Badlands was a short-lived American hard rock band formed around guitarist Jake E. Lee and fronted by singer Ray Gillen. The group released a self-titled debut in 1989 and Voodoo Highway in 1991; a posthumous collection titled Dusk followed. Reviews highlight a sound steeped in 1970s hard rock and blues.

Reviews and public sources note Jake E. Lee's background with Ozzy Osbourne and Ray Gillen's brief presence with Black Sabbath (the "Seventh Star" period). Lineup members mentioned in reviews include Greg Chaisson and Eric Singer. Ray Gillen died in his mid-30s; reviewers emphasize the band's strong Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath influences.

Two detailed DeBaser reviews praise Badlands' classic hard‑rock and hard‑blues sound, highlighting Ray Gillen's vocals and Jake E. Lee's guitar work. The 1989 self‑titled debut and 1991's Voodoo Highway are considered high points. Reviewers view the band as a late‑80s bridge to 70s hard rock traditions.

For:Fans of classic hard rock, blues-rock, guitar‑driven bands, and followers of Jake E. Lee or Ray Gillen.

 With a voice that, for a good part, recalls Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and even David Coverdale, Ray Gillen boasts a brief but intense presence in Black Sabbath during the "Seventh Star" tour between 1986 and 1987, as an excellent substitute for an exhausted and discharged Glenn Hughes, who at the time was dealing with a drug addiction problem.

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 The second album by Badlands (in 1999 a third posthumous one was released: "Dusk"), created by the former guitarist of the Ozzy Osbourne band: Jake E. Lee, during the "Bark At The Moon," "The Ultimate Sin" period, can truly be considered one of the brightest examples of hard blues from the nineties.

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