Brad Gillis
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| Birth name | Bradley Frank Gillis |
| Born | 15 June 1957 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Genres | Rock, hard rock, heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass guitar, vocals, drums, mandolin |
| Years active | 1977 - present |
| Labels | MCA, Frontiers |
| Associated acts | Night Ranger Rubicon Ozzy Osbourne |
| Website | www |
Bradley Frank "Brad" Gillis (born 15 June 1957) is a guitarist most famous for playing with the band Night Ranger. He was in the band Rubicon during the 1970s before Night Ranger. He has also played for Ozzy Osbourne and Fiona, and has released solo albums.[1] Gillis’s musical side projects include placing over 300 songs for ESPN’s Sports Center, The X Games, Fox Sports, Tiger Woods Sony PlayStation Games, EA Sports, The Fuse Channel and many others. He has appeared in over a dozen music videos, with TV performances on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, Rock & Roll Tonight and thousands of live concerts. His first solo album Gilrock Ranch produced a top twenty single, “Honest to God,” which was co-written and sung by Gregg Allman.
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Discography
With Rubicon
Jerry Martini formed the funk band Rubicon with bass player Jack Blades and future Night Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis. Rubicon recorded two albums on 20th Century Fox Records – ‘’Rubicon’’, and ‘’American Dreams’’. They had one single titled “I’m Gonna take care of Everything.” Rubicon played Cal Jam 2, held at the Ontario motor speedway in California before 250,000 people. Rubicon broke up in 1979 and Brad formed the short lived club band Stereo with Jack Blades and Kelly Keagy, who had joined as touring drummer for Rubicon.
- Rubicon
- America Dreams
With Night Ranger
- Dawn Patrol (1982)
- Midnight Madness (1983)
- 7 Wishes (1985)
- Big Life (1987)
- Man in Motion (1988)
- Greatest Hits (1989)
- Live in Japan (1990)
- Feeding off the Mojo (1995)
- Neverland (1997)
- Seven (1998)
- Hole in the Sun (2007)
- Somewhere in California (2011)
- 24 Strings and a Drummer (2012)
- High Road (2014)
With Ozzy Osbourne
With the passing of legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads in March 1982 during the Diary of a Madman Tour, Brad Gillis was asked to step in and replace Bernie Torme to finish the tour. He can be heard playing lead guitar on Osbourne’s Speak of the Devil live album. Night Ranger already had a record deal with Boardwalk records, and Gillis chose to remain with them once his tenure with Osbourne had concluded.
- Speak of the Devil (1982)
With Fiona
- Heart Like a Gun (1989)
Solo
- Gilrock Ranch (1993)
- Alligator (2000)
With Derek Sherinian
- Blood of the Snake (2006)
With Vicious Rumors
- Warball (2006)
- "Razorback Killers" (2011)
With the version of Queensrÿche with Geoff Tate
- Frequency Unknown (2013)
Instructional
- Star Licks Productions (1986)
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