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Post by Monsters of Rock on May 26, 2021 21:19:49 GMT 10
 Randy Rhoads was building an impressive resume when his life was cut short in a plane crash. But the Ozzy Osbourne / Quiet Riot guitarist yielded enough signature licks with his neoclassical style that he's still considered one of the all-time greats despite his shortened career. Loudwire |
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Jun 5, 2021 19:41:53 GMT 10
Randy Rhoads' career was far too short – he died in a plane accident in 1982, at the age of 25 – but his precise, architectural, hyperspeed solos on Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" helped set the template for metal-guitar soloing for years to follow. "I practiced eight hours a day because of him," Tom Morello has said, calling Rhoads "the greatest hard-rock/heavy-metal guitar player of all time." Rhoads had co-founded Quiet Riot as a teenager, and joined Ozzy's Blizzard of Ozz band in 1979 after a few years of working as a guitar teacher; according to legend, Rhoads would continue to take guitar lessons himself in different cities when he was on tour with Ozzy. By the time he recorded his final album, Ozzy's Diary of a Madman, Rhoads was getting deeper into classical music, and even exploring jazz. He "was reaching deep into himself as a guitar player," Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe said. "That was really the next step right there."
Key Tracks: "Crazy Train," "Mr. Crowley," "Diary of a Madman"
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Post by Monsters of Rock on Oct 30, 2022 17:13:19 GMT 10
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