Rudy Sarzo, Pt 2 | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
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How did Rudy Sarzo cope with the loss of Randy Rhoads?
So I shut the curtains and go back to sleep. And I wake up to... Boom! And I go, I'm startled, you know, the bus was shaking. And I open my curtain and now, at that moment I was not ready to accept the possibility of the reality that was coming at me.
You just lost your buddy, somebody you loved and was close to. How did you process that? Because that's not... I became a robot on stage. To come from where you've come from, to actually reach the world stage and play with such great musicians and be involved with such great music, it's such a miracle.
Mental health took about 10 years to write. You know, it's the first album. You got all these songs that you've been working on for the last 10 years, you know. And the next record took like, what, you got six weeks to make this record? And MTV just ate it up. So it was them against us.
See, there's the competition. Did you guys lose? Yeah. But that's music, you see. That's the beauty. Not everyone gets a part two. Wow. I think you and Paul Stanley, you, Paul Stanley and Daryl Hall.
You know, I got so many wonderful people to talk about because it's not about me. I've just, no, it is about you. I'm like Forrest Gump. I just happened to be there and I got a lot of great people, history. I mean, stories to tell.
Rudy from Cuba. We have a lot to talk about. Okay. Um, I hate to start on a sad note, but after Randy passes, Ozzy obviously has to stop for a time. How long was that stop?
No more than 10 days.
Wow. Oh, yeah. Was there internal discussion? Because I was in a similar situation once, also tragic, not making light of it, but what's the internal deliberation? Do we keep going? How do we...
It was a combination of a few factors. Right before Randy passed away, there was a conflict between Randy and Ozzy because Ozzy, there was a commitment that was made to do the Speak of the Devil record, which is the Ozzy Black Sabbath re-recording.
And that was the record to get out of the Don Arden record. I feel like Sharon talked about that.
Yeah, that's what she said.
What influenced the creation of Quiet Riot's 'Metal Health' album?
But I never asked, why are we doing this? It's not my place to do that. All I knew is that we were told, okay, the next thing we're going to do and it's going to be here at this time and... And Randy spoke up and says, listen, I've already recorded two Ozzy records. And I feel that for me, this is going to be step backwards. He didn't want to do that. And this is where his integrity came in. And it did not sit very well with Randy. I mean, with Ozzy, because now Ozzy doesn't have his guitar player bandmate to play. make the record with so that was kind of in the air that was in the air uh before of course before randy passed away before the crash they had come to an agreement okay randy was gonna do the record a couple more tours and maybe another record this is all up in the air and but initially what he wanted wanted to do was go back to school and get his degree
I have never played since with another musician who was a rock star that decided to go back to school.
Did you guys talk about that personally?
I would just listen.
Right.
Because this was his wish to do this.
How did MTV impact the success of Quiet Riot?
And it was like, I understood. You know, he was in a place so different than mine. I did not take part of Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman. To me, playing Bob Daisley bass lines or playing Gieser Butler bass lines, you know, I'm playing somebody else's bass line. It had nothing to do with any musical integrity personally.
Yeah. But for Randy, it did. It's a job, but it's a great job, but it's a job.
It's a job. But for Randy, it was a whole different thing, you know? And so within a few days of them coming to an agreement, and you know Sharon, we both know Sharon. At some point, if Randy would have not passed, would have not died on the crash, She would have come up with a solution. Okay. To keep Randy in the band, keep Randy, go to school, do this and that.
Why wouldn't you?
Because he's... Something would have happened. But at that moment, that's what was going on. There was a certain finality to Randy's contribution to Ozzy at that point.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Rudy Sarzo cope with the loss of Randy Rhoads?
0:00–2:50
2
What influenced the creation of Quiet Riot's 'Metal Health' album?
2:50–4:14
3
How did MTV impact the success of Quiet Riot?
4:14–6:49
4
What were the internal discussions after Randy's passing?
6:49–16:02
5
What challenges did Quiet Riot face after their initial success?
16:02–18:51
6
How did band dynamics change after Randy Rhoads' death?
18:51–22:06
7
What role did mental health play in Rudy Sarzo's career?
22:06–26:49
8
How does Rudy Sarzo view his legacy and the music industry today?
26:49–1:07:30
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