Crazy Train: The high life and tragic death of Randy Rhoads

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Randall Rhoads, born in California in 1956 and cut down in his prime at the age of only 26, has been an immense influence on a whole generation of musicians in rock and metal. He first came to international prominence in 1979, when he used to be recruited from the cult metal band Quiet Insurrection to play with Ozzy Osbourne, who had been fired from Black Sabbath for his drink and drug addictions and used to be in urgent need of a co-author to kickstart a solo career. How and why Ozzy and Randy went on to find enormous success is likely one of the key themes of Crazy Train, named after the first and most famous Osbourne/Rhoads co-composition. It used to be Randy’s pioneering combination of neo-classical soloing, catchy riffage and unforgettable songwriting which propelled Ozzy. The two albums that Randy recorded with Quiet Insurrection and the two with Ozzy showcase the young guitarist’s immense ability, even though the full extent of his talent may never have been revealed. In 1982 he died in an air crash. The parallels between Crazy Train and the creator’s best-selling To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica’s Cliff Burton (Jawbone 2009) are intentional and obvious. Both books handle a musical prodigy who died tragically in his mid-20s; both men have a vast following and a profile which has risen in the years since their deaths; and both men have a big coterie of friends, circle of relatives and associates prepared to tell their stories for the first actual time.


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