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Randall William “Randy” Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist who is best known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne. Despite his short career, he is cited as an influence by many contemporary heavy metal guitarists. A devoted student of classical guitar, Rhoads often combined his classical music influences with his own heavy metal style. While on tour with Ozzy Osbourne, he would often seek out classical guitar tutors for lessons.
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Biography
Early life
Rhoads was born on December 6, 1956 at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California. He was the youngest of three children. His older brother, Doug, is a drummer who goes by the name of Kelle Rhoads. His sister’s name is Kathy.
When Randy was 17 months old, his father, William Arthur Rhoads, left his mother, Delores Rhoads, and the three children. Mrs. Rhoads has owned and operated the Musonia School of Music in North Hollywood, California since 1949. Rhoads started playing guitar at age 7 on his grandfather’s old Gibson “Army-Navy” classical acoustic guitar. According to Rhoads’s mother, he learned to play folk guitar, which was a popular way to learn guitar at the time, although he did not take lessons for very long. Rhoads was always evolving toward a hard rock/metal lead guitar style, but he was heavily influenced by classical music as well. This can be heard on tracks like “Dee” (an instrumental he named for his mother Delores), “Mr. Crowley”, “Diary of a Madman”, “Crazy Train” and “Revelation (Mother Earth).
Contents
Biography
Early life
Rhoads was born on December 6, 1956 at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California. He was the youngest of three children. His older brother, Doug, is a drummer who goes by the name of Kelle Rhoads. His sister’s name is Kathy.
When Randy was 17 months old, his father, William Arthur Rhoads, left his mother, Delores Rhoads, and the three children. Mrs. Rhoads has owned and operated the Musonia School of Music in North Hollywood, California since 1949. Rhoads started playing guitar at age 7 on his grandfather’s old Gibson “Army-Navy” classical acoustic guitar. According to Rhoads’s mother, he learned to play folk guitar, which was a popular way to learn guitar at the time, although he did not take lessons for very long. Rhoads was always evolving toward a hard rock/metal lead guitar style, but he was heavily influenced by classical music as well. This can be heard on tracks like “Dee” (an instrumental he named for his mother Delores), “Mr. Crowley”, “Diary of a Madman”, “Crazy Train” and “Revelation (Mother Earth).
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mr crowley is the best song ever
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you will live on forever
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AlisAmanka wrote:
the best
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mineroftruth wrote:
master
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Rahulsuperrock wrote:
simply legend!
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Tompac5 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Tributes .. pay a tribute ..
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RandyRhoadsRIP wrote:
My favorite !!
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NikolVanDrakus wrote:
tragic victim of pathetic idiocy [2]
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emrlty wrote:
he has talent to godsent, my guitar hero.
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tom_dissonance wrote:
tragic victim of pathetic idiocy.
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RandyRhoadsRIP wrote:
Randy is a beast dude
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OpethForLifee94 wrote:
I fucking miss you Randy. I'm 15 but I miss you, man. R.I.P.
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patotopo1234 wrote:
he is the boos is the best
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bleam123 wrote:
R.I.P! "I Don't wanna stop here you know " Randy Rhoads a true insperation! may you rock in heaven with dimebag darrel! keveing dubrow, jimi hendrix! and all other gods! we'll meet in the end!
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KingPerGessle wrote:
R.I.P. Randy Rhoads!
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musicmeerkat wrote:
They really need dee on hear ozzy osbourne didnt really do much in it
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mysticqueen821 wrote:
Best guitarrist ever!
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johngebreadman wrote:
join this group to honor all the wonderful musicians who have sadly moved onto the great gig in the sky http://www.last.fm/group/The+Great+Gig+in+the+Sky
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SavageNation wrote:
What is this library so small???
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Adam_Sandler wrote:
legend
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