Aardschok 1981 HMH magazine interview with RR Rudy & Tommy
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 4:43 pm
Many thanks to Tab - Tom for sending this to me. Pat can you do some translating for us please..I'm sure this is a Dutch magazine cheers
Translation
After "Suicide Solution" (which had Ozzy going) Ozzy announced with big enthousiasm some Black Sabbath numbers as an extra. Therefore we had some Sabbath tunes like "Iron Man" and "Paranoid. After seeing this concert (the second best we saw), we talked with Randy Rhoads, Rudy Sarso and Tommy Aldridge.
Randy Rhoads, how dit you met Ozzy?
Randy Rhoads: I met Ozzy in a club in LA: Ozzy was looking for musicians for his band. We got along from start on.
You made two LP's with Quiet Riot, but the group never made it. What's the reason behind that?
Randy: We were still young when we made our own songs. I was 17 years old. The situation for hardrockbands was very bad at that time in America.
Tell us something about your new LP.
Randy: The title is "Diary of a Madman" and it will appear in June. I can assure you it is better than the first.
Bob Daisley (bass) and Lee Kerslake (drumms) are replaced. Whats the reason behind this?
Randy: It appeared that Ozzy and Bob weren't getting along after our first tour. And Ozzy wasn't very happy with Lee's input.
What happend then?
Randy: Then we needed to search for replacements. I came up with the idea of asking Rudy Sarzo. We performed together in Quiet Riot. Ozzy offered Tommy Aldridge the spot.
Rudy Sarzo: I was about to go to Angel. Randy's telephone call came just in time.
During the concert you swapped guitars regularly. Was something wrong?
Randy: Every song has a different sound, so it's necessary to swap guitars. I prefer to play on a Les Paul.
After this conversation we saw Tommy Aldridge sitting in a corner.
Why did you leave Pat Travers?
Tommy: Business.
After some pressure Aldridge burst: I didn't expect it to happen with Travers, both financially and musically. Travers was controlling everything. The real reason I left was the manager David Hemmings. Thats such an **********
Did you know he was a roadie of Ozzy? He should have stayed that! ! ! ! 'Radio active' is the worst lp Travers has ever come up with.
What did you do afterwards?
I played a blue monday with Gary Moore and recorded a lp with him. It didn't work out eventually.
What do you expect of the new lp?
Tommy: Although I didn't played on it, I expect it to ge great!
