play his own songs that night. They played Sabbath songs so this is riddiculous that brad couldn't play them at all xD
Everybody's gotta remember all these guys came from the same Sunset Strip era. They all knew each other and played together or saw each other. Randy, EVH, all of them back then.
Eddie has always had the bridges on his guitars fixed so that he can't pull up. And yeah, Brad does a lot of stuff that Eddie never did. His vibrato is different from Eddie's, and he does a lot of stuff with harmonics that Eddie never did either. And I don't think I've ever heard Eddie do the whammy bar flutter thing, where you flick the whammy bar with your finger.
BG is a real pro and was seriously overlooked once randy came on the scene. As far as Night Ranger goes, well...ya' gotta' eat.
tubemyass875 3 days ago
John Bonham/Moby Dick? @ 8:12 - 8:20 ?
lugger2010 2 weeks ago
What ever happened to Tommy Aldridge after Ozzy? Rudy went on to Quiet Riot, Gillis to Night Ranger, but Ive seen/heard nothing about Aldridge.
lugger2010 2 weeks ago
Too bad he went on with Night Ranger...would have been great to hear him record Ozzy's albums after this tour.
Absinthe2401 1 month ago
This is Brad Gillis playing..be nice to keep the comments about him...
BTW...some of the best playing ever on Speak of the Devil!
Absinthe2401 1 month ago
I thought this was a ;long time ago! But my 23 year old son,said ,Hey Dad? How can you explain Sabbath,Ozzy,Dio,Randy,Brad,I said son,it's only rock and roll! Fuck you all !!!!!!!
southeasttexasboy 2 months ago
gillis is the balls, but couldent touch rhoads on any level!
pantleg1 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
I used to have this entire concert taped on VHS back in the day. Think I recorded it off Headbangers Ball. Tape has been missing for years. Wish I had it back cuz this show rocks!!
braincrisp1 3 months ago
Gillis was the right replacement for Randy. Gillis plays a completely different style, but he is one of the greatest players of his time...
buzzsaw177 4 months ago
There was a much better version of this guitar solo that I recorded on an 8 track back in the early 80s. It was a broadcast over the radio on some variety show...the name escapes me.
hippopowernow 6 months ago
@hippopowernow Hey bro, it was "The King Biscuit Flour Hour." 1973-07. I used to listen to that show every Saturday night in Chicago. I used to record the majority of the shows on 8-track, then cassette. If I dig around I believe I have that recording you are referring to. We need a show like that now. ROCK ON!!!
GNFAN1987 4 months ago
@GNFAN1987 King Biscuit Flour Hour....that's it! Maybe I'm partial to that version just because I heard it first.
hippopowernow 4 months ago
I was at this show. Sat in the grass wayyyyy in the back
couch63 6 months ago
Brad Gillis played rings around Randy Rhoads. I'll say it again, Randy was a great guitar player but he was not a god. He was not even the best player of his time.
bklynboy68 7 months ago
@bklynboy68 Thats why hes wearing the randy rhoads vest. Go listen to sister christian....
slicknik13 6 months ago
@slicknik13 WHAT? THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
bklynboy68 6 months ago
@bklynboy68 Ok.... That vest hes wearing was originally randy rhoads.
slicknik13 6 months ago
@bklynboy68 sorry bro, but you are full of shit. :)
pantleg1 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@pantleg1 LOL REALLY? Look man, I thought Randy rocked but I'll say it again and again. RANDY RHOADS WAS NOT A GUITAR GOD. He was a great guitar player whose death elevated his stature because of the old "OH, WHAT MIGHT HAVE HE ACCOMPLISHED IF HE HAD LIVED" crap. And I'm sorry He was not better than EDDIE VAN HALEN.
bklynboy68 3 months ago
@bklynboy68Randy Rhoads was lightyears ahead of fuckin stupid van halen. eddie is just a whammy whore that claims to have invented fingertapping and shit like that. couldent touch randy on composition, or technique. ( to wit: when randy heard eruption, he came up with a COOLER finger tapping method.) besides, see how eddie stacks up against even george lynch or glenn tipton. he couldent touch 'em.
pantleg1 3 months ago
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pantleg1 3 months ago
@bklynboy68 p.s reb beach destroyed gillis and eddie! lmfao
pantleg1 3 months ago
@bklynboy68 I agree. I think what made him really special was he took Guitar Playing Serious.. (as Ozzy has said ) he wasn't very much in to Drugs or Partying..He was very educated and structured (as Pantleg1 says below)....You know after him and Ozzy made that last Album (Diary of a MadMan),, I believe he would have said "Good Bye" to Ozzy ! And gone on to a more Acoustic Avenue...(smaller shows).
ziggy72170 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
randy was a guitar god and eddie is not. eddie has done nothing new since randy died cuz he cant steal his guitar riffs anymore. oh and randy never put his fat retarded kid in his band as bass player either so randy got that on him too.
rr138 2 months ago
@rr138 fat retarded kid ...is a great nanme for a band!!!+
knowvirtuoso 2 weeks ago
Brad kicks ass. Ozzy has always had amazing guitar players. Jake E. Lee is still my favorite though.
YooTubeSuxLikeHell 7 months ago
Cut him a break, Brad had big shoes to fill and I think he did just fine.
gunntherd 7 months ago
He's No Randy Rhoads but I think he did a very good job replacing Randy for the rest of the tour
DimeRR5150 8 months ago
@DimeRR5150 oh, seriously?
rallyivan1234 8 months ago
@rallyivan1234
Yes? I'm serious what kind of question is that
DimeRR5150 7 months ago
@DimeRR5150 We know that is not Randy, your comment was very objective.
rallyivan1234 7 months ago
Alright everybody, let's not forget that it was 1982. A lot has changed since then when it comes to live guitar solos. I can't think of a band that even takes a break for a guitar solo anymore. So chill!
drewper73 8 months ago
just hope thats not Randys vest hes wearin! sure looks like it.
saint7370 9 months ago
randy and dimebag are great friends and like to do guitar battles up in heaven
999N0t3str34k 9 months ago
I loved that album, it was a product of circumstance and a bit of Ozzy's rich history (musically). I did not like Brad Gillis for Ozzy's band though and almost nobody ever even thought it might be a permanent gig for Brad. If you think Brad is not a kick ass lead you don't know shit, just not a good fit for Ozzy, and he had a good gig at the time anyway. Made a name for Brad, brought attention to Night Ranger, made everybody a bit of coin, all good.
Pittmail88 9 months ago
WHERE IS THE PRO FOOTAGE RECORDED WITH RANDY? WHY ARE YOU STUPID BITCH SHARON TRYING TO HIDE IT?
adrianlazlow2352 10 months ago
The last I heard Gillis is working on new Spinal Tab movie
killer8rabbit 10 months ago
I did not know there was actual footage of Brad playing with Ozzy. Pretty cool, not to mention a pivotal part of Ozzy's history.
uofm97 10 months ago
Ozzy refused Brad only because in a lot of interviews he considered Brad too much old for him.
1974romina 10 months ago
Ozzy knows who to hire.
MrManowar3 11 months ago
Brad Gillis is RAW talent. He ain't trying to impress no one. He's just having a good time the way it should be.
MrManowar3 11 months ago
@MrManowar3 I watch this video once in a while to remind myself my playing is not that bad
killer8rabbit 11 months ago
@killer8rabbit Ya, sure ya do...lol.
D3COMO 11 months ago
@killer8rabbit You were probably still pissing in your pants when this was recorded.
dkhogs 10 months ago
Eh, idk at :56-1:08 hes just running scales. Sounds like something Paul Gilbert would do. No hard feelings haha I just think Brad should showcase more things other than whammy bar. I mean by this time in 82 we were already introduced to EVH and all the whammy bar doodlings. I think Brad over does it a bit
ClevoMaiden 11 months ago
@ClevoMaiden i agree.
JakeyRhoads 10 months ago
For all you haters out there, listen to this guy! He is a great talent and doing his own thing.
TNMinuteMan 1 year ago
Tommy Aldridge is the John Bonham of the 80s. Brad Gillis sucks. Whammy noob. Long Live RR
ClevoMaiden 1 year ago
@ClevoMaiden He Sucks huh, did you happen to watch 0:56-1:08? theres no whammy there. Never could see Randy pulling that off.. Not saying Randy sucks, just think Brad would've been a better fit if he wouldn't have left for Night Ranger. How can you pass up a deal like that? playing for OZZY.
Luiginerd10 1 year ago
@ClevoMaiden and 1:08-1:17
Luiginerd10 1 year ago
speak of the devil OZZY best live album EVER !
bambamh20 1 year ago
Randy Rhoads left a lot of your talent to Brad gillis, it is awsome
m4kub3x88 1 year ago
I always liked Gillis best after Randy. Lee and Wylde never quite did it for me. Too bad he chose his own band, but can't blame him. Damned good showman, and he's not shy about taking up time for his solo.
CincinnatusUSA 1 year ago
Tremolo ftw
1234gnrslash 1 year ago
Drum solo is out of Sync...
lubanater 1 year ago
The guitar solo stole it from Bernie Torme
rallyivan1234 1 year ago
eddie van halen wanna be
DannyGuitar12 1 year ago
I think the thing that keeps Ozzy going is the people in his bands over the years. Even all the way back to Sabbath. He's been very lucky.
IBRockin 1 year ago
The band jam reminds me a bit of Dream Theater.
soloist93 1 year ago
I have the ending on my iPod and when I downloaded the track it was labeled Randy Rhoads solo or something. I always thought it was weak. Now I know why. Totally getting deleted.
jackson5682 1 year ago
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jackson5682 1 year ago
the mighty eddie van halen string slaps
McFudge93 1 year ago
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Hey PPP, Grn66, & HR96. This WAS 1982, no one was doing anything like this in '82
I saw this when it 1st aired on MTV, & to a kid who has been playing for 3 yrs. it was
mind-blowing. Before all the gadget & techno-toy laden solos of today, it was all Talent, Technique, & air-tight Timing.
Dreamcatcher156 1 year ago
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Dreamcatcher156 1 year ago
sucks,cmon,garbage.
HawkRock1996 1 year ago
Very weak, the king of the trem bar strikes again. Only somebody who doesn't play thinks this a good solo.
punchypp 1 year ago
@punchyplets Ive been playing probably before you were born and the solo considering the times...was brilliant......lets see you post a better one...yup...thats what I thought....p
nickerz65 9 months ago
reat solo filling ranys shoes was no light task but he did it that took some balls and skills!!
GRILLBUOY101 1 year ago
@HeavyMetalDVDs What is the name the song? 3:29
rallyivan1234 1 year ago
I think there was a lot of hate around Brad because he took over from the Death of Randy.
marcpreston1 1 year ago
@marcpreston1 hate to Brad?
rallyivan1234 1 year ago
2:13 through 2:15 someone please tell me how he did that
crunkalac 1 year ago
@crunkalac It's exactly how it looks he is just tapping the end of the trem bar while hammering a note. The growl comes from the springs shaking.
hallows99 1 year ago
@crunkalac u have to worship the devil and smoke dope in order to play like this. thats wut the holy rollers say. hehehehe.
believin13 1 year ago
IF ONLY BRAD GILLIS HAD A HEART . THEN I MIGHT CONSIDER THIS STUCK UP FUCK HUMAN ....BUT SADLY HE IS ONE BIG "PENISHEAD"
oceans20113 1 year ago
Brad has a SICK tone, is the best bar user alongside Steve Vai, and face it, were he not the best available at the time, Ozzy wouldn't have chosen him. You forget the live factor - stepping into fucking Randy Rhoads shoes (!). Does Brad appear nervous? Sure he's a bit of a dick in person, but the guy delivered the goods at the end of the day and got Ozzy through that tour. I was more into Watson in the day but my tastes have matured and I put Brad pretty high on my influences these days!
MikeToddOnline 1 year ago
@MikeToddOnline id agree with you.
green66vw 1 year ago
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oceans20113 1 year ago
Jamas le llegaste a los talones a Randy papa
acefrehley87 1 year ago
You can convert this or any youtube video to an mp3 at audiogetnow..com
garrulous678 1 year ago
I know this sounds pretty nerdy to notice this, but didn't Randy wear a blue vest like that too? Granted, Brad could have bought one too and wore it for these nights. Just thought it was weird.
tmthy1012 1 year ago
Sucks having to sit thru a guitar solo just to get to the good stuff...
alianyla3 1 year ago
first of all you have no idea what you are talking about Brad was fired on stage by Ozzy and as for the Evh playing goes Randy was a much better player he had many styles not just one so until you know your stuff keep your mouth shut
hawkinsdh64 1 year ago
Not sure that RR couldn't play BG, but I'm almost positive that RR wouldn't want to.
MurtaghLaw 1 year ago
@ SuperGitfiddle
Good guess! That whole jam was really composed by Randy Rhoads! All you have to do is type in "Randy Rhoads band jam" into Youtube if you want to hear a soundboard recording with Randy playing it originally from the DOAM tour. :)
radar10131 1 year ago
I'm not saying Brad Gillis isn't smart, because frankly i don't know that. But when I see Brad Gillis I get that "big dumb metalhead guitarist" idea in my head like all those burnouts in the later 80's with their jean jackets smoking pot and playing some crazy solos in their parents garage...
vaibanez17 1 year ago
@vaibanez17 The dumb ones never knew how to play, but the smart ones got out of the garage and went somewhere with it. Brad Gillis was one of the most respected guitarists in LA when he took this gig, and then started a very non-metal band in Night Ranger. Big maybe, but dumb metalhead never. He writes alot of commercials and video game music now. George Lynch is a big dumb metalhead, and he wears a jeans jacket with no shirt!
careypeak23 1 year ago
@careypeak23 Night Ranger sucks. Sister Christian is the worst song ever.
vaibanez17 1 year ago
@vaibanez17 Sister Christian is not a very good song I will admit, but I saw them in 82 and 84 because both Brad and Jeff shred. It was odd that 2 phenomenal players were both in a pop band.
careypeak23 1 year ago
@careypeak23 I concur that Brad Gillis knows HOW to play a guitar, but he never really did anything with it. Don't you agree that the key to being a great guitarist is innovation, being different, influencing people and creating riffs that remain popular long after they are put out.
vaibanez17 1 year ago
@vaibanez17 True, but who has all of those? Very few. Randy was not really innovative, he took his technique and hot tone from EVH and his scales from Richie Blackmore Ulrich Roth. He was different, but much like Eddie. He influenced because of being in Ozzy, had he been in another unknown priject, you might not have known him. He also cowrote with a bassist,drummer, and keyboardist. Gillis has great songs and riffs, just not as high profile. He also was very innovative with the tremelo.
careypeak23 1 year ago
@careypeak23 Listen to Randy in Quiet Riot and then listen to him in Ozzy,big difference. Look up VH in 1975, he was light years ahead of everyone. I was 12 in 1982 when I first started playing, but there was no mistake who the innovator of Randy's style was, it was EVH. He just went more minor, and composed his solos instead of improvising. Engwie was the reason the term neo classical metal came about, in an article in Guitar player magazine in 1984. I think Randy is ok, but he was still learni
careypeak23 1 year ago
@careypeak23 holy shit shut the fuck up
cheese0tron 1 year ago
@careypeak23 randy rhoads sounds nothing like evh
your stupid and maybe he got better from 1975 to 1980
and randy rhoads played classical also
you dont make any sense
and stop writing so many fucking comments
cheese0tron 1 year ago
@cheese0tron I will write as much as I want since I know what I'm talking about and you don't. Everyone knows that Eddie is the originator of the modern shred style, but bacause he was so odd and eclectic, he wa not exclusively neo-classical. Randy was the second player to gain national recognition playing this new modern style with a hot, modern tone. He was charismatic and innovative in that he wrote out classical compositions as solos. But Engwie Malmsteem is the god of Neo-classical.Peace!
careypeak23 1 year ago
@careypeak23 randy sounds nothing like any of those guitar players
cheese0tron 1 year ago
@cheese0tron Randy sounds like EVH but more minor and classical. He was the second player to play the modern shred style, coming from the same scene as Eddie. Ozzy was from Sabbath so when Randy joined him he had to adapt to the minor classical influences of the style the band was writing in. If you listen to Eddie in 1977 he was light years ahead of Randy, although Randy was known to be at many Van Halen shows along with Slash,Kerry King,Jake E Lee,Lynch,Hetfield, and DeMartini.
careypeak23 1 year ago
@careypeak23 Brad was an EVH clone also, as were all the young players coming out from 80-90. But as far as level of diffficulty, alot of his stuff is odd, and difficult. Randy is pretty easy to pull off, but because he had a vehicle like Ozzy to showcase him,and the power of Sharon behind him, then and now he is always marketed. Jake E. Lee is far superior in all catagories, but Sharon hates him, and he is still alive. EVH is the father of shred and innovation in all catagories in my book.
careypeak23 1 year ago
@careypeak23 I disagree a lot on the Randy comments. He was not innovative? He was neo classical BEFORE Yngwie came out! That's as innovative as it gets. Also he was riff machine. Before Randy Rhoads, 99% of music from the late 70's had been generic basic guitar riffs and then killer solos. Randy Rhoads came along and decided that intros, verse and chorus riffs, and bridges were just as important as the solos. Even his fills are legendary. He made everyone want to play better riffs.
vaibanez17 1 year ago
@vaibanez17 Ritchie Blackmore and Uli Jon Roth were neo classical in 1974. EVH redifined riffing with VH 1, winning guitar player magazines guitarist of the year award from1978-1984, 6 years in a row. Randy was an Eddie prototype, just more minor. Metallica,Slayer,and Pantera cite VH as the hugest influence on metal. The term shred came about to describe Eruption. Randy wasn't as big of a deal until he died. Eddie was redifining everything about the guitar from 1978-1980.
careypeak23 1 year ago
@careypeak23 If Randy wasn't a big deal before he died I wonder how he won Best New Talent award in 1981 by Guitar Player Magazine. Randy was hardly a Eddie prototype. Randy was writing epic compositions like Revelation (Mother Earth), Diary of a Madman, Tonight, etc. while Eddie was playing Kinks covers and 3-chord "Ain't talkin' 'bout Love" type of ditties.
janderson2000 1 year ago
@janderson2000 I didn't say he wasn't a big deal, I said he was the SECOND person to gain national attention playing the modern shred style,tone, and technique. There is a huge difference between the classic rock style tone and technique and the technique displayed in Eruption. If Eddie died only recording Eruption he still would have had the same impact on the innovation of rock guitar playing. Eddie won Guitar player mag player of the year from 78-84. He revolutionized the tone of a guitar,
careypeak23 1 year ago
@janderson2000 That hypersensitive tone and shred technique has been emulated by Metallica,Slayer,Dokken,Ratt,Vai,Satriani,Gilbert,Jake,Zakk,Engwie, and Randy. Charvel,Mesa,Peavey,Kramer,Soldano,Floyd Rose,and Crank all create products for shredders. This is because of Eddie dude. Randy is awesome, I love him, but Eddie is the Original. Eddie was blues,metal,jazz,classical, and noise chaser all put in a blender. He had it all. Randy was classical, which is written solos, very linear, but shred
careypeak23 1 year ago
@janderson2000 Randy in Quiet Riot was a mediocre guitarist at best. He made leaps and bounds getting with Airey,Daisley, and Kerslake. Sharon insisted on advanced lessons in theory and classical guitar. Eddie is a classical piano player, but trained as a jazz musicaian by his father. Thats why his runs are so in and out of so many random styles and scales with odd notes in between. On Fire, Spanish Fly, Little Dreamer,Light up The Sky, etc. You Really Got me even has such an eclectic solo.
careypeak23 1 year ago
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oceans20113 1 year ago
@oceans20113 What are you, the utube police? I'll dribble all I want. And I never addressed Brad Gillis vs. Jeff Watson. How can you compare, they are so different from each other. The can't replace each other because they are so unique. All right, now you can dribble some more. I give you permission.
careypeak23 1 year ago
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oceans20113 1 year ago
@oceans20113 Your a bigger dick than Brad Gillis. Go get your baseball bat douchbag.
careypeak23 1 year ago
@careypeak23
Do you dribble like a baby ? oooh.......
oceans20113 1 year ago
@janderson2000 I could always learn Ranys solos because they were so easy to hear and stayed in the scales. Eddie had a feel and choice of notes that was from another planet, and a technique that was no holds barred. Taps,dive bombs, pick squeals, flangers,phasers,delays, and the sickest tone ever put on tape. Kerry King,Mustaine,Hammet,and Dimebag all hail Eddie the king of metal shred. Randy is great and I love him, but he was not the originator modern tone and technique, thats all im sayin
careypeak23 1 year ago
starting at 4:24 and ending at 4:41, you hear Randys solo for the Tribute album. i wonder if this was supposed to be a new song that he was composing before he died?
SuperGitfiddle 1 year ago
Starting at 4:24 and ending at 4:41. this is part of Randy Rhoads solo from the Tribute album. I think that maybe what was going on at that time was this supposed to have been a new song that Randy was working on with the band before he died.
SuperGitfiddle 1 year ago
the song in between solos is like Mr. Scary on steroids. love it. lol, too good a band for the likes of Ozzy--yea I said it. Everyone Ozzy ever played with was way too talented for him--there, I said it again.
StewieFavre 1 year ago
big surfer with a guitar
g99se9 1 year ago
What a sloppy mess.
MurtaghLaw 1 year ago
@MurtaghLaw Randy Rhoads could never play the stuff Brad plays, but Brad could play anything Randy ever wrote, because Randy didn't improvise. Yes, I said something negative about Randy Rhoads.
careypeak23 1 year ago
BLAST FROM THE PAST!! Amazing good ol Tommy!! Loved him In Black Oak Arkansas to Whitesnake..LOVE HIM!! YOU ARE The Reason I Played DRUMS!! Thank YOU TOMMY!!! a.k.a Dork Johnson... u know what I Mean...
Schon2112 1 year ago
ppl are little critics when it comes to ozzy guitarist "rhoad is better" or zakk is better who gives shit there all good n there own way gillis kicks ass
motleycrue24 1 year ago
@motleycrue24
can you imagine getting to play with all those great players? Ozzy knows a good guitarist when he hears one.
Redrobin63 1 year ago 2
and then gillis committed career suicide by betting the farm on Night Ranger.
whitecloud1980 1 year ago
@whitecloud1980 Night Ranger had 5 or 10 MTV hits, but I wish he did more after leaving night ranger.
metalfiend124 1 year ago
Brad was a great replacement for Randy. I still prefer Randy, but Brad sounds great. I wish he was Ozzys Guitarist for good, but he was already in Night Ranger!
buzzsaw177 1 year ago
How come Ozzy didn't call my name when introducing band members? Im Smitty Smitchitty,I was The cord plugger!!
SmittyHeWasNumber1 2 years ago
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leebegeebee 2 years ago
Speak of The Devil
dinoantimental 2 years ago
Ozzy only hired the best during this period. Gillis was brought in because he was good. ... really good actually. You may not like his playing style but he was highly respected in the early/mid 80s.
whitethronebooks 2 years ago 2
Listening to Ozzy in 1980 was like listening to Korn in 1995. Ozzy in 2000 is like Ozzy Nelson from the 1950's! "Pop" means popular music, and evenOzzy with time becomes pop.
The DRUMMER, Tommy Aldridge, is a legend. He helped make the double-pedal a drummer staple for all styles today. Solid and fluid, balanced alternations of both feet like hands -- not just a 16th note roll gimmick that people turn on/off, or use to make their kit look big or for solos.
treatablebum 2 years ago 2
This guy is the worst of the highly touted shredders of the 80s by far.
jimpy419 2 years ago
he was in a pop band called night ranger
jonovips13 2 years ago
I know man, I lived it unfortunately.
jimpy419 2 years ago
lol
jonovips13 2 years ago
Brad had about a week to prepare for this tour. How many guitarists you know can learn a set of Ozzy and Sabbath tunes and tour w/in a week? I know I'd need more than a week to pull it off and Ive been playing for over 30 years. Anyway, run a youtube search for "Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain"...enjoy
believer06 2 years ago
Here's another....
"Ozzy- Flying High Again LIVE 1982
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Not bad for 1 week.
believer06 2 years ago
I hear some Van Halen in this, when he does the first section of tapping it sounds much like the slap technique Eddie used in "mean street"
He`s a good player, but no, not on Rhoads level. He was trying to impress which was what the 80`s was all about, so I don`t rate this solo as a total loss. You can see the crowd was into it and that`s what counts so I guess he earned his pay check.
DoubleVisionandco 2 years ago
Dont take playing music too seriously guys, thats why its called playing.
It was the 80's man, all hair and tank tops with these guys.
I thought the drummer was going to hit a crash cymbal with his head ! Haa
aw19g 2 years ago
1 thing i love the fuck out of Randy 4 was he didn put a lotta shit no1 wants 2 hear in2 his solos he didn use his guitar like a fucking toy
FLAMINGSTRINGZ 2 years ago
This solo is a lot of bulshit. He should have been part of Spinal Tap indeed. Ridiculous.
xuxis2008 2 years ago
man sign of the times, back in 82. His Night Ranger solos are awesome.
BFahz 2 years ago
Well, there really are very good solos from him in Night Ranger, I agree. But it's so hard to step in Randy's shoes... Anyway, it's the caricature guitar hero attitude (not to mention the annoying whammy bar) that reminds me of Spinal Tap.
xuxis2008 2 years ago
@xuxis2008 Stupid comment lol
nickerz65 2 months ago
Osbourne not Osbourme
Rockmaster751 2 years ago
Unbelieveable! This was the tour just after Randy's death. I cant even believe ozzy even finished that tour after all the shit that happened to them all! R.I.P Randy! There will never ever be another guitar god like yourself. I just wonder what guitar level Randy would be at today? I was a guitarist way behond his time. and more advanced then any guitarist around today!
hellbent70 2 years ago
I tried to do at home, but I noticed that sound two strings at the same time, a typical BRRRRRRR two notes played with distortion ...
Its someone record a video with this effect?
ThunderforceIV 2 years ago
Gillis should have been in spinal tab.
killer8rabbit 2 years ago
@killer8rabbit Spinal Tap.
DiamondDEK 1 year ago
whoever said Eddie van Halen was the only king of the whammy bar, is sadly mistaken!
1kydde2 2 years ago
Is there a tab out there for the section where the whole band kicks in?
metaljr72 2 years ago
Does anyone know how he does this noise in 2:14?
ThunderforceIV 2 years ago
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kawicrash 2 years ago
@ThunderforceIV I have learned it fluttering the bar. Have the bar tight and slap it. It does not work with all bars though. Best with original Floyd Rose.
kawicrash 2 years ago
He's flicking the whammy bar with his finger, which causes the bridge to shake real fast. The result is a real fast vibrato that happens for a fraction of the second.
Kohntarkosz 2 years ago
@Kohntarkosz and that would only work for a floating bridge right?
KopperhedVideo 1 year ago
I believe so. If you can't pull up on the whammy bar, I don't think it quite wobbles the same way.
Kohntarkosz 1 year ago
i like it around 4:30 when brad plays randy's spotlight solo man brad is so badass and everyone thinks he sucks
emoboi311 2 years ago
Brad Gillis Rocks .Did youknow he had to learned all this songs in a couple of days so he could do these showswith Ozzy, I think he nailed them pretty well.
ff621 2 years ago
yeah brad kicks ass hes my favorite tied up with randy to me
emoboi311 2 years ago
Are you kidding?!
He can't even fucking improvise! And what it means that he had a few days to learn this songs. Tony's stuff is the easiest stuff on the world. And fucking kerry king played megadeth songs after hearing them once.
JackassPogo 2 years ago
Kerry King played Megadeath songs??? How do you compare Megadeath songs with rabdy Rhoads playing??? it's not even close Kerry King is not even qualify to carry Randy's guitar case hahaha
ff621 2 years ago
Yeah thats for sure. No one can get even close to Randy's level. The point is that ozzy didn't play his own songs that night. They played Sabbath songs so this is riddiculous that brad couldn't play them at all xD
JackassPogo 2 years ago
@emoboi311 I think Night Ranger doomed him to be thought of as a wanker.
kawicrash 2 years ago
9:06-9:10 Don Airey master rulezz!!!
jlalis 2 years ago
i remember mtv showing this concert on tv. they had a few others on like Y and T. mtv was cool back then.
kel9591 2 years ago
Everybody's gotta remember all these guys came from the same Sunset Strip era. They all knew each other and played together or saw each other. Randy, EVH, all of them back then.
pabloramirez716 2 years ago
Brad is cool, but he copied EVFH way to much with the whammy stuff.
VanHalenPinkFloyd 2 years ago
i disagree. he pulled up a lot where EVH just did dive bombs.
guithero11 2 years ago 7
Eddie has always had the bridges on his guitars fixed so that he can't pull up. And yeah, Brad does a lot of stuff that Eddie never did. His vibrato is different from Eddie's, and he does a lot of stuff with harmonics that Eddie never did either. And I don't think I've ever heard Eddie do the whammy bar flutter thing, where you flick the whammy bar with your finger.
Kohntarkosz 2 years ago
@guithero11 Eddie couldnt pull up on his bar, i believe it was set flush against the guitar body
JJLipton 1 year ago
@JJLipton yea he had it really tight up against the body to make his tone a little better and for tuning stability
guithero11 1 year ago
Gillis should have stayed with Ozzy, he could hold his own with anybody, even Randy. Why he chose to do Night Ranger is beyond me.
markkickmark 2 years ago 2
Brad Gillis is so underated. His solo on Stars by Hear N Aid was amazing. As is this clip.
ECOOL76 2 years ago 18
@ECOOL76 FUCK YEAH, MAN, HIS SOLOS ON STARS ARE FUCKING OUT OF THIS PLANET!!!lml
luka349 1 year ago