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1975, I got
a little phone message
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from a guitar player
in Burbank, California
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who was forming a
rock and roll band,
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and he was auditioning
lead singers.
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I met up with him at his mom's
house about a week later.
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He plugs a guitar into
a little Fender practice amp,
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and I tell you what, he played
some of the best guitar
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I've ever heard to this day.
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People, don't ever forget
the name of this guy.
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He was Randy rhoads!
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All right!
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J” oooooh j”
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I yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! J”
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J” just laugh the time away j”
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j” you'll survive j”
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j do what you do
your way, all right j
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In the late 1970s,
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Randy rhoads and his band,
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quiet riot, were tearin' up
the music scene in Los Angeles.
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J” yeah j
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All aboard!
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Then, in 1979, at 23 years old,
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rhoads etched his place
in history as a guitar legend
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when he joined ozzy Osbourne's
new solo band.
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It was an extraordinary
rise to fame on a road
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that was paved with hard work,
determination, and sorrow.
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Randy was an la kid,
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born in Santa Monica, California
on December 6th, 1956,
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and raised in Burbank.
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His parents were musicians
and music teachers.
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His father left the family when
Randy was just 17 months old
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and his mother,
delores, raised him
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and his older
brother and sister.
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To support the family,
she opened a music school
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in north Hollywood
called musonia.
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He grew up in my school,
my music school,
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and he was very
influenced that way.
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We were steeped
and immersed in all the music
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and all of the activities
that were going on.
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Randy started playing
guitar when he was six.
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I started playing
drums when I was 12.
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Randy took folk
guitar lessons at musonia,
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where he learned basic
chords and simple pop tunes.
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He wanted more
than that, so he came and said,
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"mom, I really wanna
take electric guitar."
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Randy was taking
two to three lessons a week
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at musonia.
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His teacher saw that he
was no ordinary student.
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This is where Scott Shelly
taught Randy for nine months
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until Scott went
to my mom and said,
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"Mrs. Rhoads, I can't
teach your son any longer."
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My mom said,
"why would that be?"
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And Scott's reply was,
"for the last month and a half,
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he's been teaching me,
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and I can no longer
keep up with him."
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In junior high, Randy
formed a band with schoolmate
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and neighbor friend Kelly garni.
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He taught Kelly
how to play bass,
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and the two would have
regular jam sessions.
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And I can remember telling them,
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"there's this concert
we gotta go to.
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I'm gonna take you
to see Alice Cooper."
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And he thought that
that was a folk singer,
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so he goes, "well, why do
we have to go see her?"
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I said, "when you see her,
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you're gonna see why
you had to see her."
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Total epiphany.
Changed his life.
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Komp 92.3,
the rock of Las Vegas.
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We're talkin' to Kelly garni
here, who grew up with Randy
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and was one of the founding
members of quiet riot,
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which was Randy's
basically first real band?
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Mhm. Yeah, first
real band of any renown.
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Everything we had
done prior to that
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was just little backyard
parties and things like that.
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We often performed
with no singer whatsoever.
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We'd show up, me and Randy,
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and whatever drummer
we could get that night,
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and just jam,
and people loved it.
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One of Randy's
most stunning features
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was his charisma,
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way before he had even
developed any big talent
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as a lead guitar
player, but, I mean,
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you just looked at
this kid and said,
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"someday, he's really
gonna be something.
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He's really gonna be somebody."
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And you could just tell,
he glowed.
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Since they were
getting more gigs,
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Randy and Kelly thought it
was time they got a singer.
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In march of 1975, Randy
reached out to Kevin dubrow.
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Dubrow had been jamming
with some friends
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but had no live experience.
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Known for his
flamboyant clothes,
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it was clear he always
wanted to be center stage.
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The only piece
missing was a drummer.
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After my first year in college
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in the summer of 1975,
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I was looking for
something to do
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and just, on a whim,
called Randy to see,
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you know, what he was up to.
Maybe we'd get together,
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jam, do something, whatever.
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And he and Kelly and Kevin were
in the process
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of looking for a drummer,
so that's when I called him.
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It was just pure, dumb luck.
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Kevin dubrow
and I were dating at the time,
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and he told me that he had
tried out for this new band
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to be the singer,
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and so he had been
rehearsing with them,
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you know, quite a few
weeks and everything,
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and then finally
he said, you know,
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"would you like to come
down and watch us rehearse?"
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So I went down and I walked in,
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and they were more hippie—like.
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They had long hair
and kinda grungy clothes
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and very plain,
like very simple.
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I was expecting something
more like a british—style band
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'cause that's what
Kevin really loved.
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They started rehearsing and it
just sounded really amazing.
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It was really fun.
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J I got a letter in the mail j
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j sayin' I'm gonna go to jail j
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j someone's got an ax j
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j lookin' it out for me j
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Kevin loved Randy.
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He had feelings for him
as a younger brother.
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He had respect for his talent.
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They were very, very close.
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Actually, the sun
Rose and set on Randy,
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as far as Kevin was concerned.
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When I first heard the guy play,
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I knew how good
he was that moment.
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It was like, whoa, where
did this guy come from?
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It was like a secret,
like a treasure.
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He wasn't really
classically trained.
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He was a regular
rock guitar player,
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started out playing blues,
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listened to things like
Johnny winter, Leslie west,
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Alice Cooper, and then,
as time went along,
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he started listening
to more classical music
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and started taking
a few classes or lessons,
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but to say he was
classically trained,
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which means somebody who started
off playing classic guitar,
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and Randy, nah, he was
a rock guitar player.
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When I saw him play,
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I just couldn't believe
it either.
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He was like, here's
this little skinny kid,
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and he was fucking great.
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Ron sobol was
a friend of Kevin dubrow's,
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and they both shared
an interest in photography.
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We both were photographers,
or I was just starting to be,
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as far as taking rock pictures.
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He says, "well, bring
your pictures over.
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I'll show you mine."
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And, from then on,
we became best friends.
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Ron went on to become
the band photographer
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for quiet riot,
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capturing many pictures
from their early days,
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and he too was blown away
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by Randy's abilities
on the guitar.
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He could play fast.
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He could play slow.
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Or he could play crunchy.
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He could play bluesy.
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And all of it with so much
feeling. It was just amazing.
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You know, I just loved it,
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and he looked good.
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You could just tell this guy
was gonna become a rock star.
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Randy kinda had an aura
about him back then even.
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We'd go up and we played
stough park just on a whim,
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like on a Friday, and
3,000 people would show up.
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It was always kinda like that.
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The group decided
they needed a manager,
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and, through a friend,
Kevin found Dennis wageman.
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Wageman converted his garage
into a rehearsal space,
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and now the band had a place
to jam whenever they wanted.
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And, of course, we weren't
quiet riot then, either.
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Throwing out all sorts of
ridiculous names at that time.
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Okay, I gotta
know, what was the name?
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The previous name?
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- Come on, you gotta!
- — You got any bleach?
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Toss in the dung heap.
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It was... It was little women.
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Really? Are you kidding?
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- Seriously.
- — Oh, no.
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No wonder you changed it.
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Lasted for about a week.
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There was a friend of mine.
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There was this group called
status quo, English band.
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It was Richie parfitt,
a really good guitar player,
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and I told him
the name of the band
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of what we used to be
called, and he said, "ughhh."
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And he said, "if I had a band,
I'd call 'em quite right."
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"Quite right", and I said,
"hey, this is quiet riot!"
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He says, "say it in English!"
He goes, "quiet riot!"
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And so I took it to the guys
in rehearsal that night,
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and they said, "eh, it's cool."
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Funny how those
things happen in life
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'cause there was no, "okay.
You know, we're a band now."
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That didn't happen.
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I remember playing
San souci restaurant.
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We got there, and it was this,
like, Chinese restaurant,
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and, you know,
there are patrons eating,
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and, you know, Randy
turns on his guitar,
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and it was like,
"you can't play here."
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J get your kicks, come on
everybody, get your kicks j
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one of the first places
I remember us playing,
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it was a place in
Van nuys on oxnard
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called the rock corporation,
and it was like a bikers' bar,
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and the patrons there
were like bikers,
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and it went bad sometimes.
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There was one time
where we were playing,
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as always, too loud.
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Randy was always
louder than god,
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and it was
too loud for the club,
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and so the management
turned off the pa,
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and so Kevin plugged his
microphone into Randy's amp
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and called him an asshole
or something like that,
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and one of his biker buddies
ran from the back of the bar
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with a pitcher
in his hand and...
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Just by real quick
thinking on behalf
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of one of our roadies, Harold,
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Harold jumped in front of Kevin,
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and the guy beaned Harold
right on the head with it.
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Probably woulda
killed Kevin with it.
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I mean, didn't phase Harold.
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He was a big, heavy guy
with a very, very thick cranium.
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They played a place called
la Canada country club,
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and I did take
pictures of the band
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playing in front of an audience.
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J ooh, here I come j
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J you got it, rock
rock rockin', woo! J
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j rock rock rockin', woo! J
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j everybody get your kicks j
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Dennis gave us some money
to do a demo at sound city.
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It was really kind
of a beat—up place.
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Had kind of a history to it,
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but it was kinda, you know,
one of those lower—end studios.
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J you know he's fit to be tied j
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Randy was obsessed
with finding the right tone
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and the right guitar.
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'Cause you're
really playing hard,
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and I need, I think if you felt
that way, it'd come across.
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Yeah, if I had the right tone.
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- You'll get it.
- — I got it.
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Ronnie! Ronnie, can you movie
the—— Randy, look, say hi.
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Hi, Ron! Well, we had
a bad movie here,
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but, ah, it's all together now.
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We'll be just finishing up here,
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and then we'll have
some pictures after.
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Say hi, Dennis!
Hi, Dennis! Say hi!
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For an early birthday present,
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Dennis bought Randy a les Paul.
252
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Even though it was a gift,
253
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Randy insisted
on paying him back.
254
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Best thing he ever did,
he gave Randy that Gibson.
255
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J well, I ain't got
no inhibitions j
256
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j and my daddy gets
left, all right j
257
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j the time for him
to make the decision j
258
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j if this is still that place,
I'm gonna spend the night j
259
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j he says get out, j
260
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j you're no son of mine j
261
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j what a problem,
you know he's fit to be tied j
262
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The demo didn't
get them booked anywhere,
263
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so the band decided they were
gonna put on their own show
264
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on Halloween.
265
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They booked a gig at
the machinists hall in Burbank.
266
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I remember playing one
of those kinda dances
267
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also not going well.
268
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It happened a lot in
the early days, it seemed like.
269
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The police had to come
and break up fights.
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Kids were trying to get in free,
271
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so it was quite a ruckus.
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It was around this time
273
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Randy got the nickname snoopy.
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If you looked at his profile,
275
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the way his nose
was and his mouth,
276
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and if he kinda went like that,
277
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it's just kind of a snoopy look.
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And he liked that nickname.
I mean, he embraced it.
279
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I remember playing
the chili festival.
280
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From Van nuys, the group
is called the quiet riot.
281
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It was actually
quite a large crowd.
282
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There was like
25,000 people there.
283
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The band got its first taste
284
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of playing in front
of a huge crowd.
285
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In November of 1975,
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quiet riot played a show
on club day at valley college,
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and while the student body
got into
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Randy's face—melting leads,
289
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not everyone was pleased.
290
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They were really loud,
291
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and the guy in charge
of booking them for club day
292
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took a lotta heat
293
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from the faculty
and the administration.
294
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J when you hold me,
a feelin' inside j
295
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j you're givin' and I'm takin' j
296
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j I know just how you want it j
297
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j here goes, just
how you need it j
298
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j I know just how to give it j
299
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j I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know j
300
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The band was on
a roll, gigging all over town,
301
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but one thing was missing:
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Playing the Hollywood
club scene.
303
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But, as fate would have it,
304
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they got a new year's Eve gig
at a club called the speakeasy
305
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after a last—minute
cancellation by the runaways.
306
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There are a few specific
gigs I can remember
307
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that were really integral
into getting us somewhere.
308
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That show was huge for us.
309
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Once we started
to get some notoriety,
310
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that was probably
the most fun time.
311
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At first, we were best buddies.
312
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We did everything together,
socializing, partying.
313
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You know, we were
together a lot.
314
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We were together two, three,
four days a week all the time,
315
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so, yeah, it was easy at first,
and everybody was happy.
316
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The starwood, quiet
riot played frequently.
317
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Every six weeks,
they'd play Thursday, Friday,
318
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and Saturday nights,
and they'd do two sets,
319
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and they packed the house,
320
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so it was an amazing
place to go see them.
321
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J like a rock—mobile j
322
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j our pistons are a—poppin'
right under your wheels j
323
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j we're the ravers, oh yeah j
324
00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:26,063
the first time I saw
quiet riot, I was 15 years old,
325
00:18:26,522 --> 00:18:28,816
and I had never been
to a rock club before,
326
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so quiet riot came out,
it was this huge sound,
327
00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:35,364
and the sound was coming
straight from the guitar player.
328
00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:38,826
I think my ears rang
for two days after I went there.
329
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So, back at high school,
330
00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:46,834
I was telling all the kids
about quiet riot and Randy.
331
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Anybody that would get
in the car with me,
332
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I'd take 'em down
there to the starwood.
333
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We'd line up in front
of both the gates.
334
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Any door that opened
first, we'd fly in there,
335
00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:58,804
because I had to have
my position in front of Randy,
336
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in front of the stage. That
was where I stood always.
337
00:19:02,725 --> 00:19:04,310
J come on down j
338
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j the ravers,
we're here to stay j
339
00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:10,983
I had just arrived
340
00:19:11,067 --> 00:19:13,527
in Los Angeles in the late '70s,
341
00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:18,240
and I went to see whoever
was playing at the starwood,
342
00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:19,950
and it just happened
to be quiet riot.
343
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I was just exploring,
and they were different
344
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,040
from anybody else
I had seen in a club
345
00:19:26,248 --> 00:19:30,378
because they were already
projecting an arena band image.
346
00:19:30,461 --> 00:19:32,880
Everything that they were
doing was bigger than life.
347
00:19:32,963 --> 00:19:35,758
Even though they had
minimal production,
348
00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:38,552
still, they had big
production values.
349
00:19:38,761 --> 00:19:40,513
When I saw the band
performing that night,
350
00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:42,598
I actually got to speak
with Kevin after the show,
351
00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:44,892
and I gave him
kudos on how great
352
00:19:44,975 --> 00:19:47,770
their vision and the band was
and I told him,
353
00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:50,231
"hey, you know, you guys
are gonna be really big."
354
00:19:51,607 --> 00:19:53,418
We played
places like the starwood
355
00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:54,735
and whisky all the time,
356
00:19:54,819 --> 00:19:56,278
and if you played
those kinda places,
357
00:19:56,362 --> 00:19:57,863
you were on their,
like, good list.
358
00:19:57,947 --> 00:19:59,782
You could go there
any night of the week,
359
00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:01,009
like the starwood, for instance,
360
00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:03,095
and they would let you in free.
You could go see any show.
361
00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,788
They had a area upstairs
that was just for vip,
362
00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:08,290
a vip lounge, and they'd
give you free drinks,
363
00:20:08,833 --> 00:20:11,293
and it was just like
being a huge celebrity.
364
00:20:11,377 --> 00:20:15,339
I mean, we're like
20 years old, so it was fun.
365
00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,299
It was a grand old time.
366
00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:24,598
The starwood was a
great place and quiet riot
367
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:27,935
had such a solid following,
368
00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:30,563
but the kind of guys
that Randy and Kevin
369
00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:31,772
and Kelly and drew were,
370
00:20:31,856 --> 00:20:34,108
I mean, these guys
wanted to be rock stars,
371
00:20:34,191 --> 00:20:36,152
but they were also
really nice guys.
372
00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:38,612
That came off to the people
that followed them.
373
00:20:38,696 --> 00:20:41,782
It was one big family reunion
every time they played.
374
00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:43,492
A iotta high energy
and a lotta fun,
375
00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:44,660
people having a great time.
376
00:21:05,014 --> 00:21:07,683
The band everybody was
talking about was quiet riot,
377
00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:10,352
and the main reason everybody
was talking about it
378
00:21:10,436 --> 00:21:13,230
was because of Randy, I mean,
Randy was—— was—...
379
00:21:13,314 --> 00:21:15,333
You'd be hard—pressed to find——
As a matter of fact,
380
00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:18,319
you couldn't find anyone
that hadn't heard Randy
381
00:21:18,402 --> 00:21:20,321
that just spoke volumes
382
00:21:20,738 --> 00:21:23,657
of his talent,
it was just ridiculous.
383
00:21:24,492 --> 00:21:27,203
The minute he walked
onto that stage,
384
00:21:27,661 --> 00:21:30,956
it was the most fantastic
vision you can imagine
385
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,627
because he looked
like a rock star,
386
00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:36,587
and the band hadn't
been discovered.
387
00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:39,340
I mean the band, they were still
sluggin' down in the clubs.
388
00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:44,136
He played every single
note every single night
389
00:21:44,678 --> 00:21:45,971
like they were headlining
390
00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:47,890
the biggest festival
on the planet.
391
00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,736
Despite their p0pularity
392
00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,112
in the Hollywood club scene,
393
00:22:02,196 --> 00:22:04,657
the band still couldn't
land a record deal.
394
00:22:06,617 --> 00:22:08,994
Frustrated with manager
Dennis wageman,
395
00:22:09,078 --> 00:22:11,747
they fired him and looked
for a new manager.
396
00:22:13,707 --> 00:22:15,811
For a while, Kevin
shoved me out front and said,
397
00:22:15,835 --> 00:22:17,729
"we don't have a manager
so you act like our manager
398
00:22:17,753 --> 00:22:19,421
'cause big bands
have a manager."
399
00:22:19,505 --> 00:22:21,924
You know? And I played
that role for a little while,
400
00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:25,511
but, at the time,
I was taking bass lessons
401
00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:26,929
from a guy named Adrian ball,
402
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:29,515
and he introduced me
to his cousin named Susan,
403
00:22:29,598 --> 00:22:32,810
and Susan had gotten a job
working for Warren entner,
404
00:22:32,893 --> 00:22:35,062
and I told her about
quiet riot, so I said,
405
00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:38,065
"why don't you have Warren
and David go see these guys?
406
00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:39,988
I think it might be
a band that they can sign."
407
00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:41,110
And she did.
408
00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:44,905
Susan and Warren went
and saw them at the starwood,
409
00:22:44,989 --> 00:22:47,283
and that started
their relationship.
410
00:22:48,576 --> 00:22:50,244
When they first
signed that contract,
411
00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:54,081
the feeling with the band
and with friends was that,
412
00:22:54,164 --> 00:22:55,958
okay, this is it,
this is the start.
413
00:22:58,627 --> 00:23:00,796
Warren entner was
working with angel.
414
00:23:01,338 --> 00:23:04,466
Angel was on
Casablanca with kiss.
415
00:23:04,758 --> 00:23:06,594
Quiet riot was waiting
in the wings
416
00:23:06,677 --> 00:23:07,887
to be the next big thing
417
00:23:07,970 --> 00:23:09,555
and everything was
just gonna go great.
418
00:23:11,473 --> 00:23:13,434
He was a really personable guy
419
00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:15,936
and he was in grass roots,
420
00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:17,813
so he had some
background in music,
421
00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:20,774
and they had a pretty good
management company going
422
00:23:20,858 --> 00:23:21,858
at the time.
423
00:23:22,192 --> 00:23:23,944
They had some pull, I gotta say.
424
00:23:24,028 --> 00:23:27,156
Toby, they were a legitimate
management company,
425
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:30,618
so when we did showcases,
it wasn't like a cattle call.
426
00:23:30,868 --> 00:23:33,245
There were specific showcases
for specific labels.
427
00:23:33,537 --> 00:23:35,789
That was really efficient.
That was the way to do it,
428
00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:38,626
and so when Neil bogart
came, you know,
429
00:23:38,709 --> 00:23:40,878
he came by himself
and we played just to Neil.
430
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:44,214
Neil bogart was the head of
Casablanca records at the time.
431
00:23:44,298 --> 00:23:47,009
It was really tense. We
played like maybe three songs.
432
00:23:48,218 --> 00:23:49,595
He walked out, that was it.
433
00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:51,680
Next day, you know,
Warren calls us,
434
00:23:51,764 --> 00:23:53,084
says, "yeah, he's gonna
sign you."
435
00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:59,063
Didn't happen,
so then we had to go back
436
00:23:59,146 --> 00:24:00,814
and start doing
the showcases again.
437
00:24:00,898 --> 00:24:02,733
So we did one in buddah.
One guy came.
438
00:24:02,816 --> 00:24:05,694
He said, "yeah, I get it.
I'll sign these guys."
439
00:24:05,903 --> 00:24:07,589
The album that you have out now,
440
00:24:07,613 --> 00:24:09,132
a lot of people have
had trouble finding it
441
00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:11,158
because it is on CBS Japan.
442
00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:13,243
How did it happen
that an album like this
443
00:24:13,327 --> 00:24:14,954
gets released
on a Japanese label?
444
00:24:15,037 --> 00:24:16,246
Did you record it in Japan?
445
00:24:24,213 --> 00:24:25,214
Yeah.
446
00:24:31,095 --> 00:24:32,554
We were doing the album
for buddah.
447
00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:33,806
They went bankrupt,
448
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,433
and so Toby paid
for it themselves.
449
00:24:36,517 --> 00:24:37,935
Derek Lawrence
produced that album,
450
00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:40,020
but he had
no interest in the band.
451
00:24:40,104 --> 00:24:41,814
He just cared about the money.
452
00:24:41,897 --> 00:24:44,858
I'd do a drum track that
was a really bad drum track,
453
00:24:44,942 --> 00:24:46,461
and instead of saying,
"let's do it again,"
454
00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,320
he'd say, "oh, yeah,
we'll fix it in mix."
455
00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:50,489
And, you know, now I look back.
456
00:24:50,572 --> 00:24:51,841
I don't wanna hear
that stuff anymore.
457
00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:53,659
It was just miserable for me.
458
00:24:54,076 --> 00:24:58,038
Quiet riot one did not showcase
anybody in that band well,
459
00:24:58,122 --> 00:24:59,289
which is a real shame.
460
00:24:59,373 --> 00:25:01,959
The band generated
a lotta interest in Japan
461
00:25:02,042 --> 00:25:03,252
by virtue of its look.
462
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:06,130
The Japanese bought that album
before they heard it.
463
00:25:06,213 --> 00:25:08,507
They bought it on
the strength of a picture,
464
00:25:10,926 --> 00:25:13,929
which gives you some idea
of the strength of a picture.
465
00:25:20,227 --> 00:25:22,438
Kevin and I were
very, very close,
466
00:25:22,938 --> 00:25:25,816
and I think we had a really
good relationship too,
467
00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:28,485
except that things with the band
468
00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:30,988
and him getting older
and a lot of attention,
469
00:25:31,447 --> 00:25:35,492
he didn't know how to have
that and a girlfriend,
470
00:25:36,285 --> 00:25:40,956
so that's pretty much what
ended our relationship.
471
00:25:42,916 --> 00:25:46,420
Kevin wasn't the type
to stay faithful to a girl,
472
00:25:46,795 --> 00:25:49,840
so it's kinda cool that
he stayed friends with Jodi,
473
00:25:49,923 --> 00:25:52,593
and then Jodi and Randy
started to have an attraction.
474
00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:58,307
Randy came to me
and said, you know,
475
00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:00,326
"I'd really like to spend
some time alone with Jodi."
476
00:26:00,350 --> 00:26:01,745
He was so confident
in so many things
477
00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:03,937
but he was like
a little kid with this.
478
00:26:04,021 --> 00:26:05,341
He just really
wanted to be alone.
479
00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:09,693
Randy called and he
asked if he could come out
480
00:26:09,777 --> 00:26:11,070
and get his hair cut.
481
00:26:11,153 --> 00:26:13,072
Something just really
felt different,
482
00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:14,155
and we just clicked
483
00:26:14,198 --> 00:26:16,325
and we talked
for hours and hours,
484
00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:18,202
and at the end of the evening,
485
00:26:18,285 --> 00:26:21,747
he asked me if I wanted
to go to Disneyland,
486
00:26:22,498 --> 00:26:26,251
and I said, "sure,"
and that was our first date.
487
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,172
From that Saturday
on, we never parted.
488
00:26:43,143 --> 00:26:44,978
There was a lotta
tension with Kevin,
489
00:26:45,062 --> 00:26:48,315
although he would
never admit that,
490
00:26:48,982 --> 00:26:51,401
but I do think his ego was hurt.
491
00:27:03,205 --> 00:27:05,958
My dear friend, Lori hollen,
492
00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:07,960
and my girlfriend,
Carolyn Freeman,
493
00:27:08,043 --> 00:27:11,380
they both came home
as if they had seen
494
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:12,923
the second coming of Christ
495
00:27:13,507 --> 00:27:16,927
after having an amazing
time watching some band
496
00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:18,220
called quiet riot,
497
00:27:20,931 --> 00:27:23,100
and they go, "Brian,
you have to see this band!
498
00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:25,644
This band is called quiet riot,
499
00:27:25,727 --> 00:27:27,938
and they have this guitar
player named Randy rhoads,
500
00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:30,774
and he's like nothing
you've ever seen before!"
501
00:27:32,943 --> 00:27:34,444
When I saw quiet riot,
502
00:27:35,028 --> 00:27:37,489
the songs,
the music was fantastic.
503
00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:40,617
They just got that
whole club shakin'
504
00:27:41,034 --> 00:27:44,454
like I'd never seen anybody
be able to do before,
505
00:27:44,621 --> 00:27:46,039
and I completely understood
506
00:27:46,540 --> 00:27:50,836
what Carolyn and Lori
were on about that night,
507
00:27:51,628 --> 00:27:55,883
and I then at that moment
was hooked on quiet riot
508
00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:58,468
and wanting to see
Randy rhoads play again
509
00:27:58,552 --> 00:28:01,430
because, for me,
it was all about Randy.
510
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,186
I tell Lori, I said, you
know, "talk to Kevin.
511
00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:11,231
I will work for free
and I will be a band roadie
512
00:28:11,315 --> 00:28:12,900
for these guys 'cause
they're amazing."
513
00:28:12,983 --> 00:28:16,195
Next thing you know, I was
doing gigs with quiet riot
514
00:28:16,278 --> 00:28:19,031
and tuning his guitars
and changing his strings.
515
00:28:21,408 --> 00:28:22,701
All right!
516
00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:26,806
"Laughing gas" would
probably be the song
517
00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:28,081
that I enjoyed playing
518
00:28:28,165 --> 00:28:30,083
because it had
more of an edge to it.
519
00:28:30,167 --> 00:28:32,336
It was much more metal,
520
00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:35,698
and, you know, of course it
had Randy's solo in it as well.
521
00:28:36,423 --> 00:28:38,675
I think every guitar player
that was worth his salt
522
00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:43,639
had his solo time, and Randy's
personality came through.
523
00:28:44,223 --> 00:28:47,768
Randy was mischievous,
you know. He was fun.
524
00:28:47,851 --> 00:28:50,187
That came through
in his solo, you know,
525
00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:53,232
and I think the people
loved him for that.
526
00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:59,279
Every night, Kevin would
basically introduce Randy rhoads
527
00:28:59,363 --> 00:29:01,114
going into this guitar solo.
528
00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:04,993
J I've heard some guitar
players, well, well j
529
00:29:05,118 --> 00:29:07,579
j but I ain't heard
not too many j
530
00:29:07,663 --> 00:29:12,751
j like the incredible
Randy rhoads j
531
00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:18,507
j and he's gonna play
you a little song j
532
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:24,846
j it's called "laughing gas" j
533
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:31,478
most guitar solos or drum solos
are pretty fuckin' boring,
534
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:32,854
to be honest, you know.
535
00:29:32,938 --> 00:29:35,732
If you go see somebody play
a drum solo for 10 minutes,
536
00:29:35,816 --> 00:29:38,277
after, you know, three minutes,
you're pretty much done.
537
00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:42,614
Randy did this guitar
solo that was mesmerizing.
538
00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:58,547
He would crank up the volume
539
00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:00,674
and kick on
his distortion peddle.
540
00:30:34,583 --> 00:30:37,794
And he would play
frets up on the neck.
541
00:30:50,432 --> 00:30:51,558
Bend the neck,
542
00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:55,228
and you'd get the sound of
bending the neck on the guitar.
543
00:31:22,089 --> 00:31:23,715
And I'd be back
there behind his amp,
544
00:31:23,799 --> 00:31:26,051
and he had an echoplex,
an old echoplex,
545
00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:28,845
with a, you know, a tape in it,
546
00:31:28,929 --> 00:31:33,350
and it had settings from
zero to like 36 or 24 on it,
547
00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:35,602
and during each part
of the guitar solo,
548
00:31:35,685 --> 00:31:38,271
I was back there and he
would give me, you know,
549
00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:40,607
my little numbers, you know.
550
00:31:40,690 --> 00:31:43,568
"During this, it'd be
a 12, and during this part,
551
00:31:43,944 --> 00:31:47,155
during d it would be
a 36, and at this one, 24."
552
00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:49,825
And I would be back there
changing the echoplex
553
00:31:50,033 --> 00:31:51,451
during his guitar solo.
554
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:32,701
The use of volume,
555
00:32:32,909 --> 00:32:36,997
he would roll his hands
on his volume knobs.
556
00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:22,417
And then he would go into this
beautiful classical portion.
557
00:33:49,069 --> 00:33:51,905
You could hear a pin
drop in the starwood
558
00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:53,281
when he was playing this.
559
00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:57,035
All eyes and ears
were glued to Randy
560
00:33:57,369 --> 00:33:58,870
during that guitar solo,
561
00:33:58,954 --> 00:34:01,206
especially during
the quiet moments.
562
00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:32,487
Everybody was riveted
to Randy and his guitar,
563
00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:35,448
and he made it sing like
I'd never seen anybody
564
00:34:35,532 --> 00:34:36,783
make it sing before.
565
00:34:37,033 --> 00:34:39,327
J burn the fire like a flame j
566
00:34:39,494 --> 00:34:41,055
I could just
sit there and watch him
567
00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,807
from my vantage point
on the stage. Look to my left
568
00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:44,809
and there's Randy rhoads.
Even before he was a huge star,
569
00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:46,334
I viewed him as a huge star.
570
00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,396
I said, "I'm playing with one
of the best guitar players
571
00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:50,213
there is whether
anyone knows it or not
572
00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:51,339
is irrelevant to me."
573
00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:57,887
On lead guitar,
this is Randy rhoads!
574
00:34:58,263 --> 00:34:59,931
Randy knew how good he was,
575
00:35:00,015 --> 00:35:02,976
but that didn't matter
that much to him.
576
00:35:03,059 --> 00:35:05,437
He wanted to be the absolute
best guitar player
577
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:06,521
that he could ever be,
578
00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:08,583
he wanted to be the greatest
guitar player in the world,
579
00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:10,650
but he didn't think that
made him a better person
580
00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:13,570
or he wasn't arrogant
about it at all,
581
00:35:13,653 --> 00:35:15,864
and I know that
he disliked arrogance
582
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,490
from other guitar players.
583
00:35:50,857 --> 00:35:53,777
This was the years
of guitar heroes,
584
00:35:56,196 --> 00:35:57,822
and I think, to a large degree,
585
00:35:57,906 --> 00:36:00,158
bands were judged
on their guitar player,
586
00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:03,662
and I think all
the guitar players in town
587
00:36:03,745 --> 00:36:04,954
kept up on each other.
588
00:36:05,789 --> 00:36:07,642
I know that,
at some of the shows,
589
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:10,585
we would see David Lee roth
and Eddie Van halen there,
590
00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:12,170
which was always
interesting to me
591
00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:14,631
because I know Randy never
went to see them play,
592
00:36:14,798 --> 00:36:16,549
but they would always come
to see
593
00:36:16,633 --> 00:36:18,259
quiet riot and Randy play.
594
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,765
There was a little
cross—town rivalry there
595
00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:25,767
between quiet riot
and Van halen,
596
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:29,020
so Van halen, you know,
they were playing the whisky
597
00:36:29,104 --> 00:36:30,998
and gazzarri's and all
those same places, you know,
598
00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:34,567
and everybody's comparing Eddie
Van halen to Randy rhoads.
599
00:36:34,943 --> 00:36:36,545
Did you know Randy rhoads?
600
00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:37,487
Yeah.
601
00:36:37,570 --> 00:36:39,215
What'd you think of that kid?
602
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:42,033
He was one guitarist
who was honest, anyway.
603
00:36:42,701 --> 00:36:44,494
'Cause I read some
interviews that he did,
604
00:36:44,577 --> 00:36:46,871
and he said that everything
he did he learned from me.
605
00:36:46,955 --> 00:36:48,599
- Uh—huh.
- — You know?
606
00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:52,544
And he was good, but I don't
really think he did anything
607
00:36:52,627 --> 00:36:53,920
that I haven't done.
608
00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:56,589
Sure, there ain't nothin'
wrong with it, man.
609
00:36:56,673 --> 00:36:59,134
I've copied some other
people's licks, you know?
610
00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:03,388
I would take a picture
of Eddie Van halen,
611
00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:07,350
and just to kind of piss off
Randy,
612
00:37:07,434 --> 00:37:09,352
and I would put it on
his wah—wah peddle,
613
00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:10,478
which, you know,
614
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:13,398
he wasn't very excited about,
but it was in the perfect place
615
00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:15,605
because every time he stomped
on his wah—wah peddle,
616
00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:18,528
he stomped on it
as if he wanted to crush it.
617
00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:25,618
Between gigs, Randy
gave guitar lessons at musonia.
618
00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:28,496
At one point, he had
upwards of 50 students.
619
00:37:45,805 --> 00:37:47,867
Some of those licks
the students wanted to learn
620
00:37:47,891 --> 00:37:51,227
were from his cross—town rival,
Eddie Van halen.
621
00:37:58,568 --> 00:38:00,612
But talking about
Randy being a teacher,
622
00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:03,573
and, you know, if you look at
any of his live photos,
623
00:38:03,656 --> 00:38:05,784
it always looks like he's
giving a lesson
624
00:38:05,867 --> 00:38:08,411
to everybody in the arena.
625
00:38:08,495 --> 00:38:10,079
He was never one
of those guitar players
626
00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:12,332
that would hide
what he was playing.
627
00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:15,126
He always was very
articulate, very clear,
628
00:38:15,210 --> 00:38:17,420
in his presentation
to the audience.
629
00:38:18,087 --> 00:38:20,423
I had started
to listen to Van halen,
630
00:38:20,507 --> 00:38:22,801
and so I said, "well,
I really kinda like this,"
631
00:38:22,926 --> 00:38:25,512
and I would bring a cassette
and I'd play it for him.
632
00:38:38,149 --> 00:38:39,442
I didn't realize at the time
633
00:38:39,526 --> 00:38:41,903
that there was this relationship
between the two of them.
634
00:38:42,529 --> 00:38:45,198
Had I of known about that,
I probably wouldn't have asked.
635
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:54,624
But Randy graciously
offered to learn the song,
636
00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:57,043
and, you know,
I'm sure it killed him
637
00:38:57,126 --> 00:38:59,045
to have to take
that cassette home
638
00:38:59,128 --> 00:39:02,590
and learn how to play
the songs of his Nemesis.
639
00:39:03,299 --> 00:39:05,486
Honestly, I never
felt any rivalry with Van halen,
640
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:06,821
but then again,
from my perspective,
641
00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:08,781
I think it was more because
it was the guitar hero thing
642
00:39:08,805 --> 00:39:11,140
and since, you know,
I'm a drummer,
643
00:39:11,808 --> 00:39:13,452
you know, maybe it just
didn't occur to me,
644
00:39:13,476 --> 00:39:16,104
but we did play with 'em that
one time at glendale college.
645
00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:18,273
There was a concert
that almost didn't happen
646
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:21,985
because quiet riot
and Van halen couldn't decide
647
00:39:22,068 --> 00:39:23,403
who was gonna be the headliner
648
00:39:23,486 --> 00:39:24,839
and who was gonna
be the warm—up act.
649
00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:28,199
I mean, it literally
came down to a short time
650
00:39:28,283 --> 00:39:29,951
before the concert
ever happened,
651
00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:31,754
and then Van halen
signed a record contract,
652
00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:34,205
and then it was like,
"okay, you're the headliner."
653
00:39:42,589 --> 00:39:45,508
It was a big show, over
a thousand. Lotta people there.
654
00:39:45,592 --> 00:39:48,469
That was a big venue
for us back then.
655
00:39:49,178 --> 00:39:50,763
Randy had the flu that night,
656
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:54,517
and I know he really wanted
to be at his best that night
657
00:39:54,601 --> 00:39:56,321
because he felt,
I think, a bit of a rivalry
658
00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:58,605
because people
likened him to Eddie,
659
00:39:58,688 --> 00:40:00,273
so I think he wanted to,
660
00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:03,067
you know,
to show that he was as good,
661
00:40:03,192 --> 00:40:05,278
but I don't think
his ego was involved,
662
00:40:05,361 --> 00:40:07,201
and what I remember
was he stepped off the back
663
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:09,115
of the stage
and fell down and hurt himself,
664
00:40:09,198 --> 00:40:12,035
just 'cause his head
wasn't in it, you know?
665
00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:13,411
He was really feeling lousy.
666
00:40:14,662 --> 00:40:16,748
And, you know,
Randy was a real card.
667
00:40:16,873 --> 00:40:18,559
He would always do something
to get you in trouble
668
00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:20,877
almost every time
you interacted with him,
669
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,129
so he was like,
"oh! There's these dresses.
670
00:40:23,212 --> 00:40:24,297
Oh, let's put 'em on!"
671
00:40:24,380 --> 00:40:25,691
When I look
at Ron's pictures now,
672
00:40:25,715 --> 00:40:28,301
it's hard for me to believe
it's the same person we lost.
673
00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:31,346
Here's our manager,
Warren entner.
674
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:32,865
He got us all together
just like this.
675
00:40:32,889 --> 00:40:34,641
He showed us just how to dress.
676
00:40:34,724 --> 00:40:36,744
On the surface, it
looked like the band was having
677
00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:41,272
a good time, but underneath
frustrations were boiling over,
678
00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:44,525
especially when Van halen
got signed to a record deal
679
00:40:44,901 --> 00:40:46,361
and quiet riot didn't.
680
00:40:50,198 --> 00:40:53,201
Kevin, he was a real
strong personality,
681
00:40:53,326 --> 00:40:56,788
and he and Kelly never really
got along from the get—go.
682
00:40:56,871 --> 00:41:00,249
Part of that was due
to Kelly's, you know, problems.
683
00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:04,671
He was suffering from a real
bad alcohol addiction problem,
684
00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:08,132
and it was getting the better
of him and it came to a head.
685
00:41:08,508 --> 00:41:12,261
J you give advice for free j
686
00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:17,350
to me, it's the most tragic
night of Kelly garni's life.
687
00:41:18,226 --> 00:41:20,311
If there's one night
in Kelly garni's life
688
00:41:20,395 --> 00:41:22,689
that he could have back,
I'm sure that's it.
689
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:25,608
J bottoms up j
690
00:41:25,692 --> 00:41:28,319
there had always been
a tension in the band
691
00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:31,698
between Kevin and Kelly
but it never became a crisis
692
00:41:31,781 --> 00:41:35,910
because Kelly always carried
his end of playing onstage.
693
00:41:36,411 --> 00:41:39,664
J say what you wanna say j
694
00:41:39,914 --> 00:41:41,934
Kevin would've replaced him,
you know, if he could've,
695
00:41:41,958 --> 00:41:45,545
but, you know, he wasn't
gonna fight Randy over it.
696
00:41:45,962 --> 00:41:50,633
J face is red
because you're happy j
697
00:41:50,717 --> 00:41:52,510
Kelly just wanted to be
in a bar band,
698
00:41:52,593 --> 00:41:54,220
you know.
He was just havin' a good time,
699
00:41:54,303 --> 00:41:56,014
and he wanted to keep
having a good time.
700
00:41:56,139 --> 00:41:57,765
J bottoms up j
701
00:41:58,057 --> 00:42:00,852
I'm not sure that Kelly
thought he was good enough
702
00:42:00,935 --> 00:42:01,935
to be in the band.
703
00:42:01,978 --> 00:42:03,688
Kevin was always
telling him he wasn't,
704
00:42:03,896 --> 00:42:05,898
so there was a whole lotta
frustration going on,
705
00:42:05,982 --> 00:42:09,027
and Kelly was drinking
more and more and more.
706
00:42:09,110 --> 00:42:11,654
J say what you wanna say j
707
00:42:11,738 --> 00:42:13,156
I mean, we all were.
708
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,616
The difference was,
Randy and I could go out
709
00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:16,868
and get hammered one night,
710
00:42:16,951 --> 00:42:19,245
but Randy always
practiced his parts,
711
00:42:19,579 --> 00:42:22,206
always made it to the rehearsal
studio on time.
712
00:42:22,623 --> 00:42:24,542
He always did what
he needed to do.
713
00:42:25,043 --> 00:42:28,046
Kelly, on the other hand,
didn't.
714
00:42:28,421 --> 00:42:30,381
They'd been listening
to tapes of the recording,
715
00:42:30,465 --> 00:42:33,509
and Kevin was very critical
of Kelly's playing,
716
00:42:33,593 --> 00:42:36,137
was critical especially of
some of the background vocals,
717
00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:37,638
and basically had told Randy
718
00:42:37,722 --> 00:42:39,766
that Kelly wasn't taking
it seriously enough,
719
00:42:40,099 --> 00:42:43,269
and, for the first time,
Randy was kind of,
720
00:42:43,895 --> 00:42:45,438
"you know, you might be right."
721
00:42:45,521 --> 00:42:48,024
But I think Randy really
believed that he could go there
722
00:42:48,107 --> 00:42:49,901
and talk to Kelly
and Kelly would change.
723
00:42:53,071 --> 00:42:55,740
One night, Randy
wanted to confront him,
724
00:42:55,823 --> 00:43:00,912
so he went over and took Kim
with him to confront Kelly
725
00:43:00,995 --> 00:43:03,289
about all the problems
they were having
726
00:43:03,915 --> 00:43:08,127
and tell him if he didn't
shape up, you know,
727
00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:12,548
they were gonna have to get
somebody else to replace him.
728
00:43:13,299 --> 00:43:17,637
Randy and I went over there,
and by the time we got there,
729
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:19,597
Kelly was already
pretty hammered,
730
00:43:19,722 --> 00:43:22,725
and Randy was not comfortable
wanting to confront Kelly
731
00:43:22,809 --> 00:43:23,976
about what was gonna happen,
732
00:43:24,060 --> 00:43:26,270
so there was some real tension
in the room right away.
733
00:43:26,479 --> 00:43:27,814
As the evening progressed,
734
00:43:27,897 --> 00:43:30,858
it became more
and more confrontational.
735
00:43:31,025 --> 00:43:32,819
Randy was pushing Kelly.
736
00:43:32,902 --> 00:43:35,238
"You need to not drink.
You need to learn your parts.
737
00:43:35,321 --> 00:43:37,698
You need to do what's necessary.
You need to cooperate.
738
00:43:37,782 --> 00:43:38,782
You need to work hard."
739
00:43:38,950 --> 00:43:40,493
It just got more
and more aggressive,
740
00:43:40,576 --> 00:43:41,869
and finally Kelly just said,
741
00:43:41,953 --> 00:43:44,122
"I wanna show you how
much I don't care."
742
00:43:46,541 --> 00:43:48,251
And he pulled a gun
out from the sofa,
743
00:43:48,417 --> 00:43:50,753
and Randy's like,
"what the hell are you doing?"
744
00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:53,047
He aimed the gun
and started firing it off.
745
00:43:53,172 --> 00:43:58,052
J say what you wanna say j
746
00:43:58,177 --> 00:43:59,846
that really pissed Randy off,
747
00:44:00,054 --> 00:44:02,223
and Randy just took a run
at Kelly at that point
748
00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:05,184
and just basically tackled him
and it was just total chaos.
749
00:44:07,854 --> 00:44:10,231
You know, in retrospect,
it was a very tragic night,
750
00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:13,651
and I know both of them felt
equally bad about it later.
751
00:44:14,193 --> 00:44:17,280
I think Randy walked
in there with dreams
752
00:44:17,363 --> 00:44:21,242
that his boyhood band
could make it as is,
753
00:44:21,534 --> 00:44:24,829
and he walked out going, "okay,
it's time to move forward.
754
00:44:24,912 --> 00:44:26,873
Now I have to make
decisions for me.
755
00:44:26,956 --> 00:44:29,083
I have to do the right
thing for my band."
756
00:44:29,167 --> 00:44:31,669
It was a line
that was drawn, okay,
757
00:44:31,752 --> 00:44:34,088
where Randy moved
from being in a garage band
758
00:44:34,172 --> 00:44:35,882
to being in a professional band.
759
00:44:41,053 --> 00:44:42,413
With Kelly outta the band,
760
00:44:42,471 --> 00:44:44,390
they needed to find
a new bass player.
761
00:44:44,473 --> 00:44:47,310
One of their first auditions
was with Nikki sixx.
762
00:44:47,393 --> 00:44:49,103
And Nikki,
763
00:44:49,937 --> 00:44:53,149
at the time,
quite some time ago,
764
00:44:53,232 --> 00:44:55,109
he couldn't even tune the bass.
765
00:44:55,193 --> 00:44:56,753
Randy had to show him
how to tune the bass,
766
00:44:56,777 --> 00:44:58,279
and he was trying
to show him songs,
767
00:44:58,362 --> 00:45:00,114
but, you know, Nikki
had no formal training,
768
00:45:00,198 --> 00:45:01,800
so he didn't know,
you know, Randy would say,
769
00:45:01,824 --> 00:45:03,510
"this is in c" or "this
is in e" or whatever.
770
00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:04,854
Nikki didn't know
what that meant.
771
00:45:08,414 --> 00:45:09,414
Oh, you're kidding.
772
00:45:14,754 --> 00:45:16,589
Was Nikki any
good at that time or?
773
00:45:17,131 --> 00:45:18,257
Oh, really.
774
00:45:29,810 --> 00:45:33,606
So we realized this isn't
gonna work because, you know,
775
00:45:33,689 --> 00:45:36,901
Randy was a real virtuoso,
and he just couldn't be
776
00:45:36,984 --> 00:45:38,778
playing with some guy who didn't
even know
777
00:45:38,861 --> 00:45:40,488
you know, what key
things were in,
778
00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:43,658
so we auditioned a few guys,
one of which was Ronnie barron,
779
00:45:44,492 --> 00:45:47,119
and the look didn't quite work.
780
00:45:47,203 --> 00:45:50,414
It's hard to find somebody
who weighs less than 100 pounds
781
00:45:50,665 --> 00:45:52,416
to stand next to Randy onstage.
782
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,461
Rudy had the look.
He was a solid player,
783
00:45:55,795 --> 00:45:59,173
and he matched real
well on the pictures.
784
00:45:59,257 --> 00:46:02,677
How did you find Rudy?
785
00:46:13,813 --> 00:46:16,399
Unfortunately, quiet
riot never operated
786
00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:17,775
like a band should.
787
00:46:18,067 --> 00:46:20,194
It was one of the problems
I had with it from day one,
788
00:46:20,486 --> 00:46:22,238
and part of it was
because Randy and Kelly
789
00:46:22,321 --> 00:46:23,364
were so close together.
790
00:46:23,447 --> 00:46:25,866
They grew up playing
together all the time.
791
00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:27,576
Randy taught Kelly
how to play bass,
792
00:46:27,660 --> 00:46:29,346
you know, bands, the way
they're supposed to work,
793
00:46:29,370 --> 00:46:30,955
the drummer creates the time,
794
00:46:31,289 --> 00:46:33,749
and then everybody
plays with that time.
795
00:46:41,882 --> 00:46:43,926
But it didn't work that
way ever in quiet riot.
796
00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:47,221
Kelly played with Randy.
Randy played with Kelly,
797
00:46:47,305 --> 00:46:50,349
and I was just back there.
Nobody ever listened to me.
798
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,353
Drew Forsyth on drums!
799
00:46:55,938 --> 00:46:57,858
So, Rudy brought
a different thing to the band.
800
00:46:57,940 --> 00:46:58,940
Immediately was better.
801
00:46:59,066 --> 00:47:01,402
He was a better musician
than Kelly by far.
802
00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:02,805
The band became
more professional.
803
00:47:06,449 --> 00:47:08,117
Doo—doo—den,
doo—doo—den, dun—dun—den,
804
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:09,535
dun—don da—da—den—den—den.
805
00:47:10,202 --> 00:47:11,871
Actually, "killer girl",
806
00:47:12,663 --> 00:47:16,459
it's the song that I had
to learn for my audition,
807
00:47:16,542 --> 00:47:18,377
and I took it for granted that,
808
00:47:18,461 --> 00:47:21,213
since the riff sounded
like a typical e,
809
00:47:21,297 --> 00:47:25,134
in the key of e, riff, that
that's how the song went.
810
00:47:25,926 --> 00:47:28,721
'Cause it's doo—doo—den,
doo—doo—den, right? Open string.
811
00:47:28,804 --> 00:47:31,724
But no, it happened
to be an f song.
812
00:47:33,768 --> 00:47:36,020
J the chicks in town
been runnin' around j
813
00:47:36,103 --> 00:47:38,397
when I went in to audition,
started playing the song,
814
00:47:38,481 --> 00:47:40,149
of course it was total cacophony
815
00:47:40,566 --> 00:47:43,736
'cause I was playing it in
the wrong key, and, anyways,
816
00:47:43,819 --> 00:47:46,072
I just had to transpose
everything really quickly,
817
00:47:46,155 --> 00:47:49,033
but it felt really
comfortable, really good,
818
00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:52,995
to be playing with really
polished musicians.
819
00:47:54,663 --> 00:47:58,542
J killer girls waitin'
in line for me j
820
00:47:58,626 --> 00:48:01,170
"killer girls".
Very, very unique song.
821
00:48:01,253 --> 00:48:03,464
And it's a very
well—crafted song.
822
00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:07,259
It has a lot of not only key
changes but tempo changes.
823
00:48:07,551 --> 00:48:09,720
You know, very, very
sophisticated, you know,
824
00:48:09,804 --> 00:48:12,264
for a bunch of kids
from the valley.
825
00:48:14,225 --> 00:48:16,352
But, you know,
quiet riot liked to do things
826
00:48:16,435 --> 00:48:17,895
a little bit outside of the box.
827
00:48:19,688 --> 00:48:23,859
We were not really a cover band
and that was very refreshing
828
00:48:24,110 --> 00:48:26,445
because that's exactly
what I was looking for,
829
00:48:26,695 --> 00:48:28,030
an original band.
830
00:48:30,032 --> 00:48:31,718
We interrupt
this music to bring you
831
00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:32,827
a special bulletin.
832
00:48:32,952 --> 00:48:34,870
We've just received
information about the riot
833
00:48:34,954 --> 00:48:36,414
that has broken out downtown.
834
00:48:36,622 --> 00:48:38,642
The house lights
would go out in the starwood,
835
00:48:38,666 --> 00:48:40,251
and there were police lights.
836
00:48:40,334 --> 00:48:42,545
We had these red police lights.
837
00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:45,005
A young singer, Kevin dubrow.
838
00:48:45,172 --> 00:48:46,465
The sirens would go.
839
00:48:46,715 --> 00:48:50,052
A new person,
bassist Rudy sarzo.
840
00:48:50,469 --> 00:48:52,555
The place would be going nuts.
841
00:48:52,638 --> 00:48:54,223
Guitarist Randy rhoads.
842
00:48:55,891 --> 00:48:59,770
You know, kinda creating
some kind of a riot or a chaos
843
00:48:59,854 --> 00:49:02,064
right before the band
started to play.
844
00:49:04,108 --> 00:49:06,235
Bassist Rudy sarzo,
845
00:49:06,318 --> 00:49:09,864
one man whose vibes would
be the cause of disturbance,
846
00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:12,241
guitarist Randy rhoads.
847
00:49:12,450 --> 00:49:15,453
Collectively, they are
known as quiet riot.
848
00:49:15,828 --> 00:49:17,455
The mobs are gonna be seen.
849
00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:20,332
There's nothing like a little
sweat before you go on!
850
00:49:20,833 --> 00:49:22,918
This is the part that
quiet riot gets to be nervous.
851
00:49:23,002 --> 00:49:24,753
You know,
on the sound effect intro,
852
00:49:24,837 --> 00:49:27,006
the mentioning our names
before we go out,
853
00:49:27,089 --> 00:49:28,799
cameras, lights, action.
854
00:49:29,383 --> 00:49:31,135
Woo! — go on!
855
00:49:34,513 --> 00:49:36,265
- Get 'em, Kevin!
- — Ha!
856
00:49:36,348 --> 00:49:38,548
- Happy birthday!
- — thank you!
857
00:49:38,851 --> 00:49:40,328
You know, we were doing great,
858
00:49:40,352 --> 00:49:43,314
but we weren't doing
well as a business.
859
00:49:45,524 --> 00:49:47,526
The Toby organization sent
out demos all the time,
860
00:49:47,610 --> 00:49:50,070
and they had
a relationship with Atlantic,
861
00:49:50,362 --> 00:49:51,780
and the guy at Atlantic,
you know,
862
00:49:51,864 --> 00:49:53,717
every couple of weeks
they'd send him something,
863
00:49:53,741 --> 00:49:55,367
and we would get
a letter back each time,
864
00:49:55,451 --> 00:49:56,970
and, you know,
which they'd say "pass",
865
00:49:56,994 --> 00:49:58,274
"we're gonna pass
on these guys,"
866
00:49:58,329 --> 00:50:00,581
but after like the 10th
time, he got a letter.
867
00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:01,808
They sent a letter
back that said,
868
00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:03,768
"pass, pass, pass, pass, pass,
pass, pass, pass, pass.
869
00:50:03,792 --> 00:50:05,832
In case you don't understand
what this means, pass!"
870
00:50:06,212 --> 00:50:09,131
So, Atlantic was outta
the question for us.
871
00:50:09,215 --> 00:50:10,508
That was never gonna happen.
872
00:50:12,968 --> 00:50:14,488
We believed we had a great band
873
00:50:14,512 --> 00:50:16,281
that was gonna go out
there and really do something,
874
00:50:16,305 --> 00:50:17,640
and then suddenly it was stuck,
875
00:50:17,723 --> 00:50:21,101
you know, and it went from
the greatest of optimism to,
876
00:50:21,185 --> 00:50:23,020
"what's happening next?
Where are we gonna go?
877
00:50:23,103 --> 00:50:24,383
What's gonna happen
to the band?"
878
00:50:25,940 --> 00:50:29,235
In 1979, Warren
entner was out as their manager
879
00:50:29,652 --> 00:50:31,362
and was replaced
by David forest.
880
00:50:31,820 --> 00:50:34,365
The pressure was building
as to whether quiet riot
881
00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:36,367
could finally get a record deal.
882
00:50:37,117 --> 00:50:39,870
I also happen
to manage this band, quiet riot,
883
00:50:39,954 --> 00:50:43,749
which happens to be kind
of a weird phenomenon
884
00:50:43,832 --> 00:50:45,272
'cause they don't
have a record deal,
885
00:50:45,334 --> 00:50:48,504
and yet they're
drawing huge crowds.
886
00:50:48,879 --> 00:50:50,297
They don't have
a record deal yet.
887
00:50:50,381 --> 00:50:52,675
If they don't in
the next six months,
888
00:50:52,758 --> 00:50:54,510
I doubt that they'll
stick together.
889
00:50:57,346 --> 00:51:00,057
Punk and new wave
exploded on the music scene,
890
00:51:00,140 --> 00:51:03,852
and bands like x and the go—go's
were getting more popular.
891
00:51:03,936 --> 00:51:06,230
Those bands were
now being signed,
892
00:51:06,313 --> 00:51:08,315
and we still weren't
getting any toehold
893
00:51:08,399 --> 00:51:09,483
with the record labels.
894
00:51:10,609 --> 00:51:13,487
The record company
were very short—sighted.
895
00:51:13,821 --> 00:51:15,739
They were just focusing
on whatever happened
896
00:51:15,823 --> 00:51:19,451
to be selling records at
that time in that certain spot,
897
00:51:19,535 --> 00:51:21,620
which happened
to be new wave music.
898
00:51:21,704 --> 00:51:23,831
After the knack became very big,
899
00:51:23,914 --> 00:51:26,208
they really shut the door on any
900
00:51:26,292 --> 00:51:28,335
of the other rock
bands up and coming,
901
00:51:28,419 --> 00:51:30,921
and we were going into
a record company and saying,
902
00:51:31,005 --> 00:51:32,548
"listen, we got this demo here,"
903
00:51:32,631 --> 00:51:35,009
and the guy would say, pull
out billboard magazine and say,
904
00:51:35,092 --> 00:51:37,011
"okay, if you guys
come up with a song
905
00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:39,471
like 'do you think I'm sexy'
by rod Stewart,
906
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,015
I will have to check it out."
907
00:51:41,265 --> 00:51:44,810
So, yeah, we would go out,
rehearse, record some songs,
908
00:51:44,893 --> 00:51:48,564
go to a record plant, you
know, spend money and time,
909
00:51:48,897 --> 00:51:50,566
go back to that guy
and, by then,
910
00:51:51,233 --> 00:51:53,152
'you think I'm sexy'
is off the charts.
911
00:51:53,652 --> 00:51:55,904
It was like,
"nah, that song is dated.
912
00:51:55,988 --> 00:51:57,531
Come up with this other song."
913
00:51:57,615 --> 00:52:00,200
You know, it was like we were
basically chasing our tails.
914
00:52:00,367 --> 00:52:01,928
You're not working
for the record company.
915
00:52:01,952 --> 00:52:03,221
The record company's
working for you.
916
00:52:03,245 --> 00:52:05,164
They contract you to
make a record for them.
917
00:52:05,873 --> 00:52:09,001
You basically sort of employ
them to release the record,
918
00:52:09,084 --> 00:52:10,312
but when they're holding
the money,
919
00:52:10,336 --> 00:52:11,503
what are you supposed to do?
920
00:52:11,587 --> 00:52:13,130
You can't go down
there with a gun,
921
00:52:13,213 --> 00:52:16,216
although god knows
we've all wanted to.
922
00:52:16,550 --> 00:52:18,093
For the most of this last week,
923
00:52:18,177 --> 00:52:20,763
we have been recording
some stuff here
924
00:52:22,056 --> 00:52:25,476
in our never—ending
attempt to make
925
00:52:25,559 --> 00:52:28,145
these American record
labels give us a deal.
926
00:52:31,482 --> 00:52:33,609
And when I say never—ending,
you can count on the fact
927
00:52:33,692 --> 00:52:35,402
that I mean
never—ending, all right?
928
00:52:35,486 --> 00:52:36,904
All right!
929
00:52:37,363 --> 00:52:40,783
J one in a million, baby j
930
00:52:41,241 --> 00:52:43,577
j you're a lucky charm j
931
00:52:43,661 --> 00:52:46,580
there was some push for us,
especially from management,
932
00:52:46,664 --> 00:52:47,664
to do some things.
933
00:52:47,706 --> 00:52:49,392
Like, "one in a million"
is a perfect example.
934
00:52:49,416 --> 00:52:50,709
It's a disco song.
935
00:52:55,422 --> 00:52:57,299
Why are we doing this?
I don't know.
936
00:52:59,176 --> 00:53:00,636
Gonna try anything
to get us signed,
937
00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:02,429
so we were trying
a lotta things that,
938
00:53:02,513 --> 00:53:05,015
in retrospect,
weren't a great idea.
939
00:53:05,099 --> 00:53:06,809
You have to do what you do best
940
00:53:06,892 --> 00:53:08,519
and not worry
about anything else.
941
00:53:08,602 --> 00:53:10,562
That's what you need
to do, and we never did that.
942
00:53:10,771 --> 00:53:13,607
There were too many times
where we made exceptions.
943
00:53:13,857 --> 00:53:16,276
"One in a million" is a perfect
example of that.
944
00:53:16,985 --> 00:53:18,904
We coulda given them
"sgt. Pepper"
945
00:53:18,987 --> 00:53:20,614
and it didn't matter.
946
00:53:20,698 --> 00:53:22,866
We were not a new wave band,
947
00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:24,493
so, out of desperation, I say,
948
00:53:24,576 --> 00:53:26,495
"hey, how about if
we take our fan club
949
00:53:26,829 --> 00:53:29,998
and have them picket at
every single record company?"
950
00:53:30,249 --> 00:53:32,459
I just said that, probably
the most ridiculous thing
951
00:53:32,543 --> 00:53:34,753
I could come up with,
you know, just as a joke,
952
00:53:34,837 --> 00:53:36,130
and Kevin said, "wait a minute!
953
00:53:36,213 --> 00:53:37,464
This sounds like a great idea!"
954
00:53:37,548 --> 00:53:38,748
And I went, "whoops!"
955
00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:45,764
Fan club president
Lori hollen wasted no time
956
00:53:45,848 --> 00:53:46,974
getting the word out.
957
00:53:47,349 --> 00:53:50,811
She was able to recruit
fans all the time,
958
00:53:50,978 --> 00:53:53,480
so our fan club just kept
growing and growing and growing,
959
00:53:53,564 --> 00:53:56,567
and in the days, you know,
before Facebook or MySpace
960
00:53:56,650 --> 00:53:58,902
or anything like that,
she did an incredible job.
961
00:54:00,738 --> 00:54:02,781
Everybody went
to Ron and Kevin's house,
962
00:54:02,865 --> 00:54:04,450
and we printed t—shirts.
963
00:54:04,533 --> 00:54:06,410
They were hanging on
the beds and the dressers
964
00:54:06,493 --> 00:54:07,536
and all over the place.
965
00:54:07,619 --> 00:54:09,830
We screened all these t—shirts
that said "quiet riot"
966
00:54:09,913 --> 00:54:11,633
so that all the fans
could have a t—shirt on
967
00:54:11,707 --> 00:54:13,542
while we picketed
the record companies.
968
00:54:13,625 --> 00:54:15,919
We made big signs and banners
969
00:54:16,003 --> 00:54:18,338
and got all the kids organized
970
00:54:18,422 --> 00:54:19,840
at this park in Burbank.
971
00:54:28,724 --> 00:54:31,059
And they went from record
company to record company
972
00:54:31,143 --> 00:54:34,605
to record company trying
to get that band signed.
973
00:54:34,688 --> 00:54:36,982
The idea was to make as
much noise as we could.
974
00:54:38,275 --> 00:54:40,152
So we went to all the major
record companies,
975
00:54:40,235 --> 00:54:41,278
Warner brothers.
976
00:54:41,361 --> 00:54:43,655
Carrying on to capitol records.
977
00:54:43,739 --> 00:54:45,240
A&m. — Elektra.
978
00:54:45,324 --> 00:54:46,867
CBS and century city.
979
00:54:47,117 --> 00:54:50,370
Kevin had laid out the whole
route, and we've got signs
980
00:54:50,454 --> 00:54:52,998
saying "sign quiet
riot! Sign quiet riot!"
981
00:54:53,081 --> 00:54:55,751
Kevin's ultimate idea was
to try to get
982
00:54:56,210 --> 00:54:59,213
news coverage for this,
so he had a little schedule.
983
00:54:59,588 --> 00:55:02,591
Unfortunately, on the first stop
984
00:55:03,509 --> 00:55:05,511
in Burbank at Warner brothers,
985
00:55:05,594 --> 00:55:09,348
we didn't have
a permit to demonstrate.
986
00:55:09,723 --> 00:55:11,308
We were chased out of there,
987
00:55:11,850 --> 00:55:15,646
so the schedule was pushed
about half an hour ahead,
988
00:55:15,729 --> 00:55:18,732
so every time news
media was alerted
989
00:55:18,816 --> 00:55:20,859
that the demonstration
was gonna happen,
990
00:55:20,943 --> 00:55:23,237
they missed it by half an hour,
991
00:55:24,071 --> 00:55:27,199
but eventually on the very
last stop at CBS records,
992
00:55:27,282 --> 00:55:30,035
they actually got to catch
the demonstration
993
00:55:30,118 --> 00:55:32,287
and actually appear in the news.
994
00:55:32,371 --> 00:55:34,051
We did get the news
people and we did get
995
00:55:34,081 --> 00:55:35,225
on several of the news stations,
996
00:55:35,249 --> 00:55:36,917
but if we'd had
a publicity agent
997
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:38,436
who could've really
got the people there,
998
00:55:38,460 --> 00:55:39,795
that might've helped us.
999
00:55:40,295 --> 00:55:42,464
Did we get a record deal? No.
1000
00:55:42,756 --> 00:55:44,800
But we got a hell
of a story out of it.
1001
00:55:45,843 --> 00:55:47,469
With no deal on the table,
1002
00:55:47,553 --> 00:55:49,680
the future was uncertain
for quiet riot,
1003
00:55:50,138 --> 00:55:51,431
but for Randy rhoads,
1004
00:55:51,557 --> 00:55:54,017
things were about to take
an unexpected turn.
1005
00:55:59,231 --> 00:56:02,776
Across town, singer ozzy
Osbourne was holed up in a hotel
1006
00:56:02,860 --> 00:56:05,821
after being fired as the front
man of black sabbath.
1007
00:56:06,196 --> 00:56:08,574
The band had enough of
his out—of—control behavior
1008
00:56:08,657 --> 00:56:09,992
and sent him packing.
1009
00:56:11,159 --> 00:56:14,288
Down but not out, ozzy
still wanted to make music,
1010
00:56:14,371 --> 00:56:17,291
and he came to Los Angeles
to find a lead guitarist.
1011
00:56:17,958 --> 00:56:19,293
After leaving black sabbath,
1012
00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:22,004
I've never, ever auditioned
anyone in my life
1013
00:56:22,087 --> 00:56:24,715
'cause sabbath just
formed, we were mates,
1014
00:56:25,090 --> 00:56:28,135
so I didn't even know how
to go about auditioning.
1015
00:56:29,136 --> 00:56:31,138
Randy was familiar
with black sabbath,
1016
00:56:31,221 --> 00:56:32,764
but it wasn't his cup of tea.
1017
00:56:42,190 --> 00:56:44,443
And he used to tell
me, he used to go,
1018
00:56:44,860 --> 00:56:46,653
"I don't like black
sabbath very much.
1019
00:56:46,737 --> 00:56:50,616
I know you do so we're not
gonna get into it," but he goes,
1020
00:56:50,699 --> 00:56:53,035
"who the fuck would write
his name on his hand?"
1021
00:56:53,619 --> 00:56:55,287
He goes,
"I don't understand that."
1022
00:56:55,621 --> 00:56:56,914
Didn't care for sabbath.
1023
00:56:56,997 --> 00:56:58,597
Thought it was
too dark and too sluggish.
1024
00:57:23,190 --> 00:57:24,274
Dana strum.
1025
00:57:24,733 --> 00:57:26,526
That bass player was Dana strum,
1026
00:57:26,610 --> 00:57:29,738
and he had only one person
in mind for that audition.
1027
00:57:30,155 --> 00:57:33,617
I was calling Randy rhoads
at his mother's music studio
1028
00:57:33,700 --> 00:57:34,743
in Burbank, musonia.
1029
00:57:34,952 --> 00:57:39,247
And he said, you know,
"I'm here with a guy
1030
00:57:39,957 --> 00:57:42,084
that wants to audition you.
1031
00:57:43,710 --> 00:57:46,797
He wants you to be in his band.
This could be really big."
1032
00:57:51,885 --> 00:57:54,346
Just come down
but bring the shit
1033
00:57:54,429 --> 00:57:55,806
that you used at the starwood.
1034
00:57:56,264 --> 00:57:59,393
If he doesn't get what
I get when I see what I see
1035
00:57:59,476 --> 00:58:02,646
from that balcony looking
down, then I really thought,
1036
00:58:02,729 --> 00:58:06,400
"I'm as wrong as could be
and I'm fucked and whatever,
1037
00:58:06,483 --> 00:58:08,777
but I have a feeling
there's no one
1038
00:58:08,860 --> 00:58:10,320
that isn't gonna get what I get
1039
00:58:10,404 --> 00:58:12,004
if you're put in
the right circumstance."
1040
00:58:12,114 --> 00:58:16,868
And Randy said,
"well, I teach here 'til 9:30,
1041
00:58:16,952 --> 00:58:19,788
10 o'clock at night,
I'm tired, I don't know,"
1042
00:58:19,871 --> 00:58:24,042
and then Dana said,
"look, all right, trust me.
1043
00:58:24,418 --> 00:58:26,628
Something tells me
you need to do this."
1044
00:58:27,963 --> 00:58:29,923
Meeting ozzy was
a freaky experience,
1045
00:58:30,298 --> 00:58:34,136
and I went to the hotel
and, as I opened the door,
1046
00:58:35,095 --> 00:58:38,223
I made my way through
50 Heineken bottles.
1047
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:45,272
"I've got a list." He had
a list of guitar players.
1048
00:58:45,564 --> 00:58:47,315
I'm like, "can I see the list?"
1049
00:58:47,649 --> 00:58:48,692
"Yeah."
1050
00:58:49,484 --> 00:58:54,406
He had no way to get there,
no plan, just hands me a list.
1051
00:58:54,906 --> 00:58:57,617
"We're gonna go
see these people?"
1052
00:58:58,285 --> 00:59:02,789
I said, "well, I know
a few of these people. Nope."
1053
00:59:02,873 --> 00:59:04,374
I said, "but I have the guy."
1054
00:59:07,461 --> 00:59:08,503
And I met this bloke.
1055
00:59:09,588 --> 00:59:13,050
This guy introduced
me to Randy rhoads.
1056
00:59:13,133 --> 00:59:15,218
He said, "this guy,
you gotta hear this guy play.
1057
00:59:15,302 --> 00:59:16,970
This guy's amazing."
1058
00:59:25,604 --> 00:59:27,481
Pulls out this little combo amp.
1059
00:59:27,689 --> 00:59:31,526
"Wait 'til you hear this."
He goes, "it's huge."
1060
00:59:32,319 --> 00:59:36,156
I said, "let's hear Jesus now.
Let's hear the man now.
1061
00:59:36,239 --> 00:59:37,574
Let's hear the Messiah."
1062
00:59:58,345 --> 01:00:02,140
And he starts tuning
up and doing arpeggios.
1063
01:00:05,685 --> 01:00:08,063
I'm like, "go, kid. This is it."
1064
01:00:14,111 --> 01:00:18,198
And I remember ozzy
went from the hair down to
1065
01:00:19,157 --> 01:00:20,617
almost stammering.
1066
01:00:21,034 --> 01:00:22,661
And I says,
"just play something,"
1067
01:00:22,744 --> 01:00:25,789
and I thought I was dreaming
when I heard this guy play.
1068
01:00:29,918 --> 01:00:33,672
The guy was a little guy
with such a big, big sound.
1069
01:00:47,144 --> 01:00:48,436
And it just happened like that,
1070
01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:51,857
and I flew back to england
and I said to Sharon's father,
1071
01:00:52,232 --> 01:00:53,900
who was still
involved with us then,
1072
01:00:53,984 --> 01:00:55,485
"you gotta hear his playing!"
1073
01:00:55,569 --> 01:00:57,249
And he says,
"no, no, we'll find one here."
1074
01:00:57,320 --> 01:00:59,156
Meanwhile, Sharon
came from america,
1075
01:00:59,239 --> 01:01:01,533
and I said to Sharon,
"please get me this guy,"
1076
01:01:01,616 --> 01:01:03,577
and Sharon went
back and got Randy.
1077
01:01:03,702 --> 01:01:05,328
I had an 18th birthday party,
1078
01:01:05,412 --> 01:01:07,164
and quiet riot came to my party,
1079
01:01:07,247 --> 01:01:09,374
and Randy and I were
strolling in behind everybody,
1080
01:01:09,457 --> 01:01:10,726
and he goes,
"hey, Lori, come here.
1081
01:01:10,750 --> 01:01:12,043
I gotta tell you something."
1082
01:01:12,127 --> 01:01:13,253
I said, "what?"
1083
01:01:13,712 --> 01:01:17,132
He said, "do you know
who ozzy Osbourne is?"
1084
01:01:17,549 --> 01:01:20,385
And I said, "is he that
guy in black sabbath?"
1085
01:01:20,468 --> 01:01:21,636
And he goes, "yeah."
1086
01:01:22,137 --> 01:01:23,930
He said, "I auditioned
for him today."
1087
01:01:24,014 --> 01:01:25,014
I said, "you what?"
1088
01:01:25,932 --> 01:01:27,726
"All I did was
plug in my guitar,
1089
01:01:27,809 --> 01:01:29,569
and all I did was go
do—da—loo—da—loo—da—loo,
1090
01:01:29,603 --> 01:01:31,396
and he goes, 'you're the guy!'"
1091
01:01:31,771 --> 01:01:34,107
and I said,
"well, what does that mean?"
1092
01:01:34,357 --> 01:01:36,526
And he goes, "well, I'd
have to leave quiet riot
1093
01:01:36,610 --> 01:01:39,613
and go on tour with him,
what do you think?"
1094
01:01:40,155 --> 01:01:42,490
I said, "well, Randy,
I think you should go
1095
01:01:42,574 --> 01:01:43,950
and make a name for yourself,
1096
01:01:44,034 --> 01:01:46,328
and you can always come
back and get quiet riot."
1097
01:01:50,790 --> 01:01:55,003
He gave it some great thought
and decided to go with them,
1098
01:01:55,462 --> 01:01:59,925
but I know he was in
horrible turmoil inside.
1099
01:02:00,050 --> 01:02:04,221
He really felt that he was
betraying the band,
1100
01:02:04,304 --> 01:02:06,181
especially Kevin.
1101
01:02:06,264 --> 01:02:08,475
He was scared to death
of having to walk up to Kevin
1102
01:02:08,558 --> 01:02:10,060
and say, "I'm leaving the band."
1103
01:02:10,435 --> 01:02:13,271
You know? He knew it was
gonna hurt Kevin really bad.
1104
01:02:13,772 --> 01:02:16,399
And I think that was probably
the hardest part of it,
1105
01:02:16,483 --> 01:02:17,793
but I don't think
there's any doubt
1106
01:02:17,817 --> 01:02:19,003
that it was
the right thing to do.
1107
01:02:19,027 --> 01:02:21,863
I'm sure Kevin was
obligated to try to save it.
1108
01:02:22,197 --> 01:02:23,365
I mean, who wouldn't?
1109
01:02:28,203 --> 01:02:30,181
When you're
in a band, you kinda feel like
1110
01:02:30,205 --> 01:02:31,957
you're all part of this machine,
1111
01:02:32,415 --> 01:02:34,834
and so it felt like
a betrayal of a sort.
1112
01:02:36,002 --> 01:02:37,963
I don't remember
exactly how I found out
1113
01:02:38,046 --> 01:02:40,298
that he was gonna
play with ozzy.
1114
01:02:40,548 --> 01:02:42,468
What I do know is that
he didn't call me himself.
1115
01:02:42,550 --> 01:02:44,362
That was the thing that
I was most disappointed in,
1116
01:02:44,386 --> 01:02:46,186
was that he didn't make
the effort to call me,
1117
01:02:46,263 --> 01:02:48,556
after, you know, spending
all these years with him,
1118
01:02:48,640 --> 01:02:50,243
that he wouldn't pick
up the phone and say,
1119
01:02:50,267 --> 01:02:51,911
"hey, you know,
this is what I'm gonna do,"
1120
01:02:51,935 --> 01:02:54,437
so I was disappointed in that
and his lack of character,
1121
01:02:56,147 --> 01:02:58,233
but I certainly understood why.
1122
01:02:58,566 --> 01:02:59,776
Part of the reason he moved on
1123
01:02:59,859 --> 01:03:03,321
was because of his writing
relationship with Kevin.
1124
01:03:03,613 --> 01:03:06,074
It was, you know, toxic to him.
1125
01:03:06,157 --> 01:03:07,325
He could not write
1126
01:03:07,409 --> 01:03:09,286
what he wanted to write
with Kevin.
1127
01:03:24,551 --> 01:03:29,014
The last gig
of quiet riot at the starwood,
1128
01:03:29,097 --> 01:03:32,267
everybody...
Was walking on eggshells
1129
01:03:33,226 --> 01:03:38,523
that night because nobody
really knew what was happening,
1130
01:03:38,606 --> 01:03:42,569
but they kind of knew,
and it was a very odd night.
1131
01:03:42,652 --> 01:03:46,531
And at that time, I knew that
that was the end of an era
1132
01:03:46,614 --> 01:03:49,075
for that band and that time.
1133
01:03:50,827 --> 01:03:54,873
The night before Randy left
to go to england to join ozzy,
1134
01:03:54,956 --> 01:03:59,627
we all were at Randy's house
reminiscing about old times
1135
01:03:59,711 --> 01:04:02,630
and what it would be
like for him to go.
1136
01:04:12,891 --> 01:04:16,227
That night, I remember that
we just had fun, you know?
1137
01:04:16,311 --> 01:04:18,772
We had fun
like we used to have fun.
1138
01:04:24,527 --> 01:04:27,322
There are certain nights that
are snapshots for me of Randy.
1139
01:04:27,405 --> 01:04:30,700
I'm sure that's a night
that Randy probably put
1140
01:04:30,784 --> 01:04:32,702
in his pocket, and whenever
he felt homesick,
1141
01:04:32,786 --> 01:04:34,704
he could think
of a night like that.
1142
01:04:44,756 --> 01:04:48,009
I think it was
in September 1979,
1143
01:04:48,343 --> 01:04:51,304
I'm sitting in my apartment
in west Hollywood
1144
01:04:51,388 --> 01:04:53,348
getting ready
to go to a rehearsal,
1145
01:04:53,431 --> 01:04:55,767
and I get a call from Randy
out of nowhere,
1146
01:04:55,850 --> 01:04:57,411
and the phone rings
and he goes, "Frankie?"
1147
01:04:57,435 --> 01:05:00,605
And I go, "Randy?"
And he goes, "yeah."
1148
01:05:00,688 --> 01:05:03,191
And he was, like,
very direct, right to the point.
1149
01:05:03,274 --> 01:05:05,527
He goes, "you wanna
go play with ozzy?"
1150
01:05:06,403 --> 01:05:08,113
And I said, "ozzy?"
1151
01:05:08,321 --> 01:05:09,841
He goes, "yeah,
the black sabbath guy,"
1152
01:05:09,948 --> 01:05:12,951
and we drove to a rehearsal
studio that I knew.
1153
01:05:13,034 --> 01:05:15,036
It was Mars rehearsal studio,
1154
01:05:15,286 --> 01:05:20,250
and I walked in and set up
my 1969 green sparkle Ludwig kit
1155
01:05:20,500 --> 01:05:22,627
with a 38—inch gong
and everything,
1156
01:05:22,710 --> 01:05:26,339
and then I finally met
Mr. Ozzy Osbourne himself.
1157
01:05:26,423 --> 01:05:27,882
Right away, we started playing.
1158
01:05:27,966 --> 01:05:30,969
So the first song
we started working on
1159
01:05:31,469 --> 01:05:34,472
was the beginnings of what
became "over the mountain."
1160
01:05:34,556 --> 01:05:37,725
Randy was pretty much
running the rehearsal
1161
01:05:37,809 --> 01:05:40,395
in that ozzy sat there
for the most part
1162
01:05:40,478 --> 01:05:42,939
and just looked
and nodded in approval,
1163
01:05:43,022 --> 01:05:45,567
and everything seemed
like it was gonna be a go,
1164
01:05:45,650 --> 01:05:48,194
but, as luck would have it,
1165
01:05:49,362 --> 01:05:51,739
I am told that
jet records had decided
1166
01:05:51,823 --> 01:05:54,993
that they were gonna record
in the UK rather than the us.
1167
01:05:55,326 --> 01:05:57,006
They were only gonna
bring one person over,
1168
01:05:57,036 --> 01:05:59,706
and the choice
hands—down was clear.
1169
01:05:59,789 --> 01:06:02,208
It had to be Randy.
It certainly wasn't gonna be me.
1170
01:06:02,292 --> 01:06:05,670
But I have wonderful
recollections of that
1171
01:06:05,753 --> 01:06:09,549
because I actually got
to be in the room with Randy
1172
01:06:10,133 --> 01:06:14,804
at the very, very beginning
of what turned out to be
1173
01:06:14,888 --> 01:06:18,308
a wonderful musical experience
for the world.
1174
01:06:21,227 --> 01:06:23,980
Then he came to england and
he lived with me in my house.
1175
01:06:24,063 --> 01:06:25,440
We lived together
for about a year
1176
01:06:25,523 --> 01:06:27,192
in my house writing songs.
1177
01:06:48,213 --> 01:06:50,548
It was Randy's
riff for "crazy train"
1178
01:06:50,632 --> 01:06:53,301
that would not only
jumpstart ozzy's solo career,
1179
01:06:53,384 --> 01:06:56,513
but it would put Randy
on the map as a guitar legend.
1180
01:06:59,265 --> 01:07:01,643
"Crazy train" was the first
single off the album
1181
01:07:01,726 --> 01:07:05,146
blizzard of 022,
which was released in 1980.
1182
01:07:05,230 --> 01:07:07,148
I'll never forget
a memory I have,
1183
01:07:07,273 --> 01:07:11,194
and I'm crossing the street
in front of Warner brothers.
1184
01:07:11,736 --> 01:07:14,405
There's about four cars
at the stop sign,
1185
01:07:14,489 --> 01:07:15,907
and I walked in front of them,
1186
01:07:15,990 --> 01:07:19,244
and every car was
playing "crazy train".
1187
01:07:19,619 --> 01:07:20,828
He was in a big band,
1188
01:07:20,912 --> 01:07:22,997
and he was being played
on the radio all the time.
1189
01:07:23,081 --> 01:07:25,208
The blizzard of
022 line up was now complete
1190
01:07:25,291 --> 01:07:27,335
and featured
ozzy Osbourne on vocals,
1191
01:07:27,418 --> 01:07:29,128
Bob daisley on bass,
1192
01:07:29,337 --> 01:07:30,880
Lee kerslake on drums,
1193
01:07:30,964 --> 01:07:33,299
and Randy rhoads on guitar.
1194
01:07:33,424 --> 01:07:36,886
A huge commercial success,
blizzard of 022 was certified
1195
01:07:36,970 --> 01:07:39,055
four times platinum in the us,
1196
01:07:39,138 --> 01:07:42,183
went on to sell over
7 million albums worldwide.
1197
01:07:42,267 --> 01:07:45,770
I truly, truly believe that
Randy was the one element
1198
01:07:45,853 --> 01:07:49,774
that made it possible for ozzy
to reach greater heights
1199
01:07:49,857 --> 01:07:52,068
than he even had
with black sabbath
1200
01:07:52,151 --> 01:07:53,695
which is unheard of.
1201
01:07:57,448 --> 01:08:00,076
Randy's influence
on a generation of guitarists
1202
01:08:00,159 --> 01:08:01,703
was felt immediately.
1203
01:08:01,786 --> 01:08:02,986
If it wasn't for him,
1204
01:08:03,037 --> 01:08:04,455
I wouldn't be playing
the way I do.
1205
01:08:04,539 --> 01:08:07,083
On top of the great
songs or the great riffs,
1206
01:08:07,208 --> 01:08:11,087
I mean, any Randy song,
you could take a riff,
1207
01:08:11,421 --> 01:08:13,256
and you play it and people know.
1208
01:08:13,339 --> 01:08:15,466
I remember, you know,
being, a...
1209
01:08:15,883 --> 01:08:18,094
Gosh, I guess like
a 12—year—old kid
1210
01:08:18,177 --> 01:08:20,096
and like walking
up to my local mall
1211
01:08:20,179 --> 01:08:21,347
and going to the musicland
1212
01:08:21,431 --> 01:08:23,433
and buying
the blizzard of 022 cassette
1213
01:08:23,725 --> 01:08:26,519
and gettin' home
and poppin' it in
1214
01:08:26,603 --> 01:08:29,897
and hearin' "I don't know",
and it just like blew me away,
1215
01:08:29,981 --> 01:08:31,899
and I was like,
"this is like the coolest guitar
1216
01:08:31,983 --> 01:08:33,151
I've ever heard in my life,"
1217
01:08:33,234 --> 01:08:35,945
and it was really like
rock and roll perfection.
1218
01:08:36,029 --> 01:08:39,198
The playing was just
meticulous and unique.
1219
01:08:39,282 --> 01:08:40,617
I knew they were double
1220
01:08:40,783 --> 01:08:43,870
you know,
and tripling his solos,
1221
01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:45,455
which I know how hard that is.
1222
01:08:45,538 --> 01:08:47,790
These riffs and these
songs were really special
1223
01:08:47,874 --> 01:08:50,585
and gave such an amazing,
you know, template
1224
01:08:50,668 --> 01:08:51,961
for Randy to shine.
1225
01:08:52,545 --> 01:08:55,548
Right away, I thought, "wow,
ozzy's really done something"
1226
01:08:55,632 --> 01:08:59,218
'cause, you know, I'd been
a fan of black sabbath,
1227
01:08:59,302 --> 01:09:01,262
and I liked ozzy
1228
01:09:01,512 --> 01:09:05,767
and he left and I really loved
when black sabbath got dio,
1229
01:09:05,850 --> 01:09:07,410
and that was cool
but we kinda wondered,
1230
01:09:07,477 --> 01:09:08,936
"what's ozzy gonna do now?"
1231
01:09:09,062 --> 01:09:11,939
In September, 1980,
the blizzard of 022 tour
1232
01:09:12,023 --> 01:09:14,484
kicked off in Europe
with a north American leg
1233
01:09:14,567 --> 01:09:15,610
soon to follow.
1234
01:09:16,819 --> 01:09:19,447
Is this
pretty close to the dream,
1235
01:09:19,530 --> 01:09:20,740
being with ozzy
1236
01:09:20,990 --> 01:09:24,243
and starting out
with this magnificent stage?
1237
01:09:34,420 --> 01:09:37,715
But behind the scenes,
tensions were rising.
1238
01:09:38,883 --> 01:09:42,011
During a management dispute,
bassist Bob daisley
1239
01:09:42,095 --> 01:09:44,430
and drummer Lee kerslake
were fired
1240
01:09:44,514 --> 01:09:46,891
before the north
American tour started.
1241
01:09:49,602 --> 01:09:52,313
Back in la,
quiet riot was struggling
1242
01:09:52,397 --> 01:09:53,856
without its lead guitarist.
1243
01:09:53,940 --> 01:09:56,109
There was a short
period of time there,
1244
01:09:56,192 --> 01:09:58,170
a couple of months probably
where we weren't certain
1245
01:09:58,194 --> 01:10:01,030
whether Randy was
gonna stay with ozzy
1246
01:10:01,114 --> 01:10:02,365
and be a permanent thing
1247
01:10:02,740 --> 01:10:05,201
because he was kinda leading
us on that he would come back,
1248
01:10:06,119 --> 01:10:10,498
so there was a time of just,
you know, foundering,
1249
01:10:12,667 --> 01:10:16,254
and then after that we realized
he wasn't coming back.
1250
01:10:16,462 --> 01:10:19,716
Certainly, the ozzy stuff shows
more where he wanted to be.
1251
01:10:20,299 --> 01:10:23,177
After Randy left
quiet riot to join ozzy,
1252
01:10:23,261 --> 01:10:27,807
he returned to la
and we did a reunion show.
1253
01:10:28,057 --> 01:10:31,686
I had cut my hair
and wanted to turn new wave,
1254
01:10:31,769 --> 01:10:34,522
just because,
you know, I had to eat.
1255
01:10:34,689 --> 01:10:37,984
I met this kid called Eddie.
He called me and said, "hey."
1256
01:10:38,234 --> 01:10:41,446
You know, "Randy's
playing at the whisky.
1257
01:10:41,529 --> 01:10:43,781
He's gonna be playing
with Kevin dubrow."
1258
01:10:43,990 --> 01:10:46,826
I do remember we came back down
1259
01:10:47,243 --> 01:10:48,703
to the second level
of the whisky,
1260
01:10:48,786 --> 01:10:50,455
and we watched Randy
come out and play.
1261
01:10:50,538 --> 01:10:51,539
He played a couple songs.
1262
01:11:22,820 --> 01:11:24,947
I can just remember today
that his guitar sound
1263
01:11:25,031 --> 01:11:26,532
just stickin' to my face.
1264
01:11:28,618 --> 01:11:30,328
He came back to do that show,
1265
01:11:30,536 --> 01:11:32,997
and the whole time
his demeanor is,
1266
01:11:33,080 --> 01:11:34,916
"oh yeah, we're gonna
continue to do this,"
1267
01:11:35,333 --> 01:11:37,084
which I think he had no
intention
1268
01:11:37,168 --> 01:11:38,294
of continuing to do that.
1269
01:11:38,461 --> 01:11:41,005
It was great to have
Randy back playing with us,
1270
01:11:41,088 --> 01:11:43,049
but it was also very sad knowing
1271
01:11:43,132 --> 01:11:45,092
that it was gonna
be very short—lived.
1272
01:12:03,903 --> 01:12:06,447
When Randy left,
Kevin was a little bit deluded.
1273
01:12:06,531 --> 01:12:09,325
I think Kevin really
thought in his gut that,
1274
01:12:09,867 --> 01:12:12,662
at some point,
Randy was gonna come back
1275
01:12:12,954 --> 01:12:14,914
and play with him
in quiet riot again.
1276
01:12:15,331 --> 01:12:17,542
I mean, I really think
he believed that,
1277
01:12:18,084 --> 01:12:19,603
and I don't think there
was a chance in hell
1278
01:12:19,627 --> 01:12:20,711
that was gonna happen.
1279
01:12:22,547 --> 01:12:23,923
Randy had moved on.
1280
01:12:43,359 --> 01:12:45,820
Classical guitar
became Randy's focus.
1281
01:12:46,112 --> 01:12:48,823
He would spend hours
practicing after shows.
1282
01:12:48,948 --> 01:12:50,616
He would always
be doing his scales.
1283
01:12:50,700 --> 01:12:52,410
I could hear him
in the next room.
1284
01:12:52,493 --> 01:12:55,079
Doo—da—loo—da—loo—da—doo,
all day, every day.
1285
01:12:55,371 --> 01:12:56,747
Randy would say to me,
1286
01:12:57,498 --> 01:12:59,709
"I don't know if I'm doing
the right thing here."
1287
01:12:59,792 --> 01:13:01,794
He was quite apprehensive
about the whole thing
1288
01:13:01,878 --> 01:13:03,478
because he was studying
classical guitar,
1289
01:13:03,504 --> 01:13:06,299
and actually I think he felt
it was interrupting his studies
1290
01:13:06,382 --> 01:13:07,382
in a way. — right.
1291
01:13:07,425 --> 01:13:09,069
And I said, "no, this is great
for you, man.
1292
01:13:09,093 --> 01:13:10,863
You gotta do this, you know?"
And it's like, I think
1293
01:13:10,887 --> 01:13:12,096
I gave him the right advice.
1294
01:13:14,557 --> 01:13:16,642
On blizzard of 022, Randy wrote
1295
01:13:16,726 --> 01:13:20,271
an incredible classical piece
dedicated to his mother, Dee.
1296
01:13:22,940 --> 01:13:26,277
It's a piece that's inspired
musicians for decades
1297
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:29,739
and one that is often
covered in tribute to the man
1298
01:13:29,822 --> 01:13:31,198
that never stopped teaching.
1299
01:13:34,785 --> 01:13:37,079
One of the things
that Randy would always do
1300
01:13:37,163 --> 01:13:39,165
was we had support bands,
and they asked him,
1301
01:13:39,248 --> 01:13:41,667
"how do you get
that kinda sound?"
1302
01:13:41,751 --> 01:13:43,878
He would teach the other bands,
1303
01:13:43,961 --> 01:13:47,214
and he would give them
lessons always all the time.
1304
01:13:47,298 --> 01:13:51,135
He always had time
for musicians, always.
1305
01:13:51,385 --> 01:13:53,721
You know, I think another
thing that Randy did
1306
01:13:53,804 --> 01:13:55,556
was he made classical cool.
1307
01:13:55,848 --> 01:13:58,601
I'm the son
of two classical musicians,
1308
01:13:58,684 --> 01:14:00,811
and, you know,
I couldn't wait to get away
1309
01:14:00,895 --> 01:14:03,272
from learning cello
and piano when I was a kid
1310
01:14:03,356 --> 01:14:04,815
and play rock guitar,
1311
01:14:04,982 --> 01:14:07,234
and, you know, all of a sudden
when I heard Randy
1312
01:14:07,318 --> 01:14:09,111
and I was introduced
to the concept
1313
01:14:09,195 --> 01:14:11,405
of classical music being
quote—unquote "cool,"
1314
01:14:11,739 --> 01:14:13,741
it really made me
reevaluate everything
1315
01:14:13,824 --> 01:14:14,951
that I had been through.
1316
01:14:15,451 --> 01:14:18,037
Really trying to
figure out all of the parts
1317
01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:20,164
that were in "revelation ",
1318
01:14:20,247 --> 01:14:22,291
if you've never
heard Randy's music
1319
01:14:22,375 --> 01:14:25,419
and this is one of the first
songs that you hear,
1320
01:14:25,836 --> 01:14:28,923
you'll notice a heavy
classical influence on that,
1321
01:14:29,006 --> 01:14:30,841
and he's playing acoustic guitar
1322
01:14:30,925 --> 01:14:34,762
and all the overdubbed parts
are all these puzzle pieces
1323
01:14:34,845 --> 01:14:36,430
that make it challenging
to figure out
1324
01:14:36,514 --> 01:14:38,516
what the voicing
is for each thing,
1325
01:14:38,599 --> 01:14:41,352
so you can't necessarily figure
out an easy accompaniment.
1326
01:14:41,435 --> 01:14:43,896
I got into other kinds
of classical music
1327
01:14:43,980 --> 01:14:46,023
because of his playing.
1328
01:14:50,152 --> 01:14:52,905
Randy's virtuoso
performance on blizzard of 022
1329
01:14:52,989 --> 01:14:54,782
and his eclectic
style was making waves
1330
01:14:54,865 --> 01:14:56,158
in the music industry.
1331
01:14:57,868 --> 01:15:01,163
In 1981, he was presented
with the best new talent award
1332
01:15:01,247 --> 01:15:02,999
from guitar player magazine.
1333
01:15:04,375 --> 01:15:06,711
It was a proud moment
for the kid from Burbank
1334
01:15:06,794 --> 01:15:09,088
to finally land
on the world stage.
1335
01:15:09,630 --> 01:15:12,550
Less than a year after
recording blizzard of 022,
1336
01:15:12,633 --> 01:15:15,553
the group headed back
to the studio to begin recording
1337
01:15:15,636 --> 01:15:18,264
their follow—up album
diary of a madman,
1338
01:15:18,347 --> 01:15:19,849
but unlike blizzard of 022,
1339
01:15:19,932 --> 01:15:22,351
where the band took their
time crafting songs,
1340
01:15:22,435 --> 01:15:25,396
diary of a madman was
recorded in just over a month.
1341
01:15:43,914 --> 01:15:46,250
Despite feeling
rushed in the studio,
1342
01:15:46,333 --> 01:15:49,462
Randy's neoclassical guitar
work reached new heights.
1343
01:15:49,795 --> 01:15:52,882
The complex music showcased
his ability to shred,
1344
01:15:52,965 --> 01:15:56,677
create great riffs,
and weave in classical themes.
1345
01:15:56,761 --> 01:15:58,030
You know, one of those players
1346
01:15:58,054 --> 01:15:59,555
that I personally
love listening to,
1347
01:15:59,638 --> 01:16:02,099
and I know a lotta people do,
where they're just not trying.
1348
01:16:02,183 --> 01:16:05,019
They're serving the composition,
for one, and secondly,
1349
01:16:07,104 --> 01:16:08,230
not trying to show off.
1350
01:16:08,314 --> 01:16:09,899
But he was really
pickin' his spots,
1351
01:16:09,982 --> 01:16:12,068
and he was very economical
in the way he played
1352
01:16:12,151 --> 01:16:15,237
and very smart
and served the song.
1353
01:16:17,114 --> 01:16:19,116
In support of diary of a madman,
1354
01:16:19,200 --> 01:16:21,786
the group was gearing up
for their second concert tour.
1355
01:16:21,869 --> 01:16:24,288
Bob daisley and Lee
kerslake were replaced
1356
01:16:24,371 --> 01:16:27,833
with drummer Tommy aldridge
and, on Randy's recommendation,
1357
01:16:27,917 --> 01:16:31,670
his former quiet riot
bandmate, Rudy sarzo, on bass.
1358
01:16:51,649 --> 01:16:53,943
It was a tour highlighted
by some moments
1359
01:16:54,026 --> 01:16:56,278
only ozzy was capable of.
1360
01:16:56,487 --> 01:16:58,322
It was during a show
in des moines, Iowa
1361
01:16:58,864 --> 01:17:01,492
that a fan threw
a dead bat onstage.
1362
01:17:01,700 --> 01:17:03,119
Thinking it was a toy,
1363
01:17:03,452 --> 01:17:05,788
ozzy picked it up
and bit its head off.
1364
01:17:07,248 --> 01:17:08,916
Then in San Antonio, Texas,
1365
01:17:08,999 --> 01:17:11,293
after yet another
night of drinking,
1366
01:17:11,669 --> 01:17:15,548
ozzy was arrested for
relieving himself on the alamo.
1367
01:17:17,007 --> 01:17:18,717
I remember
Randy was saying to me,
1368
01:17:18,801 --> 01:17:20,094
"ozzy, why do you drink so much?
1369
01:17:20,177 --> 01:17:21,321
Why do you take so much dope?
1370
01:17:21,345 --> 01:17:22,888
Why do you get
stoned all the time?"
1371
01:17:22,972 --> 01:17:26,183
He never drank much.
He never took drugs at all.
1372
01:17:26,392 --> 01:17:28,727
He never smoked a joint.
1373
01:17:28,811 --> 01:17:30,451
He smoked cigarettes,
but that's about it.
1374
01:17:30,479 --> 01:17:32,189
He had the occasional drink,
1375
01:17:32,273 --> 01:17:34,233
but I was drunk
and stoned all the time,
1376
01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:35,526
and he would say to me,
1377
01:17:35,609 --> 01:17:37,403
"you know, ozzy,
you're gonna die soon."
1378
01:17:39,905 --> 01:17:42,283
For Randy, touring was exciting,
1379
01:17:42,533 --> 01:17:44,034
but he was in uncharted waters
1380
01:17:44,118 --> 01:17:46,662
as a guitar hero
in a heavy metal band.
1381
01:18:16,233 --> 01:18:17,985
The tour was a huge success.
1382
01:18:18,485 --> 01:18:20,571
After weeks of playing
to sold—out venues,
1383
01:18:20,654 --> 01:18:22,907
they played what would
be Randy's last show
1384
01:18:23,574 --> 01:18:28,162
at the Knoxville civic coliseum
on march 18th, 1982.
1385
01:18:53,145 --> 01:18:55,272
After the gig,
they boarded their tour bus
1386
01:18:55,356 --> 01:18:59,068
and headed to Orlando, Florida
to play rock super bowl xiv,
1387
01:18:59,193 --> 01:19:02,529
which featured foreigner,
ufo, and Bryan Adams.
1388
01:19:11,288 --> 01:19:14,291
On the way to Orlando,
bus driver Andy aycock
1389
01:19:14,375 --> 01:19:16,252
made a pit stop
in leesburg, Florida
1390
01:19:16,335 --> 01:19:18,879
to fix a broken air
conditioning unit on the bus.
1391
01:19:22,174 --> 01:19:25,261
They pulled into the estate
of country singer Jerry Calhoun,
1392
01:19:25,344 --> 01:19:27,263
who was the owner
of Florida coach.
1393
01:19:29,598 --> 01:19:31,350
Aycock lived on the property,
1394
01:19:31,433 --> 01:19:34,311
which housed an airstrip
and several small aircraft.
1395
01:19:35,562 --> 01:19:38,941
Aycock, who knew how to fly,
convinced keyboardist Don airey
1396
01:19:39,024 --> 01:19:41,694
and tour manager
Jake Duncan to go for a flight.
1397
01:19:43,612 --> 01:19:45,614
He took the plane
without permission
1398
01:19:45,906 --> 01:19:47,449
and headed on a joy ride.
1399
01:19:50,619 --> 01:19:52,705
After buzzing
the bus several times,
1400
01:19:53,205 --> 01:19:55,541
they landed safely
and now aycock wanted Randy
1401
01:19:55,624 --> 01:19:58,961
and makeup artist Rachel
youngblood to go for a ride.
1402
01:20:01,922 --> 01:20:04,967
Youngblood had a heart condition
and was hesitant to go.
1403
01:20:05,426 --> 01:20:07,386
Although Randy
didn't like flying,
1404
01:20:07,636 --> 01:20:10,931
he agreed to it when aycock
said he would do nothing risky
1405
01:20:11,015 --> 01:20:12,725
because of
youngblood's condition.
1406
01:20:13,267 --> 01:20:15,602
Randy also wanted
to take some aerial photos
1407
01:20:15,686 --> 01:20:16,770
to send to his mother.
1408
01:20:19,857 --> 01:20:22,901
During the flight, aycock
didn't stick to his word.
1409
01:20:23,110 --> 01:20:26,113
Instead, he buzzed
the tour bus several times,
1410
01:20:26,196 --> 01:20:29,158
flying at over
150 miles per hour,
1411
01:20:29,491 --> 01:20:32,619
and on his last attempt,
everything went wrong.
1412
01:20:43,130 --> 01:20:45,883
The plane's left wing
clipped the top of the bus,
1413
01:20:46,216 --> 01:20:48,677
sending the aircraft
spiraling outta control.
1414
01:20:49,470 --> 01:20:52,556
The plane hit the top of a pine
tree and burst into flames
1415
01:20:52,890 --> 01:20:55,434
after crashing into the garage
of the mansion.
1416
01:20:57,269 --> 01:21:00,606
Everyone on board was
killed instantly.
1417
01:21:06,695 --> 01:21:08,989
It's amazing in one
second how your whole life
1418
01:21:09,073 --> 01:21:10,366
can turn around, you know.
1419
01:21:11,325 --> 01:21:14,703
You go to bed on a bus
driving down a freeway,
1420
01:21:14,787 --> 01:21:16,789
and you wake up and you're
in the middle of a field
1421
01:21:16,872 --> 01:21:18,207
and there's a house on fire,
1422
01:21:18,290 --> 01:21:19,642
and there's bits of
airplane everywhere,
1423
01:21:19,666 --> 01:21:21,668
and people are like
running around screaming.
1424
01:21:21,919 --> 01:21:23,045
It's horrendous!
1425
01:21:25,547 --> 01:21:27,359
According
to police, the three were on
1426
01:21:27,383 --> 01:21:30,552
an early morning joyride after
staying up over 24 hours.
1427
01:21:30,803 --> 01:21:33,514
While some members of the
ozzy Osbourne band slept
1428
01:21:33,597 --> 01:21:35,599
in their tour bus parked
next to the house,
1429
01:21:35,891 --> 01:21:37,559
the other three buzzed overhead,
1430
01:21:37,643 --> 01:21:39,269
circling the bus three times.
1431
01:21:39,353 --> 01:21:41,397
On the fourth time,
they didn't make it.
1432
01:21:42,189 --> 01:21:43,774
Is this really happening?
1433
01:21:43,857 --> 01:21:45,109
You don't think it's happening.
1434
01:21:45,192 --> 01:21:46,610
You don't think
it's not happening.
1435
01:21:46,693 --> 01:21:48,487
You can't understand
what's happening.
1436
01:21:48,570 --> 01:21:51,949
You're just kind of like
locked in a time lock,
1437
01:21:52,032 --> 01:21:53,158
and it's like horrible.
1438
01:21:53,242 --> 01:21:55,053
And you can't get out,
every time you turn around,
1439
01:21:55,077 --> 01:21:56,638
there's something worse
happening, you know,
1440
01:21:56,662 --> 01:21:59,832
and it's like being
in a battlefield, you know.
1441
01:22:17,766 --> 01:22:19,643
And I'm pretty sure
I heard about it,
1442
01:22:19,726 --> 01:22:21,770
I was listening to
the radio and they said it,
1443
01:22:21,854 --> 01:22:23,730
and as soon as I heard it,
I called Kevin
1444
01:22:24,231 --> 01:22:25,732
and he was crying.
1445
01:22:25,858 --> 01:22:27,693
He couldn't believe
that that happened.
1446
01:22:28,610 --> 01:22:31,155
And, of course, everybody
wanted to know what happened,
1447
01:22:31,405 --> 01:22:35,701
why, how. It's just a tragic
thing that happened.
1448
01:22:43,917 --> 01:22:49,006
Kevin was destroyed when
Randy died when he got the news.
1449
01:22:50,299 --> 01:22:52,342
I remember going to the funeral.
1450
01:22:52,676 --> 01:22:54,970
Kevin was one
of the pallbearers.
1451
01:22:55,220 --> 01:22:59,683
It was just awful. He was just
so upset and so depressed,
1452
01:22:59,850 --> 01:23:03,020
and it was a terrible,
terrible thing.
1453
01:23:03,103 --> 01:23:07,024
My heart went out
to his mother and his family
1454
01:23:07,107 --> 01:23:11,445
and to my own son,
who was so deeply affected
1455
01:23:11,528 --> 01:23:13,405
by having lost this friendship.
1456
01:23:19,578 --> 01:23:23,248
You know, it was very
hard for me personally
1457
01:23:23,332 --> 01:23:27,878
to carry on playing in ozzy's
band after Randy's death.
1458
01:23:28,545 --> 01:23:31,256
Every time we went
onstage, it was, you know.
1459
01:23:31,340 --> 01:23:32,841
The memories, you know.
1460
01:23:32,925 --> 01:23:35,802
It was the same stage,
production, clothing.
1461
01:23:35,886 --> 01:23:39,348
Even the intro of the show
was Randy playing
1462
01:23:40,432 --> 01:23:41,892
diary of a madman,
1463
01:23:42,267 --> 01:23:43,852
and,
1464
01:23:44,186 --> 01:23:48,273
I don't know, I had become
very robotic onstage,
1465
01:23:48,357 --> 01:23:50,567
and the only way that I could
really survive the show
1466
01:23:50,651 --> 01:23:55,030
was just to shut down
and just, you know, play.
1467
01:24:09,086 --> 01:24:12,381
In 2004, Randy
received another honor.
1468
01:24:12,839 --> 01:24:15,842
He was inducted into
Hollywood's rockwalk of fame.
1469
01:24:16,176 --> 01:24:18,303
Fans and fellow
musicians joined in
1470
01:24:18,387 --> 01:24:20,556
to celebrate his life
and legacy.
1471
01:24:20,639 --> 01:24:23,684
Today, we're here
to honor the memory
1472
01:24:23,767 --> 01:24:25,185
of an extraordinary musician.
1473
01:24:25,852 --> 01:24:28,605
He was a man that, during his
brief 25 years on this planet,
1474
01:24:28,730 --> 01:24:31,108
touched millions of people
just like you and me
1475
01:24:31,275 --> 01:24:33,527
with his talent
and he left a musical legacy
1476
01:24:33,610 --> 01:24:35,153
that will never,
ever be forgotten.
1477
01:24:35,529 --> 01:24:38,198
Randy was just 22
when he joined ozzy
1478
01:24:38,282 --> 01:24:39,482
for the blizzard of 022 album.
1479
01:24:40,075 --> 01:24:41,952
He wrote many
of the songs on that record,
1480
01:24:42,244 --> 01:24:43,704
and after blizzard of 022,
of course,
1481
01:24:43,787 --> 01:24:45,557
Randy went on to write
music for the next album,
1482
01:24:45,581 --> 01:24:47,749
diary of a madman,
1483
01:24:48,250 --> 01:24:51,044
And it's his work
on just these two albums
1484
01:24:51,128 --> 01:24:52,796
that have guaranteed
Randy rhoads
1485
01:24:52,879 --> 01:24:54,798
a lasting place in rock history
1486
01:24:55,048 --> 01:24:58,093
and his induction today
into the rockwalk.
1487
01:24:59,469 --> 01:25:02,889
Ozzy Osbourne, folks.
1488
01:25:06,393 --> 01:25:08,061
It seems such a long time ago
1489
01:25:08,145 --> 01:25:09,688
that I played with Randy rhoads,
1490
01:25:09,771 --> 01:25:13,734
and yet it seems so like
yesterday I knew him,
1491
01:25:14,776 --> 01:25:17,654
but what all I can say about
my memory of Randy rhoads
1492
01:25:17,738 --> 01:25:20,157
is that I will never forget
as long as I live
1493
01:25:20,365 --> 01:25:25,412
that he was a small guy with
such an enormous, giant talent,
1494
01:25:25,912 --> 01:25:28,373
and he's so certainly
missed in my family,
1495
01:25:28,457 --> 01:25:31,460
and there's not a day goes by
without us thinking of him.
1496
01:25:31,918 --> 01:25:34,504
He'll never die in my heart.
He's there forever.
1497
01:25:34,588 --> 01:25:38,508
God bless Randy rhoads.
1498
01:25:54,483 --> 01:25:55,567
I feel that,
1499
01:25:56,652 --> 01:26:00,906
in my heart, definitely
Randy and I were soulmates.
1500
01:26:04,034 --> 01:26:06,536
It's funny when you
talk about that "it" factor
1501
01:26:06,620 --> 01:26:08,914
and the presence that Randy had.
1502
01:26:09,706 --> 01:26:12,125
He'd enter a room and people
would just turn and look,
1503
01:26:12,209 --> 01:26:14,544
you know, and it was amazing,
1504
01:26:14,628 --> 01:26:17,756
but that wasn't what
made him who he was.
1505
01:26:18,131 --> 01:26:20,425
I mean, part of who
he was was the fact that,
1506
01:26:20,842 --> 01:26:23,261
it's like his talent,
it's like you're aware of it,
1507
01:26:23,345 --> 01:26:24,805
but it's not the big deal?
1508
01:26:24,888 --> 01:26:27,557
He was my friend and,
1509
01:26:27,766 --> 01:26:29,393
at the time,
we were just two guys
1510
01:26:29,476 --> 01:26:30,676
that were having a great time.
1511
01:26:37,567 --> 01:26:40,445
Randy had
celebrity, is what he had.
1512
01:26:40,529 --> 01:26:42,948
There are certain people
that just have that.
1513
01:26:43,031 --> 01:26:44,783
From the time I first met him,
1514
01:26:44,866 --> 01:26:46,094
you know, we would play a party
1515
01:26:46,118 --> 01:26:47,828
and thousands of people
would show up.
1516
01:26:48,412 --> 01:26:50,372
You know, at the time,
he was like, you know, 15.
1517
01:26:50,455 --> 01:26:52,433
It wasn't because he was
such a great guitar player
1518
01:26:52,457 --> 01:26:54,668
at the time but he had
celebrity, he drew people.
1519
01:26:55,168 --> 01:26:58,630
When somebody is a celebrity,
when they have that essence,
1520
01:26:58,839 --> 01:27:01,550
that light, everybody
gravitates to it.
1521
01:27:01,633 --> 01:27:04,678
They're like moths to the light,
and that's what Randy was.
1522
01:27:05,846 --> 01:27:08,265
When you're watching
the band on stage, you know,
1523
01:27:08,348 --> 01:27:11,268
all the audience gravitated
to that side of the stage
1524
01:27:11,351 --> 01:27:13,019
because that's
where the light was.
1525
01:27:13,103 --> 01:27:18,024
Randy was the light and everyone
gravitated to the light.
1526
01:27:28,076 --> 01:27:30,537
And Randy's
light continues to shine.
1527
01:27:32,247 --> 01:27:35,625
In 2021, he was recognized
for his contribution
1528
01:27:35,709 --> 01:27:37,043
to the music world
1529
01:27:37,419 --> 01:27:40,589
and was inducted into
the rock & roll hall of fame.
1530
01:27:50,557 --> 01:27:54,853
In a short time, Randy inspired
millions across the globe.
1531
01:27:55,520 --> 01:27:58,315
It's a legacy that
continues to this day.
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