Jake E. Lee

Jake E. Lee ( * February 15, 1957 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American rock and heavy metal guitarist.

Biography

Lee grew up the son of a Japanese woman and a Navy soldiers in West Virginia until the family later to San Diego, California, moved. His mother forced him at a young age, taking piano lessons. At the same time he learned through his sister bands like Jimi Hendrix Experience and Led Zeppelin know.

Jake E. Lee was in 1980 one of the founding members of the glam metal band Ratt and entered a short time later in 1982 the U.S. metal band Rough Cutt at. In 1983, Ozzy Osbourne was looking for a successor to the ex- Night Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis for his solo band. Jake E. Lee, was among several possible candidates finally selected after his audition and played two regular studio albums with the band. After the release of the studio album The Ultimate Sin Ozzy Osbourne, he left the band in 1987.

After the separation of Ozzy Osbourne, he founded in 1988 with Ray Gillen blues hard rock band Badlands, which disbanded in 1992. Later, he released the solo albums A Fine Pink Mist and Retraced and participated in numerous tribute albums with, among other things, Tributes for Rush and Jeff Beck.

On January 24, 2014, the album Red Dragon Cartel of Lee's eponymous band appeared. In addition to the singer of the band, Darren James Smith, also contributed Robin Zander, Paul Di'Anno, Maria Brink, and Sass Jordan singing about individual titles at.

Discography

With Ozzy Osbourne

With Badlands

Solo

With Red Dragon Cartel

• 2014: Red Dragon Cartel