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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”.

links for 2007-11-28

November 27, 2007

Jeff Findley’s Photos of the Randy Rhoads 25th Anniversary Gathering
Yes, Randy would have been 50 years old. These pictures are really cool I wish I was there. This also marked the beginning of the filming of a documentary on Randy’s life. Really cool.
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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

Photo by rbieber
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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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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Stairway To Heaven – Randy Rhoads

February 12, 2006

Photo by rbieber
A picture of the Randy Rhoads section of the book "Stairway to Heaven: The Final Resting Places of Rocks Legends"

I found a book called Stairway to Heaven : The Final Resting Places of Rock’s Legends. This is such a cool book of photographs of the grave sites of many of [...]

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New and Improved Diary of an Axeman Site

October 29, 2005

The Diary of an Axeman site, a tribute site to Randy Rhoads, has been redesigned. I have to say, it looks great! The downloads section has been updated with a performance of Crazy Train from Chicago’s Rosemont Horizon from January of 1982.

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New Rhoads Video available at Diary of an Axeman

September 22, 2005

Diary of an Axeman has new downloads up for September. This month, a partial video of Over the Mountain from Chicago circa 1982.

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Rhoads Video – Mr. Crowley in Chicago January 24, 1982

September 4, 2005

The Diary of an Axeman site has a video of the January 24, 1982 performance of Mr. Crowley available for download. The video is extremely low quality and very small — but hey, it’s still Rhoads!

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“Fly” to Randy Rhoads Grave Site on Google Earth

August 7, 2005

Jonna had mentioned to me the other day that the beta for Google Earth was over and that you could now download the application. I had tried to grab it during the initial beta, but was not allowed to download it.
Well, I finally got a copy of it, [...]

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Sarzo’s Off The Rails Book Update

August 5, 2005

I received an email from the Diary of an Axeman Club forum, referring to another forum in which the moderator posted this message:

GOOD NEWS!!!
Just heard back from Rudy and he says the book is only delayed.
He says Amazon made a poor choice in wording the emails.
He appreciates everyone’s interest and support here.

The full message thread [...]

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Off the Rails now Off the Press?

August 4, 2005

In May I reported that Rudy Sarzo had a book coming out called ” Off the Rails – My Adventures in the Land of Ozz”. It was due to be released in September and was available for preorder when I found it on Amazon. So I preordered it.
This morning, I [...]

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Diary of an Axeman – June Download

June 8, 2005

Suicide Solution is the Diary of an Axeman June Download

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A Rhoads Grave Site Picture By Tom The Architect

May 9, 2005

Photo by TomC

Tom took this picture at the grave site and I thought it was really cool. His pictures can be found on his Flickr page.

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Off The Rails – My Adventures in the Land of Ozz Available for Preorder

May 7, 2005

Dio and former Quiet Riot and Randy Rhoads era Ozzy Osbourne bassist Rudy Sarzo has a new book coming out called Off the Rails – My Adventures in the Land of Ozz, which is available for preorder from Amazon.com.
According to this article, the book is culled from Sarzo’s detailed diaries and journals that he [...]

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Diary of an Axeman

May 3, 2005

Piggybacking on yesterdays post, I found a great site called Diary of an Axeman that has rare audio and video downloads of Randy Rhoads.
The April video download is Mr. Crowley (rated #1 in my top 10 guitar songs last January). I have to say, it’s pretty damn cool actually watching him play.
The site also [...]

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The Randy Rhoads Grave Site Excursion

May 2, 2005

Details of the trip to the Rhoads Grave Site.

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Randy Rhoads / Ozzy Issue of Guitar Legends Magazine at Newstands

March 29, 2005

I found the latest issue of Guitar Worlds Guitar Legends magazine at Borders this weekend. It’s a full on issue about Ozzy Osbourne and his career. The best part about it, however, is that there is a ton of content about Randy Rhoads, Osbournes first guitarist, who died in [...]

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