How much more proof does anyone need that Randy Rhoads was the best metal guitarist ever? I love the part in this video that Ozzy becomes a fan like everyone else 🎸
Randy Rhoads was not the "best metal guitarist ever", that young man was the absolutely very best guitar player of all time, period. He was about to bring classical music into the 80's metal scene in a way Malmsteen could have never dreamt about. The way he navigates through those unbelievable notes is something that won't ever be repeated. R. I. P. Maestro...
Randy Rhoads, a beautiful human being, the sweetest guy, and oh so young , only 25 when he was accidentally killed in an small aircraft. A very skilled guitarist and music teacher. Ozzy was devastated when Randy passed. They were like brothers RIP Randy🌹
I've listened to this song probably about 8 billion times since the early 80s and it still gives me chills hearing RR. RIP Randy, gone but absolutely never ever forgotten.
Hey Biz, another great reaction my man!! And it's really awesome to know that someone who is new to listening to these two albums, BLIZZARD OF OZZ and DIARY OF A MADMAN, can appreciate the fact that Ozzy would have never been able to follow up with a solo career if he had never met Randy. And Biz, I wanted to say thank you for keeping Randy's legacy alive. Even though he's been gone since 1982, Randy Rhoads will always be immortalized for his style and truly one of the greatest of all time. And there is a live recording of Suicide Solution with Randy, during this same After Hours Session. Hope you check it out. Appreciate you
Thnx for the Review Biz! I don't think there were too many LIVE videos recorded with Randy because of his death so early on in Ozzy' career, BUT I believe his second album has some of RR best work! 🤘😈
I saw the Blizzard tour 3 times and the Diary tour once....So I feel very fortunate seeing Randy Rhoads 4 times !!!....Masonic Temple - Detroit May 1981...London Hockey Arena - London Ontario Canada July 1981.......Pine Knob- Clarkson Michigan end of August 1981 ....And Diary- February 1982- Cobo Hall - Detroit !!!...all front row !!!
I was front center stage for one of the last show Randy played on diary of a madman tour before he passed. And there's Rudy over there one noting it....he's no Entwhistle.
In Ozzy’s book he wrote that he wasn’t happy with the way the sound was recorded for this video shoot (which had several other songs). He loved the performance the band gave, but it was recorded on VHS and at the wrong speed, the band was actually playing faster.
I got to see Ozzy with Randy Rhodes in like 84, 20ft away playing this. Randy kept looking at us and smiling when he was jamming. He could tell we were into it. What an awesome experience.
Such an epic era of Ozzy's career when he had Randy playing guitar.Randy had that Classical background that we hear on this tune especially but he played with such a Bluesy passion.
This incarnation of the band waxs phenomenal. When I was in the Navy stationef down in virginia beach I had tickets to see the band. And Randy died about a week or so before the show. They still performed, But they had Brad Gillis from night ranger on guitar. I regret that I never got to see randy live
Rudy Sarzo, the bassist and close friend of Randy and former Quiet Riot bandmate, wrote a really good book about this period of time and his experience with Ozzy Osbourne. I really recommend it for fans of Ozzy, Sarzo, or the amazing Randy Rhoades
This was shot for a TV appearance in the fall of 1981 (?) - not an actual concert... It's a rare footage of Randy Rhoads (guitar) just months before he died in 1982 in a plane crash 😪 The band here was different from the one on the albums ('Blizzard of Ozz' and 'Diary of a Madman') which were recorded w/ Bob Daisley (bass) and (the late) Lee Kerslake (drums)... both left in 1981 after a tour, and Ozzy got Rudy Sarzo (bass) who knew Randy Rhoads in his L.A. band Quiet Riot... and Tommy Aldridge (drums) who had played w/ Pat Travers and Black Oak Arkansas. After the tragic death of Randy Rhoads, Ozzy continued touring... eventually recording a concert 'Speak of the devil' in 1982 w/ Brad Gillis of Night Ranger on guitar... Rudy Sarzo left to rejoin Quiet Riot in 1983. He eventually played w/ Whitesnake, Dio, and eventually rejoined the current Quiet Riot recently (both original singer Kevin DuBrow and longtime drummer Frankie Banali have passed away). Tommy Aldridge also played in Whitesnake... he's been a prolific drummer in rock & metal. The keyboardist Don Airey joined Deep Purple in 2003, and had been a member of the band Rainbow. Randy Rhoads was only 24 when he passed away in 1982... he formed the L.A. band Quiet Riot as a teenager in the 70's w/ singer Kevin DuBrow, and they released 2 albums in Japan that sold poorly... Rhoads taught guitar to make ends meet, and he had never heard of Black Sabbath or Ozzy when he was asked to audition for Ozzy's solo band in 1980. Ozzy had been fired from Black Sabbath, and he was drinking and in bad shape at the time... he was passing out drunk during auditions, when he heard this guitar player in the room that woke him right up and got his attention, and it was Randy Rhoads... He told him he got the gig... Randy was surprised because he had barely warmed up! The next day, Ozzy mused that he had dreamed that he had hired this amazing guitar player... and he was told that he had hired a guitarist! Ozzy was rather surprised ("What have I done? I hope he's good...") ... but once he truly heard Randy Rhoads play, he was blown away... The 2 started writing songs right away, and Randy had a unique chemistry w/ Ozzy that he didn't have in Quiet Riot... It took something exceptional to get Ozzy's attention, so when Randy played something that Ozzy liked... he would go, "Yeah, let's work on that." Randy was not a Black Sabbath fan, so he brought his own sound and ideas to Ozzy's solo record... Since Ozzy was not a lyricist, they got bassist Bob Daisley to put lyrics to Ozzy's melodies and ideas... That was how 'Blizzard of Ozz' was written and recorded... but it was rejected by every record company until Epic Records gave Ozzy a shot... The band started doing shows and using what money they got, they wrote and recorded the 2nd album 'Diary of a Madman' soon after in 1980... Randy actually got better on that record... and it sounded even better than the 1st album. Initially, Ozzy was playing clubs and small venues... but as the tabloid stories about him biting doves' heads off and his drunken antics spread, his shows got bigger... his records sold millions in 1981 and he was already playing arenas that year. Ozzy was booked in the summer of '82 to play Madison Square Garden in NYC, and it was a sad moment because Randy Rhoads could not be there to play it.
Ozzy Osbourne, No.more tears Everybody wants to change the world We saw Ozzy in concert, performing both the above. Greats songs and music Zak Wylde on lead guitar for these ones. These are a few years later, after Randy passed away
If you are going to continue to do Live reactions of Ozzy, He has "live and Loud"(1991 I think) and "Live At The Budokan" (2002?) This was when Zakk Wylde was the guitarist... he idolized Randy and is one of the best guitarists. The differences between Zakk from live and loud and Budokan is hilarious. He was thin, baby faced and fit and then just jacked and bearded lol.
The second album is incredible, definitely get on that. Theres not much live from this era, unless you start isolating tracks from random live bootlegs from then.
