I guess I view his style as being more imitated with a lot of the flashier metal of the 80's, a lot of the glam type bands ATTEMPTED to imitate his style, but most of them fell flat.Paul Wolfe wrote:Now this is what I don't see (hear). I can't name a single player that sounds like he is imitating Randy unless he is playing on a tribute record... but then I may not be listening to the right bands.CanuckRhoadsFan wrote:Randy's style is oft imitated, but he had something special in his execution of the material.
As for the precision in his playing, that makes sense. Maybe that's his contribution to 80's metal? A lot of guys came along in a very short period who were light years ahead of the 70's players in both speed and precision - Randy and Eddie were the first (best?) and as such set the bar.
Metal in general was making it's comeback by 1980 (Priest, Scorpions, Maiden, NWOBHM, even Sabbath), but I think Blizzard was the most visible recording...
I'm hoping the conversation - debate - continues...
The real difference for me is that those guys captured the flash, but had none of the substance; take for example an 80's metal song from any number of bands, and compare it to something like "Mr. Crowley", which is expertly crafted, musically, with a number of layers. These are similar in some ways, but apples and oranges in others. Does this make sense? I know what I'm trying to say here, but im hoping it makes sense to other people, lol!