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Randy Rhoads
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Randy Rhoads, born in California in 1956, was a guitar virtuoso whose brief, brilliant career helped reshape heavy metal before his life was tragically cut short at just twenty-five. In only a few short years…
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Randy Rhoads's final Japanese tour with Ozzy Osbourne in January 1982, documented in the "Speak of the Devil" and various bootleg recordings of the Budokan performances, captured him at the technical peak of a…
Read More ›⚙ Gear of the Greats
Randy Rhoads's most visually recognised guitar is the custom white Flying V with black polka dots built for him by California luthier Karl Sandoval in 1980. The guitar is a V-shaped body, a design associated…
Read More ›♫ Signature Technique
Randy Rhoads brought the discipline of classical composition to heavy metal, replacing the blues-derived pentatonic vocabulary of most rock lead guitar with harmonic minor scales, arpeggios, and…
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