Joe Holmes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joe Holmes
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jun 11, 1963(1963-06-11)
Age	61
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Gemini

Joe Holmes Biography

Joe Holmes is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on June 11, 1963 in New Jersey, United States. Joe Holmes (born June 11 13th, 1963) is an American guitarist from the heavy metal genre, best famous for his work in Ozzy Osbourne between 1995 to 2001. Joe Holmes has also performed in the band with Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth and with the L.A. band Lizzy Borden along with being the leader of his own band, Terriff, and currently, Farmikos.

In 1995, when Ozzy Osbourne had finished recording the Ozzmosis album and was in need of a replacement for Zakk Wylde was sought to accompany the tour. While creating his own group, Joe got a call from Deen Castronovo (Ozzy’s drummer) to inform him they needed an experienced guitarist. Joe went to Audible Studios in Los Angeles and performed the three Ozzy classics. Holmes did not make mention of having received lessons with Randy Rhoads (former guitarist for Osbourne) since he was afraid that it would hinder his chances to get the job. Holmes was successful and was offered the role.

On Eddie Trunk’s radio show, January 12, 2015, Joe Holmes revealed his intentions to shoot a couple videos in February for the songs “Scapegoat” and “Am I One”, as well as doing some live shows in 2015. He also mentioned that the band has six or seven songs almost finished, ready for a future release.

Holmes played on the Ozzmosis tour alongside Osbourne. The tour started on the 19th of August, 1995 at Ozzy’s Austin Music Hall in Austin, Texas. Holmes remained with Ozzy as his guitarist from the Ozzfest 96 through 2000 tours. Holmes quit the group while working on and recording for the Down to Earth album. Although Holmes doesn’t appear on the album, three of his songs “Can You Hear Them? “, “Junkie”, and “That I Never Had” composed by Holmes and Ozzy, are in the collection. The only track that Holmes wrote together with Ozzy that are available are “Walk on Water”, that first appeared as a track on the Beavis and Butt-Head Do America soundtrack. It was later included as a bonus track of Ozzy’s 1997 album compilation The Ozzman Cometh and “Perry Mason” live on The 1997 Ozzfest Live CD.

Joe Holmes Net Worth

Joe Holmes is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joe Holmes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Holmes was born within New Jersey and raised in Los Angeles, Holmes took lessons from guitarist Randy Rhoads in 1979. Holmes began to form Terriff in 1983 before deciding for Lizzy Borden around 1987. being featured on Lizzy Borden’s Visual Lies album. Holmes quit Lizzy Borden in 1988 and returned to Terriff and remained with the group until the year 1990.

Holmes was then a part of David Lee Roth’s group for an appearance in 1991 in place of Jason Becker who was diagnosed with ALS during the recording of”A Little” Ain’t Enough. After returning to L.A., Holmes once was able to reactivate Terriff practicing and rehearsing with various singers as well as the former Badlands singer Ray Gillen. In the end, the band enlisted Jeff Biebuyck to be their new frontman, and they changed their title from Terriff and changed it to Dogma and then, lastly, Alien Ink recording an album together with the producer, Rich Mouser.

In late December 2012, news broke of Holmes’ new band Farmikos, featuring former Laidlaw vocalist Robert Locke. The band’s name has no particular meaning and was derived from their song “Scapegoat”, which was originally titled “Pharmikos”. “Pharmikos” was then changed to “Farmikos” for aesthetics. It became the band’s name. In early January 2013, the band’s website began to stream the song “Scapegoat”, the first Farmikos song to surface, with guest contributions from Holmes’ former Ozzy Osbourne bandmate, Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, and Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman. Another song, “The Sound Of My Gun”, also featuring Trujillo and Wackerman, premiered in early March 2013. Farmikos continues to record new music with longtime Holmes studio affiliate, engineer/producer Rich Mouser. In late July 2013 Farmikos released a video teaser for the song “Exit Stencils” on the official FARMIKOS YouTube channel. The Video features footage of Holmes recording solo tracks in the studio. In December 2013 two more video teasers were released on the official FARMIKOS YouTube channel for the songs “Spoon and Sun” and “Scapegoat”. An EP was announced for February 2014. Recorded at the Mouse House in Pasadena, California with engineer/mixer Rich Mouser (SPOCK’S BEARD, TRANSATLANTIC, VAST), the EP also features guest contributions from Holmes’ former Ozzy Osbourne bandmate, bassist Robert Trujillo, and drummer Brooks Wackerman. However, on March 18, 2014, instead of an EP, Farmikos released four digital singles: “Scapegoat”, “Kings Of Dust”, “Exit Stencils” and “The Sound Of My Gun”. The band then continued to release new singles: “Spoon and Sun” was released in May and “Am I One” was released in July, adding, “Fragile”, “Ascension” and “I Was Them” as the year went on. In early January 2015, they released “Facing East”, just before an album became available on January 15,

2015. This album compiles all the songs released as singles, to date.

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Who is Joe Holmes Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Joe Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Joe Holmes celebrates birthday on June 11 of every year.

Who played guitar for Ozzy 1995?

Osbourne’s first show after returning took place in Nottingham, England in June 1995 and featured former Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick as part of the lineup.

Who played bass on Ozzmosis?

However, he returned with Ozzmosis in 1995, which featured long-time guitarist Zakk Wylde as well as former Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler , drummer Deen Castronovo and keyboardist Rick Wakeman. The release received mixed reviews from critics.

When did Zakk Wylde join Ozzy?

Wylde was a part of Osbourne’s band from 1987 to 1995, then again in 1998, from 2001 to 2004 and also from 2006 to 2009. He joined the band for a select number of dates during Osbourne’s 2017 summer tour , and then performed as part of the ‘No More Tours 2’ tour.

Who is the best Ozzy guitarist?

Probably the best known of all the Ozzy Osbourne’s guitar players is the almighty Zakk Wylde. He first joined the singer back in 1987 and has been an on and off member throughout these last few decades.

Who is Ozzy Osbourne's favorite guitarist?

Ozzy Osbourne revealed that Randy Rhoads is his favorite guitarist: “Well, Randy Rhoads was the best.