from Jake E. Lee himself in 1988:

Why did you quit Ozzy?

JAKE: Because he asked me to. He fired me. He's changing the story about it so much that I don't know. He told me basically that it was time for me to go on my own. The thing is, I found out about it through friends, and I called him up and he confirmed it.

read the whole interview here (not much on the case of Ozzy though)
http://www.jakeelee.com/html/modules/In ... ayRC88.htm



just find it odd that Ozzy doesn't know how to fire musicians....

God, I'e heard a couple reasons on how Jake got the boot. Never heard he quit on his own, even from himself. Sounds like Jake's own story has been inconsisnt.. Every report was that he got fired. Heard Sharon took him to dinner to fire him because he kept skipping and not showing up for rehearsals an told Phil Soussan that it was "his band".

well from the little piece i took there, he did the same thing to Jake that he did to Zakk.... as in, Ozzy just started making the rumors and they found out through other means as opposed to from the man himself.

and the interview does help with Jake's story of how he was fired. and it was from 1988 so it's more likely to be true then other interviews afterwards.

well when it came to jake,thank ozz he left because to me badlands was a great band
probably last band that was for real !

Why did you quit Ozzy?




Then in the next sentence:



So did he quit or was he fired? Sounds like he was fired and then said he was forced to quit. Even the Jake interviews from 1989 when Badlands came out Jake said he was fired. Ozzy's reasons were always a bit clearer to the press and they were backed up by Phil Soussan and Randy Castillo. All said Jake was always late for practice or didn't even show up and said it was "his band". Also Ozzy said that when he would ask Jake's opinion on a vocal part Jake would just raise an eyebrow, shrug his shoulders and just walk away saying nothing. So, yeah, if I was the boss I wouldn't put up with that either. I see no reason why Phil and Randy would agree with those Ozzy claims if there wasn't some truth to them as they were both interviewed years after they left Ozzy.

I think the Ozzy/Jake relationship was pretty much maxed out for both parties, what with Ozzy's drinking and Jake's problems. Jake's first Badlands album was worth the split though, just too bad that it didn't break really big. Turned out Ray Gillen had problems with Jake too after two albums.

lol then it might be Jake's fault


also, Jake said in the interview that he was always late for practice (even in his BATM days) i mean, i understand how that would get old fast but they were together for about 4 years, weren't they?

xx123456

Yeah, 4 + years, 2 albums, 3 tours. Same ammounts as Ray Gillen was with Jake pretty much.




Jason signd a contract to play with Ozzy for his 2003 tour dates (Ozzfests) and it ended in December 2003. Jason was still a member of VoiVod and he was paying all the expenses for them so he went back to them full-time About a week or so after Blasko was recruited Ozzy had his quad bike accident.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM BADLANDS ALBUMS? Jake is not quite as good as Randy but he IS awfully close. That or the second album he's on with Ozzy? I know all those are out of print.

I'm a HUGE fan of Jake and it's a shame that he didn't play on that many albums. It's a shame that there was never a proper live album either from that era. I still have The Ultimate Ozzy concert VHS from 1986 and a bootleg DVD copy of that as well as the Bark At The Moon show, though. Jake was a great performer on stage as well.

But as much as I would have liked another album with Jake and Ozzy, I loved the first 2 albums with Zakk who you could tell was hungry to make a name for himself and he really matured on No More Tears, which, to this day, is his best work and the last great Ozzy album. Plus Zakk, like Jake, had his own unique style.

Regarding Badlands, the first album isn't hard to get, but good luck finding their second album at a reasonable price.