Randy Rhoads
Approval Rate: 83%
Reviews 47
by metallikapo
Tue Nov 23 2010Did You hear him? It's amazing how good he was! Well, Speed isn't the only thing to be reckognized, he was an incredible composer. Did you hear Revelations (Mother Earth)? There he put the best of both, classical and rock worlds, but it is just as an example....
by stbrenna
Thu Apr 08 2010Umm, HELLO! It's RANDY RHOADS!
by timitzi
Tue Jan 05 2010Really skilled player, I still think he was the best guitarist Ozzy has ever had, (and all his guitarist have been amazing) his classical-influenced way of playing arpeggios over the guitar neck and many different styles of playing made him one of the key players of eighties!
by danjodec
Sat Jan 02 2010WTF!!! Randy behind Alexi Liaho and Prince?!!!!!! NO!!!!! Randy belongs in the top 10 or 15 at the very least. If you actually listen to him, you will realize that he was, and is THE BEST EVER. Maybe his written songs don't sound the best to you, but listen to any improv stuff he's done.His improv would blow away just about everyone one this list.
by entranced
Thu Oct 22 2009Randy Rhoads is one of the reasons I started playing guitar. It is one thing to play fast, it is another thing to play fast and make it sound like music. Randy's classical training really shined with everything he played. I think the guitar as we know it would be totally different if he was still alive.
by drebin
Mon Aug 31 2009Rhoads should be in the top 10, at least. Behind Slash? Get the wax out of your ears! I don't think many rock players would know what a diminished scale or chord was, were it not for Randy. This guy was ahead of his time, and we only got a taste.
by samiam
Mon Aug 31 2009Good technique and very innovative during his day but those qualities alone do not make him the best of all time.
by riprhoads
Thu Aug 27 2009Hm, and I am not understanding all of the other interviews of 'average musician' and 'boring as hell'. Randy Rhoads. Randall William Rhoads. He was amazing. I can't get over his solos, all of his work from Quiet Riot to Ozzy's solo career. Then it had to go down from there...he had to leave us. Why did he have to leave us? The world wasn't ready for his sheer amazing talent? Who knows? Randy's guitar style was not simple, it was complex and it sounded original. It wasn't like anybody else's, really, and by just warming up Ozzy took him in. What was Randy thinking? "You haven't heard me play yet." Randy taught kids--he taught them how to play. He wanted to quit Ozzy to go study classical guitar, more guitar, at college! This shows in songs like "Dee", which Randy wrote himself in honour of his mother. The young man had a talent unlike any other guitarist, and he is not 'boring' and he is not 'average'. He came from such a musical backround and had a musical family. He started Quiet Riot... Read more
by frankswildyear_s
Thu Nov 13 2008Average musician, but a GREAT icecream flavour.
by ozzfan1
Wed Nov 12 2008Randy Rhoads is the greatest guitarist of all time ,plain and simple.
by vanhalenisgod
Fri Oct 10 2008boring as hell! where's the fucking beef? a light weight player in a world of bad taste.
by thomas1502
Sat Sep 13 2008hes iller
by dallascowboysf_an
Sun Aug 24 2008This guy is probably the greatest metal guitarist in the history of music. He can play really heavy guitar riffs but was as big of fan of classicial music as rock. An amazing player who left us way too soon.
by justintime1
Fri Aug 15 2008sour grapes didnt get a chance to ripe.
by hardrockfanati_c
Tue Aug 05 2008This guy was the best thing that ever happened to the overrated Ozzy Osbourne. Rhoads combined heavy metal guitar with a strong knowledge of classical music. When Rhoads died, Ozzy's music was never the same unfortunately.
by long9562om
Wed Jul 30 2008Ozzy was never the same without him.
by numcaps
Sun Jul 20 2008A real talent.
by richiyou78mo
Thu Jul 17 2008sour apple, not yet sweet
by bulldog83
Thu Feb 28 2008Cannot believe his rating is only a three! He was an amazing guitarist with incredible talent. Its a shame he is no longer with us.
by neph9ea0
Sun Dec 16 2007WTF ITS RANDY RHOADS HE IS THE BEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIME
by killemall91
Sun Nov 11 2007My Fav
by rayrose
Wed Sep 05 2007possibly the most talented player of all time,he was worth the price of admission.fave:revelation mother earth
by ravenator
Thu Aug 02 2007best guitarist of all time
by myke783
Mon Jul 02 2007Randy Rhoads was the best guitarist to ever walk earth PERIOD, no one will ever come close to him, and it scares me to think how good he would be if he was still alive, yeah Van Halen might of been one of his influences, but he got way better than him, i like Yngwie Malmsteen,Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani too, but they don't come close, Randy came up with his new style which is known as Neoclassical, lol joe satriani taught steve vai and kirk hammet, ans plus i know plenty of people who are way better than Kirk Hammet.sorry but he's not that good. So yeah sorry to disappoint some of you, but Randy Rhoads is the best their will ever be. R.I.P. Randy Rhoads
by chrisrianna
Wed Feb 14 2007Awsomely talented, and had great classical skills. I doubt Jimi Hendrix could even attemt to play classical guitar, because it is harder to play than any form of Rock and Roll. Eddie Van Halen is probably the only other guitarist on this list that could play classical guitar, and Randy was a "true" talent that died way to early.
by vanhalen220
Tue Feb 06 2007EVH influenced him alot and i think Randy was a great guitarist not the best but very good
by hiyoumeway90yo_u
Sun Jan 07 2007sour orange, didnt get a chance to ripe
by shredderfromhe_ll
Thu Dec 28 2006Best guitaris ever...no doubt!
by lightfinger200_0
Fri Dec 08 2006a great sound,the best solos(even over eddie van halen)and the reason Ozzy became the godfather of heavy metal.Would of been neat to see How he would have changed his music if he had lived.Other players are better on this list but his impact deserves a 5 do to impact on the heavy metal scene of the 80s
by meike754
Thu Nov 16 2006Randy was a great guitarist and original. One of the reasons I got into the guitar. It would have been great to see what he would have done after Ozzy.
by georgie20
Tue May 23 2006Gained more momentum for dying young. he was a wonderful player who crafted classical in with Rock playing. gary Moore and Eddie Van Halen were his two favorite players. If you listen to earl RR recordings with Quiet Riot before 1978 and then listen to his style after Eddie broke the scene, you can hear a very notable difference in his playing. he used tapping, artificial harmonics and whammy dives so much more.
by keishla
Sun May 21 2006He should be on the best five!!!
by lukasss
Tue May 16 2006Randy is Best
by guitarmanskip
Sat Apr 08 2006the greatest of all time, way ahead of everybody for his time. read this and you will have no doubt http://www.csun.edu/~igra/rhoads/rhoads.html
by jimmy_page
Wed Mar 22 2006the best of all times should be #1 then jimmy page is #2 then jimi hendrix is #3 and thats the way it should be
by taming_sari
Wed Mar 22 2006Greatest Guitarist of all time, His soloing in Mr. Crowley (live) is really amazing and deeply feel. To me that is one of the best guitar solo ever. "I wish I could take times and come up with something that nobody else has done but that's gonna take few years."(Randy Rhoads,Guitar World,May 1982.) Sadly he gone to early.
by rockon64
Wed Mar 22 2006Fantastic player! Without a doubt Ozzy's best guitar player(including Iommi). "Blizzard" and "Diary" are both albums that every rock guitarist should listen to, over and over again!
by jimmyjohns90
Mon Feb 13 2006Randy Rhoads had one of the most unique guitar sounds I have ever heard, right down to his tone. Its such a shame he died so early in his career, anyone who listened to Ozzy's second album diary of a madman and any bootlegs from the tour can agree with me that Randy was on to one hell of a guitar tone. Who knows where it would have went. Skill wise he wrote some of the most melodic, non repetitive and killer solos. One of the best metal guitarist of all time, no question.
by gromit
Tue Jan 10 2006He was a consummate technical metal guitarist, and you could readily see his classical infuence. His style was very robust and symphonic, which was groundbreaking during his years with Ozzy. One of the best metal guitarists, EVER! Old school metal rules!
by mus1prod
Wed Jan 04 2006In response to unforgivenvigilante's comment: You are a twit. You haven't played long enough, been involved in music long enough or lived long enough. I've seen both Rhoads & Hammett play live. I started playing guitar when I was 9 after having seen Randy Rhoads at the end of his time with Quiot Riot. Hammett is awesome, but while he may be close to the same technical level of Rhoads, he's no where near as good in musicianship. Randy Rhoads was, & is, one of the best Rock/Metal guitarists ever. However if you want to know who the all-time greatest guitarist is(was), Andre Segovia. Learn the pieces he transposed from violin or some lute pieces, then play them thru your stomp boxes.
by norman342
Mon Dec 19 2005Randy was a 6th string god
by alexgod
Sat Dec 03 2005one of the best guitarist
by unforgivenvigi_lante
Tue Nov 29 2005blows like crazy kirk hammett could play him into the dirt anytime any day
by fuzzy_wuzzy
Tue Nov 08 2005He certianly was the best ever. And oh so lovely to look at. He had the whole package going for him. Such a shame he had to leave this earth so soon.
by djahuti
Tue Oct 25 2005Had incredible chops,but net very innovative.
by aeryck
Thu Sep 29 2005Let us beat the rolling stone magazine rank for Randy! they called him #85 of all time. Let him rise to his true standing.
by stukaville
Mon Sep 26 2005Hendrix, Rhoads n Van Halen are in my opinion the three most influentual guitarists ever