Former OZZY OSBOURNE Guitarist JOE HOLMES' FARMIKOS: New Video Footage From The Studio
December 14, 2013Former OZZY OSBOURNE and DAVID LEE ROTH guitarist Joe Holmes recently launched a YouTube channel for FARMIKOS, his new band with vocalist Robert "Robbie" Locke (ex-LAIDLAW). A new video, which can be viewed below, shows Joe and Locke cutting guitar tracks for the song "Spoon And Sun" at the Mouse House in Pasadena, California in April 2013. Also available is the previously released clip for the track "Exit Stencils".
FARMIKOS' initial recordings feature guest appearances by Robert Trujillo (METALLICA, ex-SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) and Brooks Wackerman (BAD RELIGION),along with songwriting contributions from Brent Hoffort (MY OWN MACHINE).
Two other FARMIKOS songs, "Scapegoat" and "The Sound Of My Gun", are currently streaming on the band's official web site at Farmikos.com.
Holmes, 50, took lessons from legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT) in 1979 before forming the Los Angeles-based band TERRIFF in 1983. Holmes briefly left TERRIFF in 1987 to join LIZZY BORDEN and stayed with the latter group for a year before reforming TERRIFF.
After guitarist Jason Becker was diagnosed with ALS while recording DAVID LEE ROTH's album "A Little Ain't Enough" in 1990, Holmes stepped in to replace him.
In 1995, after Ozzy Osbourne had finished recording the "Ozzmosis" album, a replacement for Zakk Wylde was needed for the tour and Holmes got the job.
"It's really spooky," Ozzy once said in an interview, "because when Joe plays the Randy Rhoads stuff, he plays just like him — it's like I can see Randy's fingers."
Holmes remained Ozzy's guitarist for five years, before leaving the band during the writing sessions for the "Down To Earth" album. Although Holmes does not play on the CD, the songs "Facing Hell", "Junkie" and "That I Never Had", which were co-written by Holmes, appear on the album.
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