Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist. He was the co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot, and the guitarist and co-songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne 's first two solo albums Blizzard of Ozz (1980) and Diary of a Madman (1981).

Mar 19, 2020 · As Nick Deriso of Ultimate Classic Rock tells us, the 25-year-old Randy Rhoads was touring with Ozzy Osbourne when he died on March 19, 1982, in Leesburg, Florida. He perished in a mysterious plane accident when a small Beechcraft Bonanza plane piloted by the band's tour bus driver crashed and burned.

Mar 24, 2023 · On March 19, 1982, metal guitarist Randy Rhoads died in a horrific plane crash over Leesburg, Florida while on tour with Ozzy Osbourne. Randy Rhoads was just 25 when he died, but he remains a powerful influence on countless rock guitarists.

Jan 18, 2025 · To get somebody like Randy Rhoads to play on two albums, and for those two albums to sound as good as the day they were recorded, is something else. And I'm forever in gratitude for that. And I'm ...

Randall William "Randy" Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal guitarist. He was best known for performing with Ozzy Osbourne and the band Quiet Riot.

Randy Rhoads is a peerless talent who fused timeless riffs with solos of ingenious beauty and emotional fire. One of the greatest guitarists ever, Randy Rhoads gave us some of heavy metal’s most recognizable guitar riffs and influenced generations of guitar gods.

On March 19th, 1982, a joyride went horribly wrong, and the music world lost one of the most explosive players to ever pick up a guitar, Randy Rhoads.

Jun 14, 2021 · Just 25 years old at the time of his death, Randy Rhoads changed the face of heavy metal guitar forever. As a founding member of Quiet Riot, Rhoads was one of the hottest guitarists on the Los Angeles music scene in the late 1970s.