Ratt band is very popular in the local area, but seeing that lead singer Stephen Pearcy often drinks heavily, Jake thinks the band has no future and decides to leave Ratt. So he recommended his good friend Warren Demartini to join Ratt to succeed him. Jack is very nice. Although he was dissatisfied with the behavior of the band members, he didn't go away. Demartini is also an excellent guitarist. He was quite famous in the 1980s. Maybe he is more suitable for Ratt, and the band is well developed and famous-but in terms of fame, Ratt is not as good as Ozzy's band!
After leaving Rath, Jack stayed in another band for a while, but quit because he didn't have a chance to perform-he played rhythm guitar in it! Later, Jack had the opportunity to become the lead guitar of the Los Angeles band Rough Cutt, which was run by the wife of the famous singer Ronnie James Dior. The band itself was not particularly successful, but Jack's chance finally came. Ozzy osbourne, the godfather of heavy metals, is looking for a talented but unknown guitarist to be the lead guitarist of his band. One of Ozzy's former band members found Jake (who recommended Randy Rhoads to Ozzy! ), I asked Jake to send a sample to Ozzy to try. Like other guitars, Jack sent a tape to Oz in England at that time, but he was not sure whether it would be liked, so he continued to look for other opportunities.
Then Ronnie James Dior sent an invitation to Jack. Dior has just left Black Sabbath and started to go it alone. He likes Jack's guitar playing very much, and he also appreciates Jack's musical talent, appearance and attitude. However, when actually writing songs, two people found that their musical ideas were not in tune. Dior wants Jack to keep a low profile and change his style to some extent, but Jack thinks it will stifle his creativity. Finally, Jack left the team because of the contradiction between "personality and work".
It's been four months since Jack sent Ozzie a demo tape. He almost forgot about it. But fate has not forgotten to take care of him. On a very dark morning, Jack received a phone call and asked him if he would like to audition for Ozzie in the Hollywood studio. The next day! Jake, who was very surprised and completely unprepared, immediately agreed, and then went out to buy Ozzy's first album Blizzard of Ozz, and began to attack Randy Rhoads' classic guitar playing in this album by reviewing Crazy Train and I Don't Know.
He arrived at the recording studio the next day, but he was nearly an hour late. Jack's unpunctuality is well known. His mother once described him like this: "Jack can't understand time except in music. He is always late. If you want to know him, you have to wait for him! " On the same day, in the face of the detailed review of experienced Ozzy and the critical eye of Ozzy's wife and agent Sharon Osbourne, Jake was calm and outstanding, and was finally recognized by Ozzy, and the Ozzy/Jake combination that lasted for four years began. In fact, before Jake auditioned for Ozzy, Ozzy chose the famous guitarist George Lynch, but later George asked to leave the band, because Ozzy was often emotionally disturbed by drug abuse. Jake joined Ozzy's band and immediately flew to England for rehearsal, and the European tour of Speaking of the devil was immediately put on the agenda.
At the 1983 American Music Festival, Jake showed his talents in front of 300,000 audiences. Ozzy and he have formed a solid and excellent creative combination, which reminds people of the omnipotent Ozzy/Rhoads combination. The band released the album Barking on the Moon, which sold platinum. Jack participated in the creation and performance of two Ozzy albums, both of which were great successes. Jake played an important role in firmly establishing Ozzy's status as the "godfather of metal". Jack has also become one of the most famous guitarists in the metal industry. His performance in the album Barking at the Moon and his skills in live performances quickly quelled the critics' claim that Randy Rhodes could never be replaced. Ozzy's evaluation of Jake is also impressive-Jake reminds him of Randy Rhoads' personality and musical talent. However, Jack and Randy Rhodes have very different styles. Randy's music has a unique classical style, and his guitar playing techniques are also very distinctive. Its timbre is medium among heavy metals. Jake's style is not far from the heavy metal guitar style at that time, with strong blues and sometimes oriental flavor, and the timbre is much heavier than Randy's. However, they all have unforgettable melodies and exquisite skills.
The release of the album was followed by a world tour with great fanfare. Jack not only tried his best, but also tried his best to win opportunities for his friends-he persuaded Ozzie to let his good friend Ratband start, and his good friend motley Crewe won the chance to show his face in the second game. These performances have always been talked about, how crazy the fans are, how wonderful the band performance is ... A year later, the tour came to Jack's hometown of San Diego, and Jack was very excited. It was something he had been looking forward to performing hard in front of his hometown elders! Jack's parents were very proud to see his son's exciting performance and the crazy support of his fans. When Jack chose guitar and rock music, the controversy and pain between him and his parents disappeared, because now they finally understand that Jack's choice is correct.
The trip of barking at the moon is really tiring. Jake left the public's sight and went into seclusion after the tour, enjoying his hobbies outside of music and making up for the sleep he lost during the tour. Jack also let his guitar rest for a while and didn't pick it up for two or three weeks. After saving his strength, Jack finally returned to the recording studio to help Ozzie choose new musicians and start preparing a new album.
Long-term dependence on drugs and alcohol damaged Oz's health and he had to receive treatment. On the other hand, Jack stayed in the studio with the band and devoted himself to writing twelve songs, six of which were later used in the album Ultimate Original Sin with the permission of Oz.
After a few weeks on the list, The Ultimate Original Sin became a platinum album, among which Blow in the Dark even became a hot song on the pop music charts. This song is impeccable in both singing and musicians' performance. Jack's solo is a masterpiece. Although it is short, it is perfectly matched with the whole song and the melody is quite beautiful. Personally, I appreciate Jake's melody, which is to my taste. I like the guitar solo in Barking at the Moon best. The ups and downs seem to be written for me. The metal guitar solo in the 1980s often gives people a feeling of big lines, which is a little straightforward, just like the structure of rock songs in that era, a little patterned, but very nice.
Although Jack and Oz achieved great success, their cooperation finally came to an end. The reason why george lynch left Oz earlier is exactly the same, and Oz is also emotionally disturbed by drug abuse and alcoholism. In a rage, Jack was fired. Ozzy's former band members once complained that he was a difficult person to get along with. This foul-mouthed, charming, dull and talented fat man, despite his high reputation as the godfather of metal, often has conflicts with his musicians. A few years ago, two of his former musicians filed a lawsuit against him, claiming as much as $ 1 billion from him and Sony Records. A famous guitar magazine once did a cover story called "Ozzy's Guitarist", in which Jake talked about Ozzy. He recalled how Ozzy would go out to play on weekends before making the album Ultimate Original Sin. Jake stays indoors and writes songs, and Ozzy will come back after three or four in the morning to wake Jake up and write songs together. This untimely request will lead to a quarrel between them. However, contrary to popular speculation, the two did not turn against each other. In the same interview, Ozzy talked about how great he thought Jake was and said that the relationship between them was still very good.
Ozzy's next guitarist, Zakk Wylde, produced his first song, Pride &; During the glory solo album, Ozzy contacted Jake to cooperate, and Jake politely refused. In fact, Oz said some bad things about Jack in the magazine, but Jack didn't take it to heart. Jack refused to talk about the reason why he left Oz in an interview or in public. At best, he only vaguely described it as "personality contradiction". Ozzy contacted Jake more than once, hoping to cooperate again, but Jake never agreed.
After leaving Ozzy's band, Jake decided to have a good rest and spend more time with his daughter. He feels that he has been touring all the time because of the pressure of being a successful band and spending too little time with his daughter. However, people are afraid of being famous, and Jack's name is in full swing in the rock world. As soon as the news that he left Ozzy spread, people who wanted to bring him in flocked to him. White Snake also urged Jack to join the lead guitar, but he refused.
Jack had a good rest. He thought it was time to plan his future. In Ozzy's band, everything is ultimately decided by Ozzy. He thought about how to make the album in advance, and the band members basically just realized his ideas. There is no doubt that Ozzy is experienced in music and marketing, but Jake feels that his favorite music can't be expressed. In fact, he can't even choose his favorite guitar tone. Although he left people's sight for a while, he didn't want to give up his music at all. Instead, he thought a lot about forming a new band and doing his own thing. Half a year later, after careful consideration, Jake released a message to welcome musicians interested in joining his band to send samples. Musicians all over the world, many of whom are musicians waiting for development opportunities, have been snowing in Jake's hands. Some are sent from far away, and some are sent by drummers, bassists and singers who are already famous but want to find new ideas. At this time, Jack's mother told him that Ray Gillen, an excellent singer and former lead singer of Black Sabbath, had managed to get her phone number, hoping to tell Jack through her that he wanted to form a band with him. After contact, Jack and Ray Gyllen's musical ideas are actually in tune! After finding bassist Greg Chai Sen and inviting Eric Singer, the former drummer of Black Sabbath, the "Wasteland" band with blues metal as the main genre was established.
This is an unparalleled super group: Jack was one of the most famous guitarists at that time; Lei is the former lead singer of Black Sabbath, and his profound singing skills have been praised by countless fans. Eric used to be a drummer for Lita Ford, Gary Moore and Black Sabbath, and the hard rock style of Badlands was strengthened by hard drums. Greg used to be the bass player of Steele, and Yngwie Malmsteen, the guitarist, was in full swing during this period. He auditioned for Oz. The most important thing is that because of their musical hobbies, they have brotherly feelings, close relationships and no personality conflicts. In fact, almost everyone in their previous bands felt that their musical personality was limited and they could not fully express their favorite music. Now the most tacit combination has been formed, and nothing can hinder the realization of an unprecedented music.
Jack and his teammates devoted themselves to creation. Because three of the four people are related to Ozzy and Black Sabbath, people suspect that their music may be Ozzy+ Black Sabbath style. However, the fact is completely different from their imagination, and a brand-new rock music excites them. Jack described their music like this ... it's American heavy rock, with the roots of blues, but it's not the standard blues. We like to add some twists and turns to it. To some extent, it can be said to be heresy, using American deep-rooted music in a frightening, violent and rude way. Jack also used many concepts to describe the music style of the wasteland: Delta Whip, Appalachian Buji, Swamp Rock and Voodoo Blues-music with American roots!
Badlands' first album of the same name was released in 1989, and the blues metal driven by the heavy guitar improvisation was immediately applauded by many music critics. The band began to tour, and their abundant energy and excellent skills left a deep impression on the fans. The second album Voodoo Road has a stronger blues flavor than the first one, and the production is better than the first one. Of course, it received rave reviews again. At this time, due to some psychological problems, Ray Gillen, the lead singer of the band, left the team and was replaced by John West. Ray Gyllen, who suffered from AIDS complications, died unfortunately. Ray's death made Jack very sad. He thinks that Ray is the best rock singer he has ever seen, and he has never found a lead singer like him. In 2000, an album called Twilight was released, which was a live album of Badlands when they were with Ray. Ever since Jack once shared a room with the same girl, a rumor that Jack also has AIDS has been circulating, but it is actually a malicious rumor.
The wasteland 1992 was dissolved in a sad voice. Shortly after Badran's band broke up, Jack stayed in a band called WWIII (World War III) for a while. Band member Mandy Leon later collaborated with Jack on an album called League of Evil.
In the 1990s, Jack, who lived in seclusion, was mysterious to fans who loved him. But he has been continuing his guitar playing career. From 65438 to 0996, he released an excellent solo album "A Fine Powder Fog" through Pony Canyon Company in Japan. Every song, every solo, seems to tell a story and paint a picture, which is as attractive as magic. This album is actually a collection of Jack's works for many years, dating back to his 19 years old. Among them, Jake did not deliberately avoid the musical styles of Ozzy and Badlands, but his new exploration of music with beautiful and affectionate performances attracted more attention. This album is so popular that enthusiastic comments even praised it as "probably the best guitar solo album since Joe Satriani's Surfing with Aliens"! After many complicated negotiations, this album was finally released in Europe through mascot records in 2000, and also released in the United States through imports. Interestingly, Jack used a drum machine in this album. Originally, he wanted real drums and drum machines to appear alternately, but because this is his solo album, he wanted to do everything by himself, so he gave up the plan of hiring a drummer. It took him a lot of energy to program the drum machine and refuse to volunteer as a drummer. The ingenious arrangement made people think it was a real drum. Japanese music critics asked him who was the drummer who didn't appear on the musician list. As a result, he didn't want to believe that it was a drum set!
The cover/play works of rock masters are an unstoppable wave. Both newcomers and popular stars love to play this skill, and Jack is also willing to cover the works of his favorite guitarists and rock bands. He performed in many albums, paying tribute to guitarists and famous bands, including van halen, Ted Nugent, jeff baker, Randy Rhodes and Joe Satriani, as well as cults, queens and metal bands. He has his own understanding of this. He always likes to reinterpret the original with his own style, and never wants to play the original intact. He thinks the latter treatment is really easy to do, but it is not new and wastes time. And an interpretation with my own personality is much more interesting. If a guitarist can only imitate or copy the works of a master, it is really useless. Might as well play the copy band. Jack is right. In an officially published cover/performance album, if there is something exactly the same as the original, it is like listening to a beginner playing a master's etude, even if every note is correct!
Jack has a high musical accomplishment and can be regarded as an ordinary student. I majored in music at Southwest University in San Diego, California. It is not easy to get information about Jack, because even when he was just starting out, he rarely gave interviews. In the eyes of fans, Jack is always mysterious, because unlike most famous musicians, he has no vanity. Although he has a strong interest in racing and martial arts, his daily life is really low-key. He doesn't care about his public image and reputation at all, even if he is notorious. He never wanted to be a playboy hanging out with women, a supernatural admirer or an addict in exchange for media attention. When his female fans see his handsomeness on the stage, their hearts will really beat faster, but for Jack, it is far more important to create and play touching music than to let his fans appreciate his melancholy and natural temperament.
Jake, who is full of personality, is not a guitarist who likes to show off his skills, especially the speed at which guitarists fight each other. He feels that he has nothing to lose technically, but the most important thing to play guitar is to integrate his emotions. No matter what the speed, technology is always just the carrier of emotion. He likes John mclaughlin very much, because he often exudes great emotion in his performances. Another guitarist, Al DiMeola, who plays fast and clean, let him down because he is obviously too showy-if there is no emotion in music, technology will become action! Jack likes listening to guitarists. In fact, he also likes playing high-speed piano, but only if it is shown in his works.
Although he is the chief guitarist, Jack attaches great importance to the performance of rhythm guitar. He thinks that you play rhythm at least 90% of the time in a piece of music. To evaluate the level of a guitarist, we must look at his rhythmic guitar ability. In this regard, Jack once bluntly said in an interview that george lynch played the tonic well, but the rhythm guitar was extremely poor. Jack appreciates Nuno Bettencourt's rhythmic guitar skills and arrangement.
Jack admired eddie van halen, and his guitar playing was also influenced by van halen. In his view, Eddie's contribution to rock music is equal to jimi hendrix's contribution to rock music. In the 1970s, Jack, who was less than 20 years old, was very disappointed with the rock guitar performance at that time. Everyone seems to come from the same mold except Uli Jon Ross. Disappointed, he found a different guitar playing direction and almost gave up the guitar to play the violin for a symphony orchestra. At this time, van halen appeared. He shocked the world with his rock-and-roll playing style, deeply attracted Jack, and made him pick up the guitar again. Oz once toured Rock Monster with Gary Moore and van halen. When it was van halen's turn to play, Jack also ran to the stage to watch his performance, which was very exciting. Excited, Jack's performance that day was much better than usual! Gary Moore and Eddie praised Jack personally, which made him more excited. This motivation has become a great support for Jack's music career. Playing strings with both hands was invented by Eddie, and heavy metal guitarists like to use it very much, which has become a fashion for a while and has also made many people's unique skills. People once expected that Badlands' album would have many gorgeous strings. But Jack almost never plays strings because he thinks he can't play as well as Eddie. Then he might as well not play! Jack and Eddie are on good terms. They have been very good friends since Oz's "Barking at the Moon" tour, when they exchanged phone numbers.
Charvel guitar, which has always been with him, has won his love. 1974 Fender Strat piano body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, Gibson plucked silk, brass bridge and Gotoh tuning system. The original fender neck had a big CBS head. A friend of Jack's who works in Charleville shaved again. He repainted it and put a Charvel sticker on the front of the car. Jack doesn't like Fanta's own microphone. He replaced the piano bridge with Seymour Duncan JB microphone. DiMarzio SDS- 1 Single coil for middle and neck.
Jake has a lot of guitars made according to his Charvel Strat, but the appearance is different, mainly because the color of the body and the color of the guard are different. After signing a contract with ESP, ESP made customized signature guitars for him, including Gibson's neck, Gibson's Lines One to Twelve, Fender's Lines More than Twelve, Seymour Du Can JB's Bridge, and two DiMarzio SDS 1 single-coil pickups. This guitar is also very popular with him. The string specifications used by Jake are: 0 10, 0 14, 018,028,040,052. If the bass e string falls, use the 056 string.
Jack once published a textbook to teach him guitar skills and tricks. He has always been very concerned about the latest guitar technology and sound effects, and he also has a special liking for effects. Over the years, he has used various effectors and pedals, some of which are classic effector units, some are rare, and some are no longer available in the market. His website has a detailed introduction of the effect devices he uses. Jake's guitar tone is very special, which is inseparable from his familiarity with the use of various effects.
Jack, who loves guitar, has been keeping a low profile in his music. In today's fierce competition among guitarists, the guitarist who has always been the most underestimated does not want to deliberately prove his strength. "Tao Li doesn't say anything, but music is enough to explain everything about a musician."