I posted a video of mine in the "Video Responses". Brad Gillis was a GREAT influence on me way back when I was a teen in the 80's. Not sure if there is a ton of Gillis Influence in my playing, but I like to think there is. He is still one of my favorites. Check it out.
I don't care about speed. Brad play phrases I love. He doesn't need sweeping or even a lot of tapping to make his point. His solos on most of the N.R. stuff are very very musical. Passion Play, is a short solo, but one of my favorites. Goodbye is another. Lot's of guitarist can play meaningless shred. That's easy to learn by repetition and muscle memory. What Brad Gillis does, is like a great novelist. Anyone can learn the english language, but what you do with it makes you stand out.
@MrDarinWarren I agree. there are tons of good/fast guitarists but it comes down to the composition and unique style of different players. I have always been a Gillis fan and of course give Jeff Watson the nodd as well - I put them in my list with Reb Beach, George Lynch, and Neil Gerardo (Pat Benatar). Neil is a guitarist I love but i would say not near technically to the others i've mentioned...but that leads me back to composition and style!
@minpinful You gotta be frick'n kidding me. I've seen outtakes of Randy doing stage checks that were just insane. Randy could play allot more than what he played for OZZY. When they doubled his solo tracks to expand them, he actually played the track a second time over the first. When you here Zakk on No More Tears, it's the one track doubled through dubbing with two Marshall & two Ampeg amps mixed with a clean channel. So don't judge Randy so quickly, he was incredible.
IBrad Gillis is a great guitarist AND person. He was being told by security that it was time to go, and he literally screamed them and said "GET A FLASHLIGHT OVER HERE TO ME SO I CAN SIGN EVERYONE'S STUFF!" because he wanted EVERYONE to have his autograph.
Rodger Hodgson was like this, but had no security, so he literally took almost 2 hours to talk with about 25 people (Those who stayed at the ropes after the show) and take pictures, etc. Great people/legends.
I will go on record with this statement. My two favorite, AND most talented two guitarists I've ever seen on the same stage is, with no doubt Watson and Gillis. Their styles accommodate each other perfectly! For an up n coming kid of 13 or 14 to have the chance to see and meet the two icons years later ('99 I think) perform flawlessly was WAY BEYOND expectations! And they were nice guys too!
Gillis, Van Halen, Frehley, Schuldiner , Hobbs, Vai, Lifeson, Owen (jack) , Steer... List doesn't stop.... No particular order but Brad is definitely in there... Sick guitar player...
What are you bitches blabbing about? Zakk is the worst of the bunch period. Not that he sucks as a guitar player, he simply is not the best guitarrist Ozzy has had.
One of the most amazing and underrated guitarist of all time. If he played it dry with raw amp distortion of today's equipment, not that 80's sounding stuff and I bet it would STILL sound AMAZING
Wylde is a joke in comparison to Randy, Jake, and even Tony. It's extremely unfortunate that Randy passed away, and that Jake never really got a chance to flourish in the band do to differences with Ozzy. As for Tony, he truely is the father of metal and the riff master. Fuck Zakk.
Ive seen him do better, but he was one of the most under rated guitarist of the metal years, over shadowed by Van Halen, Randy Rhodes, Malmsteen and Metalica, but he was a great
@algor123 Jake E. Lee's music with Ozzy still blows me away to this day. it's timeless and he had a brilliant signature sound, soul & technique. People don't realize that Jake was playing in the same clubbing era as Rhoads and Van Halen during the seventies. He just didn't strike luck with having an appealing frontman & group-chemistry like Quiet Riot & VH did in that pre-fame era.
@stratocat74 The reason why is becuase of special place that Randy has in people's hearts. Sure any basement guitarist these days can "play" the songs but he wrote them and they were sooooo fresh for the time. Infact if you listen to them they are a master class in blending fierce "speed" wtih the kind of "feeling" that just makes me want to frigen dry (I mean, if I cried).
Be nice if Youtube had a bigger playback screen so that there was less room for all this guitarist "x" is better than guitarist "y" bullshit. Everyone's an expert. Not.
@MultiPhil2009 Btw, what scene ? Rock n Roll was killed off by lack of promotion and propaganda, so was lead guitar to a lesser degree. Again what scene ?
Sounds kind of forced? Even though the sound is so altered by the shitty quality of the video you can't even tell what it originally sounded like. Fail.
I hear you brother! Both Night Ranger guitarists were stellar. The thing is both of them didn't have the either the ultra glam look or the ultra heavy look of 80s rock. They are amazing though and I'm glad that people can see a documentation like this to show their skill.
I use to have a few of those star licks videos, Thats not his rig. Its his guitar but not the amps. They are in the background of a few other guys aswell.
I put your skills down because you invited me to, idiot. I put Zakk's skills down by merely telling it like it is (Randy and Jake were better)... You're delusional if you actually think you can play guitar well at all. I can only imagine anyone having to sit through the torture of your out of tune playing and then politely say "That was really good". You have zero talent dude, sorry. Just stfu already, you're hilarious....}: / <<<< That's you lmao.
Hey someone actually see that Brad does really suck ... Thanks ....5 can't believe Brad still hates me after years of Alameda history .. Fuck off Brad
fukinblowme is the bigest asshole ive seen on you tube so far...HE PUTS PLAYERS SKILLS DOWN ON A REGULAR BASIC BUT HAS NO GUITAR VIDEO OF HIS OWN SKILLS...BECAUSE HE HAS NONE...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And once again we have another idiot who doesn't know how to talk to others without hurling insults. Wanna talk ignorant? Well let's see. You said in your own comment that Zakk had been playing with Ozzy for 20 years. Hmmmm. I look at it like this. If he is as bad as you want me to believe he is Ozzy wouldn't have kept him around so long. Who looks ignorant now dipshit? You wanna talk reasonable some time hit me up. If you wanna hurl insults like a child look elsewhere. I'm not iinterested....
I would start my comment with the word "and", but then I'd look like a guy with a poor education (you). Hmmmm your flawed logic is an example of what happens when stupid ppl think. Zakk Wylde is by far Ozzy's least talented guitar player. Anyone who knows anything at all about gtr playing well understands this. So once again, you look ignorant, dipshit. Holding Ozzy's opinion in a higher regard than the opinion of the majority of guitar players in this world both makes you ingorant and an idiot.
It's obvious based on your initial comment that you're biased against Brad Gillis. A man whose only crime in the small minds of some ppl is replacing Randy Rhoads. I'd say that type of thinking and behaviour on your part, not to mention the fact that you got ur panties in a wad, makes you out to be the childish one. Forgive me if I was insulting, but I loathe ignorance.
What a fucking queer you are. Yeah, Zakk's the least talented. That's why we still hear from Zakk 20 years later and we hear nothing from Brad Gillis except his lonely youtube videos showing off his wammy tricks. Good career move Brad!! you know, I'mnot going to even try to defend why I like Zakk more than Brad or anybody else for that matter to an idiot like you. There was no reason for you to get on here and insult me anyway other than you're a dumb ass liberal cunt. Go suck your mother's dick
Lmao, it's obvious that the light bulb above your head burns dimly....Your attempts at logic are clearly the stuff of a moron. Life is hard, but it's a lot harder when you're dumb....Sux to be you, now go sit in the corner and put ur dunce cap on, cretin.
I do wish people would stop with the who's better than whom. Brad is great and so is Zakk. Different players for sure. Brad uses Whammy Bars and Zakk is more aggressive. as I said Different players. oh and I do hold Ozzy's opinion in high regard because he brought us Randy. can't deny he has an eye for guitarist. Randy, Jake, Brad, Zakk can't deny the talent in those four names.
Yes, you can't deny the talent in those names. But if you know anything about guitar playing, then you'd know that Zakk is by far the least talented in that bunch. Zakk is a pentatonic scale player, he never grew beyond the basics, his playing is 2 dimensional. Those are measurable facts, not just an opinion. Also, the moron with a low IQ whom I was argueing with beleives that Brad Gillis buthchered Randy's parts. Zakk's pathetic attempts to embellish Crazy Train with pinch harmonics is sinful.
Btw, Ozzy doesn't know more about guitar playing than I do, nor does he know more about guitar playing than the countless thousands of other virtuoso guitar players out there on a level. Put a guitar in Ozzy's hands and plug him into a Marshall stack and well see how much he really knows.
You truly are an idiot. I'd LOVE for you to get in my face and talk that shit punk. Fucking lib bitch. Make your way out to Topeka KS motherfucker. Try talking that shit then.
Lighten up Francis !!! I think you're a coward and a pussy. Give me your address and I'll be sure and pay you a visit. I'll flick your ears and laugh in your face. You're a prime example of how labels sometimes work....You're exactly what the armed forces are looking for. Blood, guts and no brains.
Topeka KS motherfucker. That's all you need to know. Make it this far and let me know. Who the fuck do you think you are? Fucking idiot. Of course I don't have to worry about you. All you have time for is the fucking internet. I can tell by the time you responded to this that you're one of those sad bitches that sit online all hours of the night with nothing better to do. Probably up late looking for that nigger mother of yours that abandoned you at birth. Fuck the bitch I say. Dumb ass nigger.
So what you're saying is I should make my way to Topeka and then follow the stench ? That should lead me right to your trailer huh ? I knew you were a coward. I was up late last night fucking ur mom. Her pussy is still pretty tight after all of these years. She told me it's pitiful that you were an unpaid employee of Haliburton, and that you'll only make yourself out to be an ignorant fool when you rant about your veteran status and put your ego and foolish pride on display.
shit people..calm down..these are just opinions!! trust me Brad and Zakk are not losing sleep over what you guys argue about. If you don't like Brad's Tone..it's cool..to each his own. I personally think his solo wasn't in keeping with the spirit of the song..but that doesn't mean he sucks or anything. Just not my cup of tea I prefer Randy's Style.
Being a mostly Pentatonic player doesn't mean lack of Talent or being basic. Stevie Ray Vaughan is mostly a Pentatonic player but tell me he's 2 dimensional or basic. As for butchering Randy's Parts, BRAD DID NOT!. simple as that. Ozzy may not know more than you or I (I'm a GIT grad) in terms of playing guitar but he does have an ear for talent. Ozzy isn't a guitar player so putting a guitar in his hands is like putting sexy woman in Michael Jackson's. but he does have an ear for talent.
I agree. Ozzy has a great ear for talent. And I never said Brad was a bad guitarist. I just never liked his tone and when I heard him stray way off Randy's solo in Mr. Crowley, very soon after Randy died, that did it for me as far as Brad was concerned. Even Jake never strayed that far off on Randy's stuff. And I personally never liked his tone for Ozzy's stuff. To EVERYONE passing a stone on here for my comment I suggest EVERYONE take a breath and realize it's just my opinion.
@fukinblowme: I'm NO fan of Zakk Wylde by any means, but even I regretfully must admit that his playing does in fact go beyond just the pentatonic. I can't deny that he's a shredder and wildly talented in that respect. Now, that said, I consider his tone to be shrill, oversaturated and generally sterile. He doesn't have 1/8th the feeling of Rhoades, that's for sure.
@fukinblowme That is where you would be wrong. Zakk is a fantastic guitar player. Just because he chooses to use pentatonic to give his music a heavy, rhythmic sound, doesn't mean that he is a horrible guitarist. He simply chooses to play that way because that is HIS style. And to whether or not he butchered Randy's guitar parts, it think that is also a matter of opinion. I love Zakk and Randy, and happen to think Zakk did a fantastic job with Randy's guitar parts.
@fukinblowme wrong man...i respect your opion very much but you have to know that every guitarist has his pros and cons.zakk wylde not allso he is a great/melodic/fast guitarist but he's also has a great stage pressence not so many guitarist's have it...
@marin I like Zakk's playing,the guy has the speed picking thing down to a tee.What I meant when I said that he is basically a pentatonic player is that he's a blues box player.Zakk views the neck in open/12,2nd/14th,5th/17th positions etc. Jake E. Lee when he was with Ozzy didn't think that way,although in fairness to Zakk,he is a blues player and blues playing does tend to center around that type of thinking,largely bc there's so many bent notes so your thumb is often wrapped around the neck..
@fukinblowme Your criticism of Zakk Wylde is the only thing that is sinful. Zakk has great picking technique and along with Yngwie has the best vibrato ive ever heard on a guitar. If you ask me Zakk, Randy and Jake are guitar Gods and Brad Gillis didnt appeal to Ozzy. He doesnt appeal to me either
@MetalCrossUK Brad was a great, listen to the solos with Night Ranger but I agree that ozzy didnt dig him for some reason, the problem for me with Zakk is that he is a great (Ozzy found him when he was 17 yrs old) but he always uses that signature artificial harmonic in almost every song and it gets old
@fhdjsahfdjsha Fair enough mate i've got nothing against Gillis i'm not even saying Zakk Wylde is better but clearly he was better suited to playing with Ozzy hence why Ozzy picked him. Everyone elses 'opinion' really counts for fuck all.
@MetalCrossUK Actually Brads playing did appeal to Ozzy or he would not have picked him to take over when Bernie Torme left. Brad was asked to remain Ozzy's perminete guitarist but chose to go back to Night Ranger because of loyallty to the project he had worked so hard at for years & was on the verge of getting sighned most everyone knows that .Zack can play all the Randy & Jake stuff but as a song writer his ideas have never been as strong & that pick squeal he does long ago passed annoying.
@MetalCrossUK Fuckin' A bro. Why people feel the need to rip on Zakk Wylde in the comments of a Brad Gillis video is absolutely hilarious. Zakk laid it down as a teenager and held the Oz job for 20+ years, what the hell have any of these bashers done? Brad is a killer player, but just get off Zakk's nuts... at the end of the day he'll whoop all your asses and has long incorporated diminished and other scales if people would LISTEN instead of run their yaps, morons.
@groovebrew Agreed. The fact that the top rated comment is someone questioning someone's IQ forliking ZW and then spelling 'arguing' incorrectly is laughable. As you've outlined there is WAY more to Zakk's playing style than pentatonics. The important thing is how good it sounds anway not scales and techniques! I don't understand all this Zakk Wylde/Kirk Hammett bashing thats become fashionable. Seriously if theyre such guitar technique elitists just listen to Shawn Lane/Allan Holdsworth!
@MetalCrossUK I spelled arguing wrong and I didn't catch it right away. I spelled butchering wrong too as I clearly didn't proof read my post. In addition, the grammar in my last sentence is poor. The fact that you would take issue with such petty things in an informal post I consider laughable. Btw, your grammar, punctuation and spelling (anway) are off too. Maybe I should question your IQ...cunt.
@fukinblowme Spelling anway instead of anyway is clearly a typo. I would suggest grammar has no place in comments such as this but there is no excuse for not spelling correctly unless youre shortening something. Youre just pissed because youre youre just a nobody and your generic Zakk 'just plays pentatonics' is flawed. If pentatonics are used in all musical genres e.g classical, jazz and eastern music why just take issue with Zakk using them?
@gbrew The Zakk bashing started when some cunt started in on Jake E. Lee...a guy who by Zakk's own admissions runs rings around Zakk Wylde.It just snowballed from there when Zakk's fans (you) got their panties in a wad.The comment about Zakk's accomplishments is beyond ignorant.So Zakk was in the right place (N.J.) at the right time (mid 80s) that means he's better than most of the gtr players here ? Where's the logic ? If Zakk hit the streets in the 90s/today you wouldn't even know who he is.
@fukinblowme Ehh, don't lump us all together bro. I was a Jake fan before ZW as he came first. Zakk had to submit demo tapes like everybody else who wanted the slot, he wasn't "in the right place" and/or shoed-in as you imply so calling my statement ignorant is pretty hypocritical, I know what actually happened. The tapes (several parts) are available right here on Y-Tube for you to hear... and yes, I'd consider a 20-year stint as a pro guitarist a pretty significant accomplishment.
Respond to this video... .. and for the rest who keep harping on pentatonics, you've seriously got to get a life. If you think that pentatonic-based players suck then here are some guys who REALLY blow: Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Frank Marino, Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Iommi, Joe Walsh and a thousand others.
@fukinblowme "Zakk is a pentatonic scale player, he never grew beyond the basic" .. that, my friend, is so true. But if I may add, working mostly around pentatonic, I have to say he uses it well, and produces many cool solos out of it. BTW, his I-can-do-pinch-harmonic-every-5-seconds kind of behavior doesn't bother me much. Anyway, I thumb you up for your overall statement :)
@beefcake0354 Thanx, Zakk is a monster player, no doubt. I just prefer Jake E. Lee, Randy Rhoads and even Brad Gillis. That's how all this shit got started.
I certainly could. if i had a whammy bar! I dislike whammy bars, It could be such a powerful tool, but shit guitarists just use it to cut corners. You should check out my video
blurgenizer55: I watched your videos. Not too shabby. Hats off to ya. But you're hardly a world-class musician / guitarist like Brad Gillis is. Brad's musicality, finesse, melodic sensibility, and intensity are legend. So too is his sophisticated use of a tremolo bar. So don't bark out your "god-like" status. Fact is, while you're doing well, you are a far cry from having the chops of a Mr. Gillis. Not to mention the man has written and co-written many a hit song, and won awards. Have you?
I was by no means calling myself godlike. I love night ranger, and he writes some brilliant things but this video is just a bunch of Flashy whammy bar tricks
blurgenizer55: Fair enough. However, this video segment is, I believe, the opening to his old instructional VHS tape, so what else would you have had him do? Just a little head cutting, right? Of course, what is shown doesn't even hint at the man's capabilities, so on this front, I agree with what you say.
Regardless, good luck with your playing and keep at it, man.
Brad is one of my all-time faves, no doubt (fave being Annihilator's Jeff Waters). Him and Jeff Watson made quite the guitar team in Night Ranger. I suggest Brad fans buy his Gilrock Ranch CD from 1992. It's terrific (his second solo album, Alligator, kicks, too).
The man is a great player, performer and songwriter.
No dude, they were VHS instructional tapes, I have a Carlos Cavazo (Quiet Riot) video, They came with a booklet with transcriptions of songs & exercises.
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Ladyboyloverxxx2 1 month ago
daaaaaaamn good
batman66ism 1 month ago
this guy SHREDS!!! where can i find a vid of that 8 finger hammer on thing he does????
cotileevice 5 months ago
@cotileevice i think its jeff watson who does the 8 finger thing
MUDSHARK111 4 months ago
@cotileevice
check out Steve Vai....... Gillis is a hound !! But Vai is better
In fact !! Vai is the best guitarist on the planet !! PERIOD
Just saying here !! I love Brad but Vai owns it all !! and w/o a big EGO
onlyafterdarkness 1 month ago
although not a very musical solo there are some clever ideas in there.
MUDSHARK111 5 months ago
@MUDSHARK111 ha, okay.
fugitive1201 5 months ago
I love how into it he gets.
pignugent 6 months ago
great player, wouldve had more fame as a guitarist if stayed w/ ozzy....not saying he should have or not, just a fact!
pjmoreau 6 months ago
I posted a video of mine in the "Video Responses". Brad Gillis was a GREAT influence on me way back when I was a teen in the 80's. Not sure if there is a ton of Gillis Influence in my playing, but I like to think there is. He is still one of my favorites. Check it out.
-Darin Warren
MrDarinWarren 7 months ago
I don't care about speed. Brad play phrases I love. He doesn't need sweeping or even a lot of tapping to make his point. His solos on most of the N.R. stuff are very very musical. Passion Play, is a short solo, but one of my favorites. Goodbye is another. Lot's of guitarist can play meaningless shred. That's easy to learn by repetition and muscle memory. What Brad Gillis does, is like a great novelist. Anyone can learn the english language, but what you do with it makes you stand out.
MrDarinWarren 7 months ago
@MrDarinWarren I agree. there are tons of good/fast guitarists but it comes down to the composition and unique style of different players. I have always been a Gillis fan and of course give Jeff Watson the nodd as well - I put them in my list with Reb Beach, George Lynch, and Neil Gerardo (Pat Benatar). Neil is a guitarist I love but i would say not near technically to the others i've mentioned...but that leads me back to composition and style!
JohnRocks6368 6 months ago
@minpinful I like ur fuckin style dude. Just dont 4get john petrucci and richie blackmoore though lol
oplivecrime206 7 months ago
@minpinful Randy was good, not great? C'mon man. Get real bro.
AtmaRising 7 months ago
@AtmaRising randy was 1 of the sloppiest guitarists of his time dude. Anybody that plays a guitar and knows notes can put a string tgether
oplivecrime206 7 months ago
@minpinful Who would you consider a good, or great player? if Randy was only (ok at best) ! Your word's!
spiderbutt3 7 months ago
nice !!!
okkamik 7 months ago
@minpinful You gotta be frick'n kidding me. I've seen outtakes of Randy doing stage checks that were just insane. Randy could play allot more than what he played for OZZY. When they doubled his solo tracks to expand them, he actually played the track a second time over the first. When you here Zakk on No More Tears, it's the one track doubled through dubbing with two Marshall & two Ampeg amps mixed with a clean channel. So don't judge Randy so quickly, he was incredible.
zedric260 7 months ago
GOD so beastly. Night Ranger had the best guitarists period in one band! They both were fuckin beasts!
chabadoogi 7 months ago
Brad Gillis rules !!! He is one of the greatest guitar players and by far one of the nicest and coolest guys ever !!
Hefman1999 7 months ago
what song is this??'
jake7147 8 months ago in playlist Lessons 2
Es rockt.
Gil38446 8 months ago
IBrad Gillis is a great guitarist AND person. He was being told by security that it was time to go, and he literally screamed them and said "GET A FLASHLIGHT OVER HERE TO ME SO I CAN SIGN EVERYONE'S STUFF!" because he wanted EVERYONE to have his autograph.
Rodger Hodgson was like this, but had no security, so he literally took almost 2 hours to talk with about 25 people (Those who stayed at the ropes after the show) and take pictures, etc. Great people/legends.
__TheClassicRockKid95__
theclassicrockkid95 8 months ago
I will go on record with this statement. My two favorite, AND most talented two guitarists I've ever seen on the same stage is, with no doubt Watson and Gillis. Their styles accommodate each other perfectly! For an up n coming kid of 13 or 14 to have the chance to see and meet the two icons years later ('99 I think) perform flawlessly was WAY BEYOND expectations! And they were nice guys too!
sorethumb07 9 months ago in playlist Lessons 2
Gillis, Van Halen, Frehley, Schuldiner , Hobbs, Vai, Lifeson, Owen (jack) , Steer... List doesn't stop.... No particular order but Brad is definitely in there... Sick guitar player...
doedoe1 9 months ago
OH YEAH! This is why Brad's mu hero!
louderthanlars 9 months ago
What are you bitches blabbing about? Zakk is the worst of the bunch period. Not that he sucks as a guitar player, he simply is not the best guitarrist Ozzy has had.
ultimatemetalfreak 9 months ago
One of the most amazing and underrated guitarist of all time. If he played it dry with raw amp distortion of today's equipment, not that 80's sounding stuff and I bet it would STILL sound AMAZING
RokDAWG1 10 months ago
I love that sound, it's amazing!
splendora 10 months ago
Wylde is a joke in comparison to Randy, Jake, and even Tony. It's extremely unfortunate that Randy passed away, and that Jake never really got a chance to flourish in the band do to differences with Ozzy. As for Tony, he truely is the father of metal and the riff master. Fuck Zakk.
UMadUJelly 10 months ago
only three fingers? :D
Dejino 11 months ago
Ive seen him do better, but he was one of the most under rated guitarist of the metal years, over shadowed by Van Halen, Randy Rhodes, Malmsteen and Metalica, but he was a great
fhdjsahfdjsha 1 year ago
The two-step Michael Schenker bend between 00:42 and 00:47 is pretty cool.
TimeLordGuitar 1 year ago
jake e lee was the best replament for randy i think
algor123 1 year ago
@algor123 Totally agree with you! jake lee was a really good match with ozzy. I´d pick him over zakk any day.
TomTrix99 1 year ago
@algor123 Jake E. Lee's music with Ozzy still blows me away to this day. it's timeless and he had a brilliant signature sound, soul & technique. People don't realize that Jake was playing in the same clubbing era as Rhoads and Van Halen during the seventies. He just didn't strike luck with having an appealing frontman & group-chemistry like Quiet Riot & VH did in that pre-fame era.
msw812 1 year ago 10
ehhh, horrible phrasing, vibrato and overall playing. He can play fast, he just lacks any real feeling and good phrasing
jgivler 1 year ago
this asshole is shit period.
ibanez777vbk 1 year ago
still waiting for the amazing solo.......horrible crap, horrible tone,horrible vibrato , whorrible technique; and Zap wilde? please!!!
superlocrian1 1 year ago
Why all the Zack talk. Zack is good. He has his place. But this is a Brad vid. Brad was GREAT. I wish he would have stayed with the OZ.
faithandpractice 1 year ago
Zakk is the best Ozzy-player by far.
And he is not just using pentatonics.As a player he is far beyond the basics.
Cool thing about his playing is that he doesnt show off to much about his knowledge and possibilities.
Every experienced rock guitar player should be able to play must of the Ozzy stuff.
I dont understand why people think it is so speciell to play that (great)riffs and solos.
stratocat74 1 year ago
@stratocat74 The reason why is becuase of special place that Randy has in people's hearts. Sure any basement guitarist these days can "play" the songs but he wrote them and they were sooooo fresh for the time. Infact if you listen to them they are a master class in blending fierce "speed" wtih the kind of "feeling" that just makes me want to frigen dry (I mean, if I cried).
faithandpractice 1 year ago
Good player
Shawn72Chu 1 year ago
Be nice if Youtube had a bigger playback screen so that there was less room for all this guitarist "x" is better than guitarist "y" bullshit. Everyone's an expert. Not.
7point62Studios 1 year ago
yo fuck you ibanez777vbk.how bout you try and do what he does.
Affexxn 1 year ago
brad gillis sucked and sucks major horse ass :)
ibanez777vbk 1 year ago
@ibanez777vbk shut up you douchenheimer
nunobettencourtrockz 1 year ago
@nunobettencourtrockz sorry dont speak german,YOU BELL END HAHAHA
ibanez777vbk 1 year ago
@ibanez777vbk ur totally right about that mate....
superlocrian1 1 year ago
wow zakk is playing 2 dimensional ??? :-)))
I'd like to see all these "guitar heros " on the scene instead of zakk....
MultiPhil2009 1 year ago
@MultiPhil2009 Chris Broderick, Joe Bonamassa, Achokarlos, Dweezil Zappa, Derek Trucks, Ol Drake
SidVicious10101 1 year ago
@MultiPhil2009 I don't want to work that hard...and I like pussy much more than I like ANY of today's music.
fukinblowme 1 year ago
@MultiPhil2009 Btw, what scene ? Rock n Roll was killed off by lack of promotion and propaganda, so was lead guitar to a lesser degree. Again what scene ?
fukinblowme 1 year ago
sounds like shit
nucleardude11 1 year ago
Gillis played with the Ozz man!!
sp00ktube 2 years ago
@sp00ktube You did'nt know THAT!!!!!!!!!! Brad Gillis played on the Ozzy live
recording "Speak of the Devil" and toured Japan and Europe with him ,baby !
AnnaAnnaYes 1 year ago
@AnnaAnnaYes Yes I knew, didn't mean that as a question.
sp00ktube 1 year ago
@sp00ktube Oops baby my bad, i've met people who did'nt know that
have a good'en
AnnaAnnaYes 1 year ago
my fav guitarist are brad gillis amd yngwie malmsteen
yngwie has so much speed
gillis has his whammy
Christian1Aguayo 2 years ago
I got to meet Brad a few months ago and he is a great person a really nice guy. He even let me play his famous Stratocaster yes the Original
EJG5150 2 years ago
didnt like it much.sorry
kar98ksniper 2 years ago
I agree. Sounds forced, kind of like a paint by numbers feeling to it. Or complete lack of feel..err..something.
EJsigstrat 2 years ago
Sounds kind of forced? Even though the sound is so altered by the shitty quality of the video you can't even tell what it originally sounded like. Fail.
oregonskateok 2 years ago
jeff watson is better
coffinfeeder2007 2 years ago
Search Jeff Waters!!!! Be amazed
msw812 2 years ago
@msw812 Jeff Waters is amazing and rediculously underrated. Great rhythm player and I love his leads. Is he still using Ran guitars?
metalfiend124 1 year ago
@metalfiend124 Way late response here!! but it appears Jeff Waters has hooked up with Gibson/Epiphone these days.
msw812 1 year ago
@coffinfeeder2007 Really????? At What????
msw812 1 year ago
I suppose that was considered good back then, its all releative !
bazwillrun 2 years ago
He sure learned all that Ozzy stuff quick when he needed to.
Sreybk 2 years ago 17
@Sreybk Ain't that the fucking truth! Speak of the devil rocked!!
godofslumber 1 year ago
Am I the only one here who absolutely love this?
nostalgikeren 2 years ago 3
I also love this solo ;)
MrFrankPilato 2 years ago
I hear you brother! Both Night Ranger guitarists were stellar. The thing is both of them didn't have the either the ultra glam look or the ultra heavy look of 80s rock. They are amazing though and I'm glad that people can see a documentation like this to show their skill.
k0sta5 2 years ago
That shits fucking horrible! Does he really need a 20,000 dollar set up for that?
jimpy419 2 years ago
I use to have a few of those star licks videos, Thats not his rig. Its his guitar but not the amps. They are in the background of a few other guys aswell.
TJMonster51 2 years ago
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That was pretty bad. Seems like Brad is not a good improvisor.
schuey999 2 years ago
hahahah i bet he is
SPEEDFREAK200008 2 years ago
I put your skills down because you invited me to, idiot. I put Zakk's skills down by merely telling it like it is (Randy and Jake were better)... You're delusional if you actually think you can play guitar well at all. I can only imagine anyone having to sit through the torture of your out of tune playing and then politely say "That was really good". You have zero talent dude, sorry. Just stfu already, you're hilarious....}: / <<<< That's you lmao.
fukinblowme 2 years ago
Hey someone actually see that Brad does really suck ... Thanks ....5 can't believe Brad still hates me after years of Alameda history .. Fuck off Brad
Electrice 2 years ago
fukinblowme is the bigest asshole ive seen on you tube so far...HE PUTS PLAYERS SKILLS DOWN ON A REGULAR BASIC BUT HAS NO GUITAR VIDEO OF HIS OWN SKILLS...BECAUSE HE HAS NONE...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SPEEDFREAK200008 2 years ago
uhhhh. Terrible tone. Not to mention he butchered Randy Rhoads' music when Randy died and he filled in on Ozzy's tour.... blllaaaahhhh...........
bloodgutsnglory 2 years ago
He did more justice to Randy's music in his short time with Ozzy than Zakk Wylde has in 20 years.....Ur comment is ignorant.
fukinblowme 2 years ago
And once again we have another idiot who doesn't know how to talk to others without hurling insults. Wanna talk ignorant? Well let's see. You said in your own comment that Zakk had been playing with Ozzy for 20 years. Hmmmm. I look at it like this. If he is as bad as you want me to believe he is Ozzy wouldn't have kept him around so long. Who looks ignorant now dipshit? You wanna talk reasonable some time hit me up. If you wanna hurl insults like a child look elsewhere. I'm not iinterested....
bloodgutsnglory 2 years ago
I would start my comment with the word "and", but then I'd look like a guy with a poor education (you). Hmmmm your flawed logic is an example of what happens when stupid ppl think. Zakk Wylde is by far Ozzy's least talented guitar player. Anyone who knows anything at all about gtr playing well understands this. So once again, you look ignorant, dipshit. Holding Ozzy's opinion in a higher regard than the opinion of the majority of guitar players in this world both makes you ingorant and an idiot.
fukinblowme 2 years ago 2
It's obvious based on your initial comment that you're biased against Brad Gillis. A man whose only crime in the small minds of some ppl is replacing Randy Rhoads. I'd say that type of thinking and behaviour on your part, not to mention the fact that you got ur panties in a wad, makes you out to be the childish one. Forgive me if I was insulting, but I loathe ignorance.
fukinblowme 2 years ago
What a fucking queer you are. Yeah, Zakk's the least talented. That's why we still hear from Zakk 20 years later and we hear nothing from Brad Gillis except his lonely youtube videos showing off his wammy tricks. Good career move Brad!! you know, I'mnot going to even try to defend why I like Zakk more than Brad or anybody else for that matter to an idiot like you. There was no reason for you to get on here and insult me anyway other than you're a dumb ass liberal cunt. Go suck your mother's dick
bloodgutsnglory 2 years ago
Lmao, it's obvious that the light bulb above your head burns dimly....Your attempts at logic are clearly the stuff of a moron. Life is hard, but it's a lot harder when you're dumb....Sux to be you, now go sit in the corner and put ur dunce cap on, cretin.
fukinblowme 2 years ago 3
I do wish people would stop with the who's better than whom. Brad is great and so is Zakk. Different players for sure. Brad uses Whammy Bars and Zakk is more aggressive. as I said Different players. oh and I do hold Ozzy's opinion in high regard because he brought us Randy. can't deny he has an eye for guitarist. Randy, Jake, Brad, Zakk can't deny the talent in those four names.
Adrain30 2 years ago
Yes, you can't deny the talent in those names. But if you know anything about guitar playing, then you'd know that Zakk is by far the least talented in that bunch. Zakk is a pentatonic scale player, he never grew beyond the basics, his playing is 2 dimensional. Those are measurable facts, not just an opinion. Also, the moron with a low IQ whom I was argueing with beleives that Brad Gillis buthchered Randy's parts. Zakk's pathetic attempts to embellish Crazy Train with pinch harmonics is sinful.
fukinblowme 2 years ago 34
Btw, Ozzy doesn't know more about guitar playing than I do, nor does he know more about guitar playing than the countless thousands of other virtuoso guitar players out there on a level. Put a guitar in Ozzy's hands and plug him into a Marshall stack and well see how much he really knows.
fukinblowme 2 years ago 2
You truly are an idiot. I'd LOVE for you to get in my face and talk that shit punk. Fucking lib bitch. Make your way out to Topeka KS motherfucker. Try talking that shit then.
bloodgutsnglory 2 years ago
Lighten up Francis !!! I think you're a coward and a pussy. Give me your address and I'll be sure and pay you a visit. I'll flick your ears and laugh in your face. You're a prime example of how labels sometimes work....You're exactly what the armed forces are looking for. Blood, guts and no brains.
fukinblowme 2 years ago
Topeka KS motherfucker. That's all you need to know. Make it this far and let me know. Who the fuck do you think you are? Fucking idiot. Of course I don't have to worry about you. All you have time for is the fucking internet. I can tell by the time you responded to this that you're one of those sad bitches that sit online all hours of the night with nothing better to do. Probably up late looking for that nigger mother of yours that abandoned you at birth. Fuck the bitch I say. Dumb ass nigger.
bloodgutsnglory 2 years ago
So what you're saying is I should make my way to Topeka and then follow the stench ? That should lead me right to your trailer huh ? I knew you were a coward. I was up late last night fucking ur mom. Her pussy is still pretty tight after all of these years. She told me it's pitiful that you were an unpaid employee of Haliburton, and that you'll only make yourself out to be an ignorant fool when you rant about your veteran status and put your ego and foolish pride on display.
fukinblowme 2 years ago 2
shit people..calm down..these are just opinions!! trust me Brad and Zakk are not losing sleep over what you guys argue about. If you don't like Brad's Tone..it's cool..to each his own. I personally think his solo wasn't in keeping with the spirit of the song..but that doesn't mean he sucks or anything. Just not my cup of tea I prefer Randy's Style.
Adrain30 2 years ago
your a moron
SPEEDFREAK200008 2 years ago
No you're* a moron, get it. lmao
fukinblowme 2 years ago
u foking loser
SPEEDFREAK200008 2 years ago
Being a mostly Pentatonic player doesn't mean lack of Talent or being basic. Stevie Ray Vaughan is mostly a Pentatonic player but tell me he's 2 dimensional or basic. As for butchering Randy's Parts, BRAD DID NOT!. simple as that. Ozzy may not know more than you or I (I'm a GIT grad) in terms of playing guitar but he does have an ear for talent. Ozzy isn't a guitar player so putting a guitar in his hands is like putting sexy woman in Michael Jackson's. but he does have an ear for talent.
Adrain30 2 years ago
I agree. Ozzy has a great ear for talent. And I never said Brad was a bad guitarist. I just never liked his tone and when I heard him stray way off Randy's solo in Mr. Crowley, very soon after Randy died, that did it for me as far as Brad was concerned. Even Jake never strayed that far off on Randy's stuff. And I personally never liked his tone for Ozzy's stuff. To EVERYONE passing a stone on here for my comment I suggest EVERYONE take a breath and realize it's just my opinion.
bloodgutsnglory 2 years ago
@fukinblowme Thats Zakks style but as you know he can copy anybody's style thats played with Ozz.
sp00ktube 1 year ago
@fukinblowme: I'm NO fan of Zakk Wylde by any means, but even I regretfully must admit that his playing does in fact go beyond just the pentatonic. I can't deny that he's a shredder and wildly talented in that respect. Now, that said, I consider his tone to be shrill, oversaturated and generally sterile. He doesn't have 1/8th the feeling of Rhoades, that's for sure.
freepressright 1 year ago
@fukinblowme That is where you would be wrong. Zakk is a fantastic guitar player. Just because he chooses to use pentatonic to give his music a heavy, rhythmic sound, doesn't mean that he is a horrible guitarist. He simply chooses to play that way because that is HIS style. And to whether or not he butchered Randy's guitar parts, it think that is also a matter of opinion. I love Zakk and Randy, and happen to think Zakk did a fantastic job with Randy's guitar parts.
iareawesome222 1 year ago
@fukinblowme wrong man...i respect your opion very much but you have to know that every guitarist has his pros and cons.zakk wylde not allso he is a great/melodic/fast guitarist but he's also has a great stage pressence not so many guitarist's have it...
marinal0c0v 1 year ago
@marin I like Zakk's playing,the guy has the speed picking thing down to a tee.What I meant when I said that he is basically a pentatonic player is that he's a blues box player.Zakk views the neck in open/12,2nd/14th,5th/17th positions etc. Jake E. Lee when he was with Ozzy didn't think that way,although in fairness to Zakk,he is a blues player and blues playing does tend to center around that type of thinking,largely bc there's so many bent notes so your thumb is often wrapped around the neck..
fukinblowme 1 year ago
@fukinblowme i agree with ya on Zakk issue. his playing is old and has been for years now.
believin13 1 year ago
@fukinblowme
Finally, somebody who knows guitar!!! THANK YOU. Brad rocks.
lmnguy 1 year ago
@fukinblowme Your criticism of Zakk Wylde is the only thing that is sinful. Zakk has great picking technique and along with Yngwie has the best vibrato ive ever heard on a guitar. If you ask me Zakk, Randy and Jake are guitar Gods and Brad Gillis didnt appeal to Ozzy. He doesnt appeal to me either
MetalCrossUK 1 year ago
@MetalCrossUK Zakk has horrible vibrato. Sounds like some strangling a chicken.
SevenisNine 1 year ago
@MetalCrossUK Brad was a great, listen to the solos with Night Ranger but I agree that ozzy didnt dig him for some reason, the problem for me with Zakk is that he is a great (Ozzy found him when he was 17 yrs old) but he always uses that signature artificial harmonic in almost every song and it gets old
fhdjsahfdjsha 1 year ago
@fhdjsahfdjsha Fair enough mate i've got nothing against Gillis i'm not even saying Zakk Wylde is better but clearly he was better suited to playing with Ozzy hence why Ozzy picked him. Everyone elses 'opinion' really counts for fuck all.
MetalCrossUK 1 year ago
@MetalCrossUK Actually Brads playing did appeal to Ozzy or he would not have picked him to take over when Bernie Torme left. Brad was asked to remain Ozzy's perminete guitarist but chose to go back to Night Ranger because of loyallty to the project he had worked so hard at for years & was on the verge of getting sighned most everyone knows that .Zack can play all the Randy & Jake stuff but as a song writer his ideas have never been as strong & that pick squeal he does long ago passed annoying.
Guitarshitnstuff 11 months ago
@MetalCrossUK Fuckin' A bro. Why people feel the need to rip on Zakk Wylde in the comments of a Brad Gillis video is absolutely hilarious. Zakk laid it down as a teenager and held the Oz job for 20+ years, what the hell have any of these bashers done? Brad is a killer player, but just get off Zakk's nuts... at the end of the day he'll whoop all your asses and has long incorporated diminished and other scales if people would LISTEN instead of run their yaps, morons.
groovebrew 9 months ago
@groovebrew Agreed. The fact that the top rated comment is someone questioning someone's IQ forliking ZW and then spelling 'arguing' incorrectly is laughable. As you've outlined there is WAY more to Zakk's playing style than pentatonics. The important thing is how good it sounds anway not scales and techniques! I don't understand all this Zakk Wylde/Kirk Hammett bashing thats become fashionable. Seriously if theyre such guitar technique elitists just listen to Shawn Lane/Allan Holdsworth!
MetalCrossUK 9 months ago
@MetalCrossUK I spelled arguing wrong and I didn't catch it right away. I spelled butchering wrong too as I clearly didn't proof read my post. In addition, the grammar in my last sentence is poor. The fact that you would take issue with such petty things in an informal post I consider laughable. Btw, your grammar, punctuation and spelling (anway) are off too. Maybe I should question your IQ...cunt.
fukinblowme 9 months ago
@fukinblowme Spelling anway instead of anyway is clearly a typo. I would suggest grammar has no place in comments such as this but there is no excuse for not spelling correctly unless youre shortening something. Youre just pissed because youre youre just a nobody and your generic Zakk 'just plays pentatonics' is flawed. If pentatonics are used in all musical genres e.g classical, jazz and eastern music why just take issue with Zakk using them?
MetalCrossUK 9 months ago
@gbrew The Zakk bashing started when some cunt started in on Jake E. Lee...a guy who by Zakk's own admissions runs rings around Zakk Wylde.It just snowballed from there when Zakk's fans (you) got their panties in a wad.The comment about Zakk's accomplishments is beyond ignorant.So Zakk was in the right place (N.J.) at the right time (mid 80s) that means he's better than most of the gtr players here ? Where's the logic ? If Zakk hit the streets in the 90s/today you wouldn't even know who he is.
fukinblowme 9 months ago
@fukinblowme Ehh, don't lump us all together bro. I was a Jake fan before ZW as he came first. Zakk had to submit demo tapes like everybody else who wanted the slot, he wasn't "in the right place" and/or shoed-in as you imply so calling my statement ignorant is pretty hypocritical, I know what actually happened. The tapes (several parts) are available right here on Y-Tube for you to hear... and yes, I'd consider a 20-year stint as a pro guitarist a pretty significant accomplishment.
groovebrew 9 months ago
Respond to this video... .. and for the rest who keep harping on pentatonics, you've seriously got to get a life. If you think that pentatonic-based players suck then here are some guys who REALLY blow: Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Frank Marino, Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Iommi, Joe Walsh and a thousand others.
groovebrew 9 months ago
@fukinblowme "Zakk is a pentatonic scale player, he never grew beyond the basic" .. that, my friend, is so true. But if I may add, working mostly around pentatonic, I have to say he uses it well, and produces many cool solos out of it. BTW, his I-can-do-pinch-harmonic-every-5-seconds kind of behavior doesn't bother me much. Anyway, I thumb you up for your overall statement :)
beefcake0354 9 months ago
@beefcake0354 Thanx, Zakk is a monster player, no doubt. I just prefer Jake E. Lee, Randy Rhoads and even Brad Gillis. That's how all this shit got started.
fukinblowme 9 months ago
don't forget the godfather Tony Iommi and Joe Holmes, Zakk's replacement in the late 90's (watch "Perry Mason").
jhachey222 2 years ago
FUKINGBLOWME IS A PEDO
rokstarinmaking 2 years ago
And you're obviously a troll/loser with nothing relevant to say.
fukinblowme 2 years ago
they called Brad the "Warbler" back in the 80s.
pythonflying 2 years ago
This does suck!But before the whammy pedal.A-
kiplingroad1 2 years ago
That was utter crap. Just a collection of the same old licks stuck together. Looks impressive, sounds farken awful.
Toots65 2 years ago
Can you do it ?
fukinblowme 2 years ago
I certainly could. if i had a whammy bar! I dislike whammy bars, It could be such a powerful tool, but shit guitarists just use it to cut corners. You should check out my video
blurgenizer55 2 years ago
blurgenizer55: I watched your videos. Not too shabby. Hats off to ya. But you're hardly a world-class musician / guitarist like Brad Gillis is. Brad's musicality, finesse, melodic sensibility, and intensity are legend. So too is his sophisticated use of a tremolo bar. So don't bark out your "god-like" status. Fact is, while you're doing well, you are a far cry from having the chops of a Mr. Gillis. Not to mention the man has written and co-written many a hit song, and won awards. Have you?
TheTrueFortress 2 years ago
I was by no means calling myself godlike. I love night ranger, and he writes some brilliant things but this video is just a bunch of Flashy whammy bar tricks
blurgenizer55 2 years ago
blurgenizer55: Fair enough. However, this video segment is, I believe, the opening to his old instructional VHS tape, so what else would you have had him do? Just a little head cutting, right? Of course, what is shown doesn't even hint at the man's capabilities, so on this front, I agree with what you say.
Regardless, good luck with your playing and keep at it, man.
TheTrueFortress 2 years ago
Brad is one of my all-time faves, no doubt (fave being Annihilator's Jeff Waters). Him and Jeff Watson made quite the guitar team in Night Ranger. I suggest Brad fans buy his Gilrock Ranch CD from 1992. It's terrific (his second solo album, Alligator, kicks, too).
The man is a great player, performer and songwriter.
TheTrueFortress 3 years ago
Yeah Jeff waters is THE man!!
sitdown34 2 years ago
Jeff Waters's playing is just ... beyond. At times he plays something that is just otherworldly.
TheTrueFortress 2 years ago
Jeff Watson, fool(s)
scratchwhiplash 2 years ago
NO it's Jeff waters the guitarist from annihilator you ignorant prick stay out of other people's conversations
sitdown34 2 years ago
you did what? to whose dog? for how many pieces of candy?
scratchwhiplash 2 years ago
was this like a tv series or something?
chrisharvey9 3 years ago
No dude, they were VHS instructional tapes, I have a Carlos Cavazo (Quiet Riot) video, They came with a booklet with transcriptions of songs & exercises.
beano1eye 3 years ago
oh right, yeah ive seen the carlos one i prefer it.
chrisharvey9 3 years ago
:33 riff was adopted by the late Dimebag Darell along with alot other stuff.Gillis was great!
SmittyHeWasNumber1 3 years ago
i love this chorus-flangered sound
lelobm 3 years ago
awesome!!!!!!!
bg0821 3 years ago
I love Brad's playing. He's got a lot of intensity and feel. There was no better guitar duo than he and Jeff Watson, also a monster.
giantrobot9000 3 years ago
B.M.F.
Rock on !
Igaden 3 years ago
WOW! Now I kwow why there is no videos about Brad Gillis tecnique. Nobody dares to play like him. He's jut great!
Tikkato 3 years ago