Badlands was an American heavy metal band founded by former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee, former Black Sabbath members Ray Gillen (vocals) and Eric Singer (drums), as well as former Surgical Steel bass player Greg Chaisson.

Badlands (1989) and Voodoo Highway (1991) were released before Gillen left and was briefly replaced by singer John West.

Within weeks, the duo had enlisted bassist Greg Chaisson, whom Lee had met during an audition for Osbourne's backing band.

[8] The band released videos for the songs "Dreams in the Dark" and the Zeppelin-like "Winter's Call", both of which received airplay on MTV.

Badlands picked up Jeff Martin, former vocalist for Racer X and Chaisson's bandmate in Phoenix-based bands Surgical Steel and St. Michael, to take over on drums.

Disagreements arose between the band and Atlantic Records about musical direction, and also between Gillen and his bandmates about the inclusion on the planned album of songs he had written.

Lee has recalled that, shortly after the first album's tour in 1990, Gillen was first diagnosed with AIDS, and was starting to get "really thin and didn't look quite as healthy.

He praised Lee's guitar work and claimed the band was absolutely superb despite their obvious feuds.

On December 1, 1993, about three years after his initial diagnosis, he died at his New Jersey home as a result of AIDS-related complications, caused by previous drug use.