My Wildest Concert Security Stories: Working Backstage with Nine Inch Nails, Ozzy, Tool, and More!

[@paulkreeft2091]

I enjoy the whispering and your calm demeanour, your a great storyteller 😎

[@badbrad]

Thank you 😁

[@michaelr.4878]

Joe Holmes was the dude who was playing for Ozzy during that period, Brad. He was a killer player. Sadly, he didn't record any albums with Ozzy. But he did 2 stints with the band. He was actually a student of Randy Rhoads at Rhoads' mother's, Musonia music school. It was a cool storyline.

[@badbrad]

He was very underrated.

[@no14me26]

He played for Lizzy Borden on Visual Lies. I bought that tape because I loved the song, "Me Against the World". I liked most of the songs and I still own that tape.

[@TheMusicmak3r]

Cool

[@YtuserSumone-rl6sw]

So Joe was a crack addict? I just looked up the baking soda and spoon thing.

[@badbrad]

@@YtuserSumone-rl6sw No somebody from P-Funk asked for those items.

[@sirbaronvoncount4147]

as a 56 year old man i think we should just be happy to have hair if it looks thick enough to be mistaken for a wig that’s a compliment

[@badbrad]

Yes I hear ya there...

[@ColfaxJones]

Also 56 for a few more months and I agree. Brad won the gene pool lottery with that mop top at our age. The trolls are just jealous because they lost their hair at age 20.

[@TheJayrockerr]

Great stories, as usual Brad. Joe Holmes was Ozzy’s guitarist at that time. He studied under Randy Rhoads, at his mother’s music school (Musonia Music School, in Valley Glen, CA.). Great guitar player! Keep up the good work! I really enjoy your channel.

[@badbrad]

That’s it Joe Holmes. Very underrated!!! 🙏

[@acepalacio8223]

The Strat neck pickup is the king of the blues,like your choices of phrases ,sorted like pentatonic-bebop-jazz

[@badbrad]

Thank you!!!

[@danielwoll6917]

Where can I get one of those fancy wigs lol

[@unknownkingdom]

I say 335 is king of the blues.

[@lieutenantdan2217]

​@@unknownkingdomill say the 339

[@marksguitars5617]

you're so right about crowd control and people who do a-hole stuff intentionally and how it effects your attitude. I worked security at events and was a cop for 20 years all the way up to the pandemic and defund movement, so glad I'm retired with sanity intact. Many don't make it. Great stories you have. Take care.

[@badbrad]

I think everybody needs to walk a mile in your guys shoes. It's eye opening. Most have no idea the adversity you deal with on a daily basis. Glad you made it out, because like you said...many do not.

[@marksguitars5617]

@@badbrad yep thankfully retired, I still do music. I live well but both law enforcement and music are very challenging career choices and I chose both 🤣 not for the faint of heart!

[@bradhardisty1652]

It was fun hearing about your jobs. I knew a lot of guys doing roofing. I had a job as Operations Manager at Marriott Vanderbilt lined up but I had two months before I started so I took a job with the Tennessean on the phone bank to renew subscriptions till 2 pm. Then I'd grab lunch and busk down on Lower Broad starting at about 7. I could park in the Tennessean lot. I'd be busking near Lawrence Records or Trailer Park till 2 and walk away with a check box full of dollar bills,maybe a ten or twenty. I'd have a Roland Street Cube and played my 36 Gibson Lap Steel. It kept the cash flow. I remember driving home at night with a couple of White Castle double cheeseburgers and a couple of pieces of Churches chicken I bought on Broadway by the freeway and listening to WSM. It was actually a lot of fun. I always had cash.

[@badbrad]

Very cool story man.. What a trip.

[@aaronknight9759]

The Wig Whisperer T shirt Bad Brads new merch item!

[@aaronknight9759]

….joking!

[@badbrad]

Lol

[@MISTERMOODYHYADD]

The Parliament Funkadelic were notorious. I wonder which guitarist came up to, Eddie Hazel, Gary Shider, Mike Hampton? I saw P-FUNK at HOB Chicago and George says into the mic, " Yeah I smoke crack." You saw Bootsy, was it 1993 because he played Memphis New Daisy then. I also saw him in 1996 during the Mothership Reconnection Tour. Speaking of Tool I watched as my friend walked into the mosh pit fully dressed. By the time he got out he was half naked wearing only his boxers. Brutal.

[@badbrad]

Incredible stories...I saw Bootsy in a small club in Redondo Beach...

[@juanvaldez5422]

Don’t worry about the trolls . It means you doing something right. Sure you have your quarks and idiosyncrasies but that’s what makes it interesting. Enjoy the stories . I’m a new subscriber. I would also like to hear about your take on PRS guitars. I love them and I’ll forgive you if you have the wrong opinion on them lol

[@badbrad]

I really like them. I adopted them very early around say 93/94 and was using them in my L.A. band. Very well made and you can count on them on a gig.

[@billyshane3804]

Love your work Brad. You are the MAN

[@badbrad]

Thank you!!!

[@Acemechanicalservices]

I’ve heard that Samoans do a lot of concert security in LA. Makes sense, because you don’t want to mess with those guys. You don’t even want to mess with their women. I’m 54 with an almost 4 year old daughter, I feel you.

[@badbrad]

Ace your an old dad like me. It's tough but not as tough as those Samoans, nobody wants to mess with those guys.

[@MISTERMOODYHYADD]

Boo Yaa Tribe

[@maxwelltarpleyyoung6598]

When you're our age brother and people think its a wig , thats a compliment :) keep up the great content . Id love to hear your insight on the steady well calculated rise of Sturgil.

[@badbrad]

Thanks bro. Have not contemplated that topic....yet.

[@PaulLoughrin]

Hey Brad! What an ending! Thanks again, for a cool story. I'm small statured, so there's no way I could have worked a job like that, lol.

[@badbrad]

Maybe not in the pit but they would have had you just the same. We had all shapes and sizes working for that company and it was cool seeing shows for free.

[@teecuzbruh4058]

It is my understanding that Joe Holmes also did guitar tech work for Jake E Lee during the Badlands era, and the little acoustic tune "Joe's Blues" on the Voodoo Highway record was titled for Joe Holmes

[@TheMusicmak3r]

Nice

[@badbrad]

wow did not know that

[@teecuzbruh4058]

Hell I thought I had some esoteric nugget of info there, from me listening to the tons of interviews I listen to (Jake happens to be my favorite Ozzy guitarist), but as it turns out, that nugget of info is on the Badlands Voodoo Highway wiki, LOL

[@badbrad]

@@teecuzbruh4058 Cool

[@gregoriyefimovichrasputin4931]

Favorite New KZbinr!

[@badbrad]

Thank you!

[@lookingbehind6335]

RATM was the absolute wildest concert I ever attended. Giant mosh pit, jane clover and naked women everywhere. Took me a couple of days to recover. Bull’s on parade and Killing in the name are masterpieces.

[@badbrad]

The show I worked was night that wild but it was powerful.

[@Peter7966]

Baking soda and a spoon? The life of the traveling rock star. When I was younger I thought... cool... that's for me. Not now. It's fun to go to the circus, but not be one of the acts. Baking soda and a spoon. That seems to some it up. Crazy stuff in a crazy world. Good stories.

[@badbrad]

Thank you for watching. Yes sometimes it's better to watch the circus than be in it.

[@jerrylev59]

I had a friend who would tell me: "Some people it incapacitates, some people it stimulates". Nevertheless, I noticed a pattern of extreme mood swings while under the influence that made them unpleasant company.

[@ericrogal995]

Are there really trolls on here?? What the hell is there to troll on here? The guy just simply tells good stories and provides some wisdom for the viewers. And plays outstanding guitar which is bottom line here. So kiss my arse all you troll people. Brad has the floor!! 👍😎🙏

[@badbrad]

Thank you!

[@DannyRedCheeks]

Who is out here trolling Brad? No need for trolls here

[@stylesb959]

That reminds me of air drumming at rush shows

[@badbrad]

Ha ha both can be dangerous

[@76Draeger]

I miss 328!! I saw BR5-49, Lizzy Borden and Yngwie Malmsteen there and I was an extra last year in the movie Lady Ballers that was filmed at municipal!!!

[@badbrad]

Wow!

[@texasbluegrass567]

Thanks!

[@badbrad]

Thank you so much. Your Support helps the channel.

[@Daneiladams555]

I’m bald, you lucky bastard 😂

[@badbrad]

You can borrow my wig anytime.

[@drop12341]

Brad, “Thank you” for another excellent video and similar to your last video (Sunset Strip and a glimpse of the “Business Behind the Music Industry) I watched, my fond memories at-both-at Live Nation and as part of Worcester Centrum’s (now the DCU Center) security came forefront in my mind. Again, “Thank you” for the excellent video and another wonderful trip down “Memory Lane.” (And yes, working the “barrier” can test one’s metal!)

[@badbrad]

Thank you for tuning in and validating it is indeed a tough job.

[@jeffmorris739]

I was at that tool show. Danny Carey was awesome, and even after all this time I remember the subs were built into the bottom of the stage. That place usually sucks for sound, but somehow they had it dialed in. Maynard wore that silver suit like the Silver Surfer. That had to be super hot.

[@badbrad]

It was a pretty epic spectacle.

[@rrrobeltnest7295]

Keep the great shows coming I like the whispering and the content bad brad

[@badbrad]

Much appreciated.

[@unclerog]

Howdy from Billings Montana..... Great video once again Brad... I finally figured it out who you are.... You are the "Hair Whisperer"...!!!!

[@badbrad]

Yes I am! lol

[@johnsomfleth4210]

Love the channel Brad! First channel I've ever subscribed too All your music is great really enjoy those two Room 303 Songs

[@badbrad]

Awesome, thank you! Really appreciate it!

[@dean828]

That "Good Morning 🌞" whisper sounded like you're bringing coffee ☕ to your wife still in bed 🛏️💋! 😂

[@badbrad]

lol

[@no14me26]

It's funny, I just know I loved Lizzy Borden, whom Joe Holmes played for. I had a musician friend from Detroit who ranted and raved about him. Check out Visual Lies, the record he played on in 1987.

[@badbrad]

I need to hear that

[@derangedhermit2879]

I attended a a few crazy Ozzy Fest shows at Alpine Valley from the mid to late 1990’s. (R.I.P. Stevie Ray Vaughan) In 1996 it was a real wild raging party down in the front rows, with people openly passing huge joints and flasks around with girls climbing over seats & flashing the crowd up front, just to squeeze in & be up front in the heart of the action. Ozzy kept on urging the audience to rush the stage, that came barreling down the main isles over the young security guards to rush the stage, and it happened a few times, with Ozzy daring the crowd to really rush the stage in force, until finally huge crowds came flooding down the isles in mass, trample rampaging over the poor security guards who were not paid nearly enough to feebly attempt to hold back a huge flood of crazies, it got so bad that they had to stop the show, turn on the amphitheaters overhead lights, regain order and had the fire marshal come onstage & get all the people up front with out up front ticket stubs to return to back their seats, so the party up front lost most of its hot chicks who’d previously worked their way down to front rows. Ozzy urging the crowd to rush the stage really screwed up our front row party’s vibe! One year a whole bunch of friends came to the show, & got a group of 20 tickets all together in the 15th row, & were passing back our ticket stubs to get our group of buddies with grass seats, access to join us down in the amphitheater, but hardly any joined us until our runners gave us back our ticket stubs, saying that our buddies group had all disappeared & they couldn’t find any of them, & how it was wildly chaotic scene up in the grass seats, with drunken pyromaniac’s starting bon fires all over in the grass and flinging the hot coals into the crowded audience. & then wild hooligans started throwing mud balls down from the top of the hill, at everyone down below them in the grass seats, after the show we learned that when a few of my buddies got hit with mud balls, & group of like 25 of them had stormed up the hill to fight the mud ballers, to find that there were like 400+ A-holes up there flinging mud balls randomly down the hill. So our buddies had just elected to camp out at the top of the hill with the a$$holes, where it was safer. By far the most memorable Alpine Valley Ozzy show of those 4 back to back years I attended, was in 1997 when Black Sabbath had reunited with all four of its original members, which like with the Beatles, with all the infighting had always seemed like it would never even be a real possibility.

[@badbrad]

wow crazy!

[@DannyRedCheeks]

I saw that Black Sabbath tour at giants stadium in NJ We had great seats like 4 rows from the stage I literally Couldn’t hear for 2 days My Buddy got arrested that night for stealing a bunch of pretzels from vendor on the way out

[@seekandcrush]

I'm 53 with a 23 year old, 13 year old and a 9 year old.... It's a tough gig!

[@badbrad]

Wow that is a tough gig bro.

[@jaymandell892]

I saw Ozzy on that tour in Sweden with Fear Factory opening

[@badbrad]

Wow

[@houseofsolomon2440]

I envy the glorious mane...

[@badbrad]

🙏

[@bradhardisty1652]

It was Joe Holmes with Ozzy who had played with Lizzy Borden and then Terriff,my friend Dana Freebairn sang for Terriff with Joe Holmes. Then Dana had Freebairn, then DFM..DFM got three tracks in movies in the mid 90s.

[@badbrad]

Very underrated player....

[@bradhardisty1652]

@@badbrad yeah, he was bummed that Ozzy didn't use him to record. There is one live track or a film track that he did get credited with Ozzy that made it to CD. I can't name it right now.

[@michaelr.4878]

​@bradhardisty1652 He was on the video for the Ozfest video..and I believe he was on the track for the Beavis and Butthead movie. But sadly, that's the only recording he did with Ozzy. He is a killer player. I really dug the lineup with him, Robert Trujillo and I believe Mike Bordin. Killer players. Geezer was in for a while during that period too.

[@bradhardisty1652]

@@michaelr.4878 yeah, I remember seeing them do one of the late shows. I was glad he got the opportunity but wish he could have tried his hand at writing with Ozzy. He definitely had a good track record. It's interesting how everybody looked at that point. It definitely was Ozzy dealing with the grunge look as a band.

[@585960]

I'd be happy if you made guitar faces while you're just sitting there whispering to the masses. 😁

[@badbrad]

🙏

[@thalus1]

Love your stories!!! Didn't Randy Castillo recognize you and say, hey, I was gonna kick his ass!! 😅

[@badbrad]

Randy didn't know me from Adam.

[@sv-yh3mq]

When I've seen Tool, Maynard was in the back, and maybe I could see a shadow of his arm holding the microphone. When I saw A Perfect Circle, he was in the back, too.

[@badbrad]

Seems to be his thing

[@Souldoubtrocks]

Maynard says if he’s in front he doesn’t hear very well. He wants to hear everything and he says he’s just an instrument and shouldn’t be up front.

[@badbrad]

Solid!

[@dannycruz5446]

Joe Holmes was the Ozzy guitarist

[@badbrad]

Yes that's the guy. Great player....Underrated.

[@DonBurtonsays...]

I love the content but you've given me a little problem... On the times where you're being quiet, your voice is so smooth and good. I'll put it on to sleep...but the content is so good that I always have to hear what happens next haha. It makes sleeping difficult! Keep doing your thing bro. Your channel is a new favorite of mine.

[@badbrad]

Thank you Don...glad I could sort of help and then not help lol

[@danielwoll6917]

Brad I was a stage hand/ stage manager etc for 17 years. I worked a P Funk show. George sat outside his bus in a lawn chair smoking rock lol. Like it was legal. This was 2000ish.

[@badbrad]

WOW

[@badbrad]

@@tvcameraman1 Wow

[@Psuperbrain1]

I hit 58 years old this year as well. The only thing I would have changed, if I could have, is I would have kept a hand full of guitars and amps!!!! 🎸

[@badbrad]

Best to you bro! I hope you find the perfect guitar.🎸

[@kenwhisler]

I was at UMKC around the same time Danny was. All of the percussion majors there, Danny included, were listening to King Crimson’s Discipline a lot. Which I find curious simply because Bruford was so mechanical and dead on the beat, whereas all of those UMKC drummers had a feel and a groove to their playing regardless of the time signature they were playing in. Danny was no exception….he exemplified that quality. Must be a KC thing.

[@badbrad]

Interesting to hear that.

[@georgeearth4879]

And now Danny is playing with the KC reunion “Beat” playing the 80’s KC tunes

[@Tonyraytown85]

I went to high school with a girl her grandfather and mother owned off broadway we went to school together at glencliff high school nashville tn south side woodbine area 😊

[@badbrad]

wow!

[@Acemechanicalservices]

Baking soda and a spoon, oh, he must have wanted it to deodorize his shoes…..

[@badbrad]

Definitely...lol

[@slowfinger2]

👍👍👍...for these life accounts.

[@badbrad]

Thank you!!

[@michaelstevenanderson4961]

Gee, you should tell ghost stories at night to children. Gather round, children, Uncle Brad is going to scare you out of puberty. You got that "Vincent Price thing" going, like in Michael Jackson's Thriller song. Lol

[@badbrad]

Why thank you.

[@SixStringRacer]

Can you get me some baking soda and a spoon! WTF man. Wow. Young guitarists that we used to be are competitive by nature. You had to of had momemts where your shaking your head cause some lesser talented guy had a good gig and you knew you could smoke him on stage? Great post again brother.

[@badbrad]

Thank you 🙏 crazy stuff indeed.

[@jerryhatrick5860]

When I doc mghee, I was running to the bathroom after 3 hrs on stage. Giants stadium. Bon Jovi and nickleback. Hot day drinking lots of water. I say, hey what's up doc . Cause I always say what's up when I see someone. I apologized. He laughed said no big deal. He'd just rolled in in a huge black limo . I felt so dumb but he was way cool about it. I kinda miss event security. Pay sucked. But so many great memories. Like Eric church touring his debut album opening for Brad Paisly, bethel wood at Woodstock NY. Meeting him and telling him about n two years he blow up huge.. And he did..

[@badbrad]

Wow Cool!

[@jerryhatrick5860]

But I don't miss theong hrs packed in a van traveling. Preceed working close enough to drive myself. Like Saratoga performing arts center.Aka SPAC

[@Xarinova]

fun time stories...

[@badbrad]

Thank you!

[@keithroute8906]

Really, that is tame. I worked security for the Capital Center in Maryland during the 80’s, two different stints. We had very brutal fights with people jacked up on angel dust on back then. They might have the strength of seven men on dust and if they knew how to fight it was brutal. No cops back then, just us, and perpetrators were physically thrown out the back doors by us. Same thing, low pay, maybe a buck or two above minimum wage and they paid your hospital bills if you got seriously hurt. Same thing, you kind of lost your sense of being nice and gentleness on rough nights throwing people out. On a tame concert you could watch most of the concert for free and have a great time. On a bad night you were loaded with bruises, scratches, completely sore body and just kind of pissed off at the world heading home. Then you were right back at it the next night.

[@badbrad]

Man I am glad my story is tame compared to this. Never really wanted to have to get into it especially with people all jacked out of their minds. Kudos to you. Glad you're ok now.

[@DannyRedCheeks]

Joe Holmes was the guitarist

[@badbrad]

That’s it!

[@Vermonster23]

Brad, I get you. I have an eight year old and I am 55. There are some bonuses about having children late and night. You are not going to grow old gracefully. You’ll be forced to stay young whether you like it or not, and you’re going to chase a child around for the, 16+ years! I don’t know what that means… If the wheels are just gonna fall off for guys like us in our 70s… Who knows, great journey. I will say this the reason I have no regrets in life is because of my family. if I did any different, I would not know my wife and my child. Everything that happened earlier in life. Cheers, rock onBrad.

[@badbrad]

Man I salute you. It’s not easy but we do what needs to be done everyday. Thank you 🙏

[@Vermonster23]

@@badbrad right back at you, Brad. these days, my heroes are 80+-year-olds that are out there living their best lives still. My goals are simple, but I want to be that guy.

[@Souldoubtrocks]

Tool is my jam

[@badbrad]

Very cool presentation and sound...

[@76Draeger]

I'm curious how having worked concert security shaped your handling of security personnel when you toured with national Acts?

[@badbrad]

Always treat them with respect 🫡

[@jerryhatrick5860]

Working smokey Robinson was a.top 5, deep purple, John fogerty when he was finaly allowed to play his own music again. Chicago with earth wind and fire is killer on same bill. Doobies , way way back I mean this stuff was 20 years ago I did even security. Many great memmories. Some shows I'd go in in uniform two layers take n change my clothes to get a free show.. Joe satriani. Omg I can't remember them all anymore.

[@badbrad]

Man that is quite a lineup!

[@mickeyguide3112]

In the internet you'll get the people unfiltered. 'why are you whispering or wearing a wig etc'. Why this why that lol. These are irrelevant, moronic dumb questions. In general people are just that, dumb. Nobody has to stay here if your whispering bothers them. Ignore the garbage and keep up your great videos coming 👍😎

[@badbrad]

Thank you so much!

[@lindaellen808]

You are still very young I am 20 years older from the other side of the world.

[@badbrad]

Kudos to you!!

[@rlawrence71]

I like the whispering. I'll be honest. I thought you might be wearing a wig. Good to see you're not.😊

[@badbrad]

Lmao

[@fumanpoo4725]

The Angry Samoans were a cool band.

[@badbrad]

Great look great drummer...

[@alexvigil29]

lol 😂 cool story bad Brad , man going to thrash metal shows thru the years the crowd surfers are so fkng annoying , you just want to watch the show in peace and chill but you gotta power lift fat sweaty dudes all night , if you drop them you got a guy next you sweating on you all night that feels like he just walked out of a swimming pool , his musty sweat getting on you , if they were trying to hurt you , I wouldn’t fault you for hurting them , they are pricks , joe Holmes is the name of the Ozzy guitar player , master guitar player who is on the first few Lizzy Borden albums , have a great day Brad

[@badbrad]

Man so true! 🙏

[@jeffgurchak6908]

I have watched a few of these & all I hear are jobs & careers that were definitely not for you!!! I won't go any further.

[@badbrad]

ok

[@thebadcat69]

Speaking for myself, I wasn't trying to troll you when I asked why you whispered a lot. I never watched your channel until last week and I really didn't know why you were whispering. Wasn't sure if you had an RFK Jr. issue going on with your voice, you were trying to do a radio voice, you were sick, you were impersonating Alec Baldwin, I had no idea. I don't know about the other people that ask about it. They could be breaking your balls.

[@badbrad]

All good

[@thebadcat69]

@@badbrad 👍 By the way I think it's funny as sh*t you have real hair and people think it's a wig. lol. I was watching some random podcasts with Steve Lukather about a year ago and people were breaking his balls in the comments and telling him to take his wig off. He addressed the wig claim during a podcast. He said something like I'll let somebody pull my hair to see if my hair is real but I get to punch you in the face afterwards. lmao

[@Vibeagain]

Lol

[@RockinRichy]

Parenting: The hardest job you'll ever love...

[@badbrad]

Absolutely

[@Souldoubtrocks]

I like the old joke. Hole opening for Tool and then korn crashes the gig. 🤢

[@badbrad]

lol

[@thomassouthard546]

Keep the hair.

[@badbrad]

Thank you

[@catfishcooler1566]

Ol' Whispering Brad Anderson?

[@badbrad]

LOL