Jake E. Lee, ex-guitarist of Ozzy Osbourne, shot several times, recovering

Jake E. Lee, the guitarist best known for his recordings with Ozzy Osbourne and the Badlands, was shot multiple times in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning. Lee’s representative confirmed the shooting in a statement Rolling Stonesaying he is “expected to make a full recovery.”

“Lee is fully conscious and doing well in an intensive care unit at a Las Vegas hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery,” the statement continued. “Las Vegas authorities believe the shooting was completely random and occurred while Lee was walking his dog in the early morning hours. Because the incident is under police investigation, there will be no further comment. Lee and His family appreciates your privacy at this time.”

A spokesman for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that officers responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 2:42 a.m. and responded to a male victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, but they did not identify Lee as the victim. “No arrests have been made at this time,” the spokesman said. “This is an ongoing investigation.”

In the last decade, Lee recorded with hard rockers Red Dragon Cartel, who released a self-titled album in 2014 and a follow-up, patinain 2018. In recent years, the guitarist suffered from wrist pain, which has prevented him from performing live. In a recent interview with Tone-Speakexplained how what he initially thought was carpal tunnel syndrome turned out to be a lack of cartilage in his right hand. He has focused on pain management and physical therapy as he gets back into shape.

“I’m playing again, I’ve been for about two months maybe, and I want to go out on tour,” he said. Tone-Speakaccording to Blabbermouth. “I want to finish doing the patina tour, which was canceled due to Covid. I’d like to go out and do that (with) Red Dragon Cartel, focus on it patina Record and record more.”

After the early lineups of Ratt, Rough Cutt and Dio, Lee immediately achieved guitar hero status as Ozzy Osbourne’s sidekick in the early eighties. Lee joined Osbourne’s band to write and record Osbourne’s Crust on the Moon album Osbourne fired Lee in 1987 due to intrapersonal differences with other band members after recording and touring for a follow-up album. The ultimate sin.

Lee then formed the blues-rock band, Badlands, with another former Black Sabbath singer, Ray Gillen, and released three albums between 1989 and 1998. Lee has also released three solo albums and played guitar in Enuff Z’nuff’s 2009 album, dissonance.