Joe Holmes

Joe Holmes was born on June 11 1961 in New Jersey. As a child, Holmes took lessons from guitarist Randy Rhoads. Holmes joined an L.A based band Terriff in 1983. Holmes left Terriff to join Lizzy Borden in 1987. Joe left Lizzy Borden in 1991. Holmes joined David Lee Roth's band in 1991 replacing Jason Becker who was diagnosed with ALS while recording the album A Little Ain't Enough. In 1995, after Ozzy Osbourne had finished recording the Ozzmosis album, a replacement for Zakk Wylde was needed. Holmes auditioned and got the job. Holmes did not mention that he had taken lessons from Randy Rhoads (former guitarist for Osbourne) as he thought it would hurt his chances at the job. Holmes performed on the Ozzmosis tour with Osbourne. Holmes left the band in 1998 due to his religious views and the image that Ozzy was portraying. He rejoined in 2000 for the Ozzfest tour. Holmes left the band while recording and writing the Down to Earth album. While Holmes doesn't play on the album, the songs "Facing Hell", "Junkie", and "That I Never Had", which were co-written by Holmes, appear on the album. The only song from his work with Ozzy that has been released is "Walk on Water", which first appeared on the Beavis and Butt-Head Do America soundtrack, before appearing on Ozzy's 2005 compilation Prince of Darkness. Holmes is currently working with bassist Robert Trujillo on a new project in Los Angeles.