Lee was born in Norfolk Virginia and grew up in San Diego, where the family relocated to when he was a child, His father is of Welsh ancestry and his mother is of Japanese ancestry. He was encouraged by his mother to take classical piano lessons when he was approximately six years old, He had little interest in piano, but at the age of thirteen Lee began playing a guitar belonging to his older sister and became increasingly interested in learning the instrument. In his early teens he was introduced to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin by way of his older sister's record collection and this music greatly influenced his guitar playing. The first song he learned was No Time by The Guess Who, From there he learned from a Mel Bay guitar method book and used his knowledge of music theory from his piano training to become proficient at guitar. He subsequently played in several high school bands, soon impressing fellow San Diego musicians with his style of playing. When Ozzy Osbourne sought a replacement for guitarist Brad Gillis, Los Angeles bassist Dana Strum recommended Lee for the job. After auditioning Osbourne was torn between Lee and Dokken guitarist George Lynch. Osbourne initially chose Lynch, but quickly changed his mind, Upon telling Lee he had the job he then informed the guitarist that he had to tell Lynch he was fired. With bassist Bob Daisley, Lee subsequently began composing music and recording the 1983 album Bark at the Moon, The songs So Tired and Bark at the Moon were released as singles with accompanying videos, and they received regular airplay on MTV and radio. To date the album has sold three million copies in the US. Though Lee had composed a significant amount of the album's music he was allegedly cheated out of his writing and publishing claims by Osbourne's wife and manager Sharon, Lee claims that after he had composed the songs and completed recording his parts in the studio, he was presented with a contract which stated that he would have no claim to any writing or publishing relating to the album. The contract also stated that Lee could not speak publicly about the matter, He claims he signed the contract because he had no legal representation and because Sharon threatened to fire him and have another guitarist re-record his parts if he refused. In 1987 after touring with Ozzy Osbourne in support of the album The Ultimate Sin, Lee was fired suddenly via telephone by Sharon Osbourne. Lee was caught off guard by the firing having been under the impression that he had a solid working relationship with Ozzy. Regarding Lee's firing, Osbourne has said that he had no personal issues with the guitarist whatsoever, but claimed that the dismissal happened after drummer Randy Castillo began to turn against Lee. Lee himself has said that bassist Phil Soussan was trying to convince Osbourne to let him be the band's primary songwriter while also discouraging him from using Lee's material, and that Soussan was partly instrumental in getting me fired.
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