REWIND to 2015 | Brad Gillis's Ozzy Adventures and More

REWIND to 2015 | Brad Gillis's Ozzy Adventures and More

From No Guitar Is Safe by Jude Gold

August 13, 2025 · 1h 9m

About this episode

Brad Gillis shares his experiences with Ozzy Osbourne and other bands in a retrospective interview.

It’s one of the most exciting hired gun guitar stories in rock history: An up-and-coming guitarist from Alameda, CA, wakes up to a call from a person claiming to be Sharon Osbourne — a call that will launch him on the musical adventure of a lifetime. That guitarist, of course is BRAD GILLIS, and as we celebrate the tenth anniversary of No Guitar Is Safe podcast, it seems only fitting that we repost the first interview I ever did for this show — the July 2015 interview in which Brad relives his adventures with Ozzy Osbourne, Night Ranger, and other bands, and demonstrates his famous guitar parts for you on a Floyd Rose-sporting Gibson Les Paul. (Nerd fact: Though Joe Satriani ran as Episode 1 of this show, that was actually the SECOND interview I did for the podcast. It was conducted the day after THIS interview, which ran as Episode 2.) Don’t forget: All 188+ episodes are still up so you can (and should!) go back and dive into the archive …. And, in case you missed it, to celebrate ten years of No Guitar Is Safe I revisited Brad’s home studio and posted a entirely NEW interview/guitar hang with him last month (Ep. 187), as well as an informative followup episode with his guitar…

People in this episode

Host: JUDE GOLD

Guest: BRAD GILLIS

Topics covered

  • guitar
  • music history
  • rock
  • interviews
  • Ozzy Osbourne

Keywords

  • hired gun guitarist
  • musical adventure
  • Night Ranger
  • Floyd Rose
  • Gibson Les Paul

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Les Paul, Gibson Les Paul, Floyd Rose

Books & works: Ozzy Adventures, No Guitar Is Safe

Places: Alameda, CA

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