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RIP Randy Rhoads

by Ron Bieber on Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Today is the 26th anniversary of the death of Randy Rhoads. What better way to remember him than an 8 minute guitar solo from the Quiet Riot days? You’ll find a lot of familiar pieces in this solo. Enjoy – and RIP Randy.

I also have pictures of the grave site from a trip I took back in 2005. You can find a lot more at the Diary of an Axeman web site – the definitive site on the net for Randy Rhoads “stuff”.

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I Think I’m A Zappa Addict Now

December 21, 2007

I am so on a Zappa kick.
I remember back in high school, the only album I had heard from Frank was Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention and I really enjoyed it – but it never really got its hooks into me in a big way. I went through a mini-spell [...]

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Steve Vai Sofa by Cesar Huesca – Saturday Music

December 8, 2007

This guys is really good and has a ton of these up on YouTube.

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WLUP “Loop Girl” Interviews with Steve Vai at the House of Blues on September 21.

November 4, 2007

Finally found the interviews with Steve Vai done by the “Loop Girl” the night we saw him at the House of Blues. Part I and Part 2.

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Early Vai with Zappa – Stevies Spanking

November 4, 2007

Something cool for a Sunday. We picked up the Frank Zappa: Dub Room Special DVD yesterday and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I guess I’ll be back on a Zappa kick for a bit.

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Evo Experience on 9/21 – Quick Post and A Few Pictures

September 22, 2007

Jonna and I attended the Steve Vai Evo Experience at the House of Blues last night. Jonna played photographer and took about 300 or so pictures. We are in a rush this morning, but I have gotten a few up. Throughout the week I will continue to sort through [...]

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InstruMental Case Instrumental Guitar Podcast

July 5, 2007

Dave B, the creator of the Guitars Suck video series has started the InstruMental Case podcast, a podcast dedicated to instrumental guitar music. The pilot episode (episode 0) has been posted and I have to say, I like it!

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Steve Vai Live in Chicago

May 4, 2007

I just ordered our EVO Experience tickets for Steve Vai’s stop in Chicago in September. Now I’m jazzed! This will be the second EVO Experience that Jonna and I have attended.

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The Beatles : LOVE

November 26, 2006

I picked up the new Beatles release Love this afternoon and am completely blown away. The 26 tracks on the album have been completely remixed. You’ve never heard The Beatles sound so good. If you are a Beatles fan, this album is a MUST LISTEN TO.
One odd thing [...]

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Paul Stanley: Live To Win

November 19, 2006

Its been 9 years since anything good has come from the KISS camp that wasn’t a rehash of the days before they took their make up off. The last KISS release of original material was Psycho Circus back in 1998, which wasn’t necessarily their best effort.
In 2004 Gene Simmons released Asshole [...]

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Off The Rails – The Review

November 19, 2006

I just finished reading Off The Rails by Rudy Sarzo this last week. Overall, I would say I liked it.
I’ve been a fan of Randy Rhoads since first hearing the Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of Madman albums in 1983 or so. He was a unique player for his time and these [...]

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Off The Rails

November 10, 2006

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After a long wait , I finally received my copy of Off The Rails by Rudy Sarzo, his diary of his time on the road with Ozzy Osbourne and more importantly, Randy Rhoads. This is the only book with detailed information on Randy out on the market, and has been waited [...]

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Off the Rails by Rudy Sarzo Now Available At Amazon.com

November 5, 2006

I received an email yesterday from someone letting me know that Rudy Sarzo’s long awaited book, Off The Rails is now available at Amazon.com. The book chronicles his time with Ozzy Osbournes Blizzard of Ozz band, featuring the late great Randy Rhoads.
From what I’ve heard, this book is a one of a [...]

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I Had Forgotten How Much I Liked Iron Maiden

October 22, 2006

I was a huge Iron Maiden fan in the 80’s. I had quite a few of their albums and was I guess was one of those people who got extremely energized when listening to any of their albums. There was just something about the way the music was put together that [...]

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A Hard Landing At Galt Airport

July 30, 2006

Last night we attended the Hard Landing event at Galt Airport in Woodstock. The featured bands for the evening were Hudson McCoy, Rare Earth, and Blue Oyster Cult.
I had never been to a Galt Airport event, so I had nothing to compare it to, but we had a pretty good time. Rare [...]

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Jonesing for Metallica? Try iTunes!

July 27, 2006

I was quite happy today to find out that Metallica is finally offering their music via iTunes. I asked for Master of Puppets for Christmas last year (because I had lost it somewhere) and on top of it, when I tried to rip my “black album” to my iPod I found that [...]

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Book: The Real Frank Zappa Book

June 24, 2006

Over the last 6 months, I have been getting more and more addicted to the music of Frank Zappa. It would stand to chance then, that when I saw the book The Real Frank Zappa Book on a bookshelf in a local book store, I had to pick it up and leaf [...]

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Music: Dimebag is back with Rebel Meets Rebel

May 7, 2006

Yesterday while at the mall I found Rebel Meets Rebel, the result of a musical partnership between, David Allan Coe, the late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbot, Vinnie Paul Abbot, and Rex Brown. The album is an interesting mix of country and Pantera / DamagePlan type heavy metal music.
I have to admit that [...]

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Bieber Labs Podcast #22 Up – Scott Landers

April 30, 2006

Check out the latest podcast. Scott Landers is the featured artist. I was really impressed with this guy from the moment I started listening to him.

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24th Anniversary of Rhoads Death

March 19, 2006

Plane Crash Kills Rock Guitarist
A small plane crashed into a mansion and burst into flames Friday, killing the lead guitarist of the Ozzy Osbourne rock group and two other people, police said. The plane twice buzzed the house, where the rock group was staying, and on a third pass clipped the rock group’s tour bus [...]

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