“Ozzy would say, ‘No. This isn’t Frank Zappa, this is Ozzy Osbourne. Go back and write me something else’”: Jake E. Lee revisits Badlands, the album the music industry doesn't want you to hear

Jake E. Lee smiles as he performs live with Badlands, playing his customary white Charvel.

Although his playing on Ozzy Osbourne’s Bark at the Moon (1983) and The Ultimate Sin (1986) is beloved, Jake E. Lee pulls no punches when it comes to what he feels was his finest hour: 1989’s Badlands.

“I thought it was perfect,” Lee tells Guitar World. “There was nothing wrong with it. I didn’t know if it would sell, but I knew it was something I would be proud of for the rest of my life.”