Ray Gillen R.I.P.

What a great singer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDSIcYk1c6Y

Great vocalist loved his performances on the two Badlands CD's I own and the few audio tracks detuned sent me with Black Sabbath

manny wrote:

Great vocalist loved his performances on the two Badlands CD's I own and the few audio tracks detuned sent me with Black Sabbath

Did you ever hear the Sun Red Sun box set? He also did back up vocals on Savatage's Strange Wings song.

Troublezone wrote:

manny wrote:

Great vocalist loved his performances on the two Badlands CD's I own and the few audio tracks detuned sent me with Black Sabbath

Did you ever hear the Sun Red Sun box set?

No, is it worth looking into?

manny wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

manny wrote:

Great vocalist loved his performances on the two Badlands CD's I own and the few audio tracks detuned sent me with Black Sabbath

Did you ever hear the Sun Red Sun box set?

No, is it worth looking into?

Yeah it is especially because you can find them cheap online.

Troublezone wrote:

manny wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

manny wrote:

Great vocalist loved his performances on the two Badlands CD's I own and the few audio tracks detuned sent me with Black Sabbath

Did you ever hear the Sun Red Sun box set?

No, is it worth looking into?

Yeah it is especially because you can find them cheap online.

Thanks for the tip, TZ.

Ray Gillen was AMAZING!

RIP

A fantastic singer. I had the pleasure of meeting him and Jake E. Lee on the first Badlands tour, they were both very cool and down to earth.

Having recently heard a bunch of Sabbath bootlegs I can also attest that he was excellent in that context as well.

detuned wrote:

A fantastic singer. I had the pleasure of meeting him and Jake E. Lee on the first Badlands tour, they were both very cool and down to earth.

Having recently heard a bunch of Sabbath bootlegs I can also attest that he was excellent in that context as well.

He would have done justice to the Born Again material.

R.I.P.

I just listened to Bandland's debut last week. Is it the anniversary of his death or were just giving him some props?

Just giving him props. The anniversary of his death would be December 1st.

detuned wrote:

Just giving him props. The anniversary of his death would be December 1st.

Cool. I will as well. Great pipes, Ray. You are missed.

I saw Savatage at Jezebel's in Santa Anna, Calif during the streets tour and Ray filled in for Jon. Great show !

detuned wrote:

Awesome!!! Thank you, detuned. RIP, Ray. You are missed.

I'm listening to the debut Badlands record right now...man, this band was SO under appreciated it's just sad. So many great songs: Winter's Call, Streets Cry Freedom, Seasons (very Sabbath), Devil's Stomp, etc.

I HATE ATLANTIC RECORDS!!!!!

Badlands is a great band

Totally underrated band and singer. Love his voice.

What did he die from? I've read everything from cancer to stomach ulcers to even AIDS.

Leatherface wrote:

What did he die from? I've read everything from cancer to stomach ulcers to even AIDS.

Most sites list it as: AIDS related complications".

I remember when this happened and the story I was told at the time was "stomach cancer". But it was more likely to hide that in 1993 than it would be today.

Would have been cool for him to have done one Sabbath record. Why didn't it work out anyway?

Troublezone wrote:

Would have been cool for him to have done one Sabbath record. Why didn't it work out anyway?

I've only heard the Sabbath side of the story. He walked out near the end of recording on The Eternal Idol, citing that it "wasn't going anywhere". He took Eric Singer with him.

detuned wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

Would have been cool for him to have done one Sabbath record. Why didn't it work out anyway?

I've only heard the Sabbath side of the story. He walked out near the end of recording on The Eternal Idol, citing that it "wasn't going anywhere". He took Eric Singer with him.

That's weird, i like that album. Well at least Tony Martin did a great job.

detuned wrote:

Leatherface wrote:

What did he die from? I've read everything from cancer to stomach ulcers to even AIDS.

Most sites list it as: AIDS related complications".

I remember when this happened and the story I was told at the time was "stomach cancer". But it was more likely to hide that in 1993 than it would be today.

That's the story I remember as well. Stomach cancer, then aids-related complications. Anyone know how he contraced aids? Was he g-a-y or a drug addict? Or just an unfortunate encounter with a dirty groupie?