The guitarist Jake E. Lee, best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne, being part of the albums "Bark at The Moon" (1983) and "Ultimate Sin" (1986), had the chance to see Metallica for the first time when they opened for Ozzy in the 1980s. He recalled in an interview with Brave Words his first impression of the band formed at the time by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and the late Cliff Burton. Jake E. Lee recalls his first impression after seeing Metallica "I knew who Metallica was. But they were different. I really liked it. Especially with Cliff – nothing against any of the bass players – but there was magic. I'm glad I got to see them all those times with Cliff. They were heavy as shit. They were angry, there was nothing polished or pretty about them." "I thought that was awesome. Especially that 'Ultimate Sin' tour. That's where we had to dress a certain way, you know? Ozzy had that gold glitter big-shouldered thing going and he had a guy that made clothes for everybody. You couldn't dress yourself if you were in Ozzy. Not back then." He continued: "So you had to go to the clothing designer and say what you wanted and I remember seeing Ozzy's outfit, seeing the bass players', and I was like, 'Damn, if I have to wear this shit can you please just mute it down?' I mean, most of my shit is black and white, there's no glitter. And I still felt uncomfortable." "I remember one of Sharon's things was 'You can't dress like the punters. You can't be on stage and look like you could also be in the front row.' When I joined, she told me that. I remembered that, but I didn't think we had to go that far. I love that Metallica went out in jeans and t-shirt's and just fucking tore it up. I thought that was awesome. It had a punk attitude to it," Jake E. Lee said. After decades Jake E. Lee had the chance to see Ozzy Osbourne one final time, since he was part of the musician’s farewell show “Back to the Beginning”  which happened last July at the Villa Park in Birmingham. After Osbourne’s passing, the musician revealed he had received a message from his former boss, thanking him for being part of the show and for not having the time to talk that much with him. He said Ozzy promised to call him when he was in the United States so that they could meet and chat properly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8wIBed-DBcThe post Jake E. Lee recalls his first impression after seeing Metallica appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.