Great story Dana, I still remember meeting you @ Taco Bell n' Backstage @ the Kiss Hot in the Shade tour w I used to talk on a daily basis to the girl who ran the Slaughter Fanclub...I'm that kid year's later 😆 tc 😉
😓 You can bet that neither Ozzy or Sharon ever showed ^him ANY gratitude whatsoever for all he did right here to get Ozzy off his useless ass and to find a fantastic guitarist who basically helped make his solo career, with more help from the other 2 guys who helped write all the music, Bob and Lee. Ozzy screwed over the 2 of them in short order too. 😈
Tremendous story telling from Dana! And probably the most accurate Ozzy impression by an American ever! Get him back on, he must have a ton of great rock n roll stories!
"The real Black Sabbath is early Ozzy "??, the engine of Sabbath IS Toni Iommi, who tuned his guitar down to slacken strings for easier playing, because industrial accident cut off Toni's finger tips on his last day of factory work & manager from that factory introduced (musically) Toni to Django Rhinehardt who played with leather tips on severed fingertips, which inspired Toni after almost giving up guitar, Ozzy??, he was just a guy that Toni use to beat up at the same school they went to.
Hate to think of how drastically different my life would have been had iconic moment in music history never happened! Thank God it did, and thank Dana as well! 😉
Finally!!! Finally!!!! After all these years I finally hear the full story which never made sense to me before this time. Just how the hell did Dana Strum get involved with Ozzy? Finally I understand the story. Now it makes sense. Dana... thanks for helping to bring Randy Rhoads to the big time. My favorite guitar player of all time from the first moment I heard him play... and that song was Over the Mountain. We all know how it turned out a short time later. A travesty. There's no "but" to add here. Randy will forever be a legendary guitar player from the 80s. His music will live on forever.
Dana also knew a LOT of people in Hollywood, which is a huge reason why he got hooked up with Ozzy. Randy didn't even want to audition. He didn't like Sabbath's music and it was only because his mom practically pushed him out the door that he went. He was content being in QR and teaching at Musonia. So between Dana AND Randy's mom, if they both hadn't played a part, it would've taken longer for us to hear of Randy. I don't think that Randy would've stayed an "unknown" for long. His talent was too huge to be contained forever.
I laughed so hard. Thanks, Dana, for giving the accurate details of Randy's audition. What a wild day you had that day. You do Ozzy better than Ozzy does Ozzy.
Finally. The story straight from the source. And it's cooler than we could ever imagine. And man, Dana does the best Ozzy impression! I'd like to imagine if Randy had lived, he would have told this story with Dana and they both would have made Ozzy impressions.
80s MRB congrats the Randy Rhoads family for the award from RnR Hall of Fame for "music excellence". Long time coming! Hoping the presentation is one that honors the music legend the way he certainly deserves.
What an amazing interview. I've read so much about Ozzy and Randy over the years and particularly how Randy got the gig, but never in this much detail. This is some historical footage. Nice work.
I actually had chills listening to this. I started playing guitar in 85 because I heard a dude playing Ozzy in his garage with a drummer buddy of his. 2 weeks later I had my first guitar and became obsessed. 30 plus yrs later I still listen to NOTHING but 80s metal- Ozzy, Ratt, Dokken,Scorpions, etc. This was the most important interaction or alignment of the stars in my existence, and I was just a drop of water in an endless sea. I was actually pissed when the meeting with Randy and Ozzy the day after the audition wasn't elaborated on. Dana's Ozzy impression is pretty damn good. Steve
The impact of the story he's telling cannot be overstated. Every band, every concert, every video on Headbanger's Ball would have never happened if it wasn't for Randy and Ozzy crossing paths. Steve
Awesome story! I’ve believed forever that Randy put ozzy on the map. Diary of a madman is the greatest album to ever grace the metal world. Thanks for being the guy that made that happen!👊🏻
Well said ! Diary has been my all time favorite record since the day I bought it at 16 years old (late 1981) it's probably the greatest Heavy Metal record in the history of Rock and Roll . Just a timeless Masterpiece
What a great story teller Dana is. And one of the best Ozzy impressions I've ever heard. All these years I often wondered what the real and detailed story was.... Too bad the audition was never recorded. A big thank you to Dana for bringing Randy into Ozzy's orbit and ours. We are forever grateful.
This is simply the greatest interview I have ever heard in my life. Told by the only person that can tell the whole story. I'm glad it's out there to keep the story straight. His Ozzy impersonation is excellent too. Thank you Dana!
Dana.Thanks for the story brother..You truly gave the world a gift when you Persisted to bring Ozzy to meet Randy..You KNEW what would happen didn't you??..Truly thank you Dana..Randy and Ozzy...you did it man...I've known the story of how you brought them together but to hear the details about how you thought every little thing wasn't going right were just awesome to hear.. Thanks again
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He's your brother?!?! Awesome. How was it like growing up with him? Oh... oh... you're one of those people who just throws out the word 'brother' to make it sound like you have a connection with someone who has never even heard of you.
Dana cracked me up the whole time I was watching. Great Ozzy impersonation by the way. I subscribed soon as I saw who it was. As a bass player myself I've always enjoyed Dana. Awesome interview.
dude. THANK YOU DANA. and thanks for ya'll postin this incredible interview. all of them have been good and all to be sure but this one is my favorite by far. gonna check out part two now.
This story almost brought tears to my eyes 👀. It's musicians and stories like this our kids will never be a part of nowadays. I'm going to listen to it again.
I think the band Dana was refering to, but didn't name, was Badaxe. As kids me and my friends would hitch rides to Hollywood to see Badaxe at the Starwood. They were one of my favorite bands. Very Sabbath-like. Dana was super fun to watch going crazy onstage. I saw Randy back in those days too, with QR, playing his big Peavey amp with an Echoplex. Rock on!
I have heard this story a million times from Ozzy but this was incredible!!!! Makes the story a million times better and totally verifies what Ozzy has said. Ozzy did his best solo recordings with Randy and that is saying something because he went on to make some seriously awesome songs. RIP Randy, taken far too young
What an amazing retelling of a legendary story! Thank you Dana, not only for the story but for introducing these two people that have made such a monstrous impact on my life together. One of music's most important moments in history and you made it happen!I couldn't possibly thank you enough! Also, by far the est Ozzy impersonation I've everheard!!!
God damn! I was a huge Ozzy and Slaughter fan and had no idea Dana was involved with Ozzy! Bravo , this was a fantastic interview. Very refreshing to watch as there is so much garbage out there and everything is so fucking fake! Thanks
This Video Is UnF’ing Believable. I know Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum, both are terrific guys as are Jeff Bland and Will Hunt, but this video leaves me wanting to hear 👂 more From Strum.👍🤘🏼✌️🎸
Back when my family was broke, my mom owned and drove a grey 1983 Volkswagen Scirocco.. and to know Randy drove his mom's Scirocco to go audition for Ozzy is pretty awesome lol. Ours was so jankie that during winter, for some reason the heater would blow stronger and hotter air when she would go faster. So she would always look out for cops and would always be doing like 20mph over the limit to warm us up. Years later that ended up being my first car when I got my license. It's crazy to think how the music icons you look up to also started from humble beginnings like Randy Rhoads did driving his moms VW Scirocco.
Dana my brother, I want to publicly THANK YOU for being a hero to so very many Las Vegas musicians, as well as many others. You still have "IT", that God given "gift of gab"! Lol... As well as drawing everyone listening INTO your story and your "world"! You always were THE GUY THAT MADE THINGS HAPPEN, and obviously with your work with Vince and everything else, you still are. Thank you for all you and Mark did for the early Vegas scene. Without you guys, Imagine Dragons, Panic at the Disco, and many others would probably have never gotten noticed... Also for the inspiration you guy's were to all of us and especially including me. You guys dragged a "nobody local band guy" around with you to ALL of the major Vegas rock music events! You may or may not figure out who this is, but THANK YOU MAN! (AND MARK TOO!) (And let's not forget Tim and Blas!) God bless and take care...
Love all things Randy and this is a great story to hear!! Now if we could only get one of the many professionally filmed shows that Sharon's been sitting on for 39/40 years that she absolutely has!! I can't think of any musician who deserves to be seen in all his glory more than Randy!!
That...may be...the best video (relating to music) that I have ever seen on RUclips!! Thank u!! I've lost count on the number of times I've watched that.....
Dana was truly the instrument of God. I had no idea Ozzy called Randy "The Messiah" before they met. I could write books about the way Randy changed my life, and through that, countless thousands more. Thank you Dana Strum for doing your part, believing in Randy, and having such patience with Ozzy. Little did you know you were changing the world.
Dana's a great storyteller. I rarely watch RUclips videos all the way through but this was the exception...and it was exceptionally entertaining. As a lifelong Randy fan that's the story I wanted to hear.
Sharon's "At the time father"....and always would be her father LMAO. This is fucking GOLD. I love this stuff. I could listen to this stuff for hours....Love It
Great job on the interview. The B & W gives it a historical like effect. The story reeled me in. I kept inching closer and closer in my seat and I am watching this on my laptop. I can't get any closer than that. This story appears to be one of love. If Dana was selfish and thought about his career, no way, no how would he show Ozzy this guy or that on his own dime. He pitched his favorite; "Messiah" as Randy Rhoads was called, instead of saying, "me, me, hey hey, I am right here. Your biggest fan". He indirectly introduced me to Gary Moore who I googled and found some incredible music by. Like phhst, he nailed it, and no, I did not piss my pants cus I was excited hearing it, drunk, or otherwise. It is a different style of music that is not Ozzy. It's breathtaking in its own form. This story is one of those for a documentary. It could go any direction with any one of them to meet up in the middle. I'd watch each one. Who would be first? I would lean in this case towards Dana Strum. Simply because he is the Messiah in this case. Someone who didn't walk away and say find your own man and good luck. He said, ok, let's see what we can do, and did it by going that extra mile and 5 mins to 4 to do it in. That's a guy with heart.
I just watched the latest Documentary about Randy Rhoads. It's adequate considering Nobody, including the Osbornes would release anything that isn't already out there. However, there IS a clip of THIS interview in it! Here's an interview wth guy who made the doc that includes the clip of Dana. He's talking about what a pain in the ass it was to get cooperation of any kind, from anybody in getting the film made. ruclips.net/video/fnTAyvDncIY/видео.html
When I saw it’s 20 mins long, I was about to switch to another video. Glad I didn’t. It was such a great story of one pivotal moment in history of rock n roll. And Dana was great story teller! His Ozzy impersonation was spot on! ❤️it, and yes I subscribed your channel
Randy was and always will be a HUGE influence on my playing so this gets filed in my "one of the best stories ever" category. And, Dana? You are the man for holding him to his word. Actually, you are the man anyhiw. Loved your playing and production work in VVI. And the same goes for Slaughter. And thanks for getting Randy heard.
WOW!!!! That was the best Randy Ozzy story I have ever heard! THANK YOU for sharing!!! Rhoads is my biggest influence. I am fortunate enough to live in Southern California and go out to Randy’s mausoleum on his birthday in December and in March on the day he passed. So hopefully will see you out there!
That was a great story!Always knew the highlights of how it went down,but hearing the backstory and minute details straight from the horse's mouth,made it even better!Thanks a lot!
Dana is an amazing story teller. The story of Dana getting Randy the gig is well known. But hearing it told in THAT way? WOW!!! fills in a lot of gaps. If a movie ever gets made, I hope the film makers tell it like that. Not bloody likely....
you two are incredibly lucky, sadly he died before i got to see him, but I listen to the amazing bootlegs on youtube. Randy AND Bob daisley took Ozzy to the next level Bob is key too he is the one that told ozzyto move on from the guys he was jamming with to find a world class musician .....
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This could well possibly be the greatest story ever told. Finally we get to hear it from the man who made this happen. Great story Dana👍
We agree - it’s one of our fav interviews!!
Agreed!!!!
Great story Dana, I still remember meeting you @ Taco Bell n' Backstage @ the Kiss Hot in the Shade tour w I used to talk on a daily basis to the girl who ran the Slaughter Fanclub...I'm that kid year's later 😆 tc 😉
@@80smetalrecyclebin any idea who the players where on the list?
All for the love of Rock & Roll !
Greatest impression of Ozzy ever!
“I pissed meself” 💀
Dana Strum needs his own RUclips channel. I could listen to these kinds of stories for hours.
Hell yes he does! And his Ozzy voice is spot on!!
And he could talk for hours 😂
You are definitely right
This is some great shit right here. He does a great Ozzy impression
i was busting up!
He's just about spot on with it.
😓 You can bet that neither Ozzy or Sharon ever showed ^him ANY gratitude whatsoever for all he did right here to get Ozzy off his useless ass and to find a fantastic guitarist who basically helped make his solo career, with more help from the other 2 guys who helped write all the music, Bob and Lee. Ozzy screwed over the 2 of them in short order too. 😈
@@HighlanderNorth1 I always figured it was Sharon or her father Don who screwed Bob and Lee over financially.
Yeah that was right on time!
Dana is a hell of a storyteller and i need more of these
He's a hell of a story teller because he's been telling that story for 30+years. Awesome 😎👍😎
Dana Strum is such an amazing storyteller. His impressions were spot on. You could make an entire movie just off that adventure.
Tremendous story telling from Dana! And probably the most accurate Ozzy impression by an American ever! Get him back on, he must have a ton of great rock n roll stories!
Thanks!
We have had a tremendous response to “Finding Randy Rhoads”. Thank you all.
There Never is Enough Randy Rhoads!
"The real Black Sabbath is early Ozzy "??, the engine of Sabbath IS Toni Iommi, who tuned his guitar down to slacken strings for easier playing, because industrial accident cut off Toni's finger tips on his last day of factory work & manager from that factory introduced (musically) Toni to Django Rhinehardt who played with leather tips on severed fingertips, which inspired Toni after almost giving up guitar, Ozzy??, he was just a guy that Toni use to beat up at the same school they went to.
RR unique person and humble great guitarist best musician ever !!! 🎸🎵
Hate to think of how drastically different my life would have been had iconic moment in music history never happened! Thank God it did, and thank Dana as well! 😉
@@bikerrider4845 I think he meant early Ozzy sabbath was sabbath to him.
Finally!!! Finally!!!! After all these years I finally hear the full story which never made sense to me before this time. Just how the hell did Dana Strum get involved with Ozzy? Finally I understand the story. Now it makes sense. Dana... thanks for helping to bring Randy Rhoads to the big time. My favorite guitar player of all time from the first moment I heard him play... and that song was Over the Mountain. We all know how it turned out a short time later. A travesty. There's no "but" to add here. Randy will forever be a legendary guitar player from the 80s. His music will live on forever.
yeah me to OzRandyMagic Drugs and Alcohol do pay off dont fly though
Very well said.
Randy Rhoads will be the best always!
Dana also knew a LOT of people in Hollywood, which is a huge reason why he got hooked up with Ozzy. Randy didn't even want to audition. He didn't like Sabbath's music and it was only because his mom practically pushed him out the door that he went. He was content being in QR and teaching at Musonia. So between Dana AND Randy's mom, if they both hadn't played a part, it would've taken longer for us to hear of Randy. I don't think that Randy would've stayed an "unknown" for long. His talent was too huge to be contained forever.
Ozzy can piss in my crappy car anytime!😆✌💛🤘
That was great was caught up in every moment and his Ozzy and Randy impersonation were spot on
Rip Randy Rhoads
you where simply ahead of your time. 🔥🤘🏽🔥🍻
Thanks for this. It was a pleasure to picture the events happening as Dana reminisced. Much respect Mr Strum.
Dana is so good at telling this story that I can actually get a "vision" of that event. Well done....
....and by far the best Ozzy impression (the way he talks)
I laughed so hard. Thanks, Dana, for giving the accurate details of Randy's audition. What a wild day you had that day. You do Ozzy better than Ozzy does Ozzy.
Oh my god that’s such a fantastic story. It’s just amazing then he imitates Ozzie so well.
Wow, Dana is a great story teller. I loved this.
the impression of Ozzy was spot on
I was on the edge of my seat !
Yes, he really is.
This was Dana's 1977 to 1979 Band at the Starwood mentioned , it was BadAxe , we found it and posted it ; ruclips.net/video/BA4j6qyMkAo/видео.html
@@rickjohnson426 Very cool thanks for posting that recording
Wow, I'm f**king speechless!! I finally get to hear the story that I've wanted to hear my whole life! I'm f**king speechless.
One of the greatest stories I ever heard I don’t understand how this doesn’t have over 1 million views!!
This is one of the coolest stories I’ve ever heard.
Finally. The story straight from the source. And it's cooler than we could ever imagine.
And man, Dana does the best Ozzy impression!
I'd like to imagine if Randy had lived, he would have told this story with Dana and they both would have made Ozzy impressions.
What a great,great story!!!!Thank you!!!
80s MRB congrats the Randy Rhoads family for the award from RnR Hall of Fame for "music excellence". Long time coming! Hoping the presentation is one that honors the music legend the way he certainly deserves.
I hate the Rock Hall but this is awesome. Well deserved and long overdue
Can you tell me the name of the band in the outro music?
@@ModernDecay70 sounds like koRn to me
as an Ozzy fan since 1987 & Slaughter fan since 1991. This story is awesome
Hey folks we are very sorry but we had to re upload this due to a slight glitch we noticed. All good now and thanks for watching.
What an amazing interview. I've read so much about Ozzy and Randy over the years and particularly how Randy got the gig, but never in this much detail. This is some historical footage. Nice work.
Is their a part 2? This was amazing!!
This was Dana's 1977 to 1979 Band at the Starwood mentioned , it was BadAxe , we found it and posted it ; ruclips.net/video/BA4j6qyMkAo/видео.html
@@rickjohnson426 thanks for the info
Watched this 4x and shared with friends. Yours in the only channel I subscribe to that I want to see more of!
It is even better than what I imagined…
Kudos to Dana Strum!
I actually had chills listening to this. I started playing guitar in 85 because I heard a dude playing Ozzy in his garage with a drummer buddy of his. 2 weeks later I had my first guitar and became obsessed. 30 plus yrs later I still listen to NOTHING but 80s metal- Ozzy, Ratt, Dokken,Scorpions, etc. This was the most important interaction or alignment of the stars in my existence, and I was just a drop of water in an endless sea. I was actually pissed when the meeting with Randy and Ozzy the day after the audition wasn't elaborated on. Dana's Ozzy impression is pretty damn good. Steve
Absolutely amazing!!!!!!!! Thank you Dana
The impact of the story he's telling cannot be overstated. Every band, every concert, every video on Headbanger's Ball would have never happened if it wasn't for Randy and Ozzy crossing paths. Steve
The part where Dana ran into Randy and Rudy on the street was priceless! Dana, you need your own youtube site.
Most definitely 🎸🖤🎼🎶🎤
Best story ever!!!
Awesome story! I’ve believed forever that Randy put ozzy on the map. Diary of a madman is the greatest album to ever grace the metal world. Thanks for being the guy that made that happen!👊🏻
Well said ! Diary has been my all time favorite record since the day I bought it at 16 years old (late 1981) it's probably the greatest Heavy Metal record in the history of Rock and Roll . Just a timeless Masterpiece
Not a big Sabbath fan, are ya?
"We're gonna see your Jesus guy later." 9:07 Yeah, Randy definitely 'resurrected' Ozzy's career that's for sure.
*Randy, Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake did the work in "Blizzard Of Ozz"*
@@IamaViking-c1z So True. It was a perfect union of musicians.
So glad you got "THE" story from Dana Strum!! Such an L.A. Urban Legend☪️
Thank You ☆80's Recycle Bin☆
What a great story teller Dana is. And one of the best Ozzy impressions I've ever heard. All these years I often wondered what the real and detailed story was.... Too bad the audition was never recorded. A big thank you to Dana for bringing Randy into Ozzy's orbit and ours. We are forever grateful.
This was Dana's 1977 to 1979 Band at the Starwood mentioned , it was BadAxe , we found it and posted it ; ruclips.net/video/BA4j6qyMkAo/видео.html
The video editing also helped convey the story nicely. Great stuff!
This is a great story. Dana's Ozzy impersonation is amazing.
Absolutely amazing story and his impression of Ozzy is on point.😂😂
Gotta say! Probably the best rock industry story I have ever heard. Rest In Peace Randy! You were the man *
Outstanding storytelling here. Long Live Randy Rhoads!
This is simply the greatest interview I have ever heard in my life. Told by the only person that can tell the whole story. I'm glad it's out there to keep the story straight. His Ozzy impersonation is excellent too. Thank you Dana!
This is an AMAZING story! I could listen to Dana talk for hours ...
This story is AMAZING... all Dana's hard work paid off, that "non" meeting changed metal & hard rock forever!
This has to be one of the best rock stories I've ever heard. Dana is a phenomenal storyteller. He puts you in that place in time.
Excellent story every Ozzy and Randy fan should hear. Well done Dana. Thank you
....very well told. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤘
Dana.Thanks for the story brother..You truly gave the world a gift when you Persisted to bring Ozzy to meet Randy..You KNEW what would happen didn't you??..Truly thank you Dana..Randy and Ozzy...you did it man...I've known the story of how you brought them together but to hear the details about how you thought every little thing wasn't going right were just awesome to hear.. Thanks again
He's your brother?!?! Awesome. How was it like growing up with him? Oh... oh... you're one of those people who just throws out the word 'brother' to make it sound like you have a connection with someone who has never even heard of you.
This was Dana's 1977 to 1979 Band at the Starwood mentioned , it was BadAxe , we found it and posted it ; ruclips.net/video/BA4j6qyMkAo/видео.html
Wow such an amazing story! I've heard bits and pieces of this story throughout the years so great to hear the whole story from Dana himself.
Thank god for Dana Strum.
Dana, great story and awesome impersonation of Ozzy. Very entertaining!
This story is finally starting to make sense. Dana Strum rocks!
That was really entertaining. Love it that he impersonates Ozzy and quite well too.
That's the funniest damn story I've ever heard! Thanks so much for sharing this.
Dana cracked me up the whole time I was watching. Great Ozzy impersonation by the way. I subscribed soon as I saw who it was. As a bass player myself I've always enjoyed Dana. Awesome interview.
Me too I love the guyxx
dude. THANK YOU DANA. and thanks for ya'll postin this incredible interview. all of them have been good and all to be sure but this one is my favorite by far. gonna check out part two now.
This story almost brought tears to my eyes 👀. It's musicians and stories like this our kids will never be a part of nowadays. I'm going to listen to it again.
I think the band Dana was refering to, but didn't name, was Badaxe. As kids me and my friends would hitch rides to Hollywood to see Badaxe at the Starwood. They were one of my favorite bands. Very Sabbath-like. Dana was super fun to watch going crazy onstage. I saw Randy back in those days too, with QR, playing his big Peavey amp with an Echoplex. Rock on!
I have heard this story a million times from Ozzy but this was incredible!!!! Makes the story a million times better and totally verifies what Ozzy has said. Ozzy did his best solo recordings with Randy and that is saying something because he went on to make some seriously awesome songs. RIP Randy, taken far too young
Thank you, Dana!!! You brought about Rock getting its greatest gift of all.
I want to hear the next day about the Le Parc hotel meeting
Me too
YES!
Right. There should be, part 2.
And the part Did Ozzy do anything to Dana for pissing his car ? I really wonder that
I've heard the story years ago. Dana brought Randy to Ozzy's hotel room, and Ozzy seeing him for the first time asked, "Are you gay?"
Dana Strum does the absolute best impersonation of Ozzy I've ever heard!! Lmao every time I watch this or the Randy Rhoads documentary!
he nails it does a better ozzy than ozzy does these days
What an amazing retelling of a legendary story! Thank you Dana, not only for the story but for introducing these two people that have made such a monstrous impact on my life together. One of music's most important moments in history and you made it happen!I couldn't possibly thank you enough! Also, by far the est Ozzy impersonation I've everheard!!!
That story is kick-ass!
What a great upload.👍
They should make a movie about this and the whole Randy Rhoades saga.
In a perfect world, this story would have been about how Dana talked Randy out of getting on that fucking plane on the morning of March 19th, 1982.
Wish he would’ve
@@80smetalrecyclebin definitely and imagine if Dana was in Ozzy at that time
@william bush No one could possibly know that Randy said anything like that, that morning. Everyone on the plane died in the crash.
I know Dana's had that conversation with himself many times. Randy Rhoads will be missed by all guitar players born after 1950.
@william bush How does anyone even know that? Everyone on the plane died.
God damn! I was a huge Ozzy and Slaughter fan and had no idea Dana was involved with Ozzy!
Bravo , this was a fantastic interview. Very refreshing to watch as there is so much garbage out there and everything is so fucking fake! Thanks
What a great story! Dana Strum is one of my favorite bassist. It’s cool to see interviews from him.
This Video Is UnF’ing Believable. I know Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum, both are terrific guys as are Jeff Bland and Will Hunt, but this video leaves me wanting to hear 👂 more From Strum.👍🤘🏼✌️🎸
All those years i could have been talking to Dana about cool stuff like this.
A debt of gratitude from every metal fan for your determination.
I’ve heard em all.And this is one of the greatest stories ever.
Wow that's great interview, love it
What a great interview... I really didn’t want this to stop. Also... Dana does an amazing Ozzy impression !
Wicked interview great ozzy impersonation thanks Dana for RANDY FUCKING RHOADS my favourite guitar player AWESOME
This is pure gold for Ozzy and metal fans like myself! Thanks
Made my day, seriously thanks for posting.
Awesome! Randy was my favorite guitar player of all time! Love when these gems come out to learn more about him and him with Ozzy!
Back when my family was broke, my mom owned and drove a grey 1983 Volkswagen Scirocco.. and to know Randy drove his mom's Scirocco to go audition for Ozzy is pretty awesome lol. Ours was so jankie that during winter, for some reason the heater would blow stronger and hotter air when she would go faster. So she would always look out for cops and would always be doing like 20mph over the limit to warm us up. Years later that ended up being my first car when I got my license. It's crazy to think how the music icons you look up to also started from humble beginnings like Randy Rhoads did driving his moms VW Scirocco.
Epic. Thank you sir.
That. Was. FANTASTIC!! I'm totally inspired!! 👏👏👏👏
Dana my brother, I want to publicly THANK YOU for being a hero to so very many Las Vegas musicians, as well as many others. You still have "IT", that God given "gift of gab"! Lol... As well as drawing everyone listening INTO your story and your "world"! You always were THE GUY THAT MADE THINGS HAPPEN, and obviously with your work with Vince and everything else, you still are. Thank you for all you and Mark did for the early Vegas scene. Without you guys, Imagine Dragons, Panic at the Disco, and many others would probably have never gotten noticed... Also for the inspiration you guy's were to all of us and especially including me. You guys dragged a "nobody local band guy" around with you to ALL of the major Vegas rock music events! You may or may not figure out who this is, but THANK YOU MAN! (AND MARK TOO!)
(And let's not forget Tim and Blas!)
God bless and take care...
Very Cool Story!!! Dana had my Undivided Attention From The Start.....💯🤘🍻🎸🎛️🎶🎙️
Love all things Randy and this is a great story to hear!! Now if we could only get one of the many professionally filmed shows that Sharon's been sitting on for 39/40 years that she absolutely has!! I can't think of any musician who deserves to be seen in all his glory more than Randy!!
That...may be...the best video (relating to music) that I have ever seen on RUclips!! Thank u!! I've lost count on the number of times I've watched that.....
Dana was truly the instrument of God. I had no idea Ozzy called Randy "The Messiah" before they met. I could write books about the way Randy changed my life, and through that, countless thousands more.
Thank you Dana Strum for doing your part, believing in Randy, and having such patience with Ozzy. Little did you know you were changing the world.
That's a great story sir. I'm a musician too and hopefully one day I can make that change.
That was great!
Wow!!! Fantastic! This was amazing! Thank you Dana 🤘🏼🔥🔥🤘🏼
Epic upload. Cheers
Dana's a great storyteller. I rarely watch RUclips videos all the way through but this was the exception...and it was exceptionally entertaining. As a lifelong Randy fan that's the story I wanted to hear.
Sharon's "At the time father"....and always would be her father LMAO. This is fucking GOLD. I love this stuff.
I could listen to this stuff for hours....Love It
Great job on the interview. The B & W gives it a historical like effect. The story reeled me in. I kept inching closer and closer in my seat and I am watching this on my laptop. I can't get any closer than that. This story appears to be one of love. If Dana was selfish and thought about his career, no way, no how would he show Ozzy this guy or that on his own dime. He pitched his favorite; "Messiah" as Randy Rhoads was called, instead of saying, "me, me, hey hey, I am right here. Your biggest fan". He indirectly introduced me to Gary Moore who I googled and found some incredible music by. Like phhst, he nailed it, and no, I did not piss my pants cus I was excited hearing it, drunk, or otherwise. It is a different style of music that is not Ozzy. It's breathtaking in its own form. This story is one of those for a documentary. It could go any direction with any one of them to meet up in the middle. I'd watch each one. Who would be first? I would lean in this case towards Dana Strum. Simply because he is the Messiah in this case. Someone who didn't walk away and say find your own man and good luck. He said, ok, let's see what we can do, and did it by going that extra mile and 5 mins to 4 to do it in. That's a guy with heart.
I just watched the latest Documentary about Randy Rhoads. It's adequate considering Nobody, including the Osbornes would release anything that isn't already out there. However, there IS a clip of THIS interview in it! Here's an interview wth guy who made the doc that includes the clip of Dana. He's talking about what a pain in the ass it was to get cooperation of any kind, from anybody in getting the film made. ruclips.net/video/fnTAyvDncIY/видео.html
Crazy good content- thank you
When I saw it’s 20 mins long, I was about to switch to another video.
Glad I didn’t. It was such a great story of one pivotal moment in history of rock n roll. And Dana was great story teller! His Ozzy impersonation was spot on! ❤️it, and yes I subscribed your channel
Randy was and always will be a HUGE influence on my playing so this gets filed in my "one of the best stories ever" category. And, Dana? You are the man for holding him to his word. Actually, you are the man anyhiw. Loved your playing and production work in VVI. And the same goes for Slaughter.
And thanks for getting Randy heard.
I've never heard the Randy audition in this detail before. It's great to hear the behind the scenes stuff like this!
This was the best video I’ve ever seen In my millions of videos I’ve watched god bless metal brothers
AMAZING!!!!. Thanks so much for this video🎸🎸Dana is a great guy..and incredible story teller😊😊
WOW!!!! That was the best Randy Ozzy story I have ever heard! THANK YOU for sharing!!! Rhoads is my biggest influence. I am fortunate enough to live in Southern California and go out to Randy’s mausoleum on his birthday in December and in March on the day he passed. So hopefully will see you out there!
That was a great story!Always knew the highlights of how it went down,but hearing the backstory and minute details straight from the horse's mouth,made it even better!Thanks a lot!
I've been waiting to hear this story for 40 years....amazing!!
This is just fantastic !!!
Dana is an amazing story teller. The story of Dana getting Randy the gig is well known. But hearing it told in THAT way? WOW!!! fills in a lot of gaps. If a movie ever gets made, I hope the film makers tell it like that. Not bloody likely....
This was Dana's 1977 to 1979 Band at the Starwood , ruclips.net/video/BA4j6qyMkAo/видео.html
My husband seen both tours with Randy, he always said Randy is the one who took Ozzy to the next level
you two are incredibly lucky, sadly he died before i got to see him, but I listen to the amazing bootlegs on youtube.
Randy AND Bob daisley took Ozzy to the next level Bob is key too he is the one that told ozzyto move on from the guys he was jamming with to find a world class musician .....