solo" for them. Strum later recalled: "I was told that George might not be the guy. Ozzy, Sharon, and Tommy kinda seemed to fancy Jake and his whole trip and vibe. George was shocked, very pissed and very upset. This was the worst thing for him." Jake E. Lee left for England in three days to play the European gigs with Osbourne. Later in 1983, he was featured on Osbourne's Bark At The Moon album, becoming the first guitarist to play on Ozzy's studio albums after Randy Rhoads. Style and influences In an interview for Circus magazine in 1990, Dana Strum told that he spent a lot of time around R&B music during his childhood when living in Pasadena, California. The population of Pasadena at the time was known to be a highly mixed group of people. He attributed the bluesy feel of much of Slaughter's music to this early exposure. Strum would later mention that when he was a teenager he used to play along Black Sabbath and Grand Funk Railroad records, also stating that his first concert was a Black Sabbath/Captain Beyond gig. In 2012, Strum recalled that he "saw the real Black Sabbath" and "just loved" them. He thought that these guys were "onto something different, no one sounds like these people". He also added: "I love music. I love the Beatles. Nobody sounds like them, you know. It's so different, so unique, and so interesting." He affirmed that if it weren't for Paul McCartney or Geezer Butler, he would have never played the bass. In another interview for Circus, Strum pointed out the heavy influence of Queen. He claimed: "They changed my life in high school. I went from being totally enthralled with Black Sabbath to Queen, with those distorted guitar sounds and wild arrangements. They really gave me a whole new enthusiasm for music." Equipment Throughout his music career Strum was most often seen playing custom designed V-shape basses made for him by Arbor Guitars. In a 1988 issue of Circus magazine, it was reported that, as part of his music gear, Strum was using a Korean-made Arbor bass modified with a Badass II bridge. He explained: "It's got a single Seymour Duncan vintage single-coil pickup which is directly wired into a 500K potentiometer with no tone circuit," also adding, "It has a maple fretboard, and is a neck-through-the-body model. It's a simple bass." In