Favorite Ozzy Axe-Man???

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Favorite Ozzy Axe-Man??

  • Tony Iommi

    Votes: 9 23.7%

  • Randy Rhoads

    Votes: 15 39.5%

  • Brad Gillis

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jake E. Lee

    Votes: 4 10.5%

  • Zakk Wylde

    Votes: 10 26.3%

  • Joe Holmes

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    38
Oy Vey...


I like Randy's sense of melody and his ability to go from zero to sixty all within the context of the solo. I don't consider Iommi to be a Ozzy Axeman though his riffs are comparable to RR, but fell short on soloing.
I didn't like Randy's tone all that much, but it was not his live tone. Producers choice on the studio stuff. Randy even said he was dissappointed on the Diary tones. It was mixed while he was touring.
Jake had some good tones, but I think his solo's were subpar.

Gillis, is that a joke?

Joe Holmes was a RR student but I can't say Ive heard him play yet.

I like Zakk, he has some good riffs but again his solo's are to riff orient'd and not melodic enough, maybe Its my classical brain but they just don't flow for me. I love the P-harms and the Metaltronix amps. I must say though that Zakks abilities outside of Oz are a different story. Zakk is a pretty cool guy, we were standing around after a he was a guest player for Steve Vai along time ago. Zakk was in Seattle doing BLS stuff. I think Ozzy has limited Zakk. I was blown away to see Zakk and Steve doing harmony and tradeoffs, I saw a side of Zakk Ive never seen before.

Who's Next?

SoMm
 
I voted Rhoads with absolutely no hesitation. I respect the other guitarists (except Holmes, whom I know nothing about), but none of them have the magical something that Randy had. His sheer musicianship and writing skill is awe-inspiring. I'm surprised that so many of y'all hate his tone. I think it's great, myself.

Some have mentioned Zakk's pinch harmonics. It's funny that he's known for them but that Jake isn't. He pulls some great ones in several songs, one example being the lead in "Bark at the Moon." I think Jake was probably miscast with Ozzy; his work in Badlands seems more suited to him.

Does anyone know if there are any recordings of Brad Gillis playing Ozzy songs live? I think he did a decent job on the Sabbath tunes for Speak of the Devil, but I'd be interested to see how he played the RR stuff. I'm sure there's gotta be a bootleg somewhere. Anyone know for sure?

And Tony Iommi, as tubedude pointed out, doesn't really qualify in this reckoning, unless you are looking at guitarists associated with Ozzy.

And what about Bernie Torme? :D
 
beaverbiscuit said:
I'm surprised that so many of y'all hate his tone. I think it's great, myself.
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too buzzy, high-end for me.

Some have mentioned Zakk's pinch harmonics. It's funny that he's known for them but that Jake isn't. [/QUOTE]

jake did'em good too, but that's zakk's signature.
 
I'm glad more people than me recognize what a terrible tone Randy had. His playing, however, was phenominal. Tony and Zakk have much better tones.

As far as who the superior player is/was, I'd say Randy. As far as influential, Tony, definately. As far as my favorite (and the greatest influence on modern metal players) Zakk. :)
 
Ozz certainly had some greats. It's nice that the thread is titled "favorite" because it's impossible to quantify one guitarist as "better" than another.

Jake and Randy were great with many bonus points to Randy for theory and technique.

I've written off Tony as being Black Sabbath's guitarist as opposed to Ozzy's. I've also written off Brad Gillis as being only a hired gun. And Tony who?

Now Zakk... Yeah Zakk! Gotta go with Zakk who just has an extreme pissed off-type intensity to his playing.

That wide vibratoed low string pinch harmonic is just soo evil sounding. Toss in the blazing pentatonic scales and some sporadic chicken-pickin and wah usage. Great stuff.
 
Gotta cast my vote for Zakk too. As Lopp said, he has an attitude in his playing that is just intense.

Randy was thinker, and came up with some great stuff. His tone was indeed terrible.

Jake was a little closer to Zakk in his approach, and I really liked Bark at the Moon. I remember the "no trem" thing being viewed as absolutely trend-breaking back in those days.

As far as Black Sabbath goes, I have to say I enjoy Dio's voice and songwriting much more than Ozzy's.

Here's my Ozzy story: met him and shook his had in a K-Mart parking lot. Absolutely true.

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com
 
Aaron Cheney said:


Here's my Ozzy story: met him and shook his had in a K-Mart parking lot. Absolutely true.

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com
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Was that the K-Mart in Renton on Ranier Ave? In the mid to late 80's perhaps? Heh heh...I used to have an ozzy autographed McDonaldland cookie box.

Have Nice Day :)

SoMm
 
Son of Mixerman said:
Was that the K-Mart in Renton on Ranier Ave? In the mid to late 80's perhaps? Heh heh...I used to have an ozzy autographed McDonaldland cookie box.

Have Nice Day :)

SoMm
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That's the one. I wondered if you were familiar with these parts based on your earlier post.

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com
 
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