Lynch was born in Spokane, Washington and raised in the small town of Auburn, Ca

lifornia. Great White guitarist Mark Kendall claims George started two-hand tapp
ing before Eddie Van Halen did.[1] Twice Lynch auditioned for the position of Oz
zy Osbourne's lead guitarist, once in 1979
losing to Randy Rhoads
and another ti
me in 1982 to replace Brad Gillis. According to Lynch, he was hired for three da
ys before Ozzy changed his mind and decided to go with Jake E. Lee. Lee, however
claims that Lynch "got the gig, but only went on the road for two weeks to watc
h the show, and never actually played with Ozzy." Lynch looks back on the situat
ion positively though; he has said "I won the consolation prize. Randy got to to
ur with Ozzy...and I got to teach at his mom's school." Lynch played in a late 1
970s band called The Boyz, working the Sunset Strip clubs in L.A., alongside som
e of their contemporaries like Van Halen and Quiet Riot. The Boyz were to play a
showcase for Gene Simmons of Kiss and his startup label. Van Halen opened the s
how and Gene opted not to stay and see The Boyz. After this he formed Xciter bef
ore joining Dokken.