| Author |
Message |
|
| Reborn |
 Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:23 pm |
 |
|
|
Joined: 24 Jan 2008
Posts: 1783
Location: Co.Mayo
|
| 30 years dead today...Probably my favorite guitarist. Incredible player. Many fans of the man on here? I find it hard not to get blowing away by the guitar playing every time I listen to Blizzard of Ozz or Diary of a Madman albums...There aren't many like him that's for sure. Very accurate, natural sounding guitar player. |
|
|
| Back to top |
 
|
| Opolus |
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:32 pm |
|
|
Joined: 25 May 2011
Posts: 705
Location: Ruhrpott-Hell, Deutschland
|
| Interesting coincidence, as it was just yesterday, when I was completely floored again (for the xth time, for that matter), while watching some early Ozzy/RR live stuff from that "30 Years After The Blizzard" DVD. Most probably still my favourite lead guitar player EVER, what a unique and talented li'l man Randy was!! What he did on those 2 albums ("Mr. Crowley" anyone!?) still has an almost otherworldly quality to it, let alone what it must've been back in the day, I'd reckon!! |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| thejuice |
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:47 pm |
|
|
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Posts: 3315
Location: Dena Lagu
|
| I think only himself and EVH have been able to find that fine line where guitar wankery sounds class before it disappears up ones own arse with unlistenable noodling like what Malmsteen et al carry on with. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| Steven Rainey |
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:13 pm |
|
|
Joined: 15 Feb 2012
Posts: 14
Location: Belfast
|
I couldn't help but play Crazy Train on my Radio Ulster programme on Saturday night.
He's just one of those players that never seems to date for me. It still sounds really crisp and fresh. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| ToxicTwin |
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:19 pm |
|
|
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2078
Location: Belfast
|
I couldn't agree more Juice. Malmsteen has always left me cold compared to RR, EVH & the likes of George Lynch & Vinnie Moore etc. Those first two albums are still masterpieces in my book & still stand up very well after all these years. It was something else hearing them for the first time during the '80's. I bought the remastered CD's last year & they sound powerful. I hasten to add that these are the more recent ones & not the previous hatchet jobs.  Must get a look at that 30 Years DVD. Anybody know if its available seperate from the Boxset? Hard to believe it's been thirty years. RIP Randy Rhoads. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| ToxicTwin |
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:40 pm |
|
|
|
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2078
Location: Belfast
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| fuck face |
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:29 pm |
|
|
|
Joined: 23 Mar 2006
Posts: 197
Location: dublin
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| Opolus |
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:43 pm |
|
|
|
Joined: 25 May 2011
Posts: 705
Location: Ruhrpott-Hell, Deutschland
|
ToxicTwin wrote: Must get a look at that 30 Years DVD. Anybody know if its available seperate from the Boxset? Hard to believe it's been thirty years. RIP Randy Rhoads.
Nope, only within that recent box set, which was worth every fucking penny though... |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| Guitar_Monkey |
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:12 pm |
|
|
Joined: 29 Jan 2011
Posts: 45
|
| Absolute genius. Helped bring Ozzy back from the abyss. So down to earth and loved what he did by all accounts. The footage of him getting the Guitar World best newcomer award on that God Bless Ozzy Osbourne doc is brilliant. You could tell he was really humbled. I remember listening to Blizzard for the first time and just being blown away. He's been my favorite guitar player since. R.I.P. Randy. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| Barrytron |
| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:06 pm |
|
|
Joined: 13 Oct 2005
Posts: 1862
|
| I think Jake E. Lee kicks his ass but he was a class player fow show. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| forevertwisted |
| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:08 pm |
|
|
|
Joined: 29 Jul 2007
Posts: 584
|
Rhoads totally opened my ears to a new style of playing, think he was the first proper virtuosic player I had heard. Was at an early age after picking up Blizzard because of the cover and reading so much about Ozzy. Opened up that neo-classical style to a whole new audience of listeners, and probably players too! I know Malmsteen must have felt his influence despite being classically minded anyway
Never too wanky imo but his tone, looking back, leaves a lot to be desired  (not that ever had any impact on his playing) |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| Tiberius Nyarlethotep |
| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:26 am |
|
|
|
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
Posts: 424
Location: endlesskillin'
|
Barrytron wrote: I think Jake E. Lee kicks his ass but he was a class player fow show.
YES! thank you Tron!
although RR was a stunning player alright. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| Barrytron |
| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:22 pm |
|
|
|
Joined: 13 Oct 2005
Posts: 1862
|
Yeah man, some of the most inventive stuff ever and his technique is insane
Completely underrated - where did he go after Ozzy??! Best guitar player ever IMO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAohdmCl4o
Get's good around 1:11
Although like I said, RR is/was no fucking slouch... |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| ToxicTwin |
| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:55 pm |
|
|
|
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2078
Location: Belfast
|
Barrytron wrote: where did he go after Ozzy??
Badlands. Late '80's, early '90's Hard Rock Band with a Blues influence. Well worth checking out. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
| ToxicTwin |
| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:44 am |
|
|
|
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2078
Location: Belfast
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
