George Lynch on Warren DeMartini & Ozzy Osbourne: "I'm not the kind of guy who takes orders"
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2023
- This is a full in bloom interview with Dokken/Lynch Mob guitarist George Lynch.
George talks about the Ozzy Osbourne auditions, Ratt guitarist Warren DeMartini's connection, Jake E. Lee, Don Costa, Michael Schenker, Leslie West, and ponders his life if he would've landed the Ozzy gig.
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Man imagine Warren DeMartini himself could have auditioned for Ozzy, but decided to help his friend George Lynch learn the Ozzy songs instead. Never knew about that until this interview. As a little kid in the 80's, Jake E Lee, George Lynch, and Warren DeMartini were my favorite guitar players. Still love them to this day.
the coolest Players
George would have been a legend no matter what path he took. He was too talented and original to not have shined through.
Completely agree 100% However...IMO we should all be thankful for the path George had chosen. If he didn’t get the hair cut and Ozzy decided on him Dokken as we know it now may not have existed. (Mr.) Scary to think about!
Ozzy yanks George's hair one time and it's lights out for Ozzy.
No one wants to talk about the fact he was also a MAJOR coke head back then either and how that contributed to his 'attitude'.
@selina simila Hendrix and Van Halen, in my opinion, are the two most important players in the history of rock guitar. But George Lynch was one of the most influential players from his era as well. He is indeed a legend also in my book.
@@aaronkristo858 The constant new live videos popping up on yt are pretty obvious George is the natural heir apparent. The fact that GL & EVH were buds starting out and there is discussion on which one saw the tapping first, George gave Ed the nod to take it because he wanted to take his style a slightly different direction is pretty much all you need to know. As a casual player, it never ceases to amaze the stuff GL pulls off every year he keeps playing. He just keeps better and better, sometimes almost exponentially. No one touches GL with his playing style, just as no one had EVH's touch than EVH.
That Dokken lineup with Don, Mick, Jeff & George was awesome
The best of the best!
I don't think Lynch or Dokken have been as good since. Despite their feuds they really were the best match musically.
@@sunjester8254 I agree about Dokken but George and Jeff have made some great music since Dokken. That said give me the 80’s Dokken all day long.
Takes humility to admit what George does in this interview. Huge fan and he’s an influence to this day
Just saw him two weeks ago. He plays as good as ever.
I wasn't really a Dokken fan( I didn't like Don's voice), but those first two LM albums are still in regular rotation.
George , Warren , Jake = 3 bad ass guitar players
Those are my top 3 Guitarists of all time
Throw in DeGarmo and you've got my top 4
@@FenderSchonJPX love Chris Degarmo. Queensryche was never the same without his playing,song writing,and background vocals. Amazing
@@LuisMorales-xr1gm What about Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoades, Angus Young, Slash, Kirk Hammett, Reb Beach, Mick Mars, Mark Kendall, Marty Friedman, Zakk Wylde, etc.???
@@mariolopez3728 they are all amazing. I just listed my top 3 because it's 3 of the guitarists who they were talking about in this interview. 3 or 4 of the others you mentioned are included in my top 10 fav guitarist for sure. Joel Hoekstra being another and Richie Kotzen. My top fav guitarists are those because of the influence they have on me personally as a player and it's just an opinion, not wrong or right, it's those that really moved me and helped shape me as a player that's all. All those you mentioned are amazing as well
Wow to be a fly on the wall sitting with Warren and George learning the music!
Lynch / DeMartini has a nice ring to it. Would love to hear a collaboration of these 2 All Time Greats.
Yes
Imagine an RATT album with that combo
Lynch De Martini... working a marketing slogan and tequila there ..lol
@@Ezekiel336 🤔hmm a Martini is gin and vermouth while Lynchburg lemonade is Jack Daniel's and Triple-sec.
That's gonna be a wild ride indeed.
@@OAlem Geeeeeeeez Why was I thinking Margarita? lol
That was a nice interview. Huge fan of both Lynch and DeMartini absolutely great guitarists.
Even though us metalheads aren't above hearing some juicy gossip, I think it's cooler to hear musicians of this calibre speaking highly of other players. Kudos to thee 'full in bloom' for all of this!
George is always complimentary, it was interesting to hear him say Warren had to help him learn Randy's songs , which is a little weird since George was a teacher at the musonia, and was inevitably having to breakdown songs to teach kids. I guess that's a testament to Randy's stuff
Nice hearing Warren get some props. Warren is one of my favorite guitarists.
Yeah you don't hear it all that much and the dudes one of the best guitarists going.
Warren gets plenty of accolades and praise as a guitarist, it just doesn’t help that ratt was a shit band and that warren has pretty much stayed out of the spotlight since the early 90s when their popularity dropped.
@@knightfall9394 these people like you who are absolute piece of garbage. Troll! Rat was an amazing band and still is even better than motley Crue. Go waste your time somewhere else, you piece of garbage or I'll search you out. Believe me, there's ways to find you in this day and age in social media.
@@knightfall9394 I wouldn't say RATT was a shit band. Those first 3-4 albums all went platinum and were pretty tight. Never was the biggest Pearcy fan, but his voice worked for the band.
I think Warren is one of the best players in that day. Still is. I love that dude.
I like his outlook on guitar. Playing your own music is how to do it. You might not make as much money but at least you'll have your soul.
Not getting the Ozzy gig was the best thing to ever happen to Mr. Lynch.
Guitar wise, Back fo the Attack is on top of the best albums. An absolute jewel.
One of my favorites..I am definitely influenced by Georges playing..but a huge fan of Warrens and Randy R and the rest of the 80's guitarists.. excellent interview here.
A masterpiece beginning to end
Tooth and Nail has a killer solo. Imo any classic Dokken record has top tier guitar licks.
The studio version of 'Mr. Scary' is insanely awesome. One of my favorite guitar instrumentals of all time, bitchin' riffs and extremely cool solos.
Yea it is. Plus it's a kick ass name for a record.
George part of the LA holy trinity with Rhoads and van Halen
Lynch is an extremely humble Dude, doesn't hesitate to give props to others, no ego and a Bad-Ass guitarist.
I spoke with Brad Gillis about this...during the Dawn Patrol tour.
It always came back to Sharon and he knew it would never work out.
plus they got signed and the rest is history. Very Cool Cat.
Loved the Dawn Patrol album! 👍
Came back Darth hideous just being a bitch
I was lucky to have just hit my teenage years in the early 1980’s. Growing up a kid listening to classic rock metal was a obvious progression for me. Judas Priest is the one band that will always be my fav. Motörhead,Scorpion’s,Ozzy,Sabbath were also favorites but the West Coast bands like Dokken,Ratt,early Crue,Great White really rocked. Jake and Warren and Mark Kendall(so underated) and George Lynch made a impact. George on the first 3 Dokken albums was incredible. He didn’t over think his playing he just melted the fretboard. Amazing times that will never happen again.
Best rock interviewer in the biz
Wow. That was great. Big Fan of GL from the 1st Dokken album. My 1st concert was DIO in '84, Dokken opened. I just saw GL last summer saw Last In Line a few weeks later. GL and Viv Campbell are two of my favorite guitarists. Just awesome.
George is such an honest and humble guy he could have easily told about all his auditions with Ozzy but was super straight and almost played down His involvement at that time and also the fact that he was man enough to acknowledge Warren in helping him learn the Randy parts For the later involvement he had with Ozzy What a cool guy much respect to George
George is an all time legend
The more I hear about Warren, the more of a decent guy he seems to be. He's one heck of a guitarist, too, of course.
We crossed paths with someone in the DeMartini family, and it was very obvious the family were all sweethearts. Fortunately we were able to pass along some appreciation for them to tell Warren how much his playing meant to us growing up and how grateful we were for all the great music he made. The relative was genuinely uplifted by it and said Warren would be really glad to hear that. Left an impression. A very impressive family. Wish we had more in this world like them.
Miss the early 80's metal. Van Halen, Ozzy, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, RATT, Dokken, Scorpions, Motorhead, Metallica.
Check out newer bands like Riot City, Night Demon, Traveler, Sumerlands, Eternal Champion
The mid seventies to early 80's is what I call the golden age of rocknroll
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I think 1967-93 was the golden years for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal guitar playing! 🤘🏼🎸😎
George was such an underrated guitar player !!! He deserved to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame !!!
Damn now that would be a couple guitar players that I'd LOVE to see work together Lynch and DeMartini!
I randomly met George Lynch at Henson Studios when visiting a friend that interned there. He and Randy Jackson crossed paths in the room we were talking in, and began chatting with each other and us. I was kinda quiet, but they were super down to earth. I remember George talking about wishing he could play like Kurt Cobain and we all laughed because it seemed wild to such a good guitar player think that way.
George, when aspiring to play like Kurt, may have referring to the K.I.S.S. approach, or ' keep it simple stupid"- technicians have a tendency to over think material they're writing for whatever reason i.e. perfectionism, appraisal in it's difficultly etc, when Kurt could take 4 chords and a perfect vocal arrangement and have a banger
George was the absolute coolest for me as a kid in the 80s! Loved Eddie,Warren,Viv,Yngwie and all the other gunslingers but George was the man. I remember watching Into the Fire on U68 thinking man i need to learn how to do that at all cost!
What a blessing Randy was...
Love love George Lynch! Always have. Great interview!
A very humble man. Enjoyed the interveiw
Ozzy turned out fine, as did George. Everything is as it should be.
Great interview. What a cool dude lynch is. The guy really knows himself and seems pretty humble as well. I've always thought he was an awesome player.
Love me some George Lynch,Mr. Scary.Great gamer name too.
I am really digging the work George has done with the band Roxanne, Really good stuff! George is Legend!
Yeah, that Roxanne album is killer. Really surprisingly good.
So well done. You're a great interviewer
One of my favorite guitar Gods..
Great interview.. Killer.. Love this channel man!
Another great great interview. Thank you.
George Lynch is an awesome guitar player, instantly recognizable.
Always cool hearin one of these legends tell stories. I did see alot of similarities in Warren and Georges playing.
Lynch had Dokken and DeMartini got RATT after Jake left and Jake got Ozzy for 2 albums. I wish that Jake had gotten with a long running band that was super successful. His career seems to have been plagued by one tragedy after another that held his notoriety back. Jake certainly deserves to be considered one of the top guitarists ever. My youth was spent listening to all 3 of these icons. I'm 54 now.
Only you can hold your ground with passive answers and crowbar more out of them. Thats the best part to your interview style, sometimes it takes some balls. Ive seen many cases in your interviews where either ego/attitude whatever it is limit the potential and you got a good way of getting them to talk more but without stroking them.
We had Eddie, Randy, and Yngwie obviously on top at the time, they were pretty much at god tier level. But for me, it was George, Jake, and Warren. They were the holy trinity.
EVH was on the top tier by himself.. every great guitarist on the planet would agree. No one could do what Eddie did when he did it.. and he ran with it
Different trees, but Eddies was the tallest! I thought George was top 5 in that era, too@@FFLL2112
In Bloom has the best interviews. I would love a Jake E. Lee, Warren DeMartini, &/or Eric Singer interview.
Eric = little Carnine
Just an observation here. It's so nice to listen to a hero for the first time and find out that he isn't using the filler words "you know?" between every third or forth word.
Great player, great acehole also.
Jake, George, and Warren should make their own G3...
Rozzy Mob?
Definitely talking about Ratt in the legacy comment! And George is totally right about that decision.
I was wondering who, I was thinking them but I thought he was referencing a band that had trouble with their lead guitarist? Then he made them sound mor classic/older the way he said it by the fact his presence would make them newer and hip?
Yea, George had implied that he was willing to join RATT, but that they just wanted a "hired gun" guitar player getting paid a small salary. George wanted to be a "cog in the wheel" involved in the writing, so he declined.
Lynch was my favorite player when I started playing guitar(probably 88/89) before kind of leaving the style behind; though it wasn't anything about his playing as much as a change in my musical tastes. It wasn't even like went from Dokken to Alice in Chains so much as going from G. Lynch to someone like L. Buckingham (though I did move to listening to more alternative).
I ended up for years playing in Indie bands in the 2000's before putting the guitar down for a couple years. Ironically when I picked out back up it was like two steps forward, four steps back and I was playing SRV and blues. Over the last few years I've gone full circle and am relearning that original 80s stuff. Interestingly enough it really wasn't because I suddenly longed to play 80s hair metal, at all really. I've been a luthier and amp builder/tech for years, and someone bought a Marshall Silver Jubilee clone kit and paid me to build it for them. Once finishing and getting it biased and dialed in I was running a Strat through it, then plugged in a Les Paul. Ive always found the Jubilee to have the quintessential "Marshall roar," and kind of a little of all the Marshalls. As soon as you plug a Les Paul into one it's almost impossible to not start playing GnR riffs, maybe unless you're Joe Bonamassa. It was like hopping on a dirt bike or go-cart after decades and instantly remembering why you loved riding them…just without the inevitable middle-aged body aches that the bike would give you.
I was going to build a Jubilee myself, but in an odd coincidence someone contacted me about some equipment I had online for sale and asked if I'd be willing to trade for one of the 20W Studio Jubilees. I did and it's a MUCH more useable amp than a 50 or 100W would be; half-power switch or not. Now I'm trying to decide between a Charvel Wild Card or a Kramer SM-1, as much as I generally hate Floyd Rose it's better than knocking everything out of tune.
Everyone who worked with Ozzy&Sharon = screwed over.
Ozzy and Darth hideous are frauds on many levels
If her Dad don’t get you good, Shaz will
Great interview
Lynch, Demartini, Sweet on vocals. Heck even if Sweet/Lynch brought Warren in for just a song or two on their next collaboration. That would be killer
Lynch Mob was great, Wicked Sensation was a wicked sensation.
Love almost anything George Lynch has done especially the first Lynch/Pilson CD.
That would be bad ass if Ratt Finally regrouped and They got George in the fold with Warren....✌️
Love George & Dokken. Saw them at Monsters of Rock; awesome performance in the cold rain at Oxford Plains Speedway, Maine.
I think it would have definetly been interesting to hear George playing with Ozzie !
The most awesome guitar player I ever heard was first jake e lee and then warren.
I heard jake and I was like dude this guy can play and my reaction to warren was fuck now that vibrato is something either you have it or you don’t.
Also his phrasing is ridiculous, its so well put together might as well be a programmer writing a code.
Sorry I am an IT guy.
Do check out some of my warren covers on my channel.
He is an inspiration.❤
Wonderful questions! I dont think GL could have worked with Ozzy.... Dokken was his path!
I think George pretty much summed up how everything would have panned out with the Ozzy gig.
He was destined to pave his own way. I can't imagine him having to deal with Sharon anyway.
Glad Jake E Lee got the job just for the fact he was such a perfect fit for Ozzy's music, plus he wrote
some of my favorite guitar riffs from that era. Unfortunately for him, he was just another memeber of the
"you ain't getting jack" club.
Always Love Seeing George Lynch Shreddin with Norm in PHX!
I was surprised that he said he wasn’t good at picking up some one else’s music by listening, I always thought musicians of that caliber if they could hear it they could play it.
Well, since he won't say who the other band was, I'm going to make shit up and say it was... Flock of Seagulls.
LMFAO, he'll never hold back on the intel again!
George playing the into to I Ran 😄
Kajagoogoo
Village People....
Seems like George's still not really satisfied with his carreer in Dokken, and we all know it should've been longer and finally get to the first league, but sure is outstanding.
Full in bloom awesomeness, as always! Can we listen to the whole interview? These are killer!!!
Maybe. I take his comments as being possibly more regretful on Dokken’s lack of notoriety & the conflict overall, as well.
He’s hopefully satisfied in that they wrote some AMAZING songs in Dokken.
Ultimately, I agree he would of arrived at the same mountain anyway. He’s to amazing of a guitarist. Honestly, Ozzy & Sharon might of screwed up his career anyway.
@@RS-ol8or agreed. Look at what happened to Jake. Jake was so bitter about his treatment in Ozzy and the Gillan situation; he got so disillusioned with the music industry that he has only put out a handful of records, whereas George has been on like 50 albums. Lynch fans are lucky to have such a vast catalog to enjoy forever.
Mr. Scary - Smart cool interview with a great guitarist...
I have to suspect that the "legacy" band is Judas Priest. IIRC, Richie is George's son-in-law and there were talks at one time about George coming aboard when it was revealed that Glenn could not tour anymore.....purely speculation on my part
I always thought Warren was heavily influenced by Eddie Van Halen.
He was. He just doesn’t like to admit it anymore for some reason. One of the criticisms of Out of the Cellar was that he sounded too much like him. He changed directions after that to go into a more bluesy style. I remember all the interviews from back then.
Except Warren was more into vibrato than tapping.
@@stevemineer2857 There wasn't a bad track on Out of the Cellar and I never once thought he sounded like Eddie on that album. However the pro-shot footage of the band and Warren's legato, that is what sounded a lot like Eddie to me, but Warren was doing it all with his left hand - no tapping. A F-ing shred machine.
Although the next album was damn good, I couldn't stand the change in his playing and tone from the later albums, where he used that supposed magical Marshall.
@@jerk_store ahh... the purrple marshall... I used to jam with that thing on lunch break sometimes... it sounds so sweet when loud, but kinda meh when your boss's wife tells you to turn it down.
Cheers!
George Lynch is the reason I started playing guitar...wonder what "legacy band" he was talking too...
I have a feeling it’s whitesnake
I think it was Whitesnake too..Coverdale is a douche!
Ratt?
@@paulderose4808 ugh. Coverdale and Lynch would not have worked well together.
I think it was Priest after KK left
The Lynch, Lee & DeMartini Tour! 2024
Enlightening. Listening to Mr Lynchin particularly when he's speaking about "following orders" in other people's bands is kind of like talking to myself. Easy going=good, dutiful servant=bad
Thank u
2:36 he admitted what I've known all along... he truly has no idea.
That legacy band being KISS
Fascinating… love warren and George. Can’t see him with ozzy though.
Lynch E. Demartini is the greatest band in a parallel universe
Saw Dokken back in the day, and they were a great band. Metallica switched places with them on the Monsters of Rock tour. I thought Dokken was more of a cohesive band and put on the better show that day.
I don't know this. I saw Metallica but did not know them at that point. It was hot and I remember James Hatfield spraying us with a fireman's hose. Up to then, id never seen a band throwing their manes back and forth like they did! Lol
Dude, George you are a guitar god in my book. Dokken was perfect for you!
Wow never knew Warren did that with lynch cool but I read Randy article or a audio of him saying watch for George lynch his good
Anyone know what "legacy" band he was talking about?
I wonder what band George was talking about at the end of that interview
I am guessing Kiss
@@RampireNZ surely not lol
He's talking about Ratt. There was another recent interview he did where he talked specifically about them and getting Jordan on guitar. I think he felt that Jordan was a younger guy who didn't really fit in with the older guys. He said that a legacy guy like him would be a better fit musically and with the audience.
Maybe he was talking about Priest?
@@RJS1874 He said a Legacy band. At that time Ratt was not considered a legacy band. And to be honest they are still not.
Warren, always reminded me of Uli John Roth, when he solos sound wise they have similar vibratos. George always sounded to me like a guitarist with a VH influence but the tone of like Neal schon. Kirk Hammet to me sounds like the guy with the biggest MS influence maybe because as one of his solos have a lot of similar pull of licks that sound like licks Michael would use in his solot
George is so bad ass,,,,
Imagine sitting in a room while Warren & George rip on Ozzy/Sabbath songs! 🎸🎸🎸
Be curious why George struggled to learn Randy's songs without Warren
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Because Randy was on a whole other level, basically!
@@rickpeterson8825 you are wise
@@rickpeterson8825 Not necessarily. Some guitarists are great at covering other musicians note for note, but can't write a song to save their live. Some guitarists can come up with their own unique twist on the guitar, but don't have the ear to copy other guitarists. This was in 1979, way before UA-cam and Google. You had to figure everything by ear. George had his style and Randy was a big fan of his playing. He once said that Lynch was the best up and coming guitarist from L.A. in an interview before he died. You may prefer Randy's work and that's fine, but George is a monster player as well.
@selina simila randy is a different animal, generational player
Would have been cool if Lynch and Costa put some music out together!!
Give it up! Who was the other band!!!???
He's talking about Ratt. Mentioned in another interview.
I’m sorry of these questions, not well thought out.
I’ve been a GL fan ever I heard my first Dokken song. I have always enjoyed his music. Big influence on my playing
I would bet that the legacy band Lynch was talking about was Judas Priest (90%). Second guess Whitesnake (10%).
I was just scrolling comments to see if anyone knew and I would think it would be one of those for sure . His daughter is married to Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner so probably them.
@bryan m no it was RATT, lynch is a Priest fan and has talked about playing with them...Dokken toured with them in 1987
I wonder if George is referencing motley Crue there at the end
5:50 I wonder what "Legacy" band he's talking about here.
So who are the legacy bamd he refers to at the end of the interview, anybody know?
At the end Is he talking about Motley Crüe getting John 5?
Definitely talking about KISS at the end of the interview
Costa was warned not to venture out on stage ahead of Ozzy, or go towards center stage to appear like he was the star. Costa did not like the advice and started talking trash about Sharon to the stage hands and that he would start doing anything outlandish during the shows opposite from what was expected of him. Sharon was informed by a roadie and then the bloody bus head butt incident with Ozzy occurred. Chris Holmes of WASP also had issues with Costa who did that cheese shredder stunt on his knuckles live, well he did the stunt and stopped playing his bass in the middle of songs to accomplish wounding himself.
Anyone have any idea which band he's referring to at the end?
Does anyone know what legacy band lynch is talking about? Im pretty sure its Judas Priest from some other interviews ive heard and read from Lynch..guessing wen KK left and actually wen with hia son and law richie faulkner
Amor Fati George.
🤘
Anybody have an idea of which "legacy" band Lynch was referring to at the end? I am taking guess by saying maybe Ratt?
It's probably them. Or maybe Priest through the Faulkner connection.
George sounds like he’s very intelligent that’s not the case with some guitarist they just want the gig and will do anything for it
I think the one band he was talking about on the end of the interview was Def Leppard!
For what it is worth, I am happy, selfishly, that we got Dokken with Mr Scary. Under Lock & Key is the record that opened my ears to the type of playing I enjoyed the most. I’ve never been an Ozzy fan and just can’t take him seriously….What Mr Scary did in Dokken, in my opinion, eclipses anything anyone did in Ozzy with the exception of Randy, even then, George’s tone and style are my preference over Randy.