Randy Rhoads soundcheck+ Ozzy Interview 1982

[Diamondjimi]

THIS IS THE COMPLETE SOUNDCHECK WITH THE OZZY INTERVIEW, RECORDED AT THE FAIR PARK ARENA, BEAUTMONT, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 18TH 1982

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Too bad Randy wasn't in on the interview as well.
I saw this tour . i saw this tour , unfortunately Randy died before I had the chance to see him.:(

R.I.P. Randy

[ELVIS]

I like how Ozzy says he doesn't touch drugs...


:D

[BruinJer]

Yeah... I love how he says that while he rubs his eyes trying to get the cob webs out. He looks hungover...

[Diamondjimi]

True. But it goes to show ya how long he's battled his addictions. Off and on......
I'm surprised he's stiil alive!

[Terry]

Nice find, diamond!

[binnie]

An excellent find Sir!

[Diamondjimi]

Some more Ozzy & Randy

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R.I.P.

[Seshmeister]

Those first two are pure Spinal Tap.:)

There is a new book out for anyone interested in this Ozzy era, 'Off the Rails' by Rudy Sarzo which is pretty interesting.


Cheers!

:gulp:

[Diamondjimi]

Originally posted by Seshmeister

There is a new book out for anyone interested in this Ozzy era, 'Off the Rails' by Rudy Sarzo which is pretty interesting.


Cheers!

:gulp:

I'll be getting that one for sure. Fuck the Osbournes. They wanted to kibash the book. Fuck 'em. It'll be a great read.

[Seshmeister]

A review I did a couple of weeks ago

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1419650424.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V39371253_.jpg

Just got this hot off the press from Amazon yesterday and read it in one day. Partly because I'm a bit of an old Ozzy nut but also because I was in recuperation from the big annual piss up which was last night and so I took a rare day off work.

I can recommend this to fans of early Ozzy solo work. It’s not the best written book and I don’t think it was ghosted by anyone but written by Sarzo himself, who as a native Cuban, does not too badly as a musician with English as a second language although some of the narrative is a bit clunky. There are a few spelling mistakes and a couple of minor errors but overall it comes across as being very accurate and honest. Throughout Sarzo quotes unsympathetic contemporary reviews of their shows.

At nearly 300 pages it almost entirely covers the 2 year period from Sarzo joining the Ozzy band to leaving it after the 1982 Diary of a Madman tour in great detail taken from his personal journal in his blurb ‘to clear up a lot of misinformation and bogus theories that circulate on the internet regarding Randy Rhoads’ life and death.’

If you are super cynical you may see this as a cash-in on his relationship with Rhoads and the commercial legendary status of Randy as one of the most influential and brilliant guitarists of his generation. I’m generally a pretty cynical person myself but I have to give Sarzo the benefit of the doubt on his motivation for this book because throughout it is painstakingly detailed and as a fan of early Ozzy, I am very grateful that he took the time to write it.

Interestingly whilst Sharon Osbourne allegedly tried to block the publication of the book there is not much dirt on her or Ozzy here which she did not previously publish in her own biography or was previously common knowledge; the most damaging perhaps would have been her already admitted one night stand with Rhoads.

Perhaps the best thing about the book is how Sarzo manages to set a tone where he never criticizes Ozzy or Sharon, in fact constantly praises them, whilst recounting some pretty monstrous behavior by both, allowing the reader to make up their own mind and in particular Sharon’s reinvention from the largely edited ‘Osbournes’, talk shows and other appearances in the media as some sort of soft hearted wise matriarch.

For example he describes how when a scared waitress at a top hotel says she has been told by her boss that she cannot serve any more booze to an almost unconscious paralytic Ozzy, she urinates in a glass and throws it over the girl saying ‘here’s your tip’.

Of course long term students of Ozzy’s career know already that Sharon’s morality is much closer to her gangster father Don Arden than she would ever care to admit publicly or even to herself.

The famous stories Ozzy anecdotes like biting the head off a bat or urinating on the Alamo are covered but there are a multitude of new or less known ones described in the book.

Possibly the most controversial and interesting part of the book is where Sarzo postulates that the plane crash that Rhoads died in was a suicide attack by an unhinged pilot who wished to kill his estranged wife.

Who knows but for me at least it is compulsive reading and unlike texts from some of his contemporaries like Motley Crue’s ‘The Dirt’, Sarzo comes across as a reliable witness to the excesses of the early 80s hard rock scene. ‘The Dirt’ although a bestseller, is basically like reading an Agatha Christie book trying to work out who is lying and who isn’t throughout as self serving accounts constantly contradict each other and logic however ‘Off the Rails’, whilst more understated, rings true.

[Diamondjimi]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
A review I did a couple of weeks ago

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1419650424.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V39371253_.jpg



Thanks Sesh !

Excellent review. Can't wait to get a copy!:cool:

[Ozzy Fudd]

Great Find Thanks.

Rudy Sarzo has his own MySpace page as well http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=115430032