MXR's Randy Rhoads Distortion+ pedal
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Sirion
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And therefore nuanced discussion should be swept under the rug?
And no, this isn't anything like bashing the Wright Bros, because the flaws in the tone are noteable (to me, at least) when comparing it to what was happening at the time. Eddie van Halen, Ritchie Blackmore and Michael Schenker were all getting tones that have stood the test of time those same years, not to mention early records from the guys who would come out of the same Cali environment in the year or two after his death, viz., Jake, George Lynch and Warren deMartini. Many people (Ozzy and Daisley amongst them) say that Randy had a massive tone, but whereas I appreciate the songs he contributed to, I am not hearing that. And, y'know, that's fine, we can appreciate something without regarding every aspect of it as being beyond reproach.
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JMP/HBE
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Sirion
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I would agree that Bark at the Moon is spotty. The Ultimate Sin holds up better to me, and is perhaps the most consistent of the 80s Ozzy records, but it seems to be one that you either like or you don't, and Ozzy himself writing it off has done it no favours. I probably suffer from fatigue from the Blizzard of Ozz material, but I find TUS to be the one I usually reach for these days.
Sirion
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After the first four albums Dio never really sounded like the same band again anyway. Goldy did an admirable job on Dream Evil, essentially being the new guy, holding the band together and writing what might be their most consistent album at the same time, but after that the entire band was replaced, and you can tell that he was trying to shift with the times. Sometimes it kind of works, often not.
idsnowdog
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Dream Evil is perplexing. Great riffs in the Blackmore vein but the leads suck. Which doesn't make much sense if you compare it to this live footage from 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtf4R6KyALU
ErikH
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Several years back I saw a soundcheck video from before an outdoor Ozzy show on the Blizzard tour and Randy's tone was HUGE! He was walking around, noodling and this wall of Marshall sound was just huge. Not a very long video but gave you a glimpse of just how different his live tone was from what was captured in the studio. I love his tone on Tribute.
idsnowdog
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On Dream Evil he was trying to emulate Blackmore but the leads sound dumbed down and cold.
Sirion
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I've never really thought of the solos as sub-par. I might need to relisten to it to hear if I can hear it. But yes, I always thought he played better than Campbell live at the time, even if I was not entirely on board with his tone. Unfortunately, I think that he later was kept around by Dio because he wouldn't gainsay his vision, which increasingly seems to have been focused around slow, sludgy tempos that allowed him to stretch out at the microphone. I love much of Ronnie's output, but that never worked for me.
Maybe that's what he was going for, but I don't think he had the chops yet. I didn't like any of the solos on that album.
JMP/HBE
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In 1980 i sat on a 727 from Evansville Indiana to Chicago O'Hare with Black Sabbath [w/Dio] and the Sammy Hagar band.
Talked to Dio he was just a regular guy. All the devil crap was just a schtick.
RJD son had some sort of headphone cassette player which was the first Sony Walkman but had not beed released
in the States yet as Dio had been to Japan.
Tony Iommi was the only one in first class seating. Musta been in the contract.
Talked to Dio he was just a regular guy. All the devil crap was just a schtick.
RJD son had some sort of headphone cassette player which was the first Sony Walkman but had not beed released
in the States yet as Dio had been to Japan.
Tony Iommi was the only one in first class seating. Musta been in the contract.
Securb
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Yep, the polka-dot version sold out, so they are going for a second cash grab.
Dead rock star's families going for the cash grab is pretty bad.
