Ultimate Rhoads

would anyone be so kind to name some of the bands/artists that influenced Randy Rhoads as a guitarist. Who did he listen to?

thanks

mick ronson, gary moore, leslie west, boston..to name a few.

I heard that he was a big Michael Schenker admirer plus one of Randy's first concerts he went to was Alice Cooper which i'm sure would of been a concert to be at..

jeff beck

i've also heard he liked elvis when he was younger

rice_pudding wrote:jeff beck

i've also heard he liked elvis when he was younger

i never heard about Jeff Beck though.

i do find a little similarity between Randy and Brian May

Stiltzkin wrote:

rice_pudding wrote:jeff beck

i've also heard he liked elvis when he was younger

i never heard about Jeff Beck though.

i do find a little similarity between Randy and Brian May

you too!

Yes very much

yeah, I remember reading an interview with Brian May once [ sometime in the 80's] and he said that Randy called him up one time and asked him what he done to keep his playing fresh & new. I really can't remember his responce but i've always remembered that interview because he said Randy had called him. Also believe he said it was after they finished recording "Diary of a Madman".

ken01fan wrote:yeah, I remember reading an interview with Brian May once [ sometime in the 80's] and he said that Randy called him up one time and asked him what he done to keep his playing fresh & new. I really can't remember his responce but i've always remembered that interview because he said Randy had called him. Also believe he said it was after they finished recording "Diary of a Madman".

well I'll be damned

I still have it somewhere because I kept all the guitar mags. that I ever bought! But as you can imagine by now it would be like finding a needle in a hay stack! Although this has sparked my curiosity about what all he said , I'll try and find it and if I do I'll post everything that was said.

Glen Buxton (guitarplayer with Alice Cooper and one of Randy's earliest serious influence)

Stiltzkin wrote:

rice_pudding wrote:jeff beck

i've also heard he liked elvis when he was younger

i never heard about Jeff Beck though.

i do find a little similarity between Randy and Brian May

randy refered to jeff as one of the guitarists he liked in an interview once. If i remember correctly he said he liked jeff's phrasing.

I may be mistaken, but I thought I read somewhere that Randy admired Leslie West of Mountain.

Zakk Daniels wrote:I may be mistaken, but I thought I read somewhere that Randy admired Leslie West of Mountain.

Yeah I heard that too, and something on the Ozzy Osbourne Prince of Darkness Boxset or on Ozzy Under Cover notes he says something about Randy insisting to Ozzy to listen to Mountian.

Simon

Ozzy must have finally listened to them, because he did a remake of " Missisippi Queen"!!!

Ozzy must have finally listened to them, because he did a remake of " Missisippi Queen"!!!