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(guitar riff)

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— [Kevin] 1975, I got
a little phone message

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from a guitar player
in Burbank, California

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who was forming a
rock and roll band,

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and he was auditioning
lead singers.

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I met up with him at his mom's
house about a week later.

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He plugs a guitar into
a little Fender practice amp,

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and I tell you what, he played
some of the best guitar

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I've ever heard to this day.

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People, don't ever forget
the name of this guy.

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He was Randy Rhoads!
(crowd cheering)

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("Laughing Gas" by Quiet Riot)

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All right!

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> Oooooh?

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2? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!?

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> Stay alive!

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♪ Just laugh the time away?

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> You'll survive 2

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> Do what you do
your way, all right?

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— [Tracii Guns]
In the late 1970s,

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Randy Rhoads
and his band,

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Quiet Riot, were tearin' up
the music scene in Los Angeles.

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> Yeah?

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—- [Ozzy] All aboard! (laughs)

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— [Guns] Then, in 1979,
at 23 years old,

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Rhoads etched his place
in history as a guitar legend

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when he joined Ozzy Osbourne's
new solo band.

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("Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne)

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It was an extraordinary
rise to fame on a road

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that was paved with hard work,
determination, and sorrow.

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Randy was an LA kid,

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born in Santa Monica, California
on December 6th, 1956,

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and raised in Burbank.

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His parents were musicians
and music teachers.

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His father left the family when
Randy was just 17 months old

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and his mother,
Delores, raised him

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and his older
brother and sister.

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To support the family,
she opened a music school

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in North Hollywood
called Musonia.

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— He grew up in my school,
my music school,

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and he was very
influenced that way.

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- We were steeped
and immersed in all the music

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and all of the activities
that were going on.

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Randy started playing
guitar when he was six.

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I started playing
drums when I was 12.

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- [Guns] Randy took folk
guitar lessons at Musonia,

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where he learned basic
chords and simple pop tunes.

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- [Delores] He wanted more
than that, so he came and said,

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"Mom, I really wanna
take electric guitar."

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—- [Guns] Randy was taking
two to three lessons a week

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at Musonia.

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His teacher saw that he
was no ordinary student.

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— This is where Scott Shelly
taught Randy for nine months

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until Scott went
to my mom and said,

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"Mrs. Rhoads, I can't
teach your son any longer."

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My mom said,
"Why would that be?"

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And Scott's reply was,
"For the last month and a half,

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he's been teaching me,

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and I can no longer
keep up with him."

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— [Guns] In junior high, Randy
formed a band with schoolmate

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and neighbor friend Kelly Garni.

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He taught Kelly
how to play bass,

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and the two would have
regular jam sessions.

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— And I can remember
telling them,

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"There's this concert
we gotta go to.

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I'm gonna take you
to see Alice Cooper."

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And he thought that
that was a folk singer,

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so he goes, "Well, why do
we have to go see her?"

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I said, "When you see her,

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you're gonna see why
you had to see her."

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Total epiphany.
Changed his life.

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- [DJ] KOMP 92.3,
The Rock of Las Vegas.

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We're talkin' to Kelly Garni
here, who grew up with Randy

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and was one of the founding
members of Quiet Riot,

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which was Randy's
basically first real band?

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- [Kelly] Mhm. Yeah, first
real band of any renown.

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Everything we had
done prior to that

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was just little backyard
parties and things like that.

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- [Kelly] We often performed
with no singer whatsoever.

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We'd show up, me and Randy,

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and whatever drummer
we could get that night,

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and just jam,
and people loved it.

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- [Kelly] One of Randy's
most stunning features

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was his charisma,

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way before he had even
developed any big talent

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as a lead guitar
player, but, I mean,

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you just looked at
this kid and said,

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"Someday, he's really
gonna be something.

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He's really gonna be somebody."

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And you could just tell,
he glowed.

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—- [Guns] Since they were
getting more gigs,

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Randy and Kelly thought it
was time they got a singer.

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In March of 1975, Randy
reached out to Kevin DuBrow.

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DuBrow had been jamming
with some friends

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but had no live experience.

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Known for his
flamboyant clothes,

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it was clear he always
wanted to be center stage.

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The only piece
missing was a drummer.

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— [Drew Forsyth] After my first
year in college

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in the summer of 1975,

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I was looking for
something to do

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and just, on a whim,
called Randy to see,

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you know, what he was up to.
Maybe we'd get together,

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jam, do something, whatever.

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And he and Kelly and Kevin were
in the process

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of looking for a drummer,
so that's when I called him.

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It was just pure, dumb luck.

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(rock music)

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— [Jodi Vigier] Kevin DuBrow
and I were dating at the time,

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and he told me that he had
tried out for this new band

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to be the singer,

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and so he had been
rehearsing with them,

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you know, quite a few
weeks and everything,

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and then finally
he said, you know,

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"Would you like to come
down and watch us rehearse?"

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So I went down and I walked in,

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and they were more hippie-like.

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They had long hair
and kinda grungy clothes

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and very plain,
like very simple.

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I was expecting something
more like a British-style band

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‘cause that's what
Kevin really loved.

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("Trouble" by Quiet Riot)

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They started rehearsing and it
just sounded really amazing.

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It was really fun.

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♪ I got a letter in the mail ♪

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♪ Sayin' I'm gonna go to jail ♪

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> Someone's got an ax?

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♪ Lookin' it out for me ♪

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— Kevin loved Randy.

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He had feelings for him
as a younger brother.

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He had respect for his talent.

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They were very, very close.

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Actually, the sun
rose and set on Randy,

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as far as Kevin was concerned.

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— [Kevin] When I first
heard the guy play,

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I knew how good
he was that moment.

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It was like, whoa, where
did this guy come from?

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It was like a secret,
like a treasure.

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He wasn't really
classically trained.

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He was a regular
rock guitar player,

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started out playing blues,

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listened to things like
Johnny Winter, Leslie West,

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Alice Cooper, and then,
as time went along,

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he started listening
to more classical music

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and started taking
a few classes or lessons,

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but to say he was
classically trained,

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which means somebody who started
off playing classic guitar,

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and Randy, nah, he was
a rock guitar player.

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— [Ron Sobol]
When I saw him play,

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I just couldn't believe
it either.

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He was like, here's
this little skinny kid,

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and he was fucking great.

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— [Guns] Ron Sobol was
a friend of Kevin DuBrow's,

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and they both shared
an interest in photography.

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- We both were photographers,
or I was just starting to be,

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as far as taking rock pictures.

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He says, "Well, bring
your pictures over.

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I'll show you mine."

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And, from then on,
we became best friends.

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—- [Guns] Ron went on to become
the band photographer

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for Quiet Riot,

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capturing many pictures
from their early days,

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and he too
was blown away

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by Randy's abilities
on the guitar.

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- He could play fast.
(quick guitar riff)

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He could play slow.
(guitar solo ballad)

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Or he could play crunchy.
(rough guitar riff)

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He could play bluesy.
(bluesy guitar riff)

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And all of it with so much
feeling. It was just amazing.

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You know, I just loved it,

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and he looked good.

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You could just tell this guy
was gonna become a rock star.

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(rock music)

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—- Randy kinda had an aura
about him back then even.

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We'd go up and we played
Stough Park just on a whim,

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like on a Friday, and
3,000 people would show up.

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It was always kinda like that.

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—- [Guns] The group decided
they needed a manager,

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and, through a friend,
Kevin found Dennis Wageman.

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Wageman converted his garage
into a rehearsal space,

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and now the band had a place
to jam whenever they wanted.

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—- And, of course, we weren't
Quiet Riot then, either.

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Throwing out all sorts of
ridiculous names at that time.

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— [Dusty] Okay, I gotta
know, what was the name?

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The previous name?
(band laughs)

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Come on, you gotta!
- [Randy] You got any bleach?

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Toss in the Dung Heap.
(group laughs)

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It was... (laughs)
It was Little Women.

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— [Dusty] Really?
Are you kidding?

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—- [Randy] Seriously.
— [Dusty] Oh, no.

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No wonder you changed it.

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—- [Randy]
Lasted for about a week.

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(band laughs)
There was a friend of mine.

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There was this group called
Status Quo, English band.

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It was Richie Parfitt,
a really good guitar player,

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and I told him
the name of the band

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of what we used to be
called, and he said, "Ughhh."

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And he said, "If I had a band,
I'd call 'em Quite Right."

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"Quite Right", and I said,
"Hey, this is Quiet Riot!"

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He says, "Say it in English!"
He goes, "Quiet Riot!"

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And so I took it to the guys
in rehearsal that night,

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and they said, "Eh, it's cool."

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("Get Your Kicks" by Quiet Riot)

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— Funny how those
things happen in life

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‘cause there was no, "Okay.
You know, we're a band now."

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That didn't happen.

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I remember playing
San Souci restaurant.

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We got there, and it was this,
like, Chinese restaurant,

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and, you know,
there are patrons eating,

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and, you know, Randy
turns on his guitar,

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and it was like,
"You can't play here."

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♪ Get your kicks, come on
everybody, get your kicks ♪

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One of the first places
I remember us playing,

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it was a place in
Van Nuys on Oxnard

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called The Rock Corporation,
and it was like a bikers' bar,

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and the patrons there
were like bikers,

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and it went bad sometimes.

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There was one time
where we were playing,

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as always, too loud.

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Randy was always
louder than God,

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and it was
too loud for the club,

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and so the management
turned off the PA,

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and so Kevin plugged his
microphone into Randy's amp

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and called him an asshole
or something like that,

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and one of his biker buddies
ran from the back of the bar

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with a pitcher
in his hand and...

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just by real quick
thinking on behalf

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of one of our roadies, Harold,

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Harold jumped in front of Kevin,

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and the guy beaned Harold
right on the head with it.

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Probably woulda
killed Kevin with it.

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I mean, didn't phase Harold.

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He was a big, heavy guy
with a very, very thick cranium.

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— They played a place called
La Canada Country Club,

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and I did take
pictures of the band

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playing in front of an audience.

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♪ Ooh, here I come?

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("Get Your Kicks" by Quiet Riot)

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> You got it, rock
rock rockin', woo! /

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J? Rock rock rockin', woo! ♪

241
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> Everybody get your kicks /

242
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— Dennis gave us some money
to do a demo at Sound City.

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("Fit to Be Tied" by Quiet Riot)

244
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It was really kind
of a beat-up place.

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Had kind of a history to it,

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but it was kinda, you know,
one of those lower-end studios.

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♪ You know he's fit to be tied ♪

248
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- [Guns] Randy was obsessed
with finding the right tone

249
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and the right guitar.

250
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- Cause you're
really playing hard,

251
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and I need, I think if you felt
that way, it'd come across.

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—- [Randy] Yeah,
if I had the right tone.

253
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- You'll get it.
—- [Randy] I got it.

254
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— Ronnie! Ronnie, can you movie
the—-- Randy, look, say hi.

255
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- Hi, Ron! Well, we had
a bad movie here,

256
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but, ah, it's all
together now. (laughs)

257
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We'll be just finishing up here,

258
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and then we'll have
some pictures after.

259
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— Say hi, Dennis!
Hi, Dennis! Say hi!

260
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— [Guns] For an early
birthday present,

261
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Dennis bought Randy a Les Paul.

262
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Even though it was a gift,

263
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Randy insisted
on paying him back.

264
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—- Best thing he ever did,
he gave Randy that Gibson.

265
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> Well, I ain't got
no inhibitions

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♪ And my daddy gets
left, all right ♪

267
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♪ The time for him
to make the decision

268
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2 If this is still that place,
I'm gonna spend the night?

269
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♪ He says get out, ♪

270
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> You're no son of mine?

271
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> What a problem,
you know he's fit to be tied?

272
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— [Guns] The demo didn't
get them booked anywhere,

273
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so the band decided they were
gonna put on their own show

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on Halloween.

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They booked a gig at
the Machinists Hall in Burbank.

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- I remember playing one
of those kinda dances

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also not going well.

278
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It happened a lot in
the early days, it seemed like.

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— [Sobol] The police had to come
and break up fights.

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Kids were trying
to get in free,

281
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so it was quite a ruckus.

282
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—- [Guns] It was around this time

283
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Randy got the nickname Snoopy.

284
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— If you looked at his profile,

285
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the way his nose
was and his mouth,

286
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and if he kinda went like that,

287
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it's just kind of a Snoopy look.

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And he liked that nickname.
I mean, he embraced it.

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— I remember playing
the chili festival.

290
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—- From Van Nuys, the group
is called The Quiet Riot.

291
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- It was actually
quite a large crowd.

292
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There was like
25,000 people there.

293
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—- [Guns] The band
got its first taste

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of playing in front
of a huge crowd.

295
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("Just How You Want It"
by Quiet Riot)

296
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In November of 1975,

297
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Quiet Riot played a show
on Club Day at Valley College,

298
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and while the student body
got into

299
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Randy's face-melting leads,

300
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not everyone was pleased.

301
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— They were really loud,

302
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and the guy in charge
of booking them for Club Day

303
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took a lotta heat

304
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from the faculty
and the administration.

305
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♪ When you hold me,
a feelin' inside?

306
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> You're givin' and I'm takin' /

307
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2 I know just how you want it?}

308
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> Here goes, just
how you need it?

309
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2 I know just how to give it

310
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> I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know?

311
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—- [Guns] The band was on
a roll, gigging all over town,

312
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but one thing was missing:

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playing the Hollywood
club scene.

314
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But, as fate would have it,

315
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they got a New Year's Eve gig
at a club called The Speakeasy

316
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after a last-minute
cancellation by The Runaways.

317
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— There are a few specific
gigs I can remember

318
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that were really integral
into getting us somewhere.

319
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That show was huge for us.

320
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Once we started
to get some notoriety,

321
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that was probably
the most fun time.

322
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At first, we were best buddies.

323
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We did everything together,
socializing, partying.

324
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You know, we were
together a lot.

325
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We were together two, three,
four days a week all the time,

326
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so, yeah, it was easy at first,
and everybody was happy.

327
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("Ravers" by Quiet Riot)

328
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—- The Starwood, Quiet
Riot played frequently.

329
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Every six weeks,
they'd play Thursday, Friday,

330
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and Saturday nights,
and they'd do two sets,

331
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and they packed the house,

332
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so it was an amazing
place to go see them.

333
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♪ Like a rock-mobile ♪

334
00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:16,137
> Our pistons are a-poppin'
right under your wheels?

335
00:18:19,056 --> 00:18:22,018
> We're the ravers, oh yeah?

336
00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:26,063
— The first time I saw
Quiet Riot, I was 15 years old,

337
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and I had never been
to a rock club before,

338
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so Quiet Riot came out,
it was this huge sound,

339
00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:35,364
and the sound was coming
straight from the guitar player.

340
00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:38,826
I think my ears rang
for two days after I went there.

341
00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,706
So, back at high school,

342
00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:46,834
I was telling all the kids
about Quiet Riot and Randy.

343
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Anybody that would get
in the car with me,

344
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I'd take 'em down
there to The Starwood.

345
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We'd line up in front
of both the gates.

346
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Any door that opened
first, we'd fly in there,

347
00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:58,804
because I had to have
my position in front of Randy,

348
00:18:59,263 --> 00:19:02,308
in front of the stage. That
was where I stood always.

349
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♪ Come on down?

350
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> The ravers,
we're here to stay /

351
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—- [Rudy Sarzo] I had just
arrived

352
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in Los Angeles
in the late '70s,

353
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and I went to see whoever
was playing at The Starwood,

354
00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:19,950
and it just happened
to be Quiet Riot.

355
00:19:20,242 --> 00:19:23,829
I was just exploring,
and they were different

356
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,040
from anybody else
I had seen in a club

357
00:19:26,248 --> 00:19:30,378
because they were already
projecting an arena band image.

358
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Everything that they were
doing was bigger than life.

359
00:19:32,963 --> 00:19:35,758
Even though they had
minimal production,

360
00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:38,552
still, they had big
production values.

361
00:19:38,761 --> 00:19:40,513
When I saw the band
performing that night,

362
00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:42,598
I actually got to speak
with Kevin after the show,

363
00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:44,892
and I gave him
kudos on how great

364
00:19:44,975 --> 00:19:47,770
their vision and the band was
and I told him,

365
00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:50,231
"Hey, you know, you guys
are gonna be really big."

366
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— [Drew Forsyth] We played
places like The Starwood

367
00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:54,735
and Whisky all the time,

368
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and if you played
those kinda places,

369
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you were on their,
like, good list.

370
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You could go there
any night of the week,

371
00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:00,950
like The Starwood, for instance,

372
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and they would let you in free.
You could go see any show.

373
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They had a area upstairs
that was just for VIP,

374
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a VIP lounge, and they'd
give you free drinks,

375
00:20:08,833 --> 00:20:11,293
and it was just like
being a huge celebrity.

376
00:20:11,377 --> 00:20:15,339
I mean, we're like
20 years old, so it was fun.

377
00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,299
It was a grand old time.

378
00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:24,598
— The Starwood was a
great place and Quiet Riot

379
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:27,935
had such a solid following,

380
00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:30,563
but the kind of guys
that Randy and Kevin

381
00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:31,772
and Kelly and Drew were,

382
00:20:31,856 --> 00:20:34,108
I mean, these guys
wanted to be rock stars,

383
00:20:34,191 --> 00:20:36,152
but they were also
really nice guys.

384
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That came off to the people
that followed them.

385
00:20:38,696 --> 00:20:41,782
It was one big family reunion
every time they played.

386
00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:43,492
A lotta high energy
and a lotta fun,

387
00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:44,660
people having a great time.

388
00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:51,167
("Mama's Little Angels"
by Quiet Riot)

389
00:21:05,014 --> 00:21:07,683
— The band everybody was
talking about was Quiet Riot,

390
00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:10,352
and the main reason everybody
was talking about it

391
00:21:10,436 --> 00:21:13,230
was because of Randy, I mean,
Randy was-- was—-

392
00:21:13,314 --> 00:21:15,274
you'd be hard-pressed to find--
as a matter of fact,

393
00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:18,319
you couldn't find anyone
that hadn't heard Randy

394
00:21:18,402 --> 00:21:20,321
that just spoke volumes

395
00:21:20,738 --> 00:21:23,657
of his talent,
it was just ridiculous.

396
00:21:24,492 --> 00:21:27,203
The minute he walked
onto that stage,

397
00:21:27,661 --> 00:21:30,956
it was the most fantastic
vision you can imagine

398
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,627
because he looked
like a rock star,

399
00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:36,587
and the band hadn't
been discovered.

400
00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:39,340
I mean the band, they were still
sluggin' down in the clubs.

401
00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:44,136
He played every single
note every single night

402
00:21:44,678 --> 00:21:45,971
like they were headlining

403
00:21:46,055 --> 00:21:47,890
the biggest festival
on the planet.

404
00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,736
—- [Guns] Despite
their popularity

405
00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,112
in the Hollywood club scene,

406
00:22:02,196 --> 00:22:04,657
the band still couldn't
land a record deal.

407
00:22:06,617 --> 00:22:08,994
Frustrated with manager
Dennis Wageman,

408
00:22:09,078 --> 00:22:11,747
they fired him and looked
for a new manager.

409
00:22:13,707 --> 00:22:15,751
— [McNair] For a while, Kevin
shoved me out front and said,

410
00:22:15,835 --> 00:22:17,670
"We don't have a manager
so you act like our manager

411
00:22:17,753 --> 00:22:19,421
‘cause big bands
have a manager."

412
00:22:19,505 --> 00:22:21,924
You know? And I played
that role for a little while,

413
00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:25,511
but, at the time,
I was taking bass lessons

414
00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:26,929
from a guy named Adrian Ball,

415
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:29,515
and he introduced me
to his cousin named Susan,

416
00:22:29,598 --> 00:22:32,810
and Susan had gotten a job
working for Warren Entner,

417
00:22:32,893 --> 00:22:35,062
and I told her about
Quiet Riot, so I said,

418
00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:38,065
"Why don't you have Warren
and David go see these guys?

419
00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:39,942
I think it might be
a band that they can sign."

420
00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:41,110
And she did.

421
00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:44,905
Susan and Warren went
and saw them at The Starwood,

422
00:22:44,989 --> 00:22:47,283
and that started
their relationship.

423
00:22:48,576 --> 00:22:50,244
When they first
signed that contract,

424
00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:54,081
the feeling with the band
and with friends was that,

425
00:22:54,164 --> 00:22:55,958
okay, this is it,
this is the start.

426
00:22:58,627 --> 00:23:00,796
Warren Entner was
working with Angel.

427
00:23:01,338 --> 00:23:04,466
Angel was on
Casablanca with Kiss.

428
00:23:04,758 --> 00:23:06,594
Quiet Riot was waiting
in the wings

429
00:23:06,677 --> 00:23:07,887
to be the next big thing

430
00:23:07,970 --> 00:23:09,555
and everything was
just gonna go great.

431
00:23:11,473 --> 00:23:13,434
— [Forsyth] He was a really
personable guy

432
00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:15,936
and he was in Grass Roots,

433
00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:17,813
so he had some
background in music,

434
00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:20,774
and they had a pretty good
management company going

435
00:23:20,858 --> 00:23:21,775
at the time.

436
00:23:22,192 --> 00:23:23,944
They had some pull, I gotta say.

437
00:23:24,028 --> 00:23:27,156
TOBY, they were a legitimate
management company,

438
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:30,618
so when we did showcases,
it wasn't like a cattle call.

439
00:23:30,868 --> 00:23:33,245
There were specific showcases
for specific labels.

440
00:23:33,537 --> 00:23:35,789
That was really efficient.
That was the way to do it,

441
00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:38,626
and so when Neil Bogart
came, you know,

442
00:23:38,709 --> 00:23:40,878
he came by himself
and we played just to Neil.

443
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:44,214
Neil Bogart was the head of
Casablanca Records at the time.

444
00:23:44,298 --> 00:23:47,009
It was really tense. We
played like maybe three songs.

445
00:23:48,218 --> 00:23:49,595
He walked out, that was it.

446
00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:51,680
Next day, you know,
Warren calls us,

447
00:23:51,764 --> 00:23:53,057
says, "Yeah, he's gonna
sign you."

448
00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:59,063
Didn't happen,
so then we had to go back

449
00:23:59,146 --> 00:24:00,814
and start doing
the showcases again.

450
00:24:00,898 --> 00:24:02,733
So we did one in Buddah.
One guy came.

451
00:24:02,816 --> 00:24:05,694
He said, "Yeah, I get it.
I'll sign these guys."

452
00:24:05,903 --> 00:24:07,529
— [Interviewer] The album
that you have out now,

453
00:24:07,613 --> 00:24:09,073
a lot of people have
had trouble finding it

454
00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:11,158
because it is on CBS Japan.

455
00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:13,243
How did it happen
that an album like this

456
00:24:13,327 --> 00:24:14,954
gets released
on a Japanese label?

457
00:24:15,037 --> 00:24:16,246
Did you record it in Japan?

458
00:24:24,213 --> 00:24:25,214
- [Interviewer] Yeah.

459
00:24:31,095 --> 00:24:32,554
—- We were doing the album
for Buddah.

460
00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:33,806
They went bankrupt,

461
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,433
and so TOBY paid
for it themselves.

462
00:24:36,517 --> 00:24:37,935
Derek Lawrence
produced that album,

463
00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:40,020
but he had
no interest in the band.

464
00:24:40,104 --> 00:24:41,814
He just cared about the money.

465
00:24:41,897 --> 00:24:44,858
I'd do a drum track that
was a really bad drum track,

466
00:24:44,942 --> 00:24:46,402
and instead of saying,
"Let's do it again,"

467
00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,320
he'd say, "Oh, yeah,
we'll fix it in mix."

468
00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:50,489
And, you know, now I look back.

469
00:24:50,572 --> 00:24:51,782
I don't wanna hear
that stuff anymore.

470
00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:53,659
It was just miserable for me.

471
00:24:54,076 --> 00:24:58,038
Quiet Riot One did not showcase
anybody in that band well,

472
00:24:58,122 --> 00:24:59,289
which is a real shame.

473
00:24:59,373 --> 00:25:01,959
The band generated
a lotta interest in Japan

474
00:25:02,042 --> 00:25:03,252
by virtue of its look.

475
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:06,130
The Japanese bought that album
before they heard it.

476
00:25:06,213 --> 00:25:08,507
They bought it on
the strength of a picture,

477
00:25:10,926 --> 00:25:13,929
which gives you some idea
of the strength of a picture.

478
00:25:20,227 --> 00:25:22,438
- [Jodi] Kevin and I were
very, very close,

479
00:25:22,938 --> 00:25:25,816
and I think we had a really
good relationship too,

480
00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:28,485
except that things with the band

481
00:25:28,569 --> 00:25:30,988
and him getting older
and a lot of attention,

482
00:25:31,447 --> 00:25:35,492
he didn't know how to have
that and a girlfriend,

483
00:25:36,285 --> 00:25:40,956
so that's pretty much what
ended our relationship.

484
00:25:42,916 --> 00:25:46,420
— [Sobol] Kevin wasn't the type
to stay faithful to a girl,

485
00:25:46,795 --> 00:25:49,840
so it's kinda cool that
he stayed friends with Jodi,

486
00:25:49,923 --> 00:25:52,593
and then Jodi and Randy
started to have an attraction.

487
00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:58,307
—- Randy came to me
and said, you know,

488
00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:00,267
"Id really like to spend
some time alone with Jodi."

489
00:26:00,350 --> 00:26:01,685
He was so confident
in so many things

490
00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:03,937
but he was like
a little kid with this.

491
00:26:04,021 --> 00:26:05,230
He just really
wanted to be alone.

492
00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:09,693
— Randy called and he
asked if he could come out

493
00:26:09,777 --> 00:26:11,070
and get his hair cut.

494
00:26:11,153 --> 00:26:13,072
Something just really
felt different,

495
00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:14,114
and we just clicked

496
00:26:14,198 --> 00:26:16,325
and we talked
for hours and hours,

497
00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:18,202
and at the end of the evening,

498
00:26:18,285 --> 00:26:21,747
he asked me if I wanted
to go to Disneyland,

499
00:26:22,498 --> 00:26:26,251
and I said, "Sure,"
and that was our first date.

500
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,172
From that Saturday
on, we never parted.

501
00:26:43,143 --> 00:26:44,978
There was a lotta
tension with Kevin,

502
00:26:45,062 --> 00:26:48,315
although he would
never admit that,

503
00:26:48,982 --> 00:26:51,401
but I do think his ego was hurt.

504
00:27:03,205 --> 00:27:05,958
— [Brian Reason]
My dear friend, Lori Hollen,

505
00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:07,960
and my girlfriend,
Carolyn Freeman,

506
00:27:08,043 --> 00:27:11,380
they both came home
as if they had seen

507
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:12,923
the second coming of Christ

508
00:27:13,507 --> 00:27:16,927
after having an amazing
time watching some band

509
00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:18,220
called Quiet Riot,

510
00:27:20,931 --> 00:27:23,100
and they go, "Brian,
you have to see this band!

511
00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:25,644
This band is called Quiet Riot,

512
00:27:25,727 --> 00:27:27,938
and they have this guitar
player named Randy Rhoads,

513
00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:30,774
and he's like nothing
you've ever seen before!"

514
00:27:32,943 --> 00:27:34,444
When I saw Quiet Riot,

515
00:27:35,028 --> 00:27:37,489
the songs,
the music was fantastic.

516
00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:40,617
They just got that
whole club shakin'

517
00:27:41,034 --> 00:27:44,454
like I'd never seen anybody
be able to do before,

518
00:27:44,621 --> 00:27:46,039
and I completely understood

519
00:27:46,540 --> 00:27:50,836
what Carolyn and Lori
were on about that night,

520
00:27:51,628 --> 00:27:55,883
and I then at that moment
was hooked on Quiet Riot

521
00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:58,468
and wanting to see
Randy Rhoads play again

522
00:27:58,552 --> 00:28:01,430
because, for me,
it was all about Randy.

523
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,186
I tell Lori, I said, you
know, "Talk to Kevin.

524
00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:11,231
I will work for free
and I will be a band roadie

525
00:28:11,315 --> 00:28:12,900
for these guys cause
they're amazing."

526
00:28:12,983 --> 00:28:16,195
Next thing you know, I was
doing gigs with Quiet Riot

527
00:28:16,278 --> 00:28:19,031
and tuning his guitars
and changing his strings.

528
00:28:19,239 --> 00:28:21,283
("Laughing Gas" by Quiet Riot)

529
00:28:21,408 --> 00:28:22,701
— [Kevin] All right!

530
00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:26,747
- "Laughing Gas" would
probably be the song

531
00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:28,081
that I enjoyed playing

532
00:28:28,165 --> 00:28:30,083
because it had
more of an edge to it.

533
00:28:30,167 --> 00:28:32,336
It was much more metal,

534
00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:35,589
and, you know, of course it
had Randy's solo in it as well.

535
00:28:36,423 --> 00:28:38,675
— I think every guitar player
that was worth his salt

536
00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:43,639
had his solo time, and Randy's
personality came through.

537
00:28:44,223 --> 00:28:47,768
Randy was mischievous,
you know. He was fun.

538
00:28:47,851 --> 00:28:50,187
That came through
in his solo, you know,

539
00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:53,232
and I think the people
loved him for that.

540
00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:59,279
— Every night, Kevin would
basically introduce Randy Rhoads

541
00:28:59,363 --> 00:29:01,114
going into this guitar solo.

542
00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:04,993
> I've heard some guitar
players, well, well }

543
00:29:05,118 --> 00:29:07,579
♪ But I ain't heard
not too many ♪

544
00:29:07,663 --> 00:29:12,751
♪ Like the incredible
Randy Rhoads ♪

545
00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:18,507
> And he's gonna play
you a little song /

546
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:24,846
> It's called "Laughing Gas"?

547
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:31,478
Most guitar solos or drum solos
are pretty fuckin' boring,

548
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:32,854
to be honest, you know.

549
00:29:32,938 --> 00:29:35,732
If you go see somebody play
a drum solo for 10 minutes,

550
00:29:35,816 --> 00:29:38,277
after, you know, three minutes,
you're pretty much done.

551
00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:42,614
Randy did this guitar
solo that was mesmerizing.

552
00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:46,952
(electric guitar riff)

553
00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:58,547
He would crank up the volume

554
00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:00,674
and kick on
his distortion peddle.

555
00:30:01,425 --> 00:30:05,012
(electric guitar riffing)

556
00:30:34,583 --> 00:30:37,794
And he would play
frets up on the neck.

557
00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:42,090
(electric guitar riffing)

558
00:30:50,432 --> 00:30:51,558
Bend the neck,

559
00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:55,228
and you'd get the sound of
bending the neck on the guitar.

560
00:30:57,314 --> 00:31:02,402
("William Tell Overture"
by Gioachino Rossini)

561
00:31:03,403 --> 00:31:06,281
(electric guitar riffing)

562
00:31:22,089 --> 00:31:23,715
And I'd be back
there behind his amp,

563
00:31:23,799 --> 00:31:26,051
and he had an Echoplex,
an old Echoplex,

564
00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:28,845
with a, you know, a tape in it,

565
00:31:28,929 --> 00:31:33,350
and it had settings from
zero to like 36 or 24 on it,

566
00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:35,602
and during each part
of the guitar solo,

567
00:31:35,685 --> 00:31:38,271
I was back there and he
would give me, you know,

568
00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:40,607
my little numbers, you know.

569
00:31:40,690 --> 00:31:43,568
"During this, it'd be
a 12, and during this part,

570
00:31:43,944 --> 00:31:47,155
during D it would be
a 36, and at this one, 24."

571
00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:49,825
And I would be back there
changing the Echoplex

572
00:31:50,033 --> 00:31:51,451
during his guitar solo.

573
00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:56,331
(electric guitar riffing)

574
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:32,701
The use of volume,

575
00:32:32,909 --> 00:32:36,997
he would roll his hands
on his volume knobs.

576
00:32:37,289 --> 00:32:41,960
(electric guitar riffing)

577
00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:22,417
And then he would go into this
beautiful classical portion.

578
00:33:22,626 --> 00:33:27,964
(electric guitar ballad)

579
00:33:49,069 --> 00:33:51,905
You could hear a pin
drop in The Starwood

580
00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:53,281
when he was playing this.

581
00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:57,035
All eyes and ears
were glued to Randy

582
00:33:57,369 --> 00:33:58,870
during that guitar solo,

583
00:33:58,954 --> 00:34:01,206
especially during
the quiet moments.

584
00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:05,961
(electric guitar ballad)

585
00:34:22,602 --> 00:34:25,188
(crowd cheering)

586
00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:32,487
Everybody was riveted
to Randy and his guitar,

587
00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:35,448
and he made it sing like
I'd never seen anybody

588
00:34:35,532 --> 00:34:36,783
make it sing before.

589
00:34:37,033 --> 00:34:39,327
♪ Burn the fire like a flame ♪

590
00:34:39,494 --> 00:34:40,996
- [Kevin] I could just
sit there and watch him

591
00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,747
from my vantage point
on the stage. Look to my left

592
00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:44,749
and there's Randy Rhoads.
Even before he was a huge star,

593
00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:46,334
I viewed him as a huge star.

594
00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,336
I said, "I'm playing with one
of the best guitar players

595
00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:50,213
there is whether
anyone knows it or not

596
00:34:50,297 --> 00:34:51,339
is irrelevant to me."

597
00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:57,887
On lead guitar,
this is Randy Rhoads!

598
00:34:58,263 --> 00:34:59,931
—- [McNair]
Randy knew how good he was,

599
00:35:00,015 --> 00:35:02,976
but that didn't matter
that much to him.

600
00:35:03,059 --> 00:35:05,437
He wanted to be the absolute
best guitar player

601
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:06,521
that he could ever be,

602
00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:08,523
he wanted to be the greatest
guitar player in the world,

603
00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:10,650
but he didn't think that
made him a better person

604
00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:13,570
or he wasn't arrogant
about it at all,

605
00:35:13,653 --> 00:35:15,864
and I know that
he disliked arrogance

606
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,490
from other guitar players.

607
00:35:50,857 --> 00:35:53,777
—- This was the years
of guitar heroes,

608
00:35:56,196 --> 00:35:57,822
and I think, to a large degree,

609
00:35:57,906 --> 00:36:00,158
bands were judged
on their guitar player,

610
00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:03,662
and I think all
the guitar players in town

611
00:36:03,745 --> 00:36:04,954
kept up on each other.

612
00:36:05,789 --> 00:36:07,582
— [Lori Hollen] I know that,
at some of the shows,

613
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:10,585
we would see David Lee Roth
and Eddie Van Halen there,

614
00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:12,170
which was always
interesting to me

615
00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:14,631
because I know Randy never
went to see them play,

616
00:36:14,798 --> 00:36:16,549
but they would always come
to see

617
00:36:16,633 --> 00:36:18,259
Quiet Riot and Randy play.

618
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,765
—- There was a little
cross-town rivalry there

619
00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:25,767
between Quiet Riot
and Van Halen,

620
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:29,020
so Van Halen, you know,
they were playing the Whisky

621
00:36:29,104 --> 00:36:30,939
and Gazzarri's and all
those same places, you know,

622
00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:34,567
and everybody's comparing Eddie
Van Halen to Randy Rhoads.

623
00:36:34,943 --> 00:36:36,486
- [Interviewer 2]
Did you know Randy Rhoads?

624
00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:37,487
- [Eddie] Yeah.

625
00:36:37,570 --> 00:36:39,155
— [Interviewer 2] What'd
you think of that kid?

626
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:42,033
—- [Eddie] He was one guitarist
who was honest, anyway.

627
00:36:42,701 --> 00:36:44,494
‘Cause I read some
interviews that he did,

628
00:36:44,577 --> 00:36:46,871
and he said that everything
he did he learned from me.

629
00:36:46,955 --> 00:36:48,540
- [Interviewer 2] Uh-huh.
— [Eddie] You know?

630
00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:52,544
And he was good, but I don't
really think he did anything

631
00:36:52,627 --> 00:36:53,920
that I haven't done.

632
00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:56,589
Sure, there ain't nothin'
wrong with it, man.

633
00:36:56,673 --> 00:36:59,134
I've copied some other
people's licks, you know?

634
00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:03,388
- I would take a picture
of Eddie Van Halen,

635
00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:07,350
and just to kind of piss off
Randy,

636
00:37:07,434 --> 00:37:09,352
and I would put it on
his wah-wah peddle,

637
00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:10,478
which, you know,

638
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:13,398
he wasn't very excited about,
but it was in the perfect place

639
00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:15,567
because every time he stomped
on his wah-wah peddle,

640
00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:18,528
he stomped on it
as if he wanted to crush it.

641
00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:25,618
- [Guns] Between gigs, Randy
gave guitar lessons at Musonia.

642
00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:28,496
At one point, he had
upwards of 50 students.

643
00:37:45,805 --> 00:37:47,807
—- [Guns] Some of those licks
the students wanted to learn

644
00:37:47,891 --> 00:37:51,227
were from his cross-town rival,
Eddie Van Halen.

645
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:56,191
("Runnin' With the Devil"
by Van Halen)

646
00:37:58,568 --> 00:38:00,612
— [Sarzo] But talking about
Randy being a teacher,

647
00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:03,573
and, you know, if you look at
any of his live photos,

648
00:38:03,656 --> 00:38:05,784
it always looks like he's
giving a lesson

649
00:38:05,867 --> 00:38:08,411
to everybody in the arena.

650
00:38:08,495 --> 00:38:10,079
He was never one
of those guitar players

651
00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:12,332
that would hide
what he was playing.

652
00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:15,126
He always was very
articulate, very clear,

653
00:38:15,210 --> 00:38:17,420
in his presentation
to the audience.

654
00:38:18,087 --> 00:38:20,423
- I had started
to listen to Van Halen,

655
00:38:20,507 --> 00:38:22,801
and so I said, "Well,
I really kinda like this,"

656
00:38:22,926 --> 00:38:25,512
and I would bring a cassette
and I'd play it for him.

657
00:38:25,678 --> 00:38:29,098
("On Fire" by Van Halen)

658
00:38:38,149 --> 00:38:39,442
I didn't realize at the time

659
00:38:39,526 --> 00:38:41,903
that there was this relationship
between the two of them.

660
00:38:42,529 --> 00:38:45,198
Had I of known about that,
I probably wouldn't have asked.

661
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:54,624
But Randy graciously
offered to learn the song,

662
00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:57,043
and, you know,
I'm sure it killed him

663
00:38:57,126 --> 00:38:59,045
to have to take
that cassette home

664
00:38:59,128 --> 00:39:02,590
and learn how to play
the songs of his nemesis.

665
00:39:03,299 --> 00:39:05,426
— [Forsyth] Honestly, I never
felt any rivalry with Van Halen,

666
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:06,761
but then again,
from my perspective,

667
00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:08,721
I think it was more because
it was the guitar hero thing

668
00:39:08,805 --> 00:39:11,140
and since, you know,
I'm a drummer,

669
00:39:11,808 --> 00:39:13,309
you know, maybe it just
didn't occur to me,

670
00:39:13,476 --> 00:39:16,104
but we did play with 'em that
one time at Glendale College.

671
00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:18,273
—- There was a concert
that almost didn't happen

672
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:21,985
because Quiet Riot
and Van Halen couldn't decide

673
00:39:22,068 --> 00:39:23,403
who was gonna be the headliner

674
00:39:23,486 --> 00:39:24,779
and who was gonna
be the warm-up act.

675
00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:28,199
I mean, it literally
came down to a short time

676
00:39:28,283 --> 00:39:29,951
before the concert
ever happened,

677
00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:31,744
and then Van Halen
signed a record contract,

678
00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:34,205
and then it was like,
"Okay, you're the headliner."

679
00:39:42,589 --> 00:39:45,508
- It was a big show, over
a thousand. Lotta people there.

680
00:39:45,592 --> 00:39:48,469
That was a big venue
for us back then.

681
00:39:49,178 --> 00:39:50,763
Randy had the flu that night,

682
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:54,517
and I know he really wanted
to be at his best that night

683
00:39:54,601 --> 00:39:56,311
because he felt,
I think, a bit of a rivalry

684
00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:58,605
because people
likened him to Eddie,

685
00:39:58,688 --> 00:40:00,273
so I think he wanted to,

686
00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:03,067
you know,
to show that he was as good,

687
00:40:03,192 --> 00:40:05,278
but I don't think
his ego was involved,

688
00:40:05,361 --> 00:40:07,155
and what I remember
was he stepped off the back

689
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:09,115
of the stage
and fell down and hurt himself,

690
00:40:09,198 --> 00:40:12,035
just cause his head
wasn't in it, you know?

691
00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:13,411
He was really feeling lousy.

692
00:40:14,662 --> 00:40:16,748
And, you know,
Randy was a real card.

693
00:40:16,873 --> 00:40:18,499
He would always do something
to get you in trouble

694
00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:20,877
almost every time
you interacted with him,

695
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,129
so he was like,
"Oh! There's these dresses.

696
00:40:23,212 --> 00:40:24,297
Oh, let's put 'em on!"

697
00:40:24,380 --> 00:40:25,632
When I look
at Ron's pictures now,

698
00:40:25,715 --> 00:40:28,301
it's hard for me to believe
it's the same person we lost.

699
00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:31,346
—- Here's our manager,
Warren Entner.

700
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:32,805
He got us all together
just like this.

701
00:40:32,889 --> 00:40:34,641
He showed us just how to dress.

702
00:40:34,724 --> 00:40:36,684
— [Guns] On the surface, it
looked like the band was having

703
00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:41,272
a good time, but underneath
frustrations were boiling over,

704
00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:44,525
especially when Van Halen
got signed to a record deal

705
00:40:44,901 --> 00:40:46,361
and Quiet Riot didn't.

706
00:40:50,198 --> 00:40:53,201
- Kevin, he was a real
strong personality,

707
00:40:53,326 --> 00:40:56,788
and he and Kelly never really
got along from the get-go.

708
00:40:56,871 --> 00:41:00,249
Part of that was due
to Kelly's, you know, problems.

709
00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:04,671
He was suffering from a real
bad alcohol addiction problem,

710
00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:08,132
and it was getting the better
of him and it came to a head.

711
00:41:08,508 --> 00:41:12,261
♪ You give advice for free?

712
00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:17,350
—- To me, it's the most tragic
night of Kelly Garni's life.

713
00:41:18,226 --> 00:41:20,311
If there's one night
in Kelly Garni's life

714
00:41:20,395 --> 00:41:22,689
that he could have back,
I'm sure that's it.

715
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:25,608
> Bottoms up?

716
00:41:25,692 --> 00:41:28,319
There had always been
a tension in the band

717
00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:31,698
between Kevin and Kelly
but it never became a crisis

718
00:41:31,781 --> 00:41:35,910
because Kelly always carried
his end of playing onstage.

719
00:41:36,411 --> 00:41:39,664
> Say what you wanna say?

720
00:41:39,914 --> 00:41:41,874
Kevin would've replaced him,
you know, if he could've,

721
00:41:41,958 --> 00:41:45,545
but, you know, he wasn't
gonna fight Randy over it.

722
00:41:45,962 --> 00:41:50,633
> Face is red
because you're happy?

723
00:41:50,717 --> 00:41:52,510
Kelly just wanted to be
in a bar band,

724
00:41:52,593 --> 00:41:54,220
you know.
He was just havin' a good time,

725
00:41:54,303 --> 00:41:56,014
and he wanted to keep
having a good time.

726
00:41:56,139 --> 00:41:57,765
> Bottoms up?

727
00:41:58,057 --> 00:42:00,852
I'm not sure that Kelly
thought he was good enough

728
00:42:00,935 --> 00:42:01,894
to be in the band.

729
00:42:01,978 --> 00:42:03,688
Kevin was always
telling him he wasn't,

730
00:42:03,896 --> 00:42:05,898
so there was a whole lotta
frustration going on,

731
00:42:05,982 --> 00:42:09,027
and Kelly was drinking
more and more and more.

732
00:42:09,110 --> 00:42:11,654
> Say what you wanna say?

733
00:42:11,738 --> 00:42:13,156
I mean, we all were.

734
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,616
The difference was,
Randy and I could go out

735
00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:16,868
and get hammered one night,

736
00:42:16,951 --> 00:42:19,245
but Randy always
practiced his parts,

737
00:42:19,579 --> 00:42:22,206
always made it to the rehearsal
studio on time.

738
00:42:22,623 --> 00:42:24,542
He always did what
he needed to do.

739
00:42:25,043 --> 00:42:28,046
Kelly, on the other hand,
didn't.

740
00:42:28,421 --> 00:42:30,381
They'd been listening
to tapes of the recording,

741
00:42:30,465 --> 00:42:33,509
and Kevin was very critical
of Kelly's playing,

742
00:42:33,593 --> 00:42:36,137
was critical especially of
some of the background vocals,

743
00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:37,638
and basically had told Randy

744
00:42:37,722 --> 00:42:39,766
that Kelly wasn't taking
it seriously enough,

745
00:42:40,099 --> 00:42:43,269
and, for the first time,
Randy was kind of,

746
00:42:43,895 --> 00:42:45,438
"You know, you might be right."

747
00:42:45,521 --> 00:42:48,024
But I think Randy really
believed that he could go there

748
00:42:48,107 --> 00:42:49,901
and talk to Kelly
and Kelly would change.

749
00:42:53,071 --> 00:42:55,740
—- One night, Randy
wanted to confront him,

750
00:42:55,823 --> 00:43:00,912
so he went over and took Kim
with him to confront Kelly

751
00:43:00,995 --> 00:43:03,289
about all the problems
they were having

752
00:43:03,915 --> 00:43:08,127
and tell him if he didn't
shape up, you know,

753
00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:12,548
they were gonna have to get
somebody else to replace him.

754
00:43:13,299 --> 00:43:17,637
—- Randy and I went over there,
and by the time we got there,

755
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:19,597
Kelly was already
pretty hammered,

756
00:43:19,722 --> 00:43:22,725
and Randy was not comfortable
wanting to confront Kelly

757
00:43:22,809 --> 00:43:23,976
about what was gonna happen,

758
00:43:24,060 --> 00:43:26,270
so there was some real tension
in the room right away.

759
00:43:26,479 --> 00:43:27,814
As the evening progressed,

760
00:43:27,897 --> 00:43:30,858
it became more
and more confrontational.

761
00:43:31,025 --> 00:43:32,819
Randy was pushing Kelly.

762
00:43:32,902 --> 00:43:35,238
"You need to not drink.
You need to learn your parts.

763
00:43:35,321 --> 00:43:37,698
You need to do what's necessary.
You need to cooperate.

764
00:43:37,782 --> 00:43:38,741
You need to work hard."

765
00:43:38,950 --> 00:43:40,493
It just got more
and more aggressive,

766
00:43:40,576 --> 00:43:41,869
and finally Kelly just said,

767
00:43:41,953 --> 00:43:44,122
"I wanna show you how
much I don't care."

768
00:43:46,541 --> 00:43:48,251
And he pulled a gun
out from the sofa,

769
00:43:48,417 --> 00:43:50,753
and Randy's like,
"What the hell are you doing?"

770
00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:53,047
He aimed the gun
and started firing it off.

771
00:43:53,172 --> 00:43:58,052
(gunshots)
> Say what you wanna say?

772
00:43:58,177 --> 00:43:59,846
That really pissed Randy off,

773
00:44:00,054 --> 00:44:02,223
and Randy just took a run
at Kelly at that point

774
00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:05,184
and just basically tackled him
and it was just total chaos.

775
00:44:07,854 --> 00:44:10,231
You know, in retrospect,
it was a very tragic night,

776
00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:13,651
and I know both of them felt
equally bad about it later.

777
00:44:14,193 --> 00:44:17,280
I think Randy walked
in there with dreams

778
00:44:17,363 --> 00:44:21,242
that his boyhood band
could make it as is,

779
00:44:21,534 --> 00:44:24,829
and he walked out going, "Okay,
it's time to move forward.

780
00:44:24,912 --> 00:44:26,873
Now I have to make
decisions for me.

781
00:44:26,956 --> 00:44:29,083
I have to do the right
thing for my band."

782
00:44:29,167 --> 00:44:31,669
It was a line
that was drawn, okay,

783
00:44:31,752 --> 00:44:34,088
where Randy moved
from being in a garage band

784
00:44:34,172 --> 00:44:35,882
to being in a professional band.

785
00:44:41,053 --> 00:44:42,388
— [Guns]
With Kelly outta the band,

786
00:44:42,471 --> 00:44:44,390
they needed to find
a new bass player.

787
00:44:44,473 --> 00:44:47,310
One of their first auditions
was with Nikki Sixx.

788
00:44:47,393 --> 00:44:49,103
— [Forsyth]
And Nikki,

789
00:44:49,937 --> 00:44:53,149
at the time,
quite some time ago,

790
00:44:53,232 --> 00:44:55,109
he couldn't even tune the bass.

791
00:44:55,193 --> 00:44:56,694
Randy had to show him
how to tune the bass,

792
00:44:56,777 --> 00:44:58,279
and he was trying
to show him songs,

793
00:44:58,362 --> 00:45:00,114
but, you know, Nikki
had no formal training,

794
00:45:00,198 --> 00:45:01,741
so he didn't know,
you know, Randy would say,

795
00:45:01,824 --> 00:45:03,451
"This is in C" or "This
is in E" or whatever.

796
00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:04,702
Nikki didn't know
what that meant.

797
00:45:08,414 --> 00:45:09,290
[DJ] Oh, you're kidding.

798
00:45:14,754 --> 00:45:16,589
—- [DJ] Was Nikki any
good at that time or?

799
00:45:17,131 --> 00:45:18,257
[DJ] Oh, really.

800
00:45:29,810 --> 00:45:33,606
— So we realized this isn't
gonna work because, you know,

801
00:45:33,689 --> 00:45:36,901
Randy was a real virtuoso,
and he just couldn't be

802
00:45:36,984 --> 00:45:38,778
playing with some guy who didn't
even know

803
00:45:38,861 --> 00:45:40,488
you know, what key
things were in,

804
00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:43,658
so we auditioned a few guys,
one of which was Ronnie Barron,

805
00:45:44,492 --> 00:45:47,119
and the look didn't quite work.

806
00:45:47,203 --> 00:45:50,414
It's hard to find somebody
who weighs less than 100 pounds

807
00:45:50,665 --> 00:45:52,416
to stand next to Randy onstage.

808
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,461
Rudy had the look.
He was a solid player,

809
00:45:55,795 --> 00:45:59,173
and he matched real
well on the pictures.

810
00:45:59,257 --> 00:46:02,677
- [Interviewer 3]
How did you find Rudy?

811
00:46:13,813 --> 00:46:16,399
— Unfortunately, Quiet
Riot never operated

812
00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:17,775
like a band should.

813
00:46:18,067 --> 00:46:20,194
It was one of the problems
I had with it from day one,

814
00:46:20,486 --> 00:46:22,238
and part of it was
because Randy and Kelly

815
00:46:22,321 --> 00:46:23,364
were so close together.

816
00:46:23,447 --> 00:46:25,866
They grew up playing
together all the time.

817
00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:27,576
Randy taught Kelly
how to play bass,

818
00:46:27,660 --> 00:46:29,287
you know, bands, the way
they're supposed to work,

819
00:46:29,370 --> 00:46:30,955
the drummer creates the time,

820
00:46:31,289 --> 00:46:33,749
and then everybody
plays with that time.

821
00:46:34,125 --> 00:46:37,461
(energetic drum beats)

822
00:46:41,882 --> 00:46:43,926
But it didn't work that
way ever in Quiet Riot.

823
00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:47,221
Kelly played with Randy.
Randy played with Kelly,

824
00:46:47,305 --> 00:46:50,349
and I was just back there.
Nobody ever listened to me.

825
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,353
— [Kevin] Drew Forsyth on drums!

826
00:46:55,938 --> 00:46:57,857
- So, Rudy brought
a different thing to the band.

827
00:46:57,940 --> 00:46:58,899
Immediately was better.

828
00:46:59,066 --> 00:47:01,402
He was a better musician
than Kelly by far.

829
00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:02,695
The band became
more professional.

830
00:47:02,862 --> 00:47:06,324
("Killer Girls" by Quiet Riot)

831
00:47:06,449 --> 00:47:08,117
—- Doo-doo-den,
doo-doo-den, dun-dun-den,

832
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:09,535
dun-don da-da-den-den-den.

833
00:47:10,202 --> 00:47:11,871
Actually, "Killer Girl",

834
00:47:12,663 --> 00:47:16,459
it's the song that I had
to learn for my audition,

835
00:47:16,542 --> 00:47:18,377
and I took it for granted that,

836
00:47:18,461 --> 00:47:21,213
since the riff sounded
like a typical E,

837
00:47:21,297 --> 00:47:25,134
in the key of E, riff, that
that's how the song went.

838
00:47:25,926 --> 00:47:28,721
‘Cause it's doo-doo-den,
doo-doo-den, right? Open string.

839
00:47:28,804 --> 00:47:31,724
But no, it happened
to be an F song.

840
00:47:33,768 --> 00:47:36,020
> The chicks in town
been runnin' around 2

841
00:47:36,103 --> 00:47:38,397
When I went in to audition,
started playing the song,

842
00:47:38,481 --> 00:47:40,149
of course it was total cacophony

843
00:47:40,566 --> 00:47:43,736
‘cause I was playing it in
the wrong key, and, anyways,

844
00:47:43,819 --> 00:47:46,072
I just had to transpose
everything really quickly,

845
00:47:46,155 --> 00:47:49,033
but it felt really
comfortable, really good,

846
00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:52,995
to be playing with really
polished musicians.

847
00:47:54,663 --> 00:47:58,542
> Killer girls waitin'
in line for me 2

848
00:47:58,626 --> 00:48:01,170
"Killer Girls".
Very, very unique song.

849
00:48:01,253 --> 00:48:03,464
And it's a very
well-crafted song.

850
00:48:03,547 --> 00:48:07,259
It has a lot of not only key
changes but tempo changes.

851
00:48:07,551 --> 00:48:09,720
You know, very, very
sophisticated, you know,

852
00:48:09,804 --> 00:48:12,264
for a bunch of kids
from the valley.

853
00:48:14,225 --> 00:48:16,352
But, you know,
Quiet Riot liked to do things

854
00:48:16,435 --> 00:48:17,895
a little bit outside of the box.

855
00:48:19,688 --> 00:48:23,859
We were not really a cover band
and that was very refreshing

856
00:48:24,110 --> 00:48:26,445
because that's exactly
what I was looking for,

857
00:48:26,695 --> 00:48:28,030
an original band.

858
00:48:30,032 --> 00:48:31,659
— [Announcer] We interrupt
this music to bring you

859
00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:32,827
a special bulletin.

860
00:48:32,952 --> 00:48:34,870
We've just received
information about the riot

861
00:48:34,954 --> 00:48:36,414
that has broken out downtown.

862
00:48:36,622 --> 00:48:38,457
— [Brian] The house lights
would go out in The Starwood,

863
00:48:38,666 --> 00:48:40,251
and there were police lights.

864
00:48:40,334 --> 00:48:42,545
We had these red police lights.

865
00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:45,005
— [Announcer] A young
singer, Kevin DuBrow.

866
00:48:45,172 --> 00:48:46,465
— [Brian] The sirens would go.

867
00:48:46,715 --> 00:48:50,052
—- [Announcer] A new person,
bassist Rudy Sarzo.

868
00:48:50,469 --> 00:48:52,555
— The place would be going nuts.

869
00:48:52,638 --> 00:48:54,223
- [Announcer]
Guitarist Randy Rhoads.

870
00:48:55,891 --> 00:48:59,770
— You know, kinda creating
some kind of a riot or a chaos

871
00:48:59,854 --> 00:49:02,064
right before the band
started to play.

872
00:49:04,108 --> 00:49:06,235
- [Announcer]
Bassist Rudy Sarzo,

873
00:49:06,318 --> 00:49:09,864
one man whose vibes would
be the cause of disturbance,

874
00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:12,241
guitarist Randy Rhoads.
— (crowd cheering)

875
00:49:12,450 --> 00:49:15,453
Collectively, they are
known as Quiet Riot.

876
00:49:15,828 --> 00:49:17,455
The mobs are gonna be seen.

877
00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:20,332
— There's nothing like a little
sweat before you go on!

878
00:49:20,833 --> 00:49:22,918
This is the part that
Quiet Riot gets to be nervous.

879
00:49:23,002 --> 00:49:24,753
You know,
on the sound effect intro,

880
00:49:24,837 --> 00:49:27,006
the mentioning our names
before we go out,

881
00:49:27,089 --> 00:49:28,799
cameras, lights, action.

882
00:49:29,383 --> 00:49:31,135
- [Ron] Woo!
- Go on!

883
00:49:32,845 --> 00:49:34,430
(roadie speaking Spanish)
(Kevin speaking Spanish)

884
00:49:34,513 --> 00:49:36,265
- [Roadie] Get 'em, Kevin!
— [Kevin] Hal

885
00:49:36,348 --> 00:49:38,309
— [Roadie] Happy birthday!
— Thank you! (speaks Spanish)

886
00:49:38,851 --> 00:49:40,269
— [Forsyth]
You know, we were doing great,

887
00:49:40,352 --> 00:49:43,314
but we weren't doing
well as a business.

888
00:49:45,524 --> 00:49:47,526
The TOBY organization sent
out demos all the time,

889
00:49:47,610 --> 00:49:50,070
and they had
a relationship with Atlantic,

890
00:49:50,362 --> 00:49:51,780
and the guy at Atlantic,
you know,

891
00:49:51,864 --> 00:49:53,657
every couple of weeks
they'd send him something,

892
00:49:53,741 --> 00:49:55,367
and we would get
a letter back each time,

893
00:49:55,451 --> 00:49:56,911
and, you know,
which they'd say "pass",

894
00:49:56,994 --> 00:49:58,245
"We're gonna pass
on these guys,"

895
00:49:58,329 --> 00:50:00,581
but after like the 10th
time, he got a letter.

896
00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:01,749
They sent a letter
back that said,

897
00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:03,709
"Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass,
pass, pass, pass, pass.

898
00:50:03,792 --> 00:50:05,794
In case you don't understand
what this means, pass!"

899
00:50:06,212 --> 00:50:09,131
So, Atlantic was outta
the question for us.

900
00:50:09,215 --> 00:50:10,508
That was never gonna happen.

901
00:50:12,968 --> 00:50:14,428
— [McNair] We believed
we had a great band

902
00:50:14,512 --> 00:50:16,222
that was gonna go out
there and really do something,

903
00:50:16,305 --> 00:50:17,640
and then
suddenly it was stuck,

904
00:50:17,723 --> 00:50:21,101
you know, and it went from
the greatest of optimism to,

905
00:50:21,185 --> 00:50:23,020
"What's happening next?
Where are we gonna go?

906
00:50:23,103 --> 00:50:24,230
What's gonna happen
to the band?"

907
00:50:25,940 --> 00:50:29,235
— [Guns] In 1979, Warren
Entner was out as their manager

908
00:50:29,652 --> 00:50:31,362
and was replaced
by David Forest.

909
00:50:31,820 --> 00:50:34,365
The pressure was building
as to whether Quiet Riot

910
00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:36,367
could finally get a record deal.

911
00:50:37,117 --> 00:50:39,870
— [Forest] I also happen
to manage this band, Quiet Riot,

912
00:50:39,954 --> 00:50:43,749
which happens to be kind
of a weird phenomenon

913
00:50:43,832 --> 00:50:45,251
‘cause they don't
have a record deal,

914
00:50:45,334 --> 00:50:48,504
and yet they're
drawing huge crowds.

915
00:50:48,879 --> 00:50:50,297
They don't have
a record deal yet.

916
00:50:50,381 --> 00:50:52,675
If they don't in
the next six months,

917
00:50:52,758 --> 00:50:54,510
I doubt that they'll
stick together.

918
00:50:57,346 --> 00:51:00,057
- [Guns] Punk and new wave
exploded on the music scene,

919
00:51:00,140 --> 00:51:03,852
and bands like X and the Go-Go's
were getting more popular.

920
00:51:03,936 --> 00:51:06,230
— [Forsyth] Those bands were
now being signed,

921
00:51:06,313 --> 00:51:08,315
and we still weren't
getting any toehold

922
00:51:08,399 --> 00:51:09,483
with the record labels.

923
00:51:10,609 --> 00:51:13,487
—- [Sarzo] The record company
were very short-sighted.

924
00:51:13,821 --> 00:51:15,739
They were just focusing
on whatever happened

925
00:51:15,823 --> 00:51:19,451
to be selling records at
that time in that certain spot,

926
00:51:19,535 --> 00:51:21,620
which happened
to be new wave music.

927
00:51:21,704 --> 00:51:23,831
After The Knack became very big,

928
00:51:23,914 --> 00:51:26,208
they really shut the door on any

929
00:51:26,292 --> 00:51:28,335
of the other rock
bands up and coming,

930
00:51:28,419 --> 00:51:30,921
and we were going into
a record company and saying,

931
00:51:31,005 --> 00:51:32,548
"Listen, we got this demo here,"

932
00:51:32,631 --> 00:51:35,009
and the guy would say, pull
out Billboard magazine and say,

933
00:51:35,092 --> 00:51:37,011
"Okay, if you guys
come up with a song

934
00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:39,471
like 'Do You Think I'm Sexy'
by Rod Stewart,

935
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,015
I will have to check it out."

936
00:51:41,265 --> 00:51:44,810
So, yeah, we would go out,
rehearse, record some songs,

937
00:51:44,893 --> 00:51:48,564
go to a record plant, you
know, spend money and time,

938
00:51:48,897 --> 00:51:50,566
go back to that guy
and, by then,

939
00:51:51,233 --> 00:51:53,152
You Think I'm Sexy'
is off the charts.

940
00:51:53,652 --> 00:51:55,904
It was like,
"Nah, that song is dated.

941
00:51:55,988 --> 00:51:57,531
Come up with this other song."

942
00:51:57,615 --> 00:52:00,200
You know, it was like we were
basically chasing our tails.

943
00:52:00,367 --> 00:52:01,869
- You're not working
for the record company.

944
00:52:01,952 --> 00:52:03,162
The record company's
working for you.

945
00:52:03,245 --> 00:52:05,164
They contract you to
make a record for them.

946
00:52:05,873 --> 00:52:09,001
You basically sort of employ
them to release the record,

947
00:52:09,084 --> 00:52:10,252
but when they're holding
the money,

948
00:52:10,336 --> 00:52:11,503
what are you supposed
to do?

949
00:52:11,587 --> 00:52:13,130
You can't go down
there with a gun,

950
00:52:13,213 --> 00:52:16,216
although God knows
we've all wanted to.

951
00:52:16,550 --> 00:52:18,093
For the most of this last week,

952
00:52:18,177 --> 00:52:20,763
we have been recording
some stuff here

953
00:52:22,056 --> 00:52:25,476
in our never-ending
attempt to make

954
00:52:25,559 --> 00:52:28,145
these American record
labels give us a deal.

955
00:52:28,228 --> 00:52:30,648
(crowd cheers)

956
00:52:31,482 --> 00:52:33,609
And when I say never-ending,
you can count on the fact

957
00:52:33,692 --> 00:52:35,402
that I mean
never-ending, all right?

958
00:52:35,486 --> 00:52:36,904
— [Audience Woman] All right!

959
00:52:37,363 --> 00:52:40,783
> One in a million, baby?

960
00:52:41,241 --> 00:52:43,577
> You're a lucky charm 2

961
00:52:43,661 --> 00:52:46,580
- There was some push for us,
especially from management,

962
00:52:46,664 --> 00:52:47,623
to do some things.

963
00:52:47,706 --> 00:52:49,333
Like, "One in a Million"
is a perfect example.

964
00:52:49,416 --> 00:52:50,709
It's a disco song.

965
00:52:55,422 --> 00:52:57,299
Why are we doing this?
I don't know.

966
00:52:59,176 --> 00:53:00,636
Gonna try anything
to get us signed,

967
00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:02,429
so we were trying
a lotta things that,

968
00:53:02,513 --> 00:53:05,015
in retrospect,
weren't a great idea.

969
00:53:05,099 --> 00:53:06,809
You have to do what you do best

970
00:53:06,892 --> 00:53:08,519
and not worry
about anything else.

971
00:53:08,602 --> 00:53:10,562
That's what you need
to do, and we never did that.

972
00:53:10,771 --> 00:53:13,607
There were too many times
where we made exceptions.

973
00:53:13,857 --> 00:53:16,276
"One in a Million" is a perfect
example of that.

974
00:53:16,985 --> 00:53:18,904
— We coulda given them
"Sgt. Pepper"

975
00:53:18,987 --> 00:53:20,614
and it didn't matter.

976
00:53:20,698 --> 00:53:22,866
We were not a new wave band,

977
00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:24,493
so, out of desperation, I say,

978
00:53:24,576 --> 00:53:26,495
"Hey, how about if
we take our fan club

979
00:53:26,829 --> 00:53:29,998
and have them picket at
every single record company?"

980
00:53:30,249 --> 00:53:32,459
I just said that, probably
the most ridiculous thing

981
00:53:32,543 --> 00:53:34,753
I could come up with,
you know, just as a joke,

982
00:53:34,837 --> 00:53:36,130
and Kevin said, "Wait a minute!

983
00:53:36,213 --> 00:53:37,464
This sounds like a great idea!"

984
00:53:37,548 --> 00:53:38,716
And I went, "Whoops!"
(laughs)

985
00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:45,764
— [Guns] Fan club president
Lori Hollen wasted no time

986
00:53:45,848 --> 00:53:46,974
getting the word out.

987
00:53:47,349 --> 00:53:50,811
—- She was able to recruit
fans all the time,

988
00:53:50,978 --> 00:53:53,480
so our fan club just kept
growing and growing and growing,

989
00:53:53,564 --> 00:53:56,567
and in the days, you know,
before Facebook or MySpace

990
00:53:56,650 --> 00:53:58,902
or anything like that,
she did an incredible job.

991
00:54:00,738 --> 00:54:02,781
— Everybody went
to Ron and Kevin's house,

992
00:54:02,865 --> 00:54:04,450
and we printed T-shirts.

993
00:54:04,533 --> 00:54:06,410
They were hanging on
the beds and the dressers

994
00:54:06,493 --> 00:54:07,536
and all over the place.

995
00:54:07,619 --> 00:54:09,830
We screened all these T-shirts
that said "Quiet Riot"

996
00:54:09,913 --> 00:54:11,623
so that all the fans
could have a T-shirt on

997
00:54:11,707 --> 00:54:13,542
while we picketed
the record companies.

998
00:54:13,625 --> 00:54:15,919
We made big signs and banners

999
00:54:16,003 --> 00:54:18,338
and got all the kids organized

1000
00:54:18,422 --> 00:54:19,840
at this park in Burbank.

1001
00:54:28,724 --> 00:54:31,059
And they went from record
company to record company

1002
00:54:31,143 --> 00:54:34,605
to record company trying
to get that band signed.

1003
00:54:34,688 --> 00:54:36,982
— The idea was to make as
much noise as we could.

1004
00:54:38,275 --> 00:54:40,152
—- So we went to all the major
record companies,

1005
00:54:40,235 --> 00:54:41,278
Warner Brothers.

1006
00:54:41,361 --> 00:54:43,655
— Carrying on
to Capitol Records.

1007
00:54:43,739 --> 00:54:45,240
- A&M.
— Elektra.

1008
00:54:45,324 --> 00:54:46,867
— CBS and Century City.

1009
00:54:47,117 --> 00:54:50,370
—- Kevin had laid out the whole
route, and we've got signs

1010
00:54:50,454 --> 00:54:52,998
saying "Sign Quiet
Riot! Sign Quiet Riot!"

1011
00:54:53,081 --> 00:54:55,751
— Kevin's ultimate idea was
to try to get

1012
00:54:56,210 --> 00:54:59,213
news coverage for this,
so he had a little schedule.

1013
00:54:59,588 --> 00:55:02,591
- Unfortunately,
on the first stop

1014
00:55:03,509 --> 00:55:05,511
in Burbank at Warner Brothers,

1015
00:55:05,594 --> 00:55:09,348
we didn't have
a permit to demonstrate.

1016
00:55:09,723 --> 00:55:11,308
We were chased out of there,

1017
00:55:11,850 --> 00:55:15,646
so the schedule was pushed
about half an hour ahead,

1018
00:55:15,729 --> 00:55:18,732
So every time news
media was alerted

1019
00:55:18,816 --> 00:55:20,859
that the demonstration
was gonna happen,

1020
00:55:20,943 --> 00:55:23,237
they missed it by half an hour,

1021
00:55:24,071 --> 00:55:27,199
but eventually on the very
last stop at CBS Records,

1022
00:55:27,282 --> 00:55:30,035
they actually got to catch
the demonstration

1023
00:55:30,118 --> 00:55:32,287
and actually appear in the news.

1024
00:55:32,371 --> 00:55:33,997
- We did get the news
people and we did get

1025
00:55:34,081 --> 00:55:35,165
on several of the news stations,

1026
00:55:35,249 --> 00:55:36,917
but if we'd had
a publicity agent

1027
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:38,377
who could've really
got the people there,

1028
00:55:38,460 --> 00:55:39,795
that might've helped us.

1029
00:55:40,295 --> 00:55:42,464
— Did we get a record deal? No.

1030
00:55:42,756 --> 00:55:44,800
But we got a hell
of a story out of it.

1031
00:55:45,843 --> 00:55:47,469
—- [Guns] With no deal
on the table,

1032
00:55:47,553 --> 00:55:49,680
the future was uncertain
for Quiet Riot,

1033
00:55:50,138 --> 00:55:51,431
but for Randy Rhoads,

1034
00:55:51,557 --> 00:55:54,017
things were about to take
an unexpected turn.

1035
00:55:59,231 --> 00:56:02,776
Across town, singer Ozzy
Osbourne was holed up in a hotel

1036
00:56:02,860 --> 00:56:05,821
after being fired as the front
man of Black Sabbath.

1037
00:56:06,196 --> 00:56:08,574
The band had enough of
his out-of-control behavior

1038
00:56:08,657 --> 00:56:09,992
and sent him packing.

1039
00:56:11,159 --> 00:56:14,288
Down but not out, Ozzy
still wanted to make music,

1040
00:56:14,371 --> 00:56:17,291
and he came to Los Angeles
to find a lead guitarist.

1041
00:56:17,958 --> 00:56:19,293
— After leaving Black Sabbath,

1042
00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:22,004
I've never, ever auditioned
anyone in my life

1043
00:56:22,087 --> 00:56:24,715
‘cause Sabbath just
formed, we were mates,

1044
00:56:25,090 --> 00:56:28,135
so I didn't even know how
to go about auditioning.

1045
00:56:29,136 --> 00:56:31,138
—- [Guns] Randy was familiar
with Black Sabbath,

1046
00:56:31,221 --> 00:56:32,764
but it wasn't his cup of tea.

1047
00:56:42,190 --> 00:56:44,443
— And he used to tell
me, he used to go,

1048
00:56:44,860 --> 00:56:46,653
"I don't like Black
Sabbath very much.

1049
00:56:46,737 --> 00:56:50,616
I know you do so we're not
gonna get into it," but he goes,

1050
00:56:50,699 --> 00:56:53,035
"Who the fuck would write
his name on his hand?"

1051
00:56:53,619 --> 00:56:55,287
He goes,
"l don't understand that."

1052
00:56:55,621 --> 00:56:56,914
Didn't care for Sabbath.

1053
00:56:56,997 --> 00:56:58,582
Thought it was
too dark and too sluggish.

1054
00:57:23,190 --> 00:57:24,274
—- Dana Strum.

1055
00:57:24,733 --> 00:57:26,526
—- [Guns] That bass
player was Dana Strum,

1056
00:57:26,610 --> 00:57:29,738
and he had only one person
in mind for that audition.

1057
00:57:30,155 --> 00:57:33,617
— I was calling Randy Rhoads
at his mother's music studio

1058
00:57:33,700 --> 00:57:34,743
in Burbank, Musonia.

1059
00:57:34,952 --> 00:57:39,247
— And he said, you know,
"I'm here with a guy

1060
00:57:39,957 --> 00:57:42,084
that wants to audition you.

1061
00:57:43,710 --> 00:57:46,797
He wants you to be in his band.
This could be really big."

1062
00:57:51,885 --> 00:57:54,346
— Just come down
but bring the shit

1063
00:57:54,429 --> 00:57:55,806
that you used at The Starwood.

1064
00:57:56,264 --> 00:57:59,393
If he doesn't get what
I get when I see what I see

1065
00:57:59,476 --> 00:58:02,646
from that balcony looking
down, then I really thought,

1066
00:58:02,729 --> 00:58:06,400
"I'm as wrong as could be
and I'm fucked and whatever,

1067
00:58:06,483 --> 00:58:08,777
but I have a feeling
there's no one

1068
00:58:08,860 --> 00:58:10,320
that isn't gonna get what I get

1069
00:58:10,404 --> 00:58:11,822
if you're put in
the right circumstance."

1070
00:58:12,114 --> 00:58:16,868
— [Kelle] And Randy said,
"Well, I teach here 'til 9:30,

1071
00:58:16,952 --> 00:58:19,788
10 o'clock at night,
I'm tired, I don't know,"

1072
00:58:19,871 --> 00:58:24,042
and then Dana said,
"Look, all right, trust me.

1073
00:58:24,418 --> 00:58:26,628
Something tells me
you need to do this."

1074
00:58:27,963 --> 00:58:29,923
— [Strum] Meeting Ozzy was
a freaky experience,

1075
00:58:30,298 --> 00:58:34,136
and I went to the hotel
and, as I opened the door,

1076
00:58:35,095 --> 00:58:38,223
I made my way through
50 Heineken bottles.

1077
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:45,272
"I've got a list." He had
a list of guitar players.

1078
00:58:45,564 --> 00:58:47,315
I'm like, "Can I see the list?"

1079
00:58:47,649 --> 00:58:48,692
"Yeah."

1080
00:58:49,484 --> 00:58:54,406
He had no way to get there,
no plan, just hands me a list.

1081
00:58:54,906 --> 00:58:57,617
"We're gonna go
see these people?"

1082
00:58:58,285 --> 00:59:02,789
I said, "Well, I know
a few of these people. Nope."

1083
00:59:02,873 --> 00:59:04,374
I said, "But I have the guy."

1084
00:59:07,461 --> 00:59:08,503
— And I met this bloke.

1085
00:59:09,588 --> 00:59:13,050
This guy introduced
me to Randy Rhoads.

1086
00:59:13,133 --> 00:59:15,218
He said, "This guy,
you gotta hear this guy play.

1087
00:59:15,302 --> 00:59:16,970
This guy's amazing."

1088
00:59:25,604 --> 00:59:27,481
— Pulls out
this little combo amp.

1089
00:59:27,689 --> 00:59:31,526
"Wait 'til you hear this."
He goes, "It's huge."

1090
00:59:32,319 --> 00:59:36,156
I said, "Let's hear Jesus now.
Let's hear the man now.

1091
00:59:36,239 --> 00:59:37,574
Let's hear the Messiah."

1092
00:59:58,345 --> 01:00:02,140
— And he starts tuning
up and doing arpeggios.

1093
01:00:02,307 --> 01:00:05,519
(electric guitar riff)

1094
01:00:05,685 --> 01:00:08,063
- I'm like, "Go, kid.
This is it."

1095
01:00:10,690 --> 01:00:14,027
(electric guitar riff)

1096
01:00:14,111 --> 01:00:18,198
— And I remember Ozzy
went from the hair down to

1097
01:00:19,157 --> 01:00:20,617
almost stammering.

1098
01:00:21,034 --> 01:00:22,661
— And I says,
"Just play something,"

1099
01:00:22,744 --> 01:00:25,789
and I thought I was dreaming
when I heard this guy play.

1100
01:00:25,914 --> 01:00:29,835
(electric guitar riff)

1101
01:00:29,918 --> 01:00:33,672
The guy was a little guy
with such a big, big sound.

1102
01:00:33,797 --> 01:00:37,134
(electric guitar riff)

1103
01:00:47,144 --> 01:00:48,436
- And it just
happened like that,

1104
01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:51,857
and I flew back to England
and I said to Sharon's father,

1105
01:00:52,232 --> 01:00:53,900
who was still
involved with us then,

1106
01:00:53,984 --> 01:00:55,485
"You gotta hear his playing!"

1107
01:00:55,569 --> 01:00:57,237
And he says,
"No, no, we'll find one here."

1108
01:00:57,320 --> 01:00:59,156
Meanwhile, Sharon
came from America,

1109
01:00:59,239 --> 01:01:01,533
and I said to Sharon,
"Please get me this guy,"

1110
01:01:01,616 --> 01:01:03,577
and Sharon went
back and got Randy.

1111
01:01:03,702 --> 01:01:05,328
- [Hollen]
I had an 18th birthday party,

1112
01:01:05,412 --> 01:01:07,164
and Quiet Riot came to my party,

1113
01:01:07,247 --> 01:01:09,374
and Randy and I were
strolling in behind everybody,

1114
01:01:09,457 --> 01:01:10,667
and he goes,
"Hey, Lori, come here.

1115
01:01:10,750 --> 01:01:12,043
I gotta tell you something."

1116
01:01:12,127 --> 01:01:13,253
I said, "What?"

1117
01:01:13,712 --> 01:01:17,132
He said, "Do you know
who Ozzy Osbourne is?"

1118
01:01:17,549 --> 01:01:20,385
And I said, "Is he that
guy in Black Sabbath?"

1119
01:01:20,468 --> 01:01:21,636
And he goes, "Yeah."

1120
01:01:22,137 --> 01:01:23,930
He said, "I auditioned
for him today."

1121
01:01:24,014 --> 01:01:24,973
I said, "You what?"

1122
01:01:25,932 --> 01:01:27,726
"All I did was
plug in my guitar,

1123
01:01:27,809 --> 01:01:29,519
and all I did was go
do-da-loo-da-loo-da-loo,

1124
01:01:29,603 --> 01:01:31,396
and he goes, You're the guy!"

1125
01:01:31,771 --> 01:01:34,107
And I said,
"Well, what does that mean?"

1126
01:01:34,357 --> 01:01:36,526
And he goes, "Well, I'd
have to leave Quiet Riot

1127
01:01:36,610 --> 01:01:39,613
and go on tour with him,
what do you think?"

1128
01:01:40,155 --> 01:01:42,490
I said, "Well, Randy,
I think you should go

1129
01:01:42,574 --> 01:01:43,950
and make a name for yourself,

1130
01:01:44,034 --> 01:01:46,328
and you can always come
back and get Quiet Riot."

1131
01:01:50,790 --> 01:01:55,003
- He gave it some great thought
and decided to go with them,

1132
01:01:55,462 --> 01:01:59,925
but I know he was in
horrible turmoil inside.

1133
01:02:00,050 --> 01:02:04,221
He really felt that he was
betraying the band,

1134
01:02:04,304 --> 01:02:06,181
especially Kevin.

1135
01:02:06,264 --> 01:02:08,475
—- He was scared to death
of having to walk up to Kevin

1136
01:02:08,558 --> 01:02:10,060
and say, "I'm leaving the band."

1137
01:02:10,435 --> 01:02:13,271
You know? He knew it was
gonna hurt Kevin really bad.

1138
01:02:13,772 --> 01:02:16,399
And I think that was probably
the hardest part of it,

1139
01:02:16,483 --> 01:02:17,734
but I don't think
there's any doubt

1140
01:02:17,817 --> 01:02:18,902
that it was
the right thing to do.

1141
01:02:19,027 --> 01:02:21,863
I'm sure Kevin was
obligated to try to save it.

1142
01:02:22,197 --> 01:02:23,365
I mean, who wouldn't?

1143
01:02:28,203 --> 01:02:30,121
— [Forsyth] When you're
in a band, you kinda feel like

1144
01:02:30,205 --> 01:02:31,957
you're all part of this machine,

1145
01:02:32,415 --> 01:02:34,834
and so it felt like
a betrayal of a sort.

1146
01:02:36,002 --> 01:02:37,963
I don't remember
exactly how I found out

1147
01:02:38,046 --> 01:02:40,298
that he was gonna
play with Ozzy.

1148
01:02:40,548 --> 01:02:42,467
What I do know is that
he didn't call me himself.

1149
01:02:42,550 --> 01:02:44,302
That was the thing that
I was most disappointed in,

1150
01:02:44,386 --> 01:02:46,179
was that he didn't make
the effort to call me,

1151
01:02:46,263 --> 01:02:48,556
after, you know, spending
all these years with him,

1152
01:02:48,640 --> 01:02:50,183
that he wouldn't pick
up the phone and say,

1153
01:02:50,267 --> 01:02:51,851
"Hey, you know,
this is what I'm gonna do,"

1154
01:02:51,935 --> 01:02:54,437
so I was disappointed in that
and his lack of character,

1155
01:02:56,147 --> 01:02:58,233
but I certainly understood why.

1156
01:02:58,566 --> 01:02:59,776
Part of the reason he moved on

1157
01:02:59,859 --> 01:03:03,321
was because of his writing
relationship with Kevin.

1158
01:03:03,613 --> 01:03:06,074
It was, you know, toxic to him.

1159
01:03:06,157 --> 01:03:07,325
He could not write

1160
01:03:07,409 --> 01:03:09,286
what he wanted to write
with Kevin.

1161
01:03:24,551 --> 01:03:29,014
— [Reason] The last gig
of Quiet Riot at The Starwood,

1162
01:03:29,097 --> 01:03:32,267
everybody...
was walking on eggshells

1163
01:03:33,226 --> 01:03:38,523
that night because nobody
really knew what was happening,

1164
01:03:38,606 --> 01:03:42,569
but they kind of knew,
and it was a very odd night.

1165
01:03:42,652 --> 01:03:46,531
And at that time, I knew that
that was the end of an era

1166
01:03:46,614 --> 01:03:49,075
for that band and that time.

1167
01:03:50,827 --> 01:03:54,873
— The night before Randy left
to go to England to join Ozzy,

1168
01:03:54,956 --> 01:03:59,627
we all were at Randy's house
reminiscing about old times

1169
01:03:59,711 --> 01:04:02,630
and what it would be
like for him to go.

1170
01:04:02,839 --> 01:04:05,675
(slow guitar ballad)

1171
01:04:12,891 --> 01:04:16,227
— That night, I remember that
we just had fun, you know?

1172
01:04:16,311 --> 01:04:18,772
We had fun
like we used to have fun.

1173
01:04:24,527 --> 01:04:27,322
There are certain nights that
are snapshots for me of Randy.

1174
01:04:27,405 --> 01:04:30,700
I'm sure that's a night
that Randy probably put

1175
01:04:30,784 --> 01:04:32,702
in his pocket, and whenever
he felt homesick,

1176
01:04:32,786 --> 01:04:34,704
he could think
of a night like that.

1177
01:04:44,756 --> 01:04:48,009
- I think it was
in September 1979,

1178
01:04:48,343 --> 01:04:51,304
I'm sitting in my apartment
in West Hollywood

1179
01:04:51,388 --> 01:04:53,348
getting ready
to go to a rehearsal,

1180
01:04:53,431 --> 01:04:55,767
and I get a call from Randy
out of nowhere,

1181
01:04:55,850 --> 01:04:57,352
and the phone rings
and he goes, "Frankie?"

1182
01:04:57,435 --> 01:05:00,605
And I go, "Randy?"
And he goes, "Yeah."

1183
01:05:00,688 --> 01:05:03,191
And he was, like,
very direct, right to the point.

1184
01:05:03,274 --> 01:05:05,527
He goes, "You wanna
go play with Ozzy?"

1185
01:05:06,403 --> 01:05:08,113
And I said, "Ozzy?"

1186
01:05:08,321 --> 01:05:09,781
He goes, "Yeah,
the Black Sabbath guy,"

1187
01:05:09,948 --> 01:05:12,951
and we drove to a rehearsal
studio that I knew.

1188
01:05:13,034 --> 01:05:15,036
It was Mars Rehearsal Studio,

1189
01:05:15,286 --> 01:05:20,250
and I walked in and set up
my 1969 green sparkle Ludwig kit

1190
01:05:20,500 --> 01:05:22,627
with a 38-inch gong
and everything,

1191
01:05:22,710 --> 01:05:26,339
and then I finally met
Mr. Ozzy Osbourne himself.

1192
01:05:26,423 --> 01:05:27,882
Right away, we started playing.

1193
01:05:27,966 --> 01:05:30,969
So the first song
we started working on

1194
01:05:31,469 --> 01:05:34,472
was the beginnings of what
became "Over the Mountain."

1195
01:05:34,556 --> 01:05:37,725
Randy was pretty much
running the rehearsal

1196
01:05:37,809 --> 01:05:40,395
in that Ozzy sat there
for the most part

1197
01:05:40,478 --> 01:05:42,939
and just looked
and nodded in approval,

1198
01:05:43,022 --> 01:05:45,567
and everything seemed
like it was gonna be a go,

1199
01:05:45,650 --> 01:05:48,194
but, as luck would have it,

1200
01:05:49,362 --> 01:05:51,739
I am told that
Jet Records had decided

1201
01:05:51,823 --> 01:05:54,993
that they were gonna record
in the UK rather than the US.

1202
01:05:55,326 --> 01:05:56,953
They were only gonna
bring one person over,

1203
01:05:57,036 --> 01:05:59,706
and the choice
hands-down was clear.

1204
01:05:59,789 --> 01:06:02,208
It had to be Randy.
It certainly wasn't gonna be me.

1205
01:06:02,292 --> 01:06:05,670
But I have wonderful
recollections of that

1206
01:06:05,753 --> 01:06:09,549
because I actually got
to be in the room with Randy

1207
01:06:10,133 --> 01:06:14,804
at the very, very beginning
of what turned out to be

1208
01:06:14,888 --> 01:06:18,308
a wonderful musical experience
for the world.

1209
01:06:21,227 --> 01:06:23,980
- Then he came to England and
he lived with me in my house.

1210
01:06:24,063 --> 01:06:25,440
We lived together
for about a year

1211
01:06:25,523 --> 01:06:27,192
in my house writing songs.

1212
01:06:48,213 --> 01:06:50,548
—- [Guns] It was Randy's
riff for "Crazy Train"

1213
01:06:50,632 --> 01:06:53,301
that would not only
jumpstart Ozzy's solo career,

1214
01:06:53,384 --> 01:06:56,513
but it would put Randy
on the map as a guitar legend.

1215
01:06:59,265 --> 01:07:01,643
"Crazy Train" was the first
single off the album

1216
01:07:01,726 --> 01:07:05,146
Blizzard of Ozz,
which was released in 1980.

1217
01:07:05,230 --> 01:07:07,148
- I'll never forget
a memory I have,

1218
01:07:07,273 --> 01:07:11,194
and I'm crossing the street
in front of Warner Brothers.

1219
01:07:11,736 --> 01:07:14,405
There's about four cars
at the stop sign,

1220
01:07:14,489 --> 01:07:15,907
and I walked in front of them,

1221
01:07:15,990 --> 01:07:19,244
and every car was
playing "Crazy Train".

1222
01:07:19,619 --> 01:07:20,828
He was in a big band,

1223
01:07:20,912 --> 01:07:22,997
and he was being played
on the radio all the time.

1224
01:07:23,081 --> 01:07:25,208
— [Guns] The Blizzard of
Ozz line up was now complete

1225
01:07:25,291 --> 01:07:27,335
and featured
Ozzy Osbourne on vocals,

1226
01:07:27,418 --> 01:07:29,128
Bob Daisley on bass,

1227
01:07:29,337 --> 01:07:30,880
Lee Kerslake on drums,

1228
01:07:30,964 --> 01:07:33,299
and Randy Rhoads on guitar.

1229
01:07:33,424 --> 01:07:36,886
A huge commercial success,
Blizzard of Ozz was certified

1230
01:07:36,970 --> 01:07:39,055
four times platinum in the US,

1231
01:07:39,138 --> 01:07:42,183
went on to sell over
7 million albums worldwide.

1232
01:07:42,267 --> 01:07:45,770
— I truly, truly believe that
Randy was the one element

1233
01:07:45,853 --> 01:07:49,774
that made it possible for Ozzy
to reach greater heights

1234
01:07:49,857 --> 01:07:52,068
than he even had
with Black Sabbath

1235
01:07:52,151 --> 01:07:53,695
which is unheard of.

1236
01:07:57,448 --> 01:08:00,076
- [Guns] Randy's influence
on a generation of guitarists

1237
01:08:00,159 --> 01:08:01,703
was felt immediately.

1238
01:08:01,786 --> 01:08:02,954
—- [John] If it wasn't for him,

1239
01:08:03,037 --> 01:08:04,455
I wouldn't be playing
the way I do.

1240
01:08:04,539 --> 01:08:07,083
On top of the great
songs or the great riffs,

1241
01:08:07,208 --> 01:08:11,087
I mean, any Randy song,
you could take a riff,

1242
01:08:11,421 --> 01:08:13,256
and you play it and people know.

1243
01:08:13,339 --> 01:08:15,466
- I remember, you know,
being, a...

1244
01:08:15,883 --> 01:08:18,094
gosh, I guess like
a 12-year-old kid

1245
01:08:18,177 --> 01:08:20,096
and like walking
up to my local mall

1246
01:08:20,179 --> 01:08:21,347
and going to the Musicland

1247
01:08:21,431 --> 01:08:23,433
and buying
the Blizzard of Ozz cassette

1248
01:08:23,725 --> 01:08:26,519
and gettin' home
and poppin' it in

1249
01:08:26,603 --> 01:08:29,897
and hearin' "lI Don't Know",
and it just like blew me away,

1250
01:08:29,981 --> 01:08:31,899
and I was like,
"This is like the coolest guitar

1251
01:08:31,983 --> 01:08:33,151
I've ever heard in my life,"

1252
01:08:33,234 --> 01:08:35,945
and it was really like
rock and roll perfection.

1253
01:08:36,029 --> 01:08:39,198
— [Bruce] The playing was just
meticulous and unique.

1254
01:08:39,282 --> 01:08:40,617
I knew they were double

1255
01:08:40,783 --> 01:08:43,870
you know,
and tripling his solos,

1256
01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:45,455
which I know how hard that is.

1257
01:08:45,538 --> 01:08:47,790
These riffs and these
songs were really special

1258
01:08:47,874 --> 01:08:50,585
and gave such an amazing,
you know, template

1259
01:08:50,668 --> 01:08:51,961
for Randy to shine.

1260
01:08:52,545 --> 01:08:55,548
- Right away, I thought, "Wow,
Ozzy's really done something"

1261
01:08:55,632 --> 01:08:59,218
‘cause, you know, I'd been
a fan of Black Sabbath,

1262
01:08:59,302 --> 01:09:01,262
and I liked Ozzy

1263
01:09:01,512 --> 01:09:05,767
and he left and I really loved
when Black Sabbath got Dio,

1264
01:09:05,850 --> 01:09:07,393
and that was cool
but we kinda wondered,

1265
01:09:07,477 --> 01:09:08,936
"What's Ozzy gonna do now?"

1266
01:09:09,062 --> 01:09:11,939
— [Guns] In September, 1980,
the Blizzard of Ozz tour

1267
01:09:12,023 --> 01:09:14,484
kicked off in Europe
with a North American leg

1268
01:09:14,567 --> 01:09:15,610
soon to follow.

1269
01:09:16,819 --> 01:09:19,447
- [Interviewer 4] Is this
pretty close to the dream,

1270
01:09:19,530 --> 01:09:20,740
being with Ozzy

1271
01:09:20,990 --> 01:09:24,243
and starting out
with this magnificent stage?

1272
01:09:34,420 --> 01:09:37,715
—- [Guns] But behind the scenes,
tensions were rising.

1273
01:09:38,883 --> 01:09:42,011
During a management dispute,
bassist Bob Daisley

1274
01:09:42,095 --> 01:09:44,430
and drummer Lee Kerslake
were fired

1275
01:09:44,514 --> 01:09:46,891
before the North
American tour started.

1276
01:09:49,602 --> 01:09:52,313
Back in LA,
Quiet Riot was struggling

1277
01:09:52,397 --> 01:09:53,856
without its lead guitarist.

1278
01:09:53,940 --> 01:09:56,109
— [Forsyth] There was a short
period of time there,

1279
01:09:56,192 --> 01:09:58,111
a couple of months probably
where we weren't certain

1280
01:09:58,194 --> 01:10:01,030
whether Randy was
gonna stay with Ozzy

1281
01:10:01,114 --> 01:10:02,365
and be a permanent thing

1282
01:10:02,740 --> 01:10:05,201
because he was kinda leading
us on that he would come back,

1283
01:10:06,119 --> 01:10:10,498
so there was a time of just,
you know, foundering,

1284
01:10:12,667 --> 01:10:16,254
and then after that we realized
he wasn't coming back.

1285
01:10:16,462 --> 01:10:19,716
Certainly, the Ozzy stuff shows
more where he wanted to be.

1286
01:10:20,299 --> 01:10:23,177
— After Randy left
Quiet Riot to join Ozzy,

1287
01:10:23,261 --> 01:10:27,807
he returned to LA
and we did a reunion show.

1288
01:10:28,057 --> 01:10:31,686
I had cut my hair
and wanted to turn new wave,

1289
01:10:31,769 --> 01:10:34,522
just because,
you know, I had to eat.

1290
01:10:34,689 --> 01:10:37,984
— I met this kid called Eddie.
He called me and said, "Hey."

1291
01:10:38,234 --> 01:10:41,446
You know, "Randy's
playing at the Whisky.

1292
01:10:41,529 --> 01:10:43,781
He's gonna be playing
with Kevin DuBrow."

1293
01:10:43,990 --> 01:10:46,826
I do remember we came back down

1294
01:10:47,243 --> 01:10:48,703
to the second level
of the Whisky,

1295
01:10:48,786 --> 01:10:50,455
and we watched Randy
come out and play.

1296
01:10:50,538 --> 01:10:51,539
He played a couple songs.

1297
01:10:51,956 --> 01:10:55,293
(energetic rock music)

1298
01:11:22,820 --> 01:11:24,947
I can just remember today
that his guitar sound

1299
01:11:25,031 --> 01:11:26,532
just stickin' to my face.

1300
01:11:28,618 --> 01:11:30,328
— [Forsyth]
He came back to do that show,

1301
01:11:30,536 --> 01:11:32,997
and the whole time
his demeanor is,

1302
01:11:33,080 --> 01:11:34,916
"Oh yeah, we're gonna
continue to do this,"

1303
01:11:35,333 --> 01:11:37,084
which I think he had no
intention

1304
01:11:37,168 --> 01:11:38,294
of continuing to do that.

1305
01:11:38,461 --> 01:11:41,005
- It was great to have
Randy back playing with us,

1306
01:11:41,088 --> 01:11:43,049
but it was also very sad knowing

1307
01:11:43,132 --> 01:11:45,092
that it was gonna
be very short-lived.

1308
01:12:03,903 --> 01:12:06,447
- [Forsyth] When Randy left,
Kevin was a little bit deluded.

1309
01:12:06,531 --> 01:12:09,325
I think Kevin really
thought in his gut that,

1310
01:12:09,867 --> 01:12:12,662
at some point,
Randy was gonna come back

1311
01:12:12,954 --> 01:12:14,914
and play with him
in Quiet Riot again.

1312
01:12:15,331 --> 01:12:17,542
I mean, I really think
he believed that,

1313
01:12:18,084 --> 01:12:19,544
and I don't think there
was a chance in hell

1314
01:12:19,627 --> 01:12:20,711
that was gonna happen.

1315
01:12:22,547 --> 01:12:23,923
Randy had moved on.

1316
01:12:43,359 --> 01:12:45,820
—- [Guns] Classical guitar
became Randy's focus.

1317
01:12:46,112 --> 01:12:48,823
He would spend hours
practicing after shows.

1318
01:12:48,948 --> 01:12:50,616
- He would always
be doing his scales.

1319
01:12:50,700 --> 01:12:52,410
I could hear him
in the next room.

1320
01:12:52,493 --> 01:12:55,079
Doo-da-loo-da-loo-da-doo,
all day, every day.

1321
01:12:55,371 --> 01:12:56,747
— Randy would say to me,

1322
01:12:57,498 --> 01:12:59,709
"I don't know if I'm doing
the right thing here."

1323
01:12:59,792 --> 01:13:01,794
He was quite apprehensive
about the whole thing

1324
01:13:01,878 --> 01:13:03,421
because he was studying
classical guitar,

1325
01:13:03,504 --> 01:13:06,299
and actually I think he felt
it was interrupting his studies

1326
01:13:06,382 --> 01:13:07,341
in a way.
— Right.

1327
01:13:07,425 --> 01:13:09,010
—- And I said, "No, this is great
for you, man.

1328
01:13:09,093 --> 01:13:10,803
You gotta do this, you know?"
And it's like, I think

1329
01:13:10,887 --> 01:13:12,096
I gave him the right advice.

1330
01:13:14,557 --> 01:13:16,642
— [Guns]
On Blizzard of Ozz, Randy wrote

1331
01:13:16,726 --> 01:13:20,271
an incredible classical piece
dedicated to his mother, Dee.

1332
01:13:22,940 --> 01:13:26,277
It's a piece that's inspired
musicians for decades

1333
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:29,739
and one that is often
covered in tribute to the man

1334
01:13:29,822 --> 01:13:31,198
that never stopped teaching.

1335
01:13:34,785 --> 01:13:37,079
— One of the things
that Randy would always do

1336
01:13:37,163 --> 01:13:39,165
was we had support bands,
and they asked him,

1337
01:13:39,248 --> 01:13:41,667
"How do you get
that kinda sound?"

1338
01:13:41,751 --> 01:13:43,878
He would teach the other bands,

1339
01:13:43,961 --> 01:13:47,214
and he would give them
lessons always all the time.

1340
01:13:47,298 --> 01:13:51,135
He always had time
for musicians, always.

1341
01:13:51,385 --> 01:13:53,721
—- You know, I think another
thing that Randy did

1342
01:13:53,804 --> 01:13:55,556
was he made classical cool.

1343
01:13:55,848 --> 01:13:58,601
I'm the son
of two classical musicians,

1344
01:13:58,684 --> 01:14:00,811
and, you know,
I couldn't wait to get away

1345
01:14:00,895 --> 01:14:03,272
from learning cello
and piano when I was a kid

1346
01:14:03,356 --> 01:14:04,815
and play rock guitar,

1347
01:14:04,982 --> 01:14:07,234
and, you know, all of a sudden
when I heard Randy

1348
01:14:07,318 --> 01:14:09,111
and I was introduced
to the concept

1349
01:14:09,195 --> 01:14:11,405
of classical music being
quote-unquote "cool,"

1350
01:14:11,739 --> 01:14:13,741
it really made me
reevaluate everything

1351
01:14:13,824 --> 01:14:14,951
that I had been through.

1352
01:14:15,451 --> 01:14:18,037
— [Dweezil] Really trying to
figure out all of the parts

1353
01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:20,164
that were in "Revelation
(Mother Earth)",

1354
01:14:20,247 --> 01:14:22,291
if you've never
heard Randy's music

1355
01:14:22,375 --> 01:14:25,419
and this is one of the first
songs that you hear,

1356
01:14:25,836 --> 01:14:28,923
you'll notice a heavy
classical influence on that,

1357
01:14:29,006 --> 01:14:30,841
and he's playing acoustic guitar

1358
01:14:30,925 --> 01:14:34,762
and all the overdubbed parts
are all these puzzle pieces

1359
01:14:34,845 --> 01:14:36,430
that make it challenging
to figure out

1360
01:14:36,514 --> 01:14:38,516
what the voicing
is for each thing,

1361
01:14:38,599 --> 01:14:41,352
so you can't necessarily figure
out an easy accompaniment.

1362
01:14:41,435 --> 01:14:43,896
I got into other kinds
of classical music

1363
01:14:43,980 --> 01:14:46,023
because of his playing.

1364
01:14:50,152 --> 01:14:52,905
- [Guns] Randy's virtuoso
performance on Blizzard of Ozz

1365
01:14:52,989 --> 01:14:54,782
and his eclectic
style was making waves

1366
01:14:54,865 --> 01:14:56,158
in the music industry.

1367
01:14:57,868 --> 01:15:01,163
In 1981, he was presented
with the Best New Talent award

1368
01:15:01,247 --> 01:15:02,999
from Guitar Player Magazine.

1369
01:15:04,375 --> 01:15:06,711
It was a proud moment
for the kid from Burbank

1370
01:15:06,794 --> 01:15:09,088
to finally land
on the world stage.

1371
01:15:09,630 --> 01:15:12,550
Less than a year after
recording Blizzard of Ozz,

1372
01:15:12,633 --> 01:15:15,553
the group headed back
to the studio to begin recording

1373
01:15:15,636 --> 01:15:18,264
their follow-up album
Diary of a Madman,

1374
01:15:18,347 --> 01:15:19,849
but unlike Blizzard of Ozz,

1375
01:15:19,932 --> 01:15:22,351
where the band took their
time crafting songs,

1376
01:15:22,435 --> 01:15:25,396
Diary of a Madman was
recorded in just over a month.

1377
01:15:43,914 --> 01:15:46,250
—- [Guns] Despite feeling
rushed in the studio,

1378
01:15:46,333 --> 01:15:49,462
Randy's neoclassical guitar
work reached new heights.

1379
01:15:49,795 --> 01:15:52,882
The complex music showcased
his ability to shred,

1380
01:15:52,965 --> 01:15:56,677
create great riffs,
and weave in classical themes.

1381
01:15:56,761 --> 01:15:57,970
- You know, one of those players

1382
01:15:58,054 --> 01:15:59,555
that I personally
love listening to,

1383
01:15:59,638 --> 01:16:02,099
and I know a lotta people do,
where they're just not trying.

1384
01:16:02,183 --> 01:16:05,019
They're serving the composition,
for one, and secondly,

1385
01:16:07,104 --> 01:16:08,230
not trying to show off.

1386
01:16:08,314 --> 01:16:09,899
But he was really
pickin' his spots,

1387
01:16:09,982 --> 01:16:12,068
and he was very economical
in the way he played

1388
01:16:12,151 --> 01:16:15,237
and very smart
and served the song.

1389
01:16:17,114 --> 01:16:19,116
— [Guns] In support
of Diary of a Madman,

1390
01:16:19,200 --> 01:16:21,786
the group was gearing up
for their second concert tour.

1391
01:16:21,869 --> 01:16:24,288
Bob Daisley and Lee
Kerslake were replaced

1392
01:16:24,371 --> 01:16:27,833
with drummer Tommy Aldridge
and, on Randy's recommendation,

1393
01:16:27,917 --> 01:16:31,670
his former Quiet Riot
bandmate, Rudy Sarzo, on bass.

1394
01:16:32,004 --> 01:16:35,341
(electric guitar riffing)

1395
01:16:51,649 --> 01:16:53,943
It was a tour highlighted
by some moments

1396
01:16:54,026 --> 01:16:56,278
only Ozzy was capable of.

1397
01:16:56,487 --> 01:16:58,322
It was during a show
in Des Moines, lowa

1398
01:16:58,864 --> 01:17:01,492
that a fan threw
a dead bat onstage.

1399
01:17:01,700 --> 01:17:03,119
Thinking it was a toy,

1400
01:17:03,452 --> 01:17:05,788
Ozzy picked it up
and bit its head off.

1401
01:17:07,248 --> 01:17:08,916
Then in San Antonio, Texas,

1402
01:17:08,999 --> 01:17:11,293
after yet another
night of drinking,

1403
01:17:11,669 --> 01:17:15,548
Ozzy was arrested for
relieving himself on the Alamo.

1404
01:17:17,007 --> 01:17:18,717
- [Ozzy] I remember
Randy was saying to me,

1405
01:17:18,801 --> 01:17:20,094
"Ozzy, why do you drink so much?

1406
01:17:20,177 --> 01:17:21,262
Why do you take so much dope?

1407
01:17:21,345 --> 01:17:22,888
Why do you get
stoned all the time?"

1408
01:17:22,972 --> 01:17:26,183
He never drank much.
He never took drugs at all.

1409
01:17:26,392 --> 01:17:28,727
He never smoked a joint.

1410
01:17:28,811 --> 01:17:30,396
He smoked cigarettes,
but that's about it.

1411
01:17:30,479 --> 01:17:32,189
He had the occasional drink,

1412
01:17:32,273 --> 01:17:34,233
but I was drunk
and stoned all the time,

1413
01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:35,526
and he would say to me,

1414
01:17:35,609 --> 01:17:37,403
"You know, Ozzy,
you're gonna die soon."

1415
01:17:39,905 --> 01:17:42,283
—- [Guns] For Randy,
touring was exciting,

1416
01:17:42,533 --> 01:17:44,034
but he was in uncharted waters

1417
01:17:44,118 --> 01:17:46,662
as a guitar hero
in a heavy metal band.

1418
01:18:16,233 --> 01:18:17,985
—- [Guns] The tour
was a huge success.

1419
01:18:18,485 --> 01:18:20,571
After weeks of playing
to sold-out venues,

1420
01:18:20,654 --> 01:18:22,907
they played what would
be Randy's last show

1421
01:18:23,574 --> 01:18:28,162
at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum
on March 18th, 1982.

1422
01:18:29,038 --> 01:18:31,874
(heavy metal music)

1423
01:18:43,177 --> 01:18:45,846
(sad piano music)

1424
01:18:53,145 --> 01:18:55,272
After the gig,
they boarded their tour bus

1425
01:18:55,356 --> 01:18:59,068
and headed to Orlando, Florida
to play Rock Super Bowl XIV,

1426
01:18:59,193 --> 01:19:02,529
which featured Foreigner,
UFO, and Bryan Adams.

1427
01:19:03,405 --> 01:19:06,325
(sad piano music)

1428
01:19:11,288 --> 01:19:14,291
On the way to Orlando,
bus driver Andy Aycock

1429
01:19:14,375 --> 01:19:16,252
made a pit stop
in Leesburg, Florida

1430
01:19:16,335 --> 01:19:18,879
to fix a broken air
conditioning unit on the bus.

1431
01:19:22,174 --> 01:19:25,261
They pulled into the estate
of country singer Jerry Calhoun,

1432
01:19:25,344 --> 01:19:27,263
who was the owner
of Florida Coach.

1433
01:19:29,598 --> 01:19:31,350
Aycock lived on the property,

1434
01:19:31,433 --> 01:19:34,311
which housed an airstrip
and several small aircraft.

1435
01:19:35,562 --> 01:19:38,941
Aycock, who knew how to fly,
convinced keyboardist Don Airey

1436
01:19:39,024 --> 01:19:41,694
and tour manager
Jake Duncan to go for a flight.

1437
01:19:43,612 --> 01:19:45,614
He took the plane
without permission

1438
01:19:45,906 --> 01:19:47,449
and headed on a joy ride.

1439
01:19:50,619 --> 01:19:52,705
After buzzing
the bus several times,

1440
01:19:53,205 --> 01:19:55,541
they landed safely
and now Aycock wanted Randy

1441
01:19:55,624 --> 01:19:58,961
and makeup artist Rachel
Youngblood to go for a ride.

1442
01:20:01,922 --> 01:20:04,967
Youngblood had a heart condition
and was hesitant to go.

1443
01:20:05,426 --> 01:20:07,386
Although Randy
didn't like flying,

1444
01:20:07,636 --> 01:20:10,931
he agreed to it when Aycock
said he would do nothing risky

1445
01:20:11,015 --> 01:20:12,725
because of
Youngblood's condition.

1446
01:20:13,267 --> 01:20:15,602
Randy also wanted
to take some aerial photos

1447
01:20:15,686 --> 01:20:16,770
to send to his mother.

1448
01:20:19,857 --> 01:20:22,901
During the flight, Aycock
didn't stick to his word.

1449
01:20:23,110 --> 01:20:26,113
Instead, he buzzed
the tour bus several times,

1450
01:20:26,196 --> 01:20:29,158
flying at over
150 miles per hour,

1451
01:20:29,491 --> 01:20:32,619
and on his last attempt,
everything went wrong.

1452
01:20:34,121 --> 01:20:36,623
(intense music)

1453
01:20:43,130 --> 01:20:45,883
The plane's left wing
clipped the top of the bus,

1454
01:20:46,216 --> 01:20:48,677
sending the aircraft
spiraling outta control.

1455
01:20:49,470 --> 01:20:52,556
The plane hit the top of a pine
tree and burst into flames

1456
01:20:52,890 --> 01:20:55,434
after crashing into the garage
of the mansion.

1457
01:20:57,269 --> 01:21:00,606
Everyone on board was
killed instantly.

1458
01:21:01,357 --> 01:21:04,818
(sirens blaring)

1459
01:21:06,695 --> 01:21:08,989
—- [Ozzy] It's amazing in one
second how your whole life

1460
01:21:09,073 --> 01:21:10,366
can turn around, you know.

1461
01:21:11,325 --> 01:21:14,703
You go to bed on a bus
driving down a freeway,

1462
01:21:14,787 --> 01:21:16,789
and you wake up and you're
in the middle of a field

1463
01:21:16,872 --> 01:21:18,207
and there's a house on fire,

1464
01:21:18,290 --> 01:21:19,583
and there's bits of
airplane everywhere,

1465
01:21:19,666 --> 01:21:21,668
and people are like
running around screaming.

1466
01:21:21,919 --> 01:21:23,045
It's horrendous!

1467
01:21:25,547 --> 01:21:27,299
— [Reporter] According
to police, the three were on

1468
01:21:27,383 --> 01:21:30,552
an early morning joyride after
staying up over 24 hours.

1469
01:21:30,803 --> 01:21:33,514
While some members of the
Ozzy Osbourne band slept

1470
01:21:33,597 --> 01:21:35,599
in their tour bus parked
next to the house,

1471
01:21:35,891 --> 01:21:37,559
the other three buzzed overhead,

1472
01:21:37,643 --> 01:21:39,269
circling the bus three times.

1473
01:21:39,353 --> 01:21:41,397
On the fourth time,
they didn't make it.

1474
01:21:42,189 --> 01:21:43,774
- [Ozzy] Is this
really happening?

1475
01:21:43,857 --> 01:21:45,109
You don't think it's happening.

1476
01:21:45,192 --> 01:21:46,610
You don't think
it's not happening.

1477
01:21:46,693 --> 01:21:48,487
You can't understand
what's happening.

1478
01:21:48,570 --> 01:21:51,949
You're just kind of like
locked in a time lock,

1479
01:21:52,032 --> 01:21:53,158
and it's like horrible.

1480
01:21:53,242 --> 01:21:54,993
And you can't get out,
every time you turn around,

1481
01:21:55,077 --> 01:21:56,578
there's something worse
happening, you know,

1482
01:21:56,662 --> 01:21:59,832
and it's like being
in a battlefield, you know.

1483
01:22:00,332 --> 01:22:03,710
(sad piano music)

1484
01:22:17,766 --> 01:22:19,643
— And I'm pretty sure
I heard about it,

1485
01:22:19,726 --> 01:22:21,770
I was listening to
the radio and they said it,

1486
01:22:21,854 --> 01:22:23,730
and as soon as I heard it,
I called Kevin

1487
01:22:24,231 --> 01:22:25,732
and he was crying.

1488
01:22:25,858 --> 01:22:27,693
He couldn't believe
that that happened.

1489
01:22:28,610 --> 01:22:31,155
And, of course, everybody
wanted to know what happened,

1490
01:22:31,405 --> 01:22:35,701
why, how. It's just a tragic
thing that happened.

1491
01:22:43,917 --> 01:22:49,006
—- Kevin was destroyed when
Randy died when he got the news.

1492
01:22:50,299 --> 01:22:52,342
I remember going to the funeral.

1493
01:22:52,676 --> 01:22:54,970
Kevin was one
of the pallbearers.

1494
01:22:55,220 --> 01:22:59,683
It was just awful. He was just
so upset and so depressed,

1495
01:22:59,850 --> 01:23:03,020
and it was a terrible,
terrible thing.

1496
01:23:03,103 --> 01:23:07,024
My heart went out
to his mother and his family

1497
01:23:07,107 --> 01:23:11,445
and to my own son,
who was so deeply affected

1498
01:23:11,528 --> 01:23:13,405
by having lost this friendship.

1499
01:23:19,578 --> 01:23:23,248
- [Sarzo] You know, it was very
hard for me personally

1500
01:23:23,332 --> 01:23:27,878
to carry on playing in Ozzy's
band after Randy's death.

1501
01:23:28,545 --> 01:23:31,256
Every time we went
onstage, it was, you know.

1502
01:23:31,340 --> 01:23:32,841
The memories, you know.

1503
01:23:32,925 --> 01:23:35,802
It was the same stage,
production, clothing.

1504
01:23:35,886 --> 01:23:39,348
Even the intro of the show
was Randy playing

1505
01:23:40,432 --> 01:23:41,892
Diary of a Madman,

1506
01:23:42,267 --> 01:23:43,852
and,

1507
01:23:44,186 --> 01:23:48,273
I don't know, I had become
very robotic onstage,

1508
01:23:48,357 --> 01:23:50,567
and the only way that I could
really survive the show

1509
01:23:50,651 --> 01:23:55,030
was just to shut down
and just, you know, play.

1510
01:24:09,086 --> 01:24:12,381
—- [Guns] In 2004, Randy
received another honor.

1511
01:24:12,839 --> 01:24:15,842
He was inducted into
Hollywood's Rockwalk of Fame.

1512
01:24:16,176 --> 01:24:18,303
Fans and fellow
musicians joined in

1513
01:24:18,387 --> 01:24:20,556
to celebrate his life
and legacy.

1514
01:24:20,639 --> 01:24:23,684
—- Today, we're here
to honor the memory

1515
01:24:23,767 --> 01:24:25,185
of an extraordinary musician.

1516
01:24:25,852 --> 01:24:28,605
He was a man that, during his
brief 25 years on this planet,

1517
01:24:28,730 --> 01:24:31,108
touched millions of people
just like you and me

1518
01:24:31,275 --> 01:24:33,527
with his talent
and he left a musical legacy

1519
01:24:33,610 --> 01:24:35,153
that will never,
ever be forgotten.

1520
01:24:35,529 --> 01:24:38,198
Randy was just 22
when he joined Ozzy

1521
01:24:38,282 --> 01:24:39,408
for the Blizzard of Ozz album.

1522
01:24:40,075 --> 01:24:41,952
He wrote many
of the songs on that record,

1523
01:24:42,244 --> 01:24:43,704
and after Blizzard of Ozz,
of course,

1524
01:24:43,787 --> 01:24:45,497
Randy went on to write
music for the next album,

1525
01:24:45,581 --> 01:24:47,749
Diary of a Madman,
(crowd cheers)

1526
01:24:48,250 --> 01:24:51,044
and it's his work
on just these two albums

1527
01:24:51,128 --> 01:24:52,796
that have guaranteed
Randy Rhoads

1528
01:24:52,879 --> 01:24:54,798
a lasting place in rock history

1529
01:24:55,048 --> 01:24:58,093
and his induction today
into the Rockwalk.

1530
01:24:59,469 --> 01:25:02,889
Ozzy Osbourne, folks.
(crowd cheers)

1531
01:25:06,393 --> 01:25:08,061
- It seems such a long time ago

1532
01:25:08,145 --> 01:25:09,688
that I played with Randy Rhoads,

1533
01:25:09,771 --> 01:25:13,734
and yet it seems so like
yesterday I knew him,

1534
01:25:14,776 --> 01:25:17,654
but what all I can say about
my memory of Randy Rhoads

1535
01:25:17,738 --> 01:25:20,157
is that I will never forget
as long as I live

1536
01:25:20,365 --> 01:25:25,412
that he was a small guy with
such an enormous, giant talent,

1537
01:25:25,912 --> 01:25:28,373
and he's so certainly
missed in my family,

1538
01:25:28,457 --> 01:25:31,460
and there's not a day goes by
without us thinking of him.

1539
01:25:31,918 --> 01:25:34,504
He'll never die in my heart.
He's there forever.

1540
01:25:34,588 --> 01:25:38,508
God bless Randy Rhoads.
(crowd applauding)

1541
01:25:39,635 --> 01:25:42,888
(somber guitar music)

1542
01:25:54,483 --> 01:25:55,567
- [Jodi] I feel that,

1543
01:25:56,652 --> 01:26:00,906
in my heart, definitely
Randy and I were soulmates.

1544
01:26:04,034 --> 01:26:06,536
— [McNair] It's funny when you
talk about that "it" factor

1545
01:26:06,620 --> 01:26:08,914
and the presence that Randy had.

1546
01:26:09,706 --> 01:26:12,125
He'd enter a room and people
would just turn and look,

1547
01:26:12,209 --> 01:26:14,544
you know, and it was amazing,

1548
01:26:14,628 --> 01:26:17,756
but that wasn't what
made him who he was.

1549
01:26:18,131 --> 01:26:20,425
I mean, part of who
he was was the fact that,

1550
01:26:20,842 --> 01:26:23,261
it's like his talent,
it's like you're aware of it,

1551
01:26:23,345 --> 01:26:24,805
but it's not the big deal?

1552
01:26:24,888 --> 01:26:27,557
He was my friend and,

1553
01:26:27,766 --> 01:26:29,393
at the time,
we were just two guys

1554
01:26:29,476 --> 01:26:30,519
that were having a great time.

1555
01:26:37,567 --> 01:26:40,445
— [Forsyth] Randy had
celebrity, is what he had.

1556
01:26:40,529 --> 01:26:42,948
There are certain people
that just have that.

1557
01:26:43,031 --> 01:26:44,783
From the time I first
met him,

1558
01:26:44,866 --> 01:26:46,034
you know, we would play a party

1559
01:26:46,118 --> 01:26:47,828
and thousands of people
would show up.

1560
01:26:48,412 --> 01:26:50,372
You know, at the time,
he was like, you know, 15.

1561
01:26:50,455 --> 01:26:52,374
It wasn't because he was
such a great guitar player

1562
01:26:52,457 --> 01:26:54,668
at the time but he had
celebrity, he drew people.

1563
01:26:55,168 --> 01:26:58,630
When somebody is a celebrity,
when they have that essence,

1564
01:26:58,839 --> 01:27:01,550
that light, everybody
gravitates to it.

1565
01:27:01,633 --> 01:27:04,678
They're like moths to the light,
and that's what Randy was.

1566
01:27:05,846 --> 01:27:08,265
When you're watching
the band on stage, you know,

1567
01:27:08,348 --> 01:27:11,268
all the audience gravitated
to that side of the stage

1568
01:27:11,351 --> 01:27:13,019
because that's
where the light was.

1569
01:27:13,103 --> 01:27:18,024
Randy was the light and everyone
gravitated to the light.

1570
01:27:18,650 --> 01:27:21,403
(audience applause)

1571
01:27:28,076 --> 01:27:30,537
- [Guns] And Randy's
light continues to shine.

1572
01:27:32,247 --> 01:27:35,625
In 2021, he was recognized
for his contribution

1573
01:27:35,709 --> 01:27:37,043
to the music world

1574
01:27:37,419 --> 01:27:40,589
and was inducted into
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

1575
01:27:50,557 --> 01:27:54,853
In a short time, Randy inspired
millions across the globe.

1576
01:27:55,520 --> 01:27:58,315
It's a legacy that
continues to this day.

1577
01:28:01,860 --> 01:28:06,239
("Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne)

1578
01:29:09,469 --> 01:29:13,932
("Revelation (Mother Earth)"
by Ozzy Osbourne)