Rudy Sarzo Part 1 | The Magnificent Others
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How did Rudy Sarzo's journey begin in Cuba?
I said, I want to be in your band. I said, well, we got too many guitar players. If you want to join, you got to play bass. And I go, what's that? And they say, oh, no.
Because nobody wants to play bass.
I could adapt. I became very adaptable. That's one of the things that I learned when I was very young. I must adapt.
It's like, we're going to make it, and nobody wants us. A lot of heartbreaks. Yeah.
Oh, painful. Painful.
Well, that's rock and roll, right?
That's rock and roll. What are you going to do? Kevin LeBron answers the phone. He says, hey, Rudy, there's somebody calling you. And I go, nobody knows me. Hello? Oh, hi, Rudy. This is Sharon, Ozzy's manager. Randy tells me about you, and we want you to come out to audition. Then Ozzy gets up on stage. We play the songs again. And Ozzy turns to me and says, hey, man, do you want the gig? I said, yes. And my life went into television color at that moment.
What challenges did Rudy face during his emigration to the United States?
It was like, wow, I'm in this world now.
Boom. So nice to see you. Great to see you, Billy. Thank you for being on my show.
Oh, my pleasure.
All right, here we go. Ready? Rodolfo Maxilano. Maximiliano. Thank you. Sarzo. Laviel. Grande. Grande. Ruiz.
Yes, yes.
Jairay.
Chamon.
Chamon.
Yeah. All my ancestors. What a beautiful name. Well, it's too long for an email. It's like, I'm Matt. So actually, that was my birth name. And in Cuba, being a Catholic country... Is that normal to put all the ancestors? Yeah, you get all your ancestors' names. And then Maximiliano is my saint day. You know, there's like...
How did music influence Rudy's childhood in America?
You know, I'm St.
Patrick, right?
Yeah. So mine was Maximiliano.
But what was he known for, St. Maximiliano?
He was a bass player.
The bass playing saint. That's right.
Anyway, I cut you off. Okay. I love it. Do you want to know the origin, how my name got changed? So we moved from Cuba to the United States, and in Miami it became Rudolf.
Okay.
You know, okay. So a couple of years later, from 61 to 63, we were relocated to West New York, New Jersey. Okay. My first day in school, I, you know, I arrived late in the school year. So they gave me the last seat in the back.
Okay.
And so I'm putting my books away, and I hear, Rudy, Rudy. I'm like, who's Rudy? What is that? What's wrong with the teacher? Who's he yelling at? So I look up, and he goes, yes, you. And I go, oh, Rudolph. He says, no, you're Rudy from now on. Oh.
What led Rudy to start playing bass instead of guitar?
Now, today, that tissue where I got in fire because of, you know, because it- Yeah.
My grog, actually.
Yeah. But 60 years ago, that was normal, you know?
So this is a partial list, but Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio, Blue Oyster Cold, Jeff Tate's Queensryche, Devil City Angels, and the Guess Who?
Yeah. Devil City Angels is the band that it was a situation because there was an album that was recorded. I had nothing to do with it. It was the basis for Cinderella. Played on it and the other guys in the band, Ricky Rocket and Tracy Guns. I was doing something with Tracy. And so he was a member of Angel, what is this? Angel City. Yeah, Angel City, Sinners, whatever. And he says, listen, the bass player left. How would you like to do this? And I figure, well... It sounds right because when we take a break, the band that we have with Tracy Guns, then that means that I can just roll into this other band. And I like the guys in the band and everything, but I did the video.
So you weren't actually in the band. Okay, so that shouldn't be on the list.
Because as I was doing the video, there was an argument between one of the members in the group and management, and management dropped the band. As you know, if management drops the band in the middle of the project, everything, all the business just goes down.
Yeah.
Very Spinal Tap.
Oh, yeah. My whole life has been... Well, we're going to get to that. Yeah. I'm one of those guys who have lived Spinal Tap.
How did Rudy's early experiences shape his musical identity?
We're going to get to that. I'm curious. You're born in Havana, 1950. Yeah. And I'm curious for your memories of being in Cuba as a child before you emigrated. Yeah. Was it a happy time for you?
It was happy until, I mean, I experienced the turning over into communism.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Rudy Sarzo's journey begin in Cuba?
0:00–1:03
2
What challenges did Rudy face during his emigration to the United States?
1:03–1:58
3
How did music influence Rudy's childhood in America?
1:58–3:06
4
What led Rudy to start playing bass instead of guitar?
3:06–4:57
5
How did Rudy's early experiences shape his musical identity?
4:57–6:51
6
What was Rudy's experience like in the Chicago music scene?
6:51–8:42
7
How did Rudy connect with Quiet Riot and what was the audition process like?
8:42–10:11
8
What impact did Randy Rhoads have on Rudy's career?
10:11–1:20:32
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