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Randy Rhoads
Randall William "Randy" Rhoads (December 6, – March 19, ) was an Americanheavy metalguitarist. He was best known for performing with Ozzy Osbourne and the band Quiet Riot.
Randy rhoads biography Elvis Presley. Archived from the original on June 29, Retrieved September 28, Osbourne, who was very drunk, said of the audition "He played this fucking solo and I'm like, am I that fucking stoned or am I hallucinating or what the fuck is this?!Career
[change | change source]Rhoads first formed a band with Kelly Garni called Little Women. Kevin DuBrow was recruited into the band and they changed their name to Quiet Riot. The band became popular by playing in clubs in Los Angeles. By late they were signed to CBS/Sony Records.
Dana Strum contacted Rhoads to see if he was wanted to audition for Ozzy Osbourne's new band.
He asked his mother if he should join Osbourne's band since he was still in Quiet Riot. She asked him if he would accept "an offer like this one" and Rhodes replied "Of course!"[1]
He went to audition in Osbourne's hotel room in Los Angeles with his guitar and a practice amplifier. As he started getting ready he was given the job.
Osbourne was very drunk, and had fallen asleep during the audition.
Randy roads biography In the plane were year-old Rhoads, year-old pilot Andrew Aycock and year-old hairdresser Rachel Youngblood. Rolling Stone. June 1, It all seemed so innocent.Rhoads remembered later, "I just tuned up and did some riffs, and he said, 'You've got the gig'; I had the weirdest feeling, because I thought, 'You didn't even hear me yet'".[2]
Rhoads flew to England on the November 27, He stayed with Osbourne, his wife at the time Thelma, and their two children.
After a short while, Lee Kerslake joined the band, which was at the time called The Blizzard of Ozz.[3] The band recorded their debut album Blizzard of Ozz which was released on September 20, and became a success. Diary of a Madman, their second studio album, was recorded between February and March It was released on November 7,
Death
[change | change source]Rhoads died on March 19, He was touring with his band at the time.
While driving in their tour bus, the band stopped in Leesburg, Florida, to fix the bus' air conditioner.
Randy rhoads biography book Discography [ edit ]. Keyboardist Don Airey was the only member of the band to witness the crash, because the rest were asleep in the bus. Soon they were taking the fun on the road. Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake, who had recorded Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman with Rhoads and had been recently fired from Osbourne's band, were together in Houston , Texas , with Uriah Heep later that day when they got word of the accident.Osbourne stayed asleep because he had been drinking heavily earlier in the evening.[4] While stopped, their driver Andrew Aycock noticed an airstrip with small helicopters and planes. Aycock had previously worked as a commercial pilot. He decided to take a small Beechcraft F35 plane registered to a man named Mike Partin.
He took it without Partin's permission.[5] He took keyboardistDon Airey and tour manager Jake Duncan for a flight.[4] He took Rhoads and makeup artist Rachel Youngblood on for the second flight. Aycock tried to fly the plane very low over their tour bus, where the other band members were sleeping.
Randy roads radio show Retrieved May 27, Kerslake recalled the moment he heard the news:. Randy was mesmerized. I had my camera and was taking photos of the plane to give to Randy afterwards.He made two close passes but caused an accident on the third one.[6] One of the plane's wings had clipped the top of the tour bus. This broke the wing into two parts and sent the plane spiraling out of control.[7] Both Rhoads and Youngblood were thrown out of the plane's windshield by the initial impact.[4] While traveling at about miles per hour (&#;km/h), the plane crashed into a nearby garage.[8] All three passengers were killed instantly.
They were burned beyond recognition from the fire of the plane. The only person to witness the accident was keyboardist Don Airey.[8]
Awards
[change | change source]- He was voted "Best New Talent" by the readers of Guitar Player magazine in December [9]
- He was voted "Best Heavy Metal Guitarist" by the readers of Sounds magazine in December
- He placed #85 on Rolling Stone magazine's Greatest Guitarists.[10]
- He placed #4 on Guitar World magazine's Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists.[11]
- The songs "Crazy Train" and "Mr.
Crowley" are placed #9 and #28 respectively on Guitar World's Greatest Guitar Solos readers' poll.[12]
- He was named one of the fastest guitar players in Guitar World's 50 Fastest Guitarists list.[13]
- The song "Crazy Train" was placed #51 in Rolling Stone's " Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" list.[14]