Randy Rhoads The Tragic Death Of Ozzy Osbourne & Quiet Riot Guitarist
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Randy Rhoads: The Tragic Death
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This has been a story that’s been requested by quite a few people and it’s one of the most tragic stories in rock n’ roll. Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads would die in a horrific plane crash on March 19, 1982, The details of exactly what happened still aren’t clear to this day, but lets talk about what we do know and some of the theories over what happened that fateful day. Stay tuned for the full story.
Ozzy Osbourne has had to reinvent himself numerous times in his career. Ozzy first came onto people’s radar as the frontman for metal pioneer’s Black Sabbath but along with success came addictions and in-fighting which ultimately led to his firing in 1979.
His dismissal from Back Sabbath led Ozzy to reinvent himself as a solo artist, something which he had a tremendous amount of success with. That success wouldn’t have happened had it not been for Ozzy meeting guitarist Randy Rhodes. Ozzy’s would tell A&E “I knew instinctively that he was something extra special referring to Rhods,” “He was like a gift from God. Randy and I were like a team.” Ozzy’s wife and manager would recall how Randy gave the Prince of Darkness a much needed shot in the arm when it came to his creativity revealing As soon as he found Randy, it was like night and day,” Sharon says. “He was alive again. Randy was a breath of fresh air, funny, ambitious, just a great guy.”
Randy’s story began on December 6, 1956, in Burbank, California. The youngest of three, Randy was surrounded by musical talent as his mother and father were both music teachers. His mother founded the Musonia Music School which Rhodes and his two siblings attended. Rhodes was taught by an instructor at the school named Scott Shelly who at one point went to Randy’s mother and told her he could no longer teach her son as Rhoads’ knowledge of guitar had surpassed his own.
By the age of 16 Rhoads was teaching music at the very school which he attended and he would also start a band with longtime friend Kevin Garni and recruit singer Kevin Dubrow and drummer Drew Forsyth. They would call themselves Little Women before changing their name to Quiet Riot. Soon enough Quiet Riot became one of the hottest bands on the LA Club scene inking a deal to CBS Records. Despite the fact that the band was one of the more popular groups in LA at the time their label opted to release their first two records in japan only frustrating rhodes. According to Rhodes CBS Records thought Van Halen already was the “LA Band” and they didn’t think there should be another LA band releasing albums in the states. Also adding to problems was the detriorating relationship between the members that resulted in drunken fistfights and death threats. Frustrated, Rhoads left the band to pursue other opportunities in 1979 . The same year, Ozzy Osbourne was out of Black Sabbath and in LA attempting to form a band to support his solo career. An acquaintance of Rhoads’ from the LA club scene , future Slaughter bassist Dana Strum, got in touch with Rhoads insisting he audition. Rhoads apparently wasn’t interested but reluctantly agreed to get Strum to stop bothering him.
The day before Ozzy was set to head to England, Rhoads had his audition. The audition would take place at a studio in LA. Using a gibson les paul and a practice amp the guitarist entered the room and started to warm up. Ozzy was heavily intoxicated. According to Rhoads he never met ozzy during the audition, it was his friend Strum who came out of hte control room to tell him he got the job. Rhoads wouldn’t meet ozzy until the next day when he stopped by his hotel room in the early hours of the morning. Rhoads would look back at his audition “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'”. What’s funny is that ozzy’s management wanted his whole lineup to be british so the idea of hiring an american like Rhoads seemed out of the question. Once Ozzy’s manager Don Arden was blown away after seeing Rhoads play.
Rhoads soon enough left his mark on Ozzy’s career and the world of rock playing on the seminal records 1980’s Blizzard of Oz and 1981’s Diary of a Madman.
Readers of Guitar Player Magazine in December of 1981, voted Rhoads the "Best New Talent" while readers of Sounds Magazine voted him the "Best Heavy Metal Guitarist".J ackson Guitars even worked with him to create a signature model guitar, though he was never able to see it hit stores.
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WTF, your title made me think Ozzy had just died too.
Phil Anselmo, Down superjoint , illegals etc
How about Andrew Wood !The singer for Mother Love Bone.
I was deeply honored to have been a student of Randy. He was the most amazing, funny, brilliant, laid back guy you could ever meet. His talent was immense, as was the stupidity that day down in FL. RIP, dude.
So much potential that died too soon.
@@beatlecristian Exactly. Makes me sick. It's just so wrong that Randy is dead.
@Glasmania Who exactly is "We"? And what brought you to the conclusion that I was a pathological liar? For that matter what is it you think I'm lying about? I made one single comment about being Randy's student and you and the "Guys" choose to diagnose me as having what is actually a mental illness. You're basically calling me a sociopath. And, all because you don't believe that I took guitar lessons from a famous guy back in the '70s before he was really famous? I'm just a 60 year old guy who loves metal and doesn't try to make trouble on here. Just for fun, why don't you look me up on Google? I've done a lot more in this life than take guitar lessons from Randy Rhoads. Maybe you want to comment on the voracity of what you find there as well. When you come close to achieving what I have, then we can talk. For now, go practice to your guitar beats and shut the fuck up.
@@douglassloan6831 Doug it's you tube, anonymity (and jealousy) breeds a**holes......
@@onazram1 Thanks for that. I'm really baffled by what this guy's deal is. But you're definitely right. Anonymity is the word of the day. Appreciate you.
Randy Rhoads was not only a genius, but he was a humble, clean human being. He didn't deserve it. He was close to being away from the insanity.
True...he is/was awesome had a good set of morals..too bad someone else turned out to be a black hole and pulled Randy into it...be careful who your friends are and who you associate with to the best of your ability...Rainbow said they saw a black aura around Andrew Aycock and paid their bus driver double to stay on so they wouldnt have Aycock drive their bus.
So, it's possible Randy Rhoads saved several lives during the final moments of his own life? Dang.
yeah, it's possible
He had to have been in the cockpit struggling with the coked up crazy pilot that saw his exwife on the ground. Rhoads body , no disrespect, was found on the side of the burned garage. Don Airey saw it , possibly Aldridge or Sarzo too. Airey said he got pictures taken of it .
Definitely possible but no way to really know unless Don Airey ever releases the pics he supposedly has. It'd be pretty hard to see into a tiny beechcraft plane traveling at 150+ miles per hour with a very small window. You'd literally have one second at most to possibly see into the plane. Either way... it's a tragedy that should have never happened and Aycock.. what a fitting name... was a pos loser for taking the plane without permission, flying it without a valid license, flying it on little to no sleep, possibly coming down from a coke binge, and for killing three people...he also crashed and killed a child years earlier. Sharon probably hired him to drive cause he likely wasn't being paid much. There's so many variables and there's no way to know but had she not screwed up the Blizzard of Ozz band by getting rid of Bob and Lee...I doubt this tragedy would have happened. But unfortunately it did and we're left with very little to see of Randy until Sharon stops sitting on the hours of pro shot footage she absolutely has from the Diary tour as well as shows from the Blizzard tour. Not to mention the mountain of shows they definitely have recorded directly from the soundboard of just about every show they played.
@@fakeoldtoughguy768 not to get morbid, but Rhoads body was found inside the garage on top of one of the cars parked inside...Rachel Youngblood was found outside of the garage next to the wall....i unfortunately saw 2 post crash photos of Rhoads body that were taken at the M.E. office....all i'll say is.. it was horrible beyond belief...
@@randallrhoads3271 Everything I read said Rhoads was outside the garage. Even a news clip from the actual crash aftermath with witnesses. You saw the body pics? That as a Rhoads fan would be hesitant on wanting to see. Hard to believe. But there are people who were there .
Saw him in Knoxville, TN with Ozzy the night before he died. Still have the ticket stub.
You were blessed!!!!
Kool!!!!
Imagine Randy Rhoades, Jimi Hendrix, and Eddie Van Halen sitting around with Stevie Ray Vaughn just jamming in heaven.
You forgot about dimebag.
John Entwistle on Bass and John Bonham on drums ..
@@williambarcus8861 How about double drummers? Neil Peart! The Band did it back in the day.
With guest singers Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison and John Lennon stopping by for a song now and then.
wouldn't that just be awesome
Randy Rhoads....a brilliant guitarist who cared more about the music than living the stereotypical reckless, self-destructive lifestyle of a rockstar!
I had the honor of seeing him with Ozxy shortly before he lassed away. I knew that concert was something special just didn't know how special at the time.
Stay away from those brother... They will.kill you!
@@robogreek3157 definitely affected my texting skills!
@Qwk Fix RANDY JUDAH TALK
And to think people are MAKING foolish comments. These rock and roll 🌟's are in heaven' uh-huh better think again
I DON'T THINK SO.....!!!
OZZY is tormented by DEMONIC SPIRITS .
Better open the HOLY SCRIPTURES
it's all written. it's all there, for any one who wants to know the son of GOD and be saved from what is coming.on top of that we are in the last days.
@@randytorrez6858 Qwk Fix is telling the truth. Ozzy knows too and will take it to his grave. When you sign a contract with the Satanic Music Industry and then wish to opt-out 'prematurely' they mark you for death. Randy was a sacrifice. Don Arden, who discovered Randy (NOT Ozzy) was a part of this Satanic cult.
@@HigzyTeflon
RANDY JUDAH TALK 🎼❤️
Rip one of the coolest rock stars ever
Word
Greatest Rock guitarist of ALL time. and greatest MEtal Guitarist of all time.. period..
I remember when he came out on Ozzy’s first album. Just a perfect guitarist at the time no one could touch him!
@evil khor oh yeah!!! I was talking about that era of time Dickie!
@@darinmcnew9240 I perfer Jimi in rock but in metal yes
Randy was a legend! Just look how many years he passed away and everyone who plays guitar mentions his name! RIP Randy you died way to young!
i saw that tour - Jan. 22nd 1982 in Milwaukee - seeing Randy play that night changed my life forever - he was my greatest influence on guitar
thanks 2 sharon for waiting til after the crash to issue the warning. great work.
No kidding! But to be fair it doesn’t appear she knew the band was staying at The Calhoun Estate.
Well, wasn't he only driving for them?
Sharon didnt do anything! Wtf y'all talking about?! Greedy?! If it werent for Sharon Ozzy wouldve been dead a loonnng time ago. Ozzy has her to thank for his success. And he knows it, says it, and does it. Could you imagine being Ozzy Osbournes baby sitter?!! Shes done a fine job.
@@christymckee8133 im afraid not, she is guilty.
@@Howard0Beale guilty of what?
Rock wouldn't be the same if Randy never existed.
He was the best! I've been to his grave several times in San Bernardino Ca on the corner of highland and waterman.
@@tonypascale5317 - weirdo
Randy was a Eddie Van halen clone..
@@Pray-4-Me I loved Eddie but I think Randy was on another level. He was just beginning and his solo's are still the greatest ever. Imagine what he would of created as he matured. Just my opinion though.
@@showmetheevidence8755 My thoughts exactly. He was very young and who knows how far his talent may have developed. Even in the short time he was with us he became somewhat of a Legend. Imagine what he could have done had he lived.
So he was fighting for his life in the cockpit? So fucking terrifying and sad
IF true, he was fighting for others' lives as a plane crash on a dive would have killed him anyway.
Don Airey was there, snapped pictures, and saw the entire thing unfold. He has been tight lipped about his opinions and knowledge and will bring it to his grave. The only thing we know is there was a struggle, possibly Randy trying to help steer the airplane clear of the bus avoiding an even larger disaster. We’ll never know unless Airey relents and tells all.........
I doubt something like that could be seen. A small, fast plane like that, with a small shoulder to shoulder cockpit, with a spinning prop in front of it. On the ground, you'd be paying attention to the fact that it's so damn low and careless instead of paying attention to what's going on in the cockpit. Besides, from the outside of the aircraft, all you'd be able to see of the occupants is the tops of their shoulders and their heads. Fighting and pulling on the yoke? Under the aircraft's console, it'd be impossible to see, so I call bullshit about the story that "eyewitness" described.
I agree with you on all points. I highly doubt the contents of the cockpit could be seen, for the reasons you mention, plus if it had dark upholstery and/or the glare on the windows.
@@richardmaurer9002 Cant underestimate the upholstery.
Ozzy's best guitarist hands down. So tragic and hes one of my heroes. Gone way to soon man.
When I was a wee lad, maybe 14, going through my dad’s extensive cd collection, I found his Randy Rhodes tribute album.. I don’t know why that one of the bunch callled to me, but it did.. There will never be a cd I’ve listened to more
I remember when that CD came out, and man, that is all I played for months and months. To this day I get chills when I hear it. And that was not even meant as a recorded show to release!! Randy was so damn good.
@@beachcomber4141 let me try and clear this up...the "TRIBUTE" cd recording was actually recorded in Cleveland on May 11th 1981...what people forget is that the show was recorded for the "SOURCE ONE" radio network and was played nationwide 2 weeks later on Memorial Day...Ozzy and Randy were not really happy with the show as it was only a few weeks into the tour...then 2 and half months later, the band was recorded again in Montreal for the KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR.....now, fast forward 5 years to 1987 when the TRIBUTE cd was released..and it turned out to be the SOURCE ONE recording from CLEVELAND...for some reason, they spliced Randys spotlight solo from the KING BISCUIT MONTREAL SHOW into the Cleveland show...and most annoying of all, for the TRIBUTE release, they re-mastered the recording to make Ozzy's vocals sound better...in a few spots they even had Ozzy sing over the original recording...when they did this, it "softened" the recording, especially Randy's guitar playing...i have the entire original recording on reel tape...the sound quality is so much better than the TRIBUTE cd...esp Randy's tone...which had much more "bite and crunch:" to it...im sure the "re master" idea was Sharon's....the original is so much better.
Literally same story for me haha
** RHOADS**
It's just weird that Randy dies and then a year later his previous band releases a song that's like the first heavy metal song to break through the media
IKR
What song
@@emreakcay6386 Come on feel the noise
For the short life he lived, he accomplished so much. RIP to a guitar legend
He best of the best Randy Rhoads!!!!
Happened on my 17th birthday. I had tickets to see their upcoming concert at the Baltimore Civic Center but it was postponed. Finally saw the concert several months later with Brad Gillis as guitarist. Wasn't the same... Randy was and still is my favorite guitar player.
I strill feel sorry for Brad Gillis. People SPIT on him like it was his fault.
To my ears the best guitarist of all time it's sad EVH is gone too now
Randy just had that sound man!! To this day, I have never heard anyone with that wicked sound that Randy got out of his guitars. And yes. Cheers to EDDIE!!!! That one hit me hard.
Amen brother….Amen. To all the greats we’ve lost jam on forever…
Thanks for doing this moving tribute. 39 years later and we're still completely fascinated with Randy and clinging to whatever scraps we can find with or about him. This was a great tribute! Now if you could only get Sharon to release some of the shows she has with Randy from the Diary tour! 🙏
Randy was the textbook definition of a virtuoso, I really wish we could have seen/heard more of him, I hope he's resting easy 🙏
Sharon had nothing to do with forming that group. She showed up AFTER the formation. Once she showed up, everyone including Rhoads went from being bandmembers to sidemen on salary. It went from being a bonafide band to a solo band.
Bull shit. We talking about when it happened. Not It's "make believe". That Illegaly what Court Of Law go by. What was Sharon? A ghost not there? Maybe OZ? Yes. But who was incharge? . Bull shit dude get off drugs you doing. They both very lucky not spend serious time. Bottom line who company signed the checks? Who hired that IDIOT to start with? No way he pass a proper background check. Get off Drugs boy get off them.
Actually your wrong she has been around longer than that considering she's the daughter producer or manager
I had tickets for that Orlando show. When i got to work the night before the show i was told that randy had been killed and i walked into the bathroom and started crying. I was a grown ass man and i was balling my eyes out for someone i didn't even know. I told my friends that i didn't want to go because ozzy and randy were the only reason I was going but they talked me into going so we got off work that morning got cleaned up and made the drive from tampa to Orlando. I had the worst time of my life. I did get to see ozzy the following year when Motley crue opened for ozzy at the sun dome here in tampa. Rest in peace randy 😢😢🤘🤘
I literally had tickets to see Ozzy and the Blizzard of Oz. It was 1982 and I was only 16. Two days before the Rock Super Bowl concert in Orlando he died when the plane clipped Ozzy’s bus and then blew up into the mansion on the grounds! I wrote that while trying to listen to the video. Upon restarting the video it went into way more details then what I had previously heard. Wow I’m impressed to the fullest. Thank you for your efforts on this tragedy.
I was at the lime pots not too far from there. My husband and friends saw the plane crash into the house. We didn't know at the time who died. We had tickets for the concert in Orlando too. RIP Randy and the others.
@@vickinewby408 wow I was a kid but I still remember being completely broken up about Randy Rhodes and I still am. Man to actually have been right near there and hear the news that it was Randy must have really hurt the heart all the more. I honestly can’t remember a single thing from that concert because that’s all I had dreamed of was seeing him and Ozzy. I mean I really liked foreigner and especially the first album. Pat Travers replaced Ozzy and I don’t recall a thing he did let alone UFO or I think it was Bryan Adams. I was just too distraught! P.S. hello to a fellow Floridian!
That’s the most detailed account of the tragedy I have ever heard. What might have been....
thanks!
God only knows.
Lol, he literally read wikipedia
Goes to show Sharon Osbourne is a terrible person. The bus driver wasn't hired to fly planes, so how was it the tour manager's responsibility to make sure the dude didn't steal a plane. He might've been asleep as everyone else was when he invited Randy and Youngblood to take a ride. At any rate since he wasn't hired to fly planes how was the tour manager supposed to know about the prior crash? The guy probably felt as horrible as everyone else with the tragedy. And then making Ozzy just continue the tour without spending any time to grieve. Just horrible.
That’s Sharon for you.
right as I was telling another person Sharon is a hateful person much alike Hillary Clinton they kill
Great comment I never knew that's how it wnt down either way a tragic loss
I’m sure they all knew and would of been talking about there gonna go fly with the bloody bus driver!! Absolute bs letting that happen!!
Of course the manager should say u know what we hired this guy to drive a bus not fly planes with the band / product in it!!
Bad business and especially hearing or seeing him the first time “buzz the tour bus” I mean 4 times in a plane he wasn’t even familiar with gtfoh
I’d of punched his head in for that as the tour manager, for the first time after he landed, before he picked up randy for another 3 goes at it!!!
He needed firing absolutely!!
Like Sharon or not she did the right thing!!!
@@adammckenzie8769 dont blame sharon for what someone else did, she couldnt control him ..we all have free will..did she tel him go in that plane and crash it..your ridiculous
My favorite guitarist of all time, and a major inspiration in my life. Never would’ve picked up and instrument if it weren’t for him. R.I.P.
I was 11 years old. Just getting into Diary. Was actually LISTENING to TONIGHT on my Walkman when it came on the news. It was very sad and they really hardly mentioned it.
because it wasn't a big national event.... but you also have to consider Rhoads' life has been celebrated on rock shows more than many from that moment onward up until this very video. His impact was fittingly potent.
Still hurts. It can never be overstated how LEGENDARY this man was.
Fellow Burbank kid. Watched him practicing at the park once, my dad asked me later, who was that girl? Randy was the greatest to me.
Did he ever live in Santa Monica ?
@@philipholmes5884 not sure, that's weird though, seems to be in a memory somewhere. It was 78 or 79 when I saw him. Sure of that cause I was still into kiss and he played nothin to lose riff for me.
Wow awesome he played "Nothing to lose" for you ! What a cool guy ! I saw him...(well QR) open for Angel (remember them) in Santa Monics June '78 ! I think he may of been born in SM then moved to Burbank ! Great story thanks !
@@philipholmes5884 that's exactly it! Yes. Man so cal was amazing back then wasn't it? We would take the bus from Burbank to Santa Monica beach every morning in the summer. Wackos on the bus were better than most tv shows. God bless em.
Awesome ! We took it from Woodland Hills dubbed "The beach bus" and you could either go to Zuma or Santa Monica...we did the SM one time & it was definately a funner trip filled with kooks !
Rip randy my favorite guitarist who made me pick up a guitar
The place where Randy died is literally less than 10 minutes from where I live, and my mom knew the son of the dad who owned the house he died at. Crazy.
My first concert was Ozzy on 3/18/82 here in Knoxville TN I remember it like it was yesterday Watching Randy play live was UNBELIEVABLE I'll never forget it...People forget how ABSOLUTELY AMAZING HE WAS HE WAS AND IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GUITARISTS EVER..
Randy was a pure soul from what I've gathered. He was taken from this world much to soon. Rip Randy and Rachel.
I was at that Knoxville show. Such sad news later. Randy was a guitar god
My older brother got me into RR.
I grew up on those albums in the 80s.
I remember seeing him with Ozzy at the Glasgow Apollo. I think it was the very first gig of Ozzy's first solo tour. Randy did this incredible solo piece. When he stopped there was complete silence because the audience was so stunned. Then we all just erupted. Incredible moment.
A treasured memory of legendary times. I’m fascinated by the Apollo although it was demolished when I was in my mid teens so I never got see the place.
@@wattage2007 Yeah, It was legendary. It was a converted cinema. Three tiers; stalls, circle and upper circle. Incredible atmosphere. My favourite memory was AC/DC. Bon Scott walked into the crowd with Angus on his shoulders. They passed a few feet from me.
I still have the newspaper article from the day after this happened. It’s tucked away in my “Flying High Again” 45 sleeve. Rest In Peace Randy.
I didnt know about the possibility that roads averted the crash on the pilots wife. What a hero..
RIP randy Roads he was a brilliant guitarist that ever lived.
RHOADS
@@georgecarrasco3890 I fixed it.
I sometimes think what would music today be like if none of the greats passed.
@@jamesmoss3424 no you didnt
*the most brilliant
It’s Kelly Garni, not Kevin, as one of the founding members of Quiet Riot. Randy was ahead of his time and had influenced thousands of up and coming guitarist. What a loss!!!!
he was a music teacher also
Randy Rhoads was a true guitarist. If you watch the interview again you can see his fingers still playing while answering questions. Pure musician. RIP GUITAR GOD!!!!
all time A leaguer ruclips.net/video/-NrqQioZlvk/видео.html
I'm a private pilot. In March 1982 my wife and I were driving through Titusville, FL on our way to Cocoa Beach for our annual vacation when I noticed an aircraft doing some very questionable maneuvers. I vividly remember turning to her and saying. "If that guy keeps turning that tight at low altitude, he's gonna be in big trouble."...When we arrived at our hotel I turned on the radio and found out that was exactly what happened...
Wow!
wow thanks for sharing!
I was lucky to see Randy Rhoads in Chicago shortly before he died. I saw Black Sabbath just weeks before Ozzy's Diary of a Madman tour.
He is still the unsurpassed master of rock and metal guitar.
Randy Rhoads really seemed like such a nice guy. It's like he was too good to not be a part of a dangerous life, being in a rock band. So sad for Ozzy to pick himself up after being dumped by Black Sabbath, to then only two years later, being unable to stop the death of your new best friend.
Saw Randy June 27th 1978 in Santa Monica...QR opened for Angel...and he played a white LP custom and had his own cheering section...didn't know who they were but i did hear "Slick black cadillac" on KROQ who would play unknown & local bands who weren't famous ...
Very humble and unassuming guy. I'm surprised he managed to put up with Sharon as long as he did.
I had the privilege of seeing his last show in Knoxville Tn, truly sad one so talented had his life cut short !!!!!
The "Tragic Death Of Ozzy Osbourne" part of the title gave me a little heart attack, thanks
The picture of Tommy Aldridge was hilarious for some reason. He looks like they grabbed him from a bus stop on the way to that photo shoot
Randi Rhoads! The greatest heavy metal hard rock 'n' roll electric lead guitarist of all time! 🤘😎🖤
Rest In Peace. 🎸🎵🎶
so Sharon gets mad when she finds out that the bus driver/pilot had already killed one person in a crash yet she lets the guy drive their tour bus with all of the band inside?
kid was so good and so damn humble.
Sharon is one of the most toxic characters in rock n roll.
Randy died because of Sharon
One of the worst most greedy pos walking the earth
Crook. Just like her thief dad
Definitely man. I think her and rita haney are fucking terrible. Both have profited off of tragedy big time.
SHARON!!!!!!!!!
I never heard the story of randy Rhodes and the pilot struggling before the plane crashed very interesting
Likewise, I remember when this happened and the many many accounts of what happened and I hadn't ever heard of an eyewitness saying he saw Rhoads and the pilot struggling in the cockpit.
I hadn't either. That made my stomach turn as I would rather think it happened quickly and unexpectedly. But the thought of Randy saving people would seem to fit his character.
@@beachcomber4141 it sounds like there was a confrontation of some kind before the crash
@@jeffmejia111 if there was some kind of fight before the crash that changes a lot
@@davidbrothers2765 I'm just wondering when this 'new' revelation came out. This accident was almost 40 years ago. Many articles wrote about how Rhodes was on board taking pictures. I never read of anyone being by the bus while it was being buzzed. I remember Ozzy being interviewed and being so wasted that he never once heard the bus being buzzed. Now, the eyewitness saw Rhodes fighting with the pilot? He saw all this clearly? Great heroic detail but I gotta dismiss it. This was covered in depth back in the 80's and IF any of this happened it would have come out THEN NOT 40 years later.
As it was reported a few times over as what the eyewitness said back then; the pilot clipped one of the wings on the bus as he buzzed it and lost control. He wasn't on any kamikaze mission and Rhodes wasn't fighting with the pilot like the passengers on the doomed Flight 93 on 9/11. If this were true it would have been all over the news BACK THEN making Rhodes not only a victim but a hero as well.
Greatest metal guitarist of all time, imo.
Very tragic but his music will live on forever
One other detail -- I live in North Florida and a friend of mine from high school went to the show that Ozzy and the band were supposed to play, Rock Superbowl 14 at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, on Saturday, March 20. My friend said many people in the audience, himself included, learned about Randy's death while they were at the show, not before. He called me on the phone the next day and told me about it. He was still pretty broken up, and this was someone who was emotionally tough.
Lemme digress for a moment -- At multi-band stadium shows in the late '70s, it was common for a local rock 'n' roll radio station to promote the show ahead of time, and then have a nominal presence at the show itself, by having one of their DJs act as an MC for the first couple of hours the doors are open and the audience is arriving. They'd play recorded music through the stage PA, plug the radio station, make announcements and maybe introduce a local bar band that'd play around noon, before the touring bands started playing. I think this was the case at the Rock Superbowl 14.
My friend said that someone (I'm assuming it was a DJ) came out onstage early in the day and explained that Ozzy wouldn't be playing that evening, because there'd been a plane crash and Randy Rhoads had been killed. (At least the dude had the details correct.) My friend said it was emotionally shattering to him, and so far as he could tell, many other people in the crowd had the same reaction. Like having the wind knocked out of you, he said. And the whole rest of the show had a heavy, awful emotional vibe running through it, something people couldn't really get away from. Props to the audience for behaving itself, though -- so far as I know, there wasn't any kind of vandalism or other misbehavior.
Strong contender for Worst. Concert. Ever.
You are still missed every day Randy... R.I.P.
40 years ago today:
March 19, 1982 - March 19, 2022
Thank you! I actually learned a lot here that I never before knew about the whole Randy Rhodes story. I can only speak for myself, but it seems that with every new account that I hear about the tragic end, I get so emotional about it! It's just so sad to me when such a beautiful soul, like Randy is taken from this world so abruptly. Especially when it isn't due to alcohol, drugs or any other type of self imposed recklessness.
Ozzy being dyslexic said that the book was called am I Ozzy
Oh shut up Neil and get the tea
@@-roejogan- Neil,. are the lentils South African?! Neil....what are you doing, Neil?
To make a meal, Neil? Huh. Surreal! From totalitarian vegetables, how much does it cost, Neil?
We're on different buses, pollution, but we're both using... petrol!
Hahaha
That story doesn't get any easier to listen to. Great job man. You're doing some great work here. 👍
RIP Randy Rhoads, 40 years ago today, so many great childhood memories! X
This still bothers me...
Weird how many people die young in that line of business, right?
@@sloppycabi Yea like why
@@sloppycabi Well...mostly young guys making bad decisions.or asked to do something risky... it happens far to often.
@stahodat Yes!
@@tonypascale5317 buy me pizza
Randy Rhoades was a Awsome Guitarist .RIP.
Randy and dime are my inspiration's to even learn to play guitar. I wish they were still here with us. :/
Yeah me too and the way dime died was awful also to be shot on stage like that so tragic
I never heard the part about Randy and the pilot having a struggle just before the crash. Thanks again for another excellent video
you never heard that part because it never happened....
Rudy the basist also said the same thing in his book,.The pilot wanted to kill his ex. she was standing next to the bus.Randy took the stick and avoided Ozzies tour bus..
Even though I'm really young, I'm still a huge metal fan (b/c of my parents), and I'm such a huge Randy fan. I love him so much, and I can't believe how tragic his death was.
Exactly! It was Don Arden who discovered Randy Rhoads and NOT Ozzy Osbourne. I cringe every time I hear someone say it was Ozzy who discovered Randy and "hired him on the spot." Love you, Randy! You are a hero in more ways than one. Fly free.
It was Dana strum who introduced ozzu to randy
Let's just say someone discovered Randy for Ozzy .
R.I.P. Randy and Rachel. We lost Lee Kerslake this year and Bernie Torme passed on March 17, 2019 which is 2 days short of the 37 year anniversary of Rhoads' death.
RNRTS You do such an amazing job on these.. thank you!
Some say he died by accident
Some say he died because he
wanted out of Ozzy's group....
Either way, we lost the best RIP
My husband and I were at the lime pits near the place he died. We heard the crash, didn't know who had died until it was on the news. I grew up in Leesburg.
Total sadness and still heartbreaking to this day 😔
Indeed. One of the most haunting tragedies in Rock and Roll history. To think what might have been........
Thanks for this
Randy is the one I think about most often, just wondering what he would have accomplished and released if he hadn't died. With the amount of talent in that man, I really feel he would be placed the same pedestal as EVH if he had survived.
He was already well beyond EVH. He used a bit of the "flash" that gained EVH popularity but hated the fact that he was made to feel as if he had to do so. Randy was, by far, a much better overall musician.
hes already on that same pedestal
@@haydenkayne not on the societal level that EVH is. Not a lot of non guitar players know who Randy Rhodes was.
I am right there with you. Randy was already a unique style and no one sounded like him and there are aspects of his playing that were light years ahead of anyone (not to take anything away from Eddie!) at the time. It still haunts me to think what might have been had he not gotten on that damn plane. Those two Ozzy records and Tribute would be a proud lifetime achievement for any guitar player, but Randy was JUST getting started.
@@tony69em
RANDY JUDAH TALK 🎼❤️
“Ozzy was heavily intoxicated that day”
😂 THAT day?
Hearing this tragedy allover again takes me back when I was 10 years old and seeing the story on "Good Morning, America!" If only Randy and the hairdresser could've thought about their decision back then.
Same. I was a kid (15), too when I heard the news. I couldn't believe it. Randy was so young. 😢
This is the best explanation of what happend to rhandy I've ever heard rest in peace you legend
He mainly wanted to leave Ozzy cause he wasn't about the rock star life and wanted to pursue and receive his masters in guitar and wanted focus on teaching
Actually his plans were just to leave rock for a couple of years to get a degree in Classical Guitar in UCLA
@@TheNewBerser Ozzy and his mother used the exacts words in interviews, he didn't want to be a rock star anymore
right he liked being on stage and playing but he had had enough of the road experience and just wanted to go back home do his thing
What a sweet, sweet soul he was.
The pilot was trying to crash the plane directly onto the bus as a fuck you to his wife. Randy was able wrest the stick just enough to miss the bus but the wing clipped the bus window and crashed. That guy was trying to kill everybody on the bus including his ex who was standing near it. Randy saved many lives that day. Sadly his own life had to be sacrificed to save all the others.
Sadly
We all know he was a guitar hero but his heroism far outstretches just his ability with a guitar. Oz. Sharon. Rudy. Don. Pete (Randys gtr tech.)... All would have perished if not for Randys heroism and bravery cuz Randy was a little guy but he has the heart of a lion.
Lol. Evidence?
@@ruok3351 oh that's cute, you think i actually care what you believe, cuz i don't. Not at all. I have eternity to gloat.
@@Rand_al_Thor372 I’m asking you if you have evidence to back up your little essay, idiot. lmao
I was 3 row away from Randy Rhoads in the show in Knoxville TN and the next day I was at high school hung over and heard the new of his passing away.
So effectively, Ozzy and Sharon placed their whole entire group in danger and when Randy died neither of them accepted any responsibility. Thought I disliked Ozzy before, now I really don't like him. Poor Randy, he was such a talent wasted on Ozzy's horrible little camp of stupid. Ozzy robbed the public of a great artist only to be stuck with his mediocre screaming metal group that did not deserve such an exquisite talent to be working with him.
Ozzy and Sharon are horrible people.
Great episode. One of your best episodes too.
I agree.
thanks!
Thank you very much for the details you put into this. I've been a Rhoads disciple since 87 and never heard most the stuff about the pilot.
It's strange how a couple of big bands seem to have a few deaths in the beginning or at the start of a new chapter. Blood sacrifices
Ozzy should have gotten sober after the crash to honor Rhodes.
More than that..he should have released all the pro shot footage they have with Randy on the Diary tour instead of sitting on it for freakin 39 years now. That's part of why I lost all respect for Ozz. They haven't done shit to honor him in the way he more than deserves.
Drugs make you do unforgivable shit..trust me when he sobered up that shit fuckin hit him like a brick...he prolly stayed on drugs to numb all that shit
@@mbass718 Then you don't really understand loss and just shows how you selfish you really are. When you lose someone that close to you then that last thing you want to do is see the person.
@@mbass718 wasn't ozzy's fault the tapes weren't released. It was Sharon
@@somerandomarmydude I understand loss very well. You have no idea. I also understand doing the right thing by someone who deserves it more than any musician. He's played the Randy songs for years so that argument about not wanting to be close doesn't really hold water. Sorry. But it's about greed and not honoring the one guy who put Ozz back out there.
Randy is one of my biggest inspirations. I never knew that there is a possibility he saved someone’s life by confronting the pilot.
The Rhodes style V is my favorite guitar shape of all time.
,**RHOADS**
🤘Wall of sound🤘
His invention...
I remember when I heard about the plane crash, I was heartbroken!
His work is just as relevant today as when it was released!
RIP RANDY!
I thought Phil Spector came up with the Wall of Sound unless it’s a different Wall of Sound 🤷🏽♂️
@@eyeheartsushi2212 fuck that guy
Holy shit...I didn't know all that... Interesting story. What a tragedy...and a shame. RIP Randy.
EDIT: Thanks for posting this. Never knew how he died-just that he died in a plane crash. Great job, RnRTS.
Randy was one of the reasons I love Jackson guitars...
I visited Flying Baron Estates in 2002 and actually got to talk to someone who was there the day it happened. Very interesting day.
you always manage to find at least one detail I wasn't previously aware of. Well done man!
Everybody in all sorts of rock scenes were sorry to hear about this. Even the punks. They won't admit it though.
Randy is in my top 3 favorite guitarist of all time. He's like a white version of Prince. They were both sweet guys and both small in stature and most of all amazing musicians. That band Jesus has with him upstairs is a band like no other.RIP to them all.
Blessed we are to have known the guitarist RANDY RHOADES aside from his undeniable talent we learn thru the internet how he still made tapes to send back home to his students,didn't do drugs,loved his mother DELORES RANDY will always be a true class act
This story breaks my heart every time i hear it