Say what you will OZZY OSBOURNE has a lot of heart underneath the rock star facade. That OZZY/RHOADS/ DAISLEY/KERSLAKE lineup was brilliant and exciting back in 80-82 And OZZY era SABBATH. remains my all time favorite rock band. A big part of my life in so many ways.
20:41 I love his imitation of Randy. From what I can tell from the few voice recordings I’ve heard of him, Ozzy really does a fine impression of Randy. It’s obvious...Ozzy loved Randy with all of his heart.
yah ozzy loved him ,he didnt want to have any bad influences around on the diary of madman tour ,but it was ok for there bus driver to do coke 24 7,and randys mom had to sue ozzy fr randys royalties for the songs he wrote on blizzard and diary of a madman
@@davidjones-ft1fr Sharon is a shark. I would put the royalties on her. She's had tracks re-recorded to keep from paying Jake E. Lee & other musicians. Personally, I think she killed part of the mythos surrounding Ozzy when they did the show on MTV, then further with that horrible daytime talk show she was on
@@davidjones-ft1fr Ozzy still uses Randy as a cash cow to this day. Just like he does with Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, Jake E Lee, and most other musicians he's worked with. Sharon Osbourne organized the OZZ fest and sold it as an altrustic gig that all musicians did for free while sharon and Ozzy pocketed all the cash! The Osbournes are despised in the music industry, and rightly so! They are parasites!
Great interview. First time hearing this one. I've been playing guitar regularly for about 31 years and Randy was a big influence on my decision to learn to play. His music still blows my mind. His solos tell a story some sad enough to make you cry and others that are uplifting. They run the gamut of emotions. I am blessed to be able to listen to him damn near anytime I like. What a gift.
Stolen is a bit harsh. Legally nothing was stolen. It was an old composition that thousands of guitarists learn. Yeah the main part of the song is basically the same but they added the rest.
@@scottashe984 Dude, Brouwer wrote that set of etudes in 1972. That literally is 8 years before it was used in Madman. It’s not like he took a Sor etude from 1830.
he didn't steal it he used it at a tribute to leo. That was Randy's favorite classical guitarist. The intro was take from leo but the verse and fields and solo was all Randy. Anybody who dove deep in to classical learn Leos stuff. To me I would of never heard of Leo and Randy showed everybody a Great classical guitarist and found a way to expose how great Leo was.
Randy Rhodes was one of the top guitarists of all time. He was a "Artist" at playing and he took his playing very serious. WHAT A LOSS TO LOSE HIM TO A PLANE CRASH. HE WAS SO YOUNG AND REALLY MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF! R.I.P. R.R.
I dont listen to many interviews with Ozzy , but this is a good one. He makes a lot of sense . Ozzy and alot of guys are very smart and most of the time rockers dont get credit for that and is A big part in why they are sucessful.
And when I go to Ozzy with my Jackson polka dot V and wanted him to sign it,he had no idea about the guitar and why I wanted him to sign it . He is a strange guy? My last wife worked for the Osbourne's and I talked with him ,or tried to,and he was funny when I was talking he started talking about something that had nothing to do with what I was saying.He did eventually sign the guitar. Some of the these stories he talks about are funny . And that Randy imitation of Randy sounds like a gangster. Randy Rhoads is one of those shooting stars! Perfect.
@@scottashe984 life catches him off guard ! My last wife worked for the Osbournes, so I saw him all the time for years ,he is out if it 99.9% of the time. AND,believe it or Not! I have actually done signing sessions with my old band Fatal Attraction when we would tour! I was lit up ,but new the difference between a record ,a cassette ,and a boob ! So,no , I don't go for that defence . He's an idiot ,yes ,I will go for that one! I have seen him eat 6 dozen Krispy Kream doughnuts in less then 10 minutes ! That is amazing and sick! If my ex didn't hide the doughnuts or give them directly to Sharon,he was like a dog ,and would eat until he barfed ! The signing happened years before I met my ex wife,but I have to admit,it was a lot easier to get things signed when she was working for them.
A very empathetic relationship on being loyal to friend and your craft. To find what you have been looking for to bring answers and a puzzle piece to a masterpiece. Then that gift that escapes the majority that you have been presented, then you throw it away. The blame is unforgiving. He will feel forever unworthy until Randy hugs him once again.
Great upload and interview. The battlefield analogy really described his state of mind then. And when he talks about the world seeing him as the anti-Christ before that and how he had to face Mrs Rhoads with that image...rough times. I still don’t know why Aycock would pilot a plane he had no permission to fly, not too mention not having a valid pilots license. F&$king drugs...
He was blown away during the audition he said. How come I have always read that Ozzy was completely fucked up and that Randy either played badly and that Ozzie said do you want the gig? Leaving Randy stupified. I have also read that he was hired before Randy got the chance to even play. I'd love to know the truth.
The truth is Randy came in..he was the last guitar player they auditioned. He brings a tiny little amp.. Ozz is in the control room drunk.. Randy just starts warming up.. playing riffs and solos... and Ozz wakes up from his stupor and is blown away by what he hears. The gtr player they originally wanted..the great Gary Moore.. turned down the gig and it was a good thing cause he was one of the best damn gtr players but wouldn't have fit with Ozz..but he heard and loved Randy too. George Lynch was the other gtr player in the running for the band when Gary Moore turned it down..but Randy came in and blew Ozzy's head off and got the gig after barely playing anything.. that's how great he was!! He didn't play badly at all..he played some stuff Ozz never heard and couldn't believe.. and Ozz hired him on the spot.
i cant find anything about how randy rhoads mom had to sue ozzy and the record company to get randys royalties ,randy played well for the audition im sure ,listen to blizzard of ozz and diary of a mad man
@@davidjones-ft1fr I've never heard that she sued them either. From what I know..she turned down his royalties cause she considered it blood money which unfortunately left Sharon with the ability to claim the rights and royalties to everything Randy did for Ozz
Dana Strum tells the whole story about Randy’s audition and taking Ozzy around Hollywood to audition other players also. Look it up it’s on RUclips. Great story!
As a huge fan nobody would of wanted RR to leave ozzy for classical music that's the selfish side of us and now we only got a little taste of what's left, but one thing for sure is those two records were the two most unbelievable rock, metal albums of our lives we will never forget RR never you can't even mention guitar without the great RR
yeah it was Ozzy got it mixed up. Bob daisley said Randy spent 3 days straight coming up with it. Flying high again is one of his harder solos too. I struggled to play it in time with backing track. There lot of weird timings in Diary of a madman.
yes Randy spent 3 days on that....he confused the two as you pointed out. Thought it was interesting Randy was working on a song before he died that Ozzy thought was revolutionary
you can tell this is a long time ago, Ozzy is understandable. Randy saved Ozzy's career. Ozzy is a little closer to the truth here, but he does not Bob Daisley the credit for really making Ozzy going back to Randy...
randy rhoads mom had to sue ozzy osbourne and the record company to get randy rhoads royalties for the songs he wrote with ozzy,does anoyone have comments about this cant find anything online or on you tube,you think ozzy osbourne would lose his accent after living in america for 35 years and his kids to
there are a lot of stories of what happened after Randy died. Including Darth Hideous trying to forge the contract to change payments however Randy sent all originals to his mom.
Yeah it really suck I think he would of went back to Quiet Riot. He developed a big following with Ozzy probably would of got Quiet Riot signed quicker. Randy was very loyal person and Quiet Riot was his creation. Imagine Mental health album but with Randy. It would of been perfect timing because that album came out not to long after he died and was dedicated to him on back of album cover.
Ozzy should feel guilty! Ozzy and Sharon knew that the idiot who flew the plane did NOT have a valid pilots license. They both knew it was not his plane to take or fly. They both knew he had already had a plane crash earlier in life. Yet, neither ordered their employee to not fly that plane. The owner of the plane reported it as stolen!
Ozzy is certainly culpable in Randy’s untimely death, but undeniably Randy Rhoad’s entirely avoidable tragic death falls much more on Sharon who was in way over her head as the bands manager, where really her only job was to keep Randy off that plane and safe. Randy was the real deal and that was even his given name, and not some invented stage moniker. There was ample warning that chaos was afoot, as other people like Don Airey had already went gone on joy rides before Randy got convinced to get on the cursed plane, in hindsight Sharon was lazy and derelict in her duties, lacking enough foresight logic common sense wisdom and reason to hear this borrowed plane fire up and take off, she had to get up at once and go investigate, then the ground the borrowed plane and hold onto the keys. Reportedly Richie Blackmore, took one look at the very same bus driver and saw his dark grim reaper vibes and aura and absolutely refused to ever have him drive his tour bus, calling in another driver immediately, all for Sharon miss these tells and hire this emotional coke monster as Ozzy’s bus driver / suicidal stunt pilot…8(
Aycock a few years before this crashed a helicopter in Dubai and killed one of Calhoun’s kids in the crash and Sharon knew all about beforehand. Calhoun owned the mansion the plane crashed into and the bus company for the tour, Mrs. Rhoads should had sued all of them because they all knew this knucklehead was a ticking timebomb. Tommy Aldridge after the crash claims he found the biggest bag of cocaine near the driver’s seat on the bus took it and threw it into the woods. He also said he witnessed Aycock reaching in that area many times during that last bus journey from Knoxville to Leesburg.
I still can feel the pain I felt back then when I first heard he was killed I was so in shock my God he just got started and let me tell you for those who wasn't around yet when this first came out it was revolutionary the sound the technique it was all new and fresh and we just got our asses kicked just a couple of years before by some guy named Eddie Van Halen so it was like ok hunny pack up were moving to California but in a flash he was gone an unbelievable talent and kind soul you know will live for eternity
I really like that comparison Ozzy made at the end, the shooting star that was Randy.
Say what you will OZZY OSBOURNE has a lot of heart underneath the rock star facade. That OZZY/RHOADS/ DAISLEY/KERSLAKE lineup was brilliant and exciting back in 80-82 And OZZY era SABBATH. remains my all time favorite rock band. A big part of my life in so many ways.
if he had a big heart, Bob and Lee are not suing the Osbournes and he is not allowing his wife to run wild
@TheRockOracle she's the manager .He seems afraid of her Sharon is the decision maker. And mother.
20:41 I love his imitation of Randy. From what I can tell from the few voice recordings I’ve heard of him, Ozzy really does a fine impression of Randy. It’s obvious...Ozzy loved Randy with all of his heart.
Super funny. "Ma you're sitting next to him. Oh my God!!" Have to play that over and over gives me tears almost.
yah ozzy loved him ,he didnt want to have any bad influences around on the diary of madman tour ,but it was ok for there bus driver to do coke 24 7,and randys mom had to sue ozzy fr randys royalties for the songs he wrote on blizzard and diary of a madman
@@davidjones-ft1fr Sharon is a shark. I would put the royalties on her. She's had tracks re-recorded to keep from paying Jake E. Lee & other musicians. Personally, I think she killed part of the mythos surrounding Ozzy when they did the show on MTV, then further with that horrible daytime talk show she was on
@@mrdraper4633 IM SURE RANDY RHOADS ROYALTIES WENT TO HIS FAMILY ,CANT FIND ANYTHING ONLINE ABOUT IT THO
@@davidjones-ft1fr Ozzy still uses Randy as a cash cow to this day. Just like he does with Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, Jake E Lee, and most other musicians he's worked with. Sharon Osbourne organized the OZZ fest and sold it as an altrustic gig that all musicians did for free while sharon and Ozzy pocketed all the cash! The Osbournes are despised in the music industry, and rightly so! They are parasites!
I love Randy Rhoads so much I wish I could’ve met him but I wasn’t born at the time.
Me too
Babys i was 16 when Randy died and didn't believe it when i heard it, thought it was a joke
Great interview. First time hearing this one. I've been playing guitar regularly for about 31 years and Randy was a big influence on my decision to learn to play. His music still blows my mind. His solos tell a story some sad enough to make you cry and others that are uplifting. They run the gamut of emotions. I am blessed to be able to listen to him damn near anytime I like. What a gift.
imagine how some of those Diary solos end up if he had time to work on them, many of them are scratch solos and just a guide track
Never forget Randy Rhoads.
I know that was very hard for you, Ozzie, but thank you for sharing your feelings with us. It means everything.
7:00 Ozzy is mentioning Leo Brower's "Etude VI" and it was pretty much stolen note for note.
Interesting
Stolen is a bit harsh. Legally nothing was stolen. It was an old composition that thousands of guitarists learn.
Yeah the main part of the song is basically the same but they added the rest.
@@scottashe984 Dude, Brouwer wrote that set of etudes in 1972. That literally is 8 years before it was used in Madman. It’s not like he took a Sor etude from 1830.
he didn't steal it he used it at a tribute to leo. That was Randy's favorite classical guitarist. The intro was take from leo but the verse and fields and solo was all Randy. Anybody who dove deep in to classical learn Leos stuff. To me I would of never heard of Leo and Randy showed everybody a Great classical guitarist and found a way to expose how great Leo was.
Randy Rhodes was one of the top guitarists of all time. He was a "Artist" at playing and he took his playing very serious. WHAT A LOSS TO LOSE HIM TO A PLANE CRASH. HE WAS SO YOUNG AND REALLY MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF! R.I.P. R.R.
he is an all time A leaguer, a musician's musician
RR as a man and player is past EDV, Guy was only 25 when he was killed in that plane, was insane great.
a lot of people think Randy was better
What would of been with the GRT randy Rhoades is bringing tears to my eyes....
I dont listen to many interviews with Ozzy , but this is a good one. He makes a lot of sense . Ozzy and alot of guys are very smart and most of the time rockers dont get credit for that and is A big part in why they are sucessful.
And when I go to Ozzy with my Jackson polka dot V and wanted him to sign it,he had no idea about the guitar and why I wanted him to sign it . He is a strange guy? My last wife worked for the Osbourne's and I talked with him ,or tried to,and he was funny when I was talking he started talking about something that had nothing to do with what I was saying.He did eventually sign the guitar. Some of the these stories he talks about are funny . And that Randy imitation of Randy sounds like a gangster. Randy Rhoads is one of those shooting stars! Perfect.
Singers don't usually sign guitars or records that they aren't performing on. Probably caught him off guard.
@@scottashe984 life catches him off guard ! My last wife worked for the Osbournes, so I saw him all the time for years ,he is out if it 99.9% of the time. AND,believe it or Not! I have actually done signing sessions with my old band Fatal Attraction when we would tour! I was lit up ,but new the difference between a record ,a cassette ,and a boob ! So,no , I don't go for that defence . He's an idiot ,yes ,I will go for that one! I have seen him eat 6 dozen Krispy Kream doughnuts in less then 10 minutes ! That is amazing and sick! If my ex didn't hide the doughnuts or give them directly to Sharon,he was like a dog ,and would eat until he barfed ! The signing happened years before I met my ex wife,but I have to admit,it was a lot easier to get things signed when she was working for them.
A very empathetic relationship on being loyal to friend and your craft. To find what you have been looking for to bring answers and a puzzle piece to a masterpiece. Then that gift that escapes the majority that you have been presented, then you throw it away. The blame is unforgiving. He will feel forever unworthy until Randy hugs him once again.
A very interesting Interview about Randy.
oZzy sounds coherent, but he sounded more tempered in the story of finding Randy
terrific interview!!
Great upload and interview. The battlefield analogy really described his state of mind then. And when he talks about the world seeing him as the anti-Christ before that and how he had to face Mrs Rhoads with that image...rough times.
I still don’t know why Aycock would pilot a plane he had no permission to fly, not too mention not having a valid pilots license. F&$king drugs...
Thanks for the upload Jeff!!! -DW
Randy made the white marshall happen :O
He was blown away during the audition he said. How come I have always read that Ozzy was completely fucked up and that Randy either played badly and that Ozzie said do you want the gig? Leaving Randy stupified. I have also read that he was hired before Randy got the chance to even play. I'd love to know the truth.
The truth is Randy came in..he was the last guitar player they auditioned. He brings a tiny little amp.. Ozz is in the control room drunk.. Randy just starts warming up.. playing riffs and solos... and Ozz wakes up from his stupor and is blown away by what he hears. The gtr player they originally wanted..the great Gary Moore.. turned down the gig and it was a good thing cause he was one of the best damn gtr players but wouldn't have fit with Ozz..but he heard and loved Randy too. George Lynch was the other gtr player in the running for the band when Gary Moore turned it down..but Randy came in and blew Ozzy's head off and got the gig after barely playing anything.. that's how great he was!! He didn't play badly at all..he played some stuff Ozz never heard and couldn't believe.. and Ozz hired him on the spot.
i cant find anything about how randy rhoads mom had to sue ozzy and the record company to get randys royalties ,randy played well for the audition im sure ,listen to blizzard of ozz and diary of a mad man
@@davidjones-ft1fr I've never heard that she sued them either. From what I know..she turned down his royalties cause she considered it blood money which unfortunately left Sharon with the ability to claim the rights and royalties to everything Randy did for Ozz
@@mbass718 she would have never turned down the royalties from which her son earned from writing those songs are you insane man.
Dana Strum tells the whole story about Randy’s audition and taking Ozzy around Hollywood to audition other players also. Look it up it’s on RUclips. Great story!
What Ozzy doesn't admit is he struck Randy when he wanted to leave.
Yup. He's a POS. He'd never admit it...same way they won't admit to all the shows they have filmed.
Great interview
Ozzy sounding coherent
As a huge fan nobody would of wanted RR to leave ozzy for classical music that's the selfish side of us and now we only got a little taste of what's left, but one thing for sure is those two records were the two most unbelievable rock, metal albums of our lives we will never forget RR never you can't even mention guitar without the great RR
Of course, who wants a great thing to end...the third album was going to be ridiculous
9:40 I though its was the flying high again solo that Randy struggled to write not diary of a madman
yeah it was Ozzy got it mixed up. Bob daisley said Randy spent 3 days straight coming up with it. Flying high again is one of his harder solos too. I struggled to play it in time with backing track. There lot of weird timings in Diary of a madman.
yes Randy spent 3 days on that....he confused the two as you pointed out. Thought it was interesting Randy was working on a song before he died that Ozzy thought was revolutionary
@@davidwooderson46 randy's brother says that is the solo the embodies Randy as a player
diary is prog metal
👏👏👏
you can tell this is a long time ago, Ozzy is understandable.
Randy saved Ozzy's career.
Ozzy is a little closer to the truth here, but he does not Bob Daisley the credit for really making Ozzy going back to Randy...
Good stuff
randy rhoads mom had to sue ozzy osbourne and the record company to get randy rhoads royalties for the songs he wrote with ozzy,does anoyone have comments about this cant find anything online or on you tube,you think ozzy osbourne would lose his accent after living in america for 35 years and his kids to
there are a lot of stories of what happened after Randy died. Including Darth Hideous trying to forge the contract to change payments however Randy sent all originals to his mom.
Nice
Ozzy: “Randy wasn’t different from any other guy”. No Ozzy.... he was.... he was the guy that Saved Your Crappy Career!
@Justin Ford Oh no, not another Bob Daisley tard
Ozzy said that Randy saved his career in this interview and many others. Are you impaired somehow?
After hearing this I think Sharon may have had something to do with the accident. Randy wanted to leave?
And that way Bob had no one to collaborate the truth...
He was writing the guys in Quiet Riot that he was leaving after the current tour. Told QR old bass player he was beyond unhappy.
he was planning on leaving and going to college for music, this is pretty well known, even in the pre-internet days
Yeah it really suck I think he would of went back to Quiet Riot. He developed a big following with Ozzy probably would of got Quiet Riot signed quicker. Randy was very loyal person and Quiet Riot was his creation. Imagine Mental health album but with Randy. It would of been perfect timing because that album came out not to long after he died and was dedicated to him on back of album cover.
Ozzy should feel guilty! Ozzy and Sharon knew that the idiot who flew the plane did NOT have a valid pilots license. They both knew it was not his plane to take or fly. They both knew he had already had a plane crash earlier in life.
Yet, neither ordered their employee to not fly that plane. The owner of the plane reported it as stolen!
Sharon absolutely failed.....she knew of his past, she did not download it to Jake Duncan
Ozzy is certainly culpable in Randy’s untimely death, but undeniably Randy Rhoad’s entirely avoidable tragic death falls much more on Sharon who was in way over her head as the bands manager, where really her only job was to keep Randy off that plane and safe. Randy was the real deal and that was even his given name, and not some invented stage moniker. There was ample warning that chaos was afoot, as other people like Don Airey had already went gone on joy rides before Randy got convinced to get on the cursed plane, in hindsight Sharon was lazy and derelict in her duties, lacking enough foresight logic common sense wisdom and reason to hear this borrowed plane fire up and take off, she had to get up at once and go investigate, then the ground the borrowed plane and hold onto the keys. Reportedly Richie Blackmore, took one look at the very same bus driver and saw his dark grim reaper vibes and aura and absolutely refused to ever have him drive his tour bus, calling in another driver immediately, all for Sharon miss these tells and hire this emotional coke monster as Ozzy’s bus driver / suicidal stunt pilot…8(
Aycock a few years before this crashed a helicopter in Dubai and killed one of Calhoun’s kids in the crash and Sharon knew all about beforehand. Calhoun owned the mansion the plane crashed into and the bus company for the tour, Mrs. Rhoads should had sued all of them because they all knew this knucklehead was a ticking timebomb. Tommy Aldridge after the crash claims he found the biggest bag of cocaine near the driver’s seat on the bus took it and threw it into the woods. He also said he witnessed Aycock reaching in that area many times during that last bus journey from Knoxville to Leesburg.
his wife is absolutely....she failed to take care of him, did not tell Jke Duncan. She allowed the ex wife to get on the bus of Andrew Aycock
@@josephgurtler9674 she failed on many levels. Allowing the ex wife on the bus , huge mistake
I still can feel the pain I felt back then when I first heard he was killed I was so in shock my God he just got started and let me tell you for those who wasn't around yet when this first came out it was revolutionary the sound the technique it was all new and fresh and we just got our asses kicked just a couple of years before by some guy named Eddie Van Halen so it was like ok hunny pack up were moving to California but in a flash he was gone an unbelievable talent and kind soul you know will live for eternity