About randy

[randy_82]

When Ozzy Osbourne made his break from Black Sabbath at the start of this decade, the prevailing thought at the time was that he would fade out of the picture and that Black Sabbath would rise from the ashes and put some more power into their machine. Not very many people gave Ozzy Osbourne a chance to surpass Black Sabbath as a potent force on the metal scene. The one variable that set up the whole Ozzy Osbourne superstar structure was the guitar playing of Randy Rhoads. There had been talk of Ozzy teaming up with other name guitar players at the time in an attempt to form a ‘supergroup’. Instead he took advice from his soon to be wife Sharon Arden and came out to Los Angeles to inspect a crop of guitar players, hoping to find a diamond in the rough. After several pale imitations of Tony Iommi, including one player who went to the extreme wearing plastic tips on his fretting hand ala Tony. Ozzy was about to give up. He had sat through seemingly endless auditions and retired to a hotel room with a half-fried brain. Literally, a day before Ozzy was scheduled to return to England he received a call from a talent scout who insisted he listen to one more player saying, "you have to listen to this guy, you’re insane not to". Randy Rhoads walked into Ozzy’s hotel room at almost four o’clock in the morning with a small amp and just started playing. The first words out of Ozzy’s mouth were "you want a gig man?" Randy hadn’t been a part of the Rainbow scene. He had spent his time practicing and teaching guitar to a new generation of guitar players that he touched forever. He had recorded the first two Quiet Riot albums and a rare 7" single that were only released in Japan but to most everyone outside the LA scene he was still an unknown. Ozzy took Randy to England where they started putting together the first two albums, "Blizzard of Ozz" and "Diary of a Madman". [color=brown][/color][/b]

[Trigger]

Thanks for that info r82, do you have any others to post?

[randyrhoadsfan1]

very cool,welcome here dude.