Ultimate Rhoads

Back to discussion on the third album then.....

What is there to discuss?

Awesome.

Very cool. Thx!

Don thought Rhoads overplayed ?and this was in Sharon`s book, hmm . When you look at the bands from the us/europe in 80s after Diary of a Madman for example i think you could say almost any of them had massive self indulgent guitar wank included on their records. It was Don`s opinion but i really t...

Yes, at Don's request, Machat arranged a distribution deal in the US for BOO and DOAM, and he's said that he didn't want to get involved with the lawyers of the other THREE band members so focused on Ozzy, but the band remained signed to Jet, and Don Arden remained their manager. Without sounding a...

Crickets...

Ozzy knows that the original band was irreplaceable and he and $haron fucked it up, it's all excuses. The interview with Steve Machat (refer to the derailed 'It Is Complicated' thread) doesn't really jive with Bob's comments (quoted) that it was Sharon and Ozzy that f****ed it all up. It was much m...

Thanks for posting, Idol.

It is an insightful interview.
I take it that Machat's CBS negotiations both delayed and ultimately undermined Bob and Lee's contracts ever getting signed.

Anyone know when, specifically, Ozzy signed with CBS for North America?
The dove-biting meeting was 'after' he had signed on. Correct?

Thanks for posting.
Very informative.

Did Randy supply the neck for his guitar?

Considering that Sharon Osbourne has been cast as the person who fucked it all up, it is interesting to find out who was really 'pulling the strings' on the business side. Much debate about this very topic.... here, a couple seasons ago. Back then, I suggested that Don Arden had a larger role in all...

Ok, now you folks have made Cred sad because the topic has been derailed... Here is a topic, devoid of objectivity, offering some real insight into questions asked here... a zillion times. Go nuts. Thrash it. Ever wonder why there only about 12 people left here? whoopiecat.... pound sand. Hopefully...

I THOUGHT it would be an interesting topic....
Never mind.

Agreed. The dove incident, as described by Machat, is not exactly true. What I find most interesting about the interview is Don Arden's role in all of this. The Sabbath/Warner Brothers connection - with the firing of Ozzy and hiring of Dio, etc. This is before they started assembling the Blizzard. C...