I agree Devin. The first time I heard "Over the Mountain", I was hooked.

Do you happen to know if he went to Berklee?

NO Feakin' Way that's awesome!!!!

I remember hearing Crazy Train on my way to work. I went out and bought the album that night. He was awesome. And just getting started. I've always felt he was was next in the evolutionary chain of rock/metal guitar after EVH. His approach was more classical than Ed's. After him Ywngie was the next guy to really take a leap. There are so many players in the 80's and 90's that had great chops but Rhoads to me was the one that really stood out after Eddie came along.

Randy didn't go to Berklee. He was studying classical music on the west coast. He actually didn't like playing metal. He liked playing classical guitar.

Randy was great. "Tribute" is one of my favorites.

RR was an icon. I'm not a big metal fan, but he was such a stunning guitar player! I can only imagine what he might have done if he hadn't died so young and so needlessly. Such a sad waste, and he was only doing something that he loved to do. Life really isn't fair...

I think 80's metal/hard rock spawned more clones than any other type of music, and guitarists were the biggest violators by a mile. Obviously, Eddie Van Halen was the main man responsible for ushering in a new style of playing, and in in many ways his style and execution has yet to be surpassed.....Randy Rhoads was one of a select few from that era who wasn't just a great player, but one with exceptional phrasing for his solos.
When you think about the fact that Ozzy's only studio recordings with Randy (Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman) were recorded at the same time - not to mention his one live release (Tribute) - you'll realize that all the public got from Randy Rhoads was a snapshot of what he might have been capable of.

Players like Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughan flew out of the gate and hit the ground running....In my opinion, I don't believe either player ever actually raised the bar any higher fthan the ridiculously high level that they set right off the bat.....maybe Randy never would have surpassed what he started with either, but I'd say he created a pretty damned good legacy, regardless.

RR rules. He put the metal quitar squeall on the map.

youtube.com/watch?v=2cjjcnsvd-...

Bob Weir.

Millhouse wrote: "eh, i never liked his tone,the classical thing wasn't novel , and i thought his playing was stiff.

And he didnt go to berklee.

sure, better than most, but not even CLOSE to greatest of all time. "


WOW! His playing was stiff? I think maybe your record player is on the wrong speed bro. You name 5 rock guitarists that are better. If Ace Frehley is one of please die in a greasefire.

Paul Stanley was the greatest rhythm guitarist to ever set foot in this great nation

you shred, or your dead.

randy rhoads is dead. See? still works.

Dude the solo in No More Tears is one of my favorites-

ever seen Zakk play live?

Way better guitar player than he was a pilot

Devin, Jimmy Page wrote more licks and phrased his solos better than all but a very select handful of rock guitarists.
I thought Brad Gillis was the best guitarist Ozzy had after Randy. I like the attitude Zakk plays with, but otherwise don't put him in the same class as Randy Rhoads.
We're all entitled to our opinions....music moves all of us in different ways.

Why the fuck argue?
I don'tthink RR was the best ever, I think he could lay out some real heavy goat rockin Sh*t.
As for Milly's choices? They are the tops in my book except Ywngie
No after a short while he gets real tedious.
EVer see or hear the G3 with him?
He is pretty boring next to Joe Satch and Steve Vai.
I love them all though!
Play the fur right off'n that thar git-ar!

Hello
There is no mention of Kerry King anywhere.
You guys are lame.

Pissing? Piss on the world HA HAAAAA!!!!
I peees in your faze!
Drink up doggies!
Time to satiate your thirst from the flesh faucet worms!
Step on the nipples of the world with your dominatrix high heels you wirery be-atch!
Him,?
yeah he sucks too!!
(how's that?)

wtg

Is paul stanly the sad clown that gets out of the car and has the flower that squirts water into his own face?

or the one on the wicked tall stillts?

How about Robin Trower?
Joe Bonammassa?

Comparing guitar players from different eras is pretty much impossible to do. Jimmy Page in his era was a great player and built upon the styles and playing of those before him while breaking ground and setting the pace for those ahead. Same can be said for many players. Rhoads took what EVH did and went to another place with it. Yngwie did the same.

Saying ZW is the worst Ozzy axeman is a matter of opinion. I love Brad Gillis but he was a mismatch with Ozzy. Jake E Lee was good but had big shoes to fill and came up short. Ace Frehley was good within the band KISS and their structure however in the long line of great guitartist he doesn't rate very high at all.

As good as the rock guys are personally I think many of the country players blow these guys away both in technique and songwriting. And I'm no country fan.

for a rock guitarist...

CPA, I know how much you've loved Page since we were kids. I only came into appreciation of him in the last 10 years or so. His layering of guitar parts, tunings, and phrasings were the foundation for many players to follow. He is definitely a torch passer in the long line of evolving git players.

he who spelt it, delt it.

Ok Devin, now you are not making any sense anymore...

musta been a private gig.