Interview: Rudy Sarzo Remembers Randy Rhoads

they like. kind of like what I was writing during the silent riot, you know, the right moment in the band, you know, what was it like playing live with Randy? It was because he had a really interesting moment. You ask me that question because of course what happened because of the difference between Quiet Riot Randy Rhoads and not just musically as far as songwriting goes but his fire increased because of his passion but basically the same rights from that Fire Riot to Ozzy , you know, let's say the last time I played with the choir was in 1970, yeah, I can't even say what it was, it was right before Thanksgiving 1979, then he went to England, he spent Thanksgiving Thanksgiving in England and then at 81 we were touring in the United States, so you have that very short period of time and the tour with Bob and Lee right in England, yeah, and then we started touring for a blizzard, so it had a big impact once he went to England, he became more of a non-Sunset Strip musician, okay, you know, he got it, he started to become more of the new wave of British metal, kind of as well as Hendrix winning.

Hendrix left New York, yes, it is the capital. All those concerts also Neve goes to England and he becomes the Hendrix we know. It was the same with Randy. I think of Randy. He would have stayed in Los Angeles, we wouldn't have imagined him with Randy's image rights like what's shown on that t-shirt, he would have been a completely different Randy Rhoads, yeah, because what's the one thing I'm sure you've had? I heard it many times too, there is a Mick Ronson style look in that Randy, well, again, it's us, we were all big, you know, and we were influenced by Pamela from the 70s and yes, in a way there was, but how much more i know about Mick Ronson I was watching this documentary as well as Bowie Gold.

I could see the similarities because you don't get to know if Mick Ronson was influenced, you know he was a composer, arranger, arranged, though all the music, did you ever listen to? it was almost pretty much yeah, very quickly, I need to become a producer and all that, where and I can see, okay, turn on, yeah, they're pretty much the same, you know, Versova, plus, you know one is an end and, Randy, let's ask. you this um you have a podcast if you have the - yes, my interpretation of the - is and I got this from a movie this I just stole from someone that's what I do I'm a plagiarist ladies and gentlemen I steal but that was a big part there. of this movie called Where Hope Lives.

I think well, there's a priest giving a eulogy and he's in a cemetery and he says you know he's giving this eulogy, so this person who passed away told you, we're surrounded by hundreds of tombstones and they all have four things in common, a name, a date of birth and a date of death and you can't change those three things are what they are your name is what you were born with yes, you were born when you were born you pass when you pass, but there is a fourth element which is... between birth and death, yes, that represents your life, yes, for me, someone like you know and I think that the size of someone, someone's, depends on the positive influence they have on others, yes, and that of some people, it is a yes longer and deeper and then they are taller than others, yes, but I also think that when someone moves on to the next place, if they are really deeply influential and have a positive impact on the people there, they continue to grow and I think Randy is like the dimes in this world that Enric observes sees from this world even though they have been gone longer than they were alive in two of those cases that - continues to grow because the influence of a positive nature that they are absolutely right that I call it - it's because I or I even wanted to do a podcast it was because I just like you, you know we've been attending a lot of our friends' memorials lately, you always know Lemmy's and Jimmy Bane's and everyone stands there and says those wonderful things.

I don't think it's good to tell the person while they're alive. Yes, you really feel for her. It's a lot of fun and you let the world know how you feel about her and you have it there. for history because now we are in the age of social media, I mean, imagine if hundreds of years ago you met Beethoven Chopin Bach, they actually had a podcast and they had people, would you know that you will be able to listen to that and hear his voice? or their friends talking to them and saying how much they mean to have them in their lives, you know, this is a celebration, you know, that's a great way to say it, yeah, again, like we're talking, you've got the birthday, you've got the date. of death. but it's that - on your tombstone that's the most important thing what you've done between this and this and that's why my solemn podcast celebrant would love to have you on the podcast it would be an honor for me and the funny thing you said about social media is that you mentioned that Romney's influence had a lot to do with how many people physically versus how many people he played and he said that there was a man who influenced me when I live, what's surprising is that there are so many little images of him and this is a lot Before social media, yes, but its impact is so profound to this day, and on a personal note, I want to thank you for being part of the reason Randy's spirit lives on in Rudy.

It has been a pleasure, thank you. You are so much my friend God bless you