Tommy Aldridge on the Marq Torien/Ozzy Audition
The story of Marq Torien’s guitar audition for Ozzy to replace Brad Gillis/Randy Rhoads with commentary from Ozzy, Rudy Sarzo, and Tommy Aldridge.
Entire story located here:
https://youtu.be/rPqWmZwkzK4
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@rokkenron
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
As a kid around 12. I absolutely wore out my cassette tape of SPEAK OF THE DEVIL. I thought the guitar was real good but didn’t know all the differences in Guitar playing. Brad definitely had his own sound and did all those songs Justice
@Stufftowatch21
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad nailed it on SOD 🤘🤘 he’s tone was awesome!! Marq was and is idiot.
@joeblow-tp6gz
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
BRAD KILLED THAT LIVE ALBUM
@MyNameForNow27
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Speak of the Devil album is one of the best live albums ever. Brad crushed those songs.
@RakibELShamsAtaArifMahdi
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
I swear to god this is a new mandela effect! Never once have i ever heard of this happening with Marq and he was always a singer. He was in the one band for a min with bulletboyz guitarist but this never never never ever heard of happening something weird is seriously going on!
@NJDVLS9500
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Not so smooth up in ya.
@whamsie4022
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
I love the Nuno audition story. He was in a band that played Sabbath covers. Sharon loved their tape so much, she asked him to audition. Problem was, he knew all of Ozzy's Sabbath songs but none of his solo material!
@meyou9176
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Randy was above all guitarist. Brad was average but not even close to randy and all he had to do was copy him but couldnt
@mrski749
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad shoulda smashed his guitar over Ozzy head
@EricRPinzonOfficial
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad showed that Ozzy could keep on without Randy…….he did such a great job and introduced his style into the songs..not just a Randy clone. His playing on the speak of the devil album was very influential.
@satanertau2689
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad and Jeff from Night Ranger are both incredible. I only wish they'd done more rocking stuff than they did. That said, I should revisit those early.albums.
@sagatuppercut2960
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Sharon should've cancelled the tour after Randy's death. You can't expect the band to keep performing right after a tragedy. They need time to mourn.
@t.sewell1513
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Jake smoked em’ all.
@shannonjones3714
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
I saw Ozzy with Brad and as much as I loved Randy, I thought he did a great job!
@shannonjones3714
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
That dude can play and sing, but I’ve never heard a single good thing about him
@thewhiteelephant
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
“Have you heard the record?” Oh my gawd!!!😂😂😂😂😭😭😭
@thewhiteelephant
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Marq is his own biggest fan. To be fair, he really is a fantastic singer, and still has a great voice. Good guitar player, too. But he is definitely a huge diva.
@linedropperable
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Tommy Aldridge was the one person other than Bob Daisley who had the credentials to speak bluntly to Ozzy and he would take that advice.
@daviddigital6887
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
To hear Marq tell the story, they loved him and wanted him so bad but he was too young to go on tour. I don't believe that crap because I've heard him play and he's pretty good if your drunk and geeked out of your mind. In reality, he's just average at best.
@richardremick1639
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
The bullet boys were the most pathetic excuse of a band ever. Completely copied Van Halen from the hair the moves doing the splits Roth did. Horrific on every level
@Kinger1625
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Randy was the best? 😂😂😂😂
@mikegrassman4773
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad was the closest to Randy. I'll stand on that !
@thetruthgodcountry5052
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
In the '80s I was a bouncer and a rock and roll club in Boston called the channel. The bullet boys passed through, and let me tell you something, THEY SUCKED. There is no other way to put it, they were terrible in every way shape and form. What really surprised me more than anything though, was how arrogant they were. They wouldn't take pictures with fans or sign autographs seriously?
@impala666
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
I don't get it….he's the singer of Bulletboy or whatever.
@JoePamplemousse82322
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
I am a lifelong Ozzy fan. He needed his ass kicked good. That'll stop the verbal abuse. Fast.
@Rusty-o1i
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Always felt Brad was phenomenal with Ozzy!!! Speak Of The Devil is one of the greatest live albums EVER!!!
@caressedsoul
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad Gillis saved Ozzy Osbourne’s entire career and livelihood and Sharon and the children all know it.
@jimsmith625
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Thought he was just a singer
@terrygilliland5405
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
I wish they would've took marq on the road…lol at least enough for a few memorable recorded concerts 😅
@21stcenturyparagraphs
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad was a fabulous guitar player, I think he understood how grief stricken Ozzy was at the time of Randy's death and never took anything personally.
Speak Of The Devil is an Ozzy classic, Brad really delivered the goods with Oz at a time when Ozzy was at his lowest.
@johnnyripple8972
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
One thing that was always true….for all the classics, melodies and his brilliance….Ozzy was always an abusive, immature asshole.
@PatrickMcNamara-i9h
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Ozzy should have gotten Ronni Le Tekro or Adrian Vandenberg They can play that classical style or Wolf Hoffman
@johnnynbk
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
You hafta be a hardened rock n roll professional to put up w ozzys shit.
@davidjohnson787
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Loved Brad on Speak of the Devil. Randy was the man but Brad did a hell of a job, I love that album to this day. They had a great chemistry and you can hear it.
@trowerz
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Torme 🔥🔥
@rondellschuyler7074
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Even as a Ozzy Osbourne fan. I can say Ozzy did many people wrong. Sharon even more so. I am amazed they could find anyone to play in the band.
@SonnyGTA
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
I didn’t know Marq played guitar!! Turns out he was a phenomenal singer!!
@SouthJerseyMatt
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
LOL Tommy busting Marq’s balls is the best
@Saturnsonic95
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad played Randy's stuff great live, he didn't deserve the shit he got. Jake as well
@bobravenscraft5376
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
I remember it well. Keep in mind this was the 80s. For Brad to Nail the tour without Flaw. I became Night Ranger fan. Very Competent Musician MrGillis RRRocks
@daleg5344
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad is better off not being in that circus, suprsided Ozzy didn't fire Tommy
@GeorgeHyland
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Brad is solid…. I am just keeping it simple. If I was to hire the ultimate hard rock cover band and demand only professionals…. Brad Gillis and Doug Aldrich would be on my list.
@mikes8386
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
MOST LIKELY RANDY AGREED TO DO 2 ALBUMS AND DONE .. HE FAKED HIS DEATH IN LEESBURG FOR A REASON … 2 MORE WEEKS .. GET GROCERIES BY THE 4th.
@bcancun123
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
He probably played the riff of smooth up in ya instead of Crazy train 😂
@patricktribett8208
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Ozzy made his fortune off the sweat of talented people.
@RandyFricke
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
I loved Ozzy in Sabbath, but I listened to his solo stuff because of Randy. Ozzy was great in Sabbath but he always sounded off pitch to me on his solo stuff. And he had no vibrato in his voice at all.
That, along with his personality disorders and various addictions I wasn't really that into it with the solos stuff. And his husband Karen (oh she's a nasty person) enabled it all.
@jeffholt9437
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
Similar character assassination to Jay Reynolds auditioning for Megadeth. Some great Bulletboys and Malice records suggest it worked out for the best….
@sevenmarbles
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
wonder if dana strum is the “friend with blow”
@Tnt-f8k
June 2, 2026 at 4:04 am
My guitar teacher could copy Randy note for note..Too bad he was an East Coast guy…