Jake E Lee (Ex Ozzy) interview- Talks New Album Patina, Bark at the Moon, Ultimate Sin, Dio 

Jake's one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. So melodic.

I would love to meet Jake in person and tell him how much I have appreciated his work, talent, and skill.

I could listen to Jake talk and tell his stories forever.

Jake!!! Write the damn book!!!

Jake E Lee one of the all time great guitarists, very underappreciated. Good to see him making a comeback of sorts.

Jake E. Lee is one if my all time favourite guitar players. Very original and impressive guy.

I wish Jake had a reality show that we could follow him through all of his adventures. He's so relatable and likable it would be a hit!

Jake is such a class act. Great player and a humble gentleman

3 years in this is still a great interview and Jake is a humble great guitarist

Jake deserves the money he is owed.

Jake is the people’s musician: caring about his art and craft first and foremost. And still it’s a crime that he didn’t get credit for Bark At The Moon.

I got to see Jake with Ozzy on the Ultimate Sin tour and he was mindblowing. Jake and Randy were entertaining enough to keep Metallica from totally stealing the show from Ozzy.

I saw Badlands at the Astoria London. Best guitar player I've ever seen. Hendrix like experience.

Another great chat with Jake. 😄I can listen to this guy's stories all day.

Jake first blew me away back in the Ozzy era and I always continued listening to him through Badlands era ect. . Never mattered what type of music he has played through the years.It's the way he makes his guitar sing and the feeling that comes from it. Just a pro at what he does.

He is a guitar legend!

Love Jake interviews - always just a straight shooter. His music with ozzy and on his own will always be a true relic. Thank you JAKE. Love your blues

Great interview. I just love Jake's playing, but I really appreciate his candor and honesty even more, if that's possible. About everything, not just the Ozzy stuff. Love his "dry" sense of humor as well. He strikes me as super intelligent and a little bit introspective, in the sense that he thinks things through.

Jake is wrong . Those aren't ozzy songs They're his . I listened to them because of the guitar.

Damn this was an amazing conversation. Thanks jimmy. Jake is such an original player. Love hearing him

Guitargod. The Badlands albums are gold. And so are the Ozzy ones.

I was so impressed with Jake's playing and stage presence that I named my youngest son after him back in 1988.

What a great interview, Jake seems like a really nice, straight-up, HONEST and funny guy. Really cool to see. I dunno what I expected but it's really refreshing when you get guests like this who just want a good chat. This was awesome Jimmy.

Ozzy couldn't have found a better replacement for a guitar player than Jake E. Lee!

Jake. You are important to all your fans.

thats awesome what he said about ray and badlands. thats very admirable.

Such a huge amount of respect for JEL. In an absolute sea of guys over-shredding, tapping, and whammy bars, he kept that soul-less, mind-numbing sh!t to a minimum. He keeps it at riffs, uses a hard tail, and keeps it simple, and focuses on riffs and rhythm, which is the essence of killer hard rock music….killer riffs. His music is so much more enjoyable as a result.

After reading an interview with Ozzy now (2022). He never had no bad feelings towards Jake at all. He says he was/is a great guitarist!

What a down to Earth , great musician.

Randy is a legend! But Jake is my favorite guitarist!

Very cool interview. I'm always fascinated about his time in Ozzy and his very brief time in Dio. Badlands is so underrated. Shame their catalog is unavailable

Well done Jman . Great interview seriously done well there to get Jake mate.

Very interesting even after the 5 other interviews all over ..great when Jake goes into detail about these backstabbing money grabbers..jake down to earth here

Love jake,, just a down to earth guy. No Rockstar bullshit. Would be great to see him play a few songs with ozzy live, but thats a pipe dream. I'm sick of the pinch harmonics every 5 seconds from zakk.

Best guitarist of the 80s

As far as Ozzy "contributing" to the recording sessions of BATM there was 1 little tiny nugget of contribution he added we mustn't forget....HIS F'N VOCALS!!

They're not ozzy songs. They're yours Jake. Bark at the moon is my fav album not because of ozzy but because of the guitar.

The new Red Dragon Cartel CD "Patina" is really good!

Love ya Jake!! You're a real class act! Thanks very much for your autograph on my guitar strap in Salt Lake City on your Badlands tour in '94 or so.

I bought tix for the Detroit show (March 15th), because I wanna hear RDC tunes. If I wanted to hear Ozzy tunes (and I DON’T) - I’d buy tix to see Ozzy. And it’d cost me a couple hundred bucks, each. And why?, just to hear “Paranoid” for the umpteenth time? Screw that. Screw Ozzy. Gimme the new RDC cd: it blows anything Ozzy has done out of the fucking water. Ozzy ain’t wrote a decent tune in 28 years. Wait, correction: Ozzy hasn’t CLAIMED CREDIT for writing a decent tune in 28 years. Time is now, Jake. Hope you get a chance to make the most of it. You deserve it.

The lead guitar on the song BATM is wicked. My favorite lead from Jake

Important enough? Jake! There was time when you were relevant to Hollywood. Who gives a shit about that place today even in the music world? You are one of the Gods of Guitar virtuosity of that time. Still are to me. Randy Rhoads has been my favorite since he showed up but, BUT! you are in the one hand Sir! Those top five of mine! You are there.... Thank You for the music after Randy left! Love everything you have written! Supporting the new RDC record and wish you hadn't taken so long to come out!

Please Jake right a Book, Please!!!

Very nice. Thank you gentlemen.

The more you listen to Patina the more you like it. Great, great album. Darren sounds awesome on it, glad he stayed on. He's the voice for RDC. Ink and water has a taste of Free's Mr. Big in it. Timeless I think. You can listen to Patina 20 years from now and it would still be fresh. Great interview, yet Jake's probably tired of talking about BATM ,& Ultimate Sin on every interview he does. Needed to talk about the NEW album more. This turned into more of a ", Jake, this was your life" interview.

I'm going to see this tour in about 2 weeks. Stocking up on Patina to know the vibe. Great interview!

I wish it was not a joke when Jake said he would be doing the Bark At The Moon album in its entirety. Just like Martin Popoff Bark At The Moon is and has always been my favorite Ozzy album. I would love to hear Waiting For Darkness, Centre Of Eternity, Slow Down, Spiders, One Up The B Side , You're No Different, and the rest of it live. Jake should not feel uncomfortable playing songs that he helped write. Jake is one of my all time favorite guitar players ever. He is definitely in my top five easily.

Great interview! TY jimmy

Hi Jimmy... excellent interview! Fascinating stuff . I’m a big Jake E Lee fan and this was awesome to hear. Thank you. Great job ! Chez

amazing such a pro just from listening to him yet very funny. we want him back he needs rip it just like on ultimate sin

Bad lands was my favorite Jake playing!!! It was raw ...hard .... honest 👍😁

I wonder how Jake feels about the (ex Ozzy) in just about everything that he has to do with nowadays..anyway Jake E Lee is AWESOME !!!!!

Every time I put on the Bark at the Moon song, I always think "Jesus Christ, talk about Jake making a first impression debut". Just a full-on guitar-fest. Ultimate Sin, from start to finish, was a Jake E. Lee showcase.

Personally, I can't stand Zakks guitar tone. It always sounds muddy to me. They should've held onto Jake longer than they did. He's a very inventive guitarist

Great interview..:)

So I learned why he left. Didn't know. Tx Jake

Great interview! Love Jake's music and his stories. Ozzy and even more so, Sharon, sound like awful people.

I'd love to hear Jake's take on the band Loudness

Awesome!!!

Great interview always good to hear from Jake he was best at doing Randy's stuff and nothing against Zach or Gus they couldn't or wouldn't play his songs like he did

Love randy rhoads, but ultimate sin was my favorite lineup

Nice to hear some great questions about Dio n Ozzys onstage pill thing and all the rest......killer stuff......guess i'll subscribe 🤘

Jake sold his publishing for Ultimate? Jake never took the business route with carrying n A VERY SUCCESSFUL BADLANDS. HIS CHOICE. Must respect

Awesome Interview! Awesome Guitarist!

I think Jake is right for NOT playing Ozzy's songs anymore,because you know who would be knocking on the front door....you can bet on it.

From 2018 to now 2022 and then some...if Jake E Lee wrote a book, I'm sure that book would be a top seller around the world. Still waiting for Red Dragon Cartel to hit Detroit

Very interesting. Good job.

Everybody knew that Jake wrote the music with Ozzy. Ozzy was never half the musician Jake is. Sad to watch Jake not take writing credit.

I'm almost certain the song "Badland" that didn't make it on any of the Badlands releases was an Ozzy riff. It is a stellar song, High Wire level stellar, if I ever get to a meet and greet for Red Dragon Cartel I have to ask Jake "WHY didn't that song make it?"

I had no idea about Dio. I would buy a book on that alone.

ha Dio , no PA singing over amps....and there is not one person on the planet that will question that because his voice was so powerful we all know he could do that!

I love the BATM album. Jake is my favorite ozzy guitarist. Ultimate Sin album felt a bit diluted IMO compared to the first 3 heavy hitter Ozzy albums. It felt like a power ballad arena rock album like White 🐍 or Europe. Shot In The Dark was the only great song i enjoyed off of that album.

Good man

All I Gotta say is this Jakie Lee was on the best in my opinion as the album besides diary of a mad man and that’s just cause my favorite song that Ozzie ever did is on that album but he was an animal and I’m so grateful I got to see him when he was with Ozzie I love Zack he’s great with Jackie Lee and Randy Rhoads they made Ozzie’s career. All I have to say respect to the man who can play everything and I only know a few better guitar players in Yengen melmsten is the best in my opinion!!!!!!💯✊☮️🛠🍀🌿

love jake e lee!! though it looked to me like buckethead got a new mask at first glance lol

I love Jake....but not playing any ozzy tunes is just sinful.....yes he got screwed but dammit he wrote most of those songs so play them. Ultimate sin is my favorite record.....

Well done metal voice!

Ozzy, Sharon and Randy took up residence together In the nearby, but more working class, London environs of Shepard’s Bush. “Above the Townhouse recording studios they had apartments that they rented,” Sharon recalls, “We all lived together there. And it was just fucking mad. Shepard’s Bush is a very Irish area, and on every corner is a pub. On a Sunday in England, the pubs would close at three o’clock, and the streets would be full of drunken Irishmen. So the three of us would make this ‘special mixture’ and throw it out of the window on all the Irishmen walking down the street. The guys used to piss in a great big bowl. We used to put soup in it, and stale old food. There was crap in it; we used to shit in it. Then we’d warm it up on the stove until it smelled. And then as people would walk past, we’d pour it on them.”

Wow, didn't know Phil did that to jake too.. intresting.. a bass player having that much influence.

Mee too I never get bored of hearing the stories of bark at the Moon and ultimate sin thought he was great on both ....side note I was listening to blizzard of Oz and never liked the sound of the mixing or way it was recorded . Kinda sounds like the older black Sabbath style or sound of recording funny Ozzy would say he hated the way diary of a madman was recorded .

Jake left us high and dry at a concert in STL, because he was too wasted on the bus to play, so save the humble awesome guy crap, he is just another super talented player, who is trying to survive despite his issues! Nothing more!

The thumbnail picture begs the question.... Is Jake Buckethead?

Bark at the moon would be my 3rd favorite oxxy studio album aswell , saw the tour at cow palace 1984 in the 6th grade . 1st metal concert . Motley crue was supposed to open the show , instead Slade opened & was booed terribly . Always felt cheated "SHARON" not seeing the crue in there heavier days . None the less a great time .

That dio story portion is funny to me I have seen a kid I grew up with that can sing Halford., Dickinson and dio. I saw him out one night and the band wasn't quiet albeit a small small venue? His vocals. Were louder than the PA and made my ears HURT.

I agree that Bark is the 3rd best so called Ozzy album after Diary 1st then Blizzard 2nd even though Ozzy's involvement in creating those songs was minimal compared to Randy Rhodes , Bob Daisley & Jake.. I also love Speak of the Devil and those 4 are the only great Ozzy records.

Jake musta got a huge haul from Ultimate Sin to not be worried about money

Bands still make record's i thought this wasca singles era ofmusic. How are rock bands getting by nowadays?

I quite like Jake E Lee.... he is going to say what he wants to say... he doesn't give a shit

New album my ass nothing can replace shot in the dark

JEL is THE alien we are lookin for !!!

👍👍

Honestly Jake....you where great live with Ozzy, Bark at the moon was ok, maybe very good, depends on someones taste.....why why why did you not write new sttuff sooner?

Def Like the 2nd album better! was suprised it was the same singer on both though

Is Jake E Lee Chinese or Japanese? No accent? Still love him though!

When you record... take pictures through the processs. You may not think you are important enough and you are correct. You are Humble. But, people want it. There is a demand because we feel a connection to the music. Imagine if VH had done that. Their kidscwould have some security... and fans would feel connected in their msn caves

Man Jake a drummer like castronovo and so many others, you can't just consider them just drummers'. Myself included! In exchange for my explosive high-performance s*** I'm going to get paid bitchez. But, for JAKE? ... ...... An honor

Hi all. What Ritchie Blackmore solo stuff are they referring to please? Curious and want to look it up.

i heard it may have been a first draft of the mix of diary he didnt like,it wasnt the final mix.

Jake seems like a great and humble guy for an talented oddball, but he has been caught red handed in rewriting history of late, like Rudy Sarzo does, with Jake’s more recent wavering back and forth on the Motley Crew & Ozzy ant snorting experience, or with Jake’s revisionist history openly blaming Phil Soussan for getting him fired from Ozzy’s band…🤔

people he is bucket head.