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Randy Rhoads’ constant practice drove Ozzy Osbourne crazy. The solution? A tiny pedalboard designed to please them both

Ozzy Osbourne knew he’d found a gem in the wild when he landed Randy Rhoads as his guitarist in late 1979. Rhoads was a ...
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3 Guitar Solos That Prove Randy Rhoads Was One of the Heavy Metal Greats

Randy Rhoads helped make Quiet Riot and much of Ozzy Osbourne’s early solo ventures as legendary as they are today. We lost him far too young at just 25 years old in 1982 in a tragic plane accident, ...
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'After Randy Rhoads died, nothing was ever the same': Ozzy Osbourne bandmate Rudy Sarzo recalls plane crash, 40 years later

Forty years ago, Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash while on tour with Ozzy Osbourne in Florida. The classically trained metal guitarist was only 25 years old when he died, and had only come onto the ...