How Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads CHANGED Metal Forever | #1 In Our Hearts | Professor of Rock

Randy Rhoads became an invaluable collaborator for Ozzy Osbourne helping the singer to rise from the wreckage, and become the rock icon known as The Godfather of Metal. Rhoads and Ozzy made a great team, despite having fundamental differences. Ozzy had wild mood swings, and struggled with his demons, While Rhoads was always at the ready, from his garb to his work regimen. He was extremely professional and laser focused. Together they created the classic song Crazy Train that should’ve been #1. Here's the story

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In the summer of 1979, the life of 30 year old Ozzy Osbourne was on the verge of imitating art. Like the words in the chorus of his yet to be realized epic “Crazy Train,” Ozzy's career was "going off the rails”, He was on a collision course to end his misery filled existence as another casualty of a reckless rock n’ roll lifestyle.

Ozzy had just been dismissed from Black Sabbath, the band he had fronted for more than a decade. At this point, Ozzy seriously believed his career was over. He sequestered himself inside a suite at the Le Parc Hotel in West Hollywood, drowning his sorrows in Scotch, and wallowing in self-pity. Ozzy would only open his hotel room door for liquor runs, and deliveries from his dealer. He wouldn’t even open the drapes to let in the sunlight. The beacon of hope for Ozzy was a recording deal with British label, Jet Records, but he needed a band to make a record.
There was so much debauchery, and darkness during that time,
It's hard to shed light on how things really went down…..but here goes…. Everyone that was even remotely involved with Ozzy during that time has a different story. It would be apropos to insert Ozzy’s maniacal cackle here before we continue the saga. Some claim that the next record for Ozzy Osbourne on the Jet label was meant to be his first solo album, While others are adamant that it was supposed to be the launch of a NEW BAND with Ozzy singing lead.

Regardless, it was imperative for Ozzy to recruit a coterie of quality musicians to produce a new record, And the most pivotal score was a 'hot shot' young guitarist from Santa Monica named Randy Rhoads. By the time he was 15, Rhoads had already elicited a strong buzz in the Hollywood club scene, forming several short-lived bands, including The Katzenjammer kids, A group that featured a male lead singer that wore a woman’s dress on stage, creating a wild disruptive reaction from the spectators at their live gigs.

At 16, Randy and his high school friend Kelly Garni started the band Mach 1 that became Little Women, and finally name changed to Quiet Riot. Quiet Riot, along with Van Halen, were the big dogs on the scene, and the two groups developed a friendly rivalry competing for LA rock supremacy in the mid to late 70s. Rhoads was the driving force for the music of Quiet Riot for 5 years, But, he grew weary of the constant strife within the band, especially between him and his teenage buddy Garni, that actually escalated to fisticuffs. There was even more contempt between Garni and lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow who HATED each other.

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