Randy Rhoads VS Eddie Van Halen

[Cosmic Harmony]

plus, I never heard of Randy Rhoads before Ozzy...

yeah, I know about Quiet Riot now.

Well....it's not like anyone heard of Edward before Van Halen or anything.

 

[Groovy Man]

Well....it's not like anyone heard of Edward before Van Halen or anything.

But, the point being, Randy Rhoads was in a band (Quiet Riot) with a record deal and had albums out, Eddie Van Halen didn't...if it was for Ozzy, Randy Rhoads may of never made it to legendary status.

Plus, I can't vote for Randy Rhoads on the strength of two Ozzy albums...

And this is coming from an original Randy Rhoads fanatic - I seen the first solo Ozzy tour (Blizzard of Ozz) and it was great...''Blizzard of Ozz'' was HUGE back then...it was the biggest thing going on in the rock word back then....

Meanwhile, Eddie Van Halen was already a guitar legend with Van Halen with 4 albums out already, by the time ''Blizzard of Ozz'' album hit.

Also, I had tickets to the ''Diary Of A Madman'' tour, when Randy Rhoads tragically died, so I would of gotten to seen him ''live'' twice.

 

[gguerra]

Eddie Van Halen...just because he has a bigger body of work.

True, BUT Randy died in 1982 (almost 30 yrs ago)

plus, I never heard of Randy Rhoads before Ozzy...

True, BUT I never heard of Eddie Van Halen before Van Halen, LOL

So to make it a fair comparison, why not compare Randy's major work (two albums) with Van Halen's first two albums.

IMO, Van Halen's only really good album would be their first, but I'm not a big fan.

So I vote for Randy

 

[Sox]

Randy Rhoads just ..

 

[Groovy Man]

True, BUT Randy died in 1982 (almost 30 yrs ago)

That's one of the main reasons I picked Eddie Van Halen.

True, BUT I never heard of Eddie Van Halen before Van Halen, LOL

You never heard of Eddie Van Halen before, because he didn't have an album out, so you couldn't of heard him....when Randy Rhoads did - so you had a chance to hear him....that's the point I was making.

When Eddie Van Halen's first album came out - people noticed....when Rhandy Rhoades first album with Quiet Riot came out at the end of the 70's no one noticed...or very few noticed.

So to make it a fair comparison, why not compare Randy's major work (two albums) with Van Halen's first two albums.

I'd still take Eddie Van Halen.

 

[That 70s Guy]

Eddie Van Halen

 

[Travelin' Man]

Eddie Van Halen

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

You never heard of Eddie Van Halen before, because he didn't have an album out, so you couldn't of heard him....when Randy Rhoads did - so you had a chance to hear him....that's the point I was making.

When Eddie Van Halen's first album came out - people noticed....when Rhandy Rhoades first album with Quiet Riot came out at the end of the 70's no one noticed...or very few noticed.

Well you really can't count Randy's two albums with Quiet Riot. I mean, they both were released on a Japanese label and were never released outside of Japan. Even after Randy became a famous they still weren't really released anywhere else.

What's more Randy wasn't ever even satisfied with his guitar sound while in Quiet Riot because he didn't have any money with which to get the sort of equipment and parts he wanted to achieve the tone he had with Ozzy. As a Quiet Riot fan and a huge Randy Rhoads fan I don't even count "Quiet Riot" and "Quiet Riot II" as his playing or even acknowledge them in the band's discography. As far as I'm concern the only Quiet Riot album that Randy played on that matters is "The Randy Rhoads Years".

 

[Groovy Man]

Randy wasn't ever even satisfied with his guitar sound while in Quiet Riot because he didn't have any money with which to get the sort of equipment and parts he wanted to achieve the tone he had with Ozzy.

that's a pretty weak excuse.

 

[FunkyDrummer345]

Randy Rhoades