Brad Gillis

Brad Gillis

Brad Gillis in 2012
Background information
Birth name Bradley Frank Gillis
Born (1957-06-15) 15 June 1957
Honolulu, Hawaii
Genres Rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar, vocals
Years active 1977 - present
Labels MCA, Frontiers
Associated acts Night Ranger
Rubicon
Ozzy Osbourne
Website www.bradgillis.com
Notable instruments
Fender Stratocaster
Fender Telecaster
Gibson Les Paul
Gibson Flying V
Jackson Soloist
PRS guitars
Kramer guitars

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.

Equipment

Over the course of his career, Gillis has used several different models of guitars by various brands. He has been a longtime user of Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters, and in the '80s played largely on Jackson Soloists and Kramer models, which he still periodically uses today. He has also used various guitars made by Gibson as well, most notably Les Pauls and Flying Vs, as well as various PRS models. Today he uses mostly a Fernandez Brad Gillis model, or a replica built by Brad Kelley.

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.

With Night Ranger

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.

With Fiona

Solo

With Derek Sherinian

With Vicious Rumors

With the version of Queensrÿche with Geoff Tate

Instructional

References

  1. ↑ Prato, Greg. "Biography: Brad Gillis". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
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