Ultimate Rhoads

As a guitar player I find my perspective somewhat different than just a "listener". RANDY is a difficult guitarist to copy. You have to have serious guitar chops to play much of his compositions in a manner doing them justice. You can't just fake your way through it. With that being said J...

... and me now.

Me at 18... recognize the hair?
At 20 with my strat.
24 with my Nan.

I don't like the hollow sound of the production on studio versions of Crazy Train... one of the reasons I prefer Diary to Blizzard. The Tribute versions are fuzzy, but my list is based on Randys playing, not the overall sound. Anything with Randy's "extra" playing (fills) is superior to th...

Lemmy may have been around since the 60s but he NEVER played with Hendrix, The Beatles or The Stones. He was a roadie for Hendrix though. ...Roadies can't play? ... not sure of the specific source material, but an interview I watched with LEMMY he specifically stated that he did jam with each and a...

yeah he knocked the shit out of him while he(ozzy) was drunk...pissed that he was trying to leave the band and go study...help me out guys!!rudy saw it its in his book..they patched up after i think cant remember the details Can somebody post the page # of this incident, because I've read the book ...

RANDY RHOADS: - first musician I connected with. 98% of the reason I wanted to play guitar. JOE SATRIANI: - The perfect instrumentalist IMO. FIrst player to show that Instrumental rock could be consistant and mantained. Songwriting on an unbelievable level. ALEX LIFSON: - RUSH is and always will be ...

Love Nuno's playing... I think a lot of my own funky, rythm playing was influenced by him. Not intentionally, I think I just absorbed the basic elements into my own then realized the connection. He is a great player... but an even better songwriter. Ever listen to his solo stuff, there are some very...

I never thought much of Clapton anyways... but this is a ridicously stupid comment ... "At this point, who'd want to sit through another incendiary guitar solo?" said Eric Clapton, a guitarist. "There's really only so much you can do with the thing. The guitar has had a nice run, but ...

All of Randys work with Ozzy gets a passing grade with me, so I can't say I dislike anything. However my least favorite would be FLYING HIGH AGAIN. I may be the only person here who picks one of the "hits" but that song never connected with me... too catchy and too radio for me. ... but I ...

Ozzy wanted to play the next day with a replacement! So of course they will vilify Ayecock, Daisley and Kerslake or anyone who affects the ability of the Osbournes to make money. Ozzy even punched Randy over the same issue. Ok, is this a typo? Randy? I have never heard of Ozzy ever punching Randy.....

I can't really argue with Lemmy... he's a grandfather of Rock. The guys been around since the 60's playing with the likes of The Beatles, Hendrix, the Stones etc. He's lived through 5 generations of musicians and has more stories than many could imagine. He's right. In many ways a player does seem t...

S.A.T.O
Diary Of A Madman
Tonight
Revelation (Mother Earth)
You Can't Kill Rock N Roll
Children of the Grave (Tribute)

In that order.

Thought of...?

I think of it more as what would the G3 concert series have been like with Satriani, RHOADS and Vai!!!!

Mutual respect and idolization by all for all.

Yes, Speak of the Devil was simply made so Ozzy could deliver a live album and finish the contract with Arden. The contract stipulated a Live album and shows were being recorded with Randy, but he died before it ever came to be. I have an interview somewhere in a guitar magazine where Randy even men...