Jake E. Lee's Ozzy Warning to Greg Chaisson, "BE AWARE" - Ultimate Sin - Badlands - Interview 

I mean that is , unfortunately, not an unrealistic scenario. I am sure he would have helped out Bob and Lee in their lawsuit. The real turning point in the history of metal for the Osbournes, is when they got Don Arden to perjure himself and suggest Bob paid him to say things in the lawsuit and Steve Machat unwilling to go against Don out of a perverse sense of loyalty

I believe Randy had pretty much decided to leave Ozzy well before his demise. Keep in mind that Sharon had fired both the bassist and the drummer that Rhoades created Blizzard and Diary with...that heavenly creative chemistry that made those stellar albums was already gone...so why would Randy stay?

There's not a doubt that Randy would have left. Ozzy held him back, and I really don't believe Randy was going to be restrained for much longer. It's a damn shame the world never got to witness all Randy had to offer.

Randy had already said he was thinking of quite for awhile and going to Europe and studying with the masters of classical guitar. Randy was above ozzy in talent. Ozzy just had an eye for talent and surrounded himself with better artists than himself whom he could steal music from.

@1COMIXMAN no, going to UCLA his mom's Alma mater, but he was doing a third album. Randy is way above ozzy in talent, ozzy was lucky. Ozzy has lied about his contributions for decades

Not anti-ozzy or anti-sharon ... just telling the truth. I mean, how does it help your career to work with these people when they screw you out of your royalties, literally stealing your money, your credits & your reputation in the process? I can only wonder how much money they stole from RANDY RHOADS and his estate.

Yep. Hope you are well Sir.

@@robertgoodwinr6523 do8ng about average. Thx

Love your stuff Truth. In a way it would've been cool if Chaisson got the gig, just to see him beat the crap out of Ozzy, and put his abusing, thug behaviors in check.

Greg is one of those guys that will just say it. He's honest and doesn't care if your feelings are hurt. His honesty and integrity are refreshing.

I think the two best guitarist that Ozzy had was Randy and Jakie, I think Jakie was under rated and his playing was perfect mix for Ozzy. Ozzy is dupit and narcissistic as they come. A child in other words.

@@OUTOFTIME-bu7nd ☆☆ Both Ozzy and Sharon. NPD

and play him for money

Greg wouldn't have wasted his time. Would have been funny but not in his nature.

but totally funny@@rugglesmcbutt3188

While Ozzy's will be full of people crying and telling how awesome he was, ignoring what a piece of shit he actually was

TMoody, Badlands is my second favorite band of all time- only behind the almighty Zeppelin. And with only three albums, that’s impressive. I’ve met and spoken with Greg a few times and been to his house once. Down to earth dude and appreciates Badlands fans. They did not receive the financial success their talent, creativity and dedication deserved.

They didn’t have the songs. Never really went anywhere because of it.

It was such a bummer Ray Gillen got AIDS and it ended. They were a super group and both albums were great although the second one had better hooks and great funkrock groove imo. Could've been huge, but once again shows so many things need to align first.

My last car died in April this year. When I had it towed away, I forgot my two Badlands CDs in the CD holder on the lower dash. Two days after the car was gone I said "AH SHIT, I left my CDs in the car." . It will definitely be my mission to replace them again.

@@isaiahmarquez9717Now THAT is bullshit. Gfys.

i don't think Ray was a good guy. there is talk out there that he knowingly slept with women even AFTER his HIV/AIDS diagnosis.

Ozzy probably would have gotten his ass kicked by Greg. Punching and breaking the noses of him own band mates. BS.

Ozzy stayed the biggest star in metal for decades by NOT making good choices?

⁠@@dansymmons2250he stayed on the top because of his wife otherwise, he would be that guy who had everything and just threw it away.

@jekyllehyde Yeah, so sticking with Sharon was a good idea.

@@dansymmons2250 Given the level of "control freak" that Mrs. Osbourne is, I doubt it was actually Ozzy's "idea" to stick with her.

Don't forget Randy Rhodes. He was getting screwed too and wanted out of the band before the hideous fake live speak of the devil record. Unfortunately we lost him to a drunk pilot

And that's only in the Ozzy band. We haven't even begun to list the other bands she's "managed".

Coke too. @@elinino5275

Youre absolute right man

Sharon is for sure.

He isn’t exactly Fabio though , or Ozzy for that matter when it comes to looks . If you aren’t good looking you can be best bass player in the world and no one cares

I didn’t know he ran a guitar shop now. I met him at Guitar Center Scottsdale several years ago and got to visit his house to exchange some media. What shop does he run? I’d like to see him again.

I think the place Greg manages is called "Bizarre Guitar & Drum". Phoenix proper somewhere in town there.

@@humanactivated1017 I was an ugly guitar player in the 80s and 90s so glad I played thrash and death metal I'd have never got a gig in mainstream music.

I was Bald and did fine lol. He Runs Bizarre guitar

I feel the same way. Ozzy has made some of my all-time favorite songs but man him and Sharon are both assholes apparently.

Well I feel that way about Sharon, but not Ozzy. I really admire Ozzy, I guess for my own silly reasons. And really, watching Sharon on The Osbournes show, I really enjoyed her too. I think I'm being mental right now to be honest, but I'm in a good mood because I am half way thru a bottle of whiskey :) I just admire the way they made it through the late 70's when Oz almost died after his father passed, and Oz lost his mind and descended deep into alcohol and drugs. Then they move to LA, and put together Blizzard of Oz (the band), which turned into Ozzy Osbourne. And then they made it thru Randy's death, more guitar players, contract disputes, and then entered the 90's. Then they out competed so many bands in different genres. And then they made it in to the 2000's, and even did a tv show. They just had some serious balls, I feel. Also, serious behavior problems and they lorded over other musicians and their careers of course. But I guess I take the good with the bad. I just feel like they made it, and I can appreciate that and also at the same time shake my head at the stories (which I believe) about their cruelness. Sigh:: What a business.

To me the discovery that certain singers are garbage humans only increases my admiration for the actual team of skilled songwriters and performers and studio aces who create the great music despite having to tolerate such scum.

Ozzy is a good guy but easily manipulated due to his demons

Yeah. Ozzy never wrote a song, his whole career is Iommi, Geezer, Randy, Jake, Daisley, Soussan, Zakk... Ozzy is just the "crazy guy"

He's a lot like Kiss in that regard, very good at marketing himself, although, to be honest, I think most of the credit for that should rightfully go to Sharon. Ozzy was good at drinking, doing drugs, clapping his hands, jumping up and down in place, singing, and speaking incoherently.

Being pretty is more important it seems than being a musician

i can see ozzy going ballistic and grabbing a bat, or a dove, and biting it's head off after Greg kept beating him in pool.

Bob Daisley

Zakk, Im sure

​@@geraldfriend256He got fucked royal. He got paid a one time fee. Just like Kerslake.

If they can get away with not paying royalties, they will not pay royalties. Honestly, I'd like to see all his previous band members file a class action lawsuit against the Osbournes. They are greedy as hell.

Dont you know that Ozzy writes all his songs by himself? 😂😂😂

yeah, and from the photos, he's a good looking guy. Where's the ugly on that dude? He looks like a good fit for the band, and he was talented enough where they wanted to use his bass lines?

I try

Let's be honest, Ozzy always has top shelf talented musicians in his band. Sharon wanted the double-package of both looks and talent.

That's how it was by late 1983. It's why Lee and Bob were replaced by Tommy and Rudy.

Yup. ozzy was no brad pitt lookalike, himself!!! he had no room to talk!!

But the fact remains that her man has no supermodel qualities!! especially these days!!! ozzy looks like hell!!

I don't think it's possible to be a footnote in rock history when you were the lead vocalist in Black Sabbath. one of the greatest bands of all time.

@@zodiac6968 Sabbath had a successful career without Ozzy and had singers more talented than him. If Ozzy did not have a successful solo career (mainly due to the lineup of Rhoads, Daisley and Kerslake), he would have been relegated to the same status as Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. A founding member of a successful band but no longer thought of as relevant today.

​@@jimmyb267 But he did have a successful solo career, so the whole argument is futile, Sharon is a shrewd cookie...and Ozzy is not as dumb as people think.

@@zodiac6968 You are missing the point. My comment was a hypothesis of what might have happened if RR did not join Ozzy and Daisley and Kerslake were not involved in Blizzard of Ozz which was supposed to be a band and not a solo career for Ozzy. He got lucky and has admittedly said so. As for Sharon, she is not the shrewd business woman everyone thinks she is. Her father was Don Arden who started Jet Records which was the label Ozzy recorded his first two albums on. Sharon was assigned as the manager for Ozzy because he was under contract with Arden and he wanted to keep tabs on Ozzy because of his reputation at the time of being an unruly alcoholic and drug addict. Please read Rudy Sarzo's book Off the Rails: Aboard the Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz and Daisley's book For Fact's Sake to get better knowledge and understanding of the exploits of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.

I agree, Ozzy was, and played up to, the crazy drunken rock n roll rock star, but you can't tell me he didn't know what was going on....with his manager/wife ripping band members off, and firing them if they became too uppity or weren't pretty enough...

Her father was just as bad, she learned it all from him.

He is a bad MFer.

I'm a guitar player. When I listen to Badlands I OFTEN focus on Greg's playing. He's so fucking good that in my world he can compete with Jake.

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Probably over the phone

He was her ‘Manchurian candidate’ backstage….

She took huge dumps and Zakk pretty much said thank you mam. Thats why!

So much so he actually calls her "mom".

It's his bread n butter

Don't wanna fuck with the boss! Lol

Same here, she's an evil C you know what 😂

I never met her

@@Saturnsonic95 Can't Understand Normal Thinking......lol🤣🤟 C U N T ..our friends code..for that. Apply it both ways!

When would you say Ozzy went glam? Around 83-84?

Drummer’s don’t count lol

He was hidden behind the drum kit. 🙂

I'd even add Bob Daisley to that list...BUT they were phenomenal players that, regardless of what Ozzy or Sharon say, helped create/write a bulk of his material.

@@incarnate6779 absolutely, the daisley/rhoads connection was what created the magic

@@paulaitix77 And Don Airey (who was also awesome in Rainbow) came up with those great intros to Mr. Crowley and Centre of Eternity and just added those overall subtle touches that helped round out many of Ozzy's best songs.

Are you kidding?? Jake and Sarzo had classic "pretty boy" looks when they were with Ozzy. And the keyboardist and drummer were essentially hidden in the back so Sharon didn't consider their looks as important. The funniest part is thinking Ozzy was some sort of Adonis. I NEVER heard the phrase "Ozzy is hot" come out of the mouths of ANY of the metalhead chicks I partied with back in the 1980's. lol

​@@termsofusepolice100% Agreed on All parts. You took the words right out of my mouth.

AND Sharon (over the years) had a TON of facial surgery and it still didn't make her an attractive woman in the slightest, lol.

The saying goes: That's not a very high bar to pole vault over.

Yep. Wildlife was the band.

Which always amused me considering Ozzy was one of the least "attractive" frontman around during the big hair 80s era. He was bloated and pasty but probably that's why he wanted to be surrounded by pretty boys? lol

@@incarnate6779 Facts. But remember when they tried on the Ultimate Sin and he looked like Ozzy Liberace. 🤣

@@FrontSeatDriver lol, oh yeah! That was terrible! It's like having a garage band and one of the band member's Dad strolls in wearing make-up and teased hair and grabbing the mike to rock out. 💀

You want to suck off Jake, fruitcake

Jake did, he copyrighted almost everything before going to the studio. Jake outsmarted the Prince of Darkness Duo.

Ozzy couldn't write his own name if his life depended on it!

the Osbournes revisionist history channel still playing

Didn't watch the video?

It's when someone goes to shake your hand and they pull you in to headbutt you in the face.

I can't believe my Ozzy would do such a thing! Such a bummer finding this shite out. I used to worship the man.

@@goodmorningsundaymorning4533 He was on a lot of drugs and alcohol at the time, but he should still make amends.

The old head butt into the other guy's nose. haha Supposedly, right before Randy was killed by that loser tour bus driver ozzy smacked Randy around which is pretty much like smacking a 5'4" 115 lb girl.

"Ozzy worships Lucifer" -- You have fecal matter inside your skull, kid, not a brain!

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