RandyRhoads

Where bands were born, and where they died - this country is spiked with locations that mark where hard rock and metal history was made.

The family and estate of the late Randy Rhoads – his mother Delores and siblings Kathryn and Kelle - are suing the authors of the Randy Rhoads coffee table book. The collection was co-authored by Andrew Klein and rock writer Steven Rosen with the assistance of Peter Margolis and Denny Anderson. Upon...

This year marked the 30th anniversary of the passing of guitar maestro Randy Rhoads. The Southern Californian might have died in a tragic plane accident at the age of 25, but his mark on the music world is irrefutable. After recording two studio albums with Quiet Riot, Rhoads changed the course of hard rock history when he joined forces with Ozzy Osbourne...

They are perhaps the ultimate monuments to music - the final resting places of some of rock's most iconic fallen heroes. Metal, hard rock, punk – all across United States you can find sites that have become pilgrimages for fans from all over the world - a chance to pay respects to the musicians - and the music - that changed lives. A...

30 years ago today (March 19, 1982), Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads was killed in a tragic plane crash in Leesburg, Fla. After co-founding Quiet Riot at the age of 16, Rhoads went on to become one of the most influential and respected hard rock/heavy metal guitarists in history, despite his relatively short career...

At the rollicking finale of the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp at the Whiskey a Go Go on the Sunset Strip, the mood was high. After all, after almost a week's worth of rehearsing with the likes of Lita Ford, Steve Vai, and Zakk Wylde, who wouldn't be fired up...

Randy Rhoads, the beloved, late guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne who was killed in a plane crash in 1982 at the tender age of 25, will be memorialized with a custom guitar created by Gibson. The guitar manufacturer will craft a replica of the 1974 Les Paul Custom guitar that Rhoads shredded with on essential Ozzy albums like 'Blizzard of Ozz' and 'Diary of a Madman...

A museum dedicated solely to the memory of late Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads is set to open sometime this year in Corona, Calif. The location was chosen due to its proximity to Rhoads' grave site. Rhoads, who was also a member of Quiet Riot, was Osbourne's lead guitarist from 1979 until his death and is largely considered the former Black Sabbath frontman's quintessential axe...

As a touring musician in two metal bands -- Fozzy and Stuck Mojo -- guitarist Rich Ward has been exposed to many cultures, people, places and things. Ward, who hails from Atlanta, extolled some of the virtues of being American by birth and Southern by the grace o' God, telling Noisecreep, "The best thing about being Southern is all of the baggage that comes with it that you get to dispel...