Ultimate Rhoads

Sounds like a Randy influence in the "Everytime I Die" intro aswell.

Alexi can play for sure, but I never could get into the keyboards really.

Alexi is a huge Randy/Zakk fan btw!

Can you spot the BLS influence in that first song?

This is how he has his beard now, by the way. The braids makes it a lot more clean looking.

rice_pudding wrote:did zakks record company really ask him to look more like fred durst?!

They sure did. You can just imagine Zakk's reaction to the whole thing.

He talks about it there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dZ_t8DWy5o

You can check out a couple of songs here! I really like the acoustic versions that is on there. (Acoustic Live Promo Tour 2003)
http://www.sdmfworldwide.com/home.htm

I would guess it started a bit when his record company told him to look more like Fred Durst, or atleast around that same time. It's a statement, that all that matters, is the music. This is late 2000. http://deege2.free.fr/pix/7-3-00/P0000803.jpg This is mid 2001. http://deege2.free.fr/pix/bls/ozzf...

All his really good stuff, is on the old albums. Shame production is crap on most of the songs though. Ruins it, really. That's why I prefer the live stuff. Anyway, from each album, I'd recommend you to listen to: Spoke in the Wheel, Hey You, Born to Lose, The Beginning... at last (Sonic Brew) Count...

GUITARIDOL5682 wrote:Adam Wakeman on keyboards i was going to say i don't recognise the guy in the photo ....This isn't son of the infamous Yes keyboard player Rick Wakeman by any chance ?

It is! Both Adam and Rick has performed with Ozzy.

cableguyxx wrote:I know my favorite

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Did you catch Hellyeah?

The Flying Dutchman wrote:Did you see any fans wearing RR t-shirts?

I saw some Blizzard t-shirts when I saw them. No Randy ones though, but a couple of Dime.

The Flying Dutchman wrote:He played a lot of Randy´s spotlight solo when doing his solo, I think it´s a tribute to Randy because of the 25th.

I never thought about that. You might be right.

Glad to hear you all had a great time.

"I think Zakk is good but I will always prefer Randy." When you say "will never be", it means you'd have to compare them (turn it into a competition), and when it comes to guitar, I don't do that! Yes, I prefer X over X aswell, but that's all I do - prefer . I prefer vanilla ove...

RushIsABand wrote:I agree. I like him, but not a very good live guitarist IMO.

I beg to differ. Have you ever seen him live?

Seen him two times with BLS, once with Ozzy plus 4 dvds and 3 live albums, and I think it's live where he really shines.

JRid21 wrote:its a nice tribute but he will never be randy rhoads

Funny. Where does he claim that he wants to be?

Got to love all the assumptions.

Paul, I see your point, I just do not agree. It wasn't until Zakk was a bit older that he was introduced to Lynyrd Skynyrd and the likes. Just like Randy, Zakk came from a classical background, but stuck to pentatonics for a reason, y'know. He never plays his Randy guitars with Ozzy, either. I too a...