John Stix interview Audio

[Paul Wolfe]

So Lick Library's most recent iGuitar magazine is out... it's an EVH special which, of course, also has an interview with Randy Rhoads. The magazine can be found here and there is audio of the interview for those who've not hear it before.

[fortress]

Yeah they said its a lost interview... I'm reading it right now to see if we had seen this before

[fortress]

ok we already seen this

[stress2stress2]

Forgive me if this has been discussed...

Although I have read the complete text in many places over the years, this is the first time I have heard this audio. I know that there have been previous audio sections floating around on the net, but not the whole thing.

Can someone point me to where I can snag the ENTIRE Stix interview audio?

Very cool to hear this.

THX

[stealaway]

Never heard the entire interview, only short clips... It makes me wonder why Randy still refers his Gibson Les Paul being 1964, since John Thomas of Budgie told him it´s in fact 1972...and guess that would have been during UK-tour 1980... and this John Stix-interview took place in august of 1981, Nassau Coliseum...if I remember correctly. Not that it really matters, just been wondering that...

[stress2stress2]

This audio appears to be somewhat fresh as I have not heard it before. Maybe one of the mods can snag it and put it here with the rest of the Stixx audio we have heard.

Also, maybe it's time to ask John Stix why the entire audio isn't available.

[Paul Wolfe]

ok we already seen this

For the record, we've seen all the interviews Randy gave. The 'lost' part is for the average guitar fan, not for rabid RR fans as we discussed last month when part one was put in the LL magazine.

The cool part here is the audio, which I did mention is for those who've not already heard it.



Oh, and Randy's Les Paul is a '74, is it not?

[RRFan4Ever]

All the talk about solo material, collaborating with others, his drive to challenge and better himself- along with the fact that he was super humble makes it diificult to think about his aspirations and how much everyone lost when he died:( I don't think he was anywhere near his "peak", that's probably the hardest thing to accept about his demise. I think that Scratch said it best when he said:

Randy simply wasn't around long enough for us to guage his true level of ability. He did enough to make us realize that this was a possible "musical genius" and that makes it all the harder to accept his loss... after Buddy Holly, probably the greatest loss of music we have ever experiencd because we can never know what could have been.

[stealaway]

Yes, Randy´s Les Paul is actually 1974...my mistake!

[distortionplus]

I was a little stuned at these statements "Do you cringe a little because it's not original enough", The guitar playing seems a bit rushed on Diary" Diary sounded more intricate than BOO and different enough from BOO to sound original/fresh to me. The playing on Diary was to me stellar. Might have been a rushed album, but wow what would we have gotten if it had not been. JS obviously does not know "Shit from Shinola"! Or at least at the time he didn't. Non guitar players should not interview guitar gods!

[Shockwave]

Very nice audio interview, never heard it before. Very clear, and Randy seems very comfortable with himself here.

[Stiltzkin]

Yes, Randy´s Les Paul is actually 1974...my mistake!

funny thing, when Peter Margolis examined that guitar in the early, promising days
of the documentary, he actually said the serial number said it was a 1975, so
thats option number 4

[Paul Wolfe]

I remember Pete saying that... of course Gibson would know since they made it AND they made a copy of it to overcharge us with... '74 makes sense based on when it was purchased.

[RRFan4Ever]

"Shit from Shinola"!

Once I found the shinola- everything made sense to me in a way that I hadn't known before, anyone else stumble upon this life changing element?

You're right tho, it would be helpful if those asking questions knew what the hell they were talking about. It would be like me trying to make a declaration to Sir Brian May about astrophysics- something I have NO business doing. (did I write his name and title correctly?)

LOL Anyway, he did admit that he was awestruck and had issues not trying to sound like an idiot- which he kinda did anyway imo. It's too bad that only hindsite is 20/20- I bet that almost anyone that had taken photos or interviewed Randy feels that way- I'm sure that Mr Stix feels that way.

[stress2stress2]

Say what you will about Stix and his approach to the interview, but let's not lose sight of the fact that this is the only known audio interview where Randy is given the chance to expand on quite a broad number of topics in great detail. IMO, Stix approaches him with quite a bit of respect given the fact that Randy is a relative unknown and playing with the trainwreck that was Ozzy. If this was Aug '81, then Diary didn't hit the US streets yet. Randy had only one well-known record under his belt at this time (relax, I know that Diary was in the can).

As flawed as John's interviewing is, I was always surprised that Randy was taken as seriously as he was at the time and Stix seems to set that bar pretty high while covering a vast amount of territory. Thankfully, he did, since very few ever had the chance to pick Randy's brain because he left us so soon.

Just my two cents, but I'm damned grateful for Stix's interview. Don't get me started on the how it shocks me that so many bitch about quality of audio boots, lack of video, certain photos, or even the seminar quality. Sheesh, girls, it's a f'ing miracle that we have what we do.

God bless those who were sober enough to document anything of RR so that all of us can now enjoy his work and help keep his legacy alive. I speak from exoperience when I say that it took gargantuan balls to sneak a camera or recorder, not to mention a f'ing film or video camera, into an 80's concert. As far as I'm concerned, those people need to be knighted. The recent Palladium footage (amount and quality) staggers me when I think about it. Just downright amazing that it even exists.

Every day is a good day to be a Randy fan and I appreciate the robust back and forth that goes on here. It's necessary fuel for the cause that we all share. Hoping for more doesn't have to mean that we are pissy about what we have.

OK, I'm down off my soapbox for now