We revisit this 2011 Total Guitar feature on Randy Rhoads and Ozzy Osbourne with input from Ozzy himself and bassist / songwriter Bob Daisley. The Prince Of Darkness is on the ropes. It’s 1979, and at ...

Randy Rhoads was quite simply one of the most groundbreaking guitarists the rock idiom has ever known. His mother was a music teacher, and young Randy received a proper musical education before ...

In March 1982, Randy Rhoads would play the final live shows in his all-too-brief life. At just 25 years old, he had already ...

Randy Rhoads‘ masterful guitar solos and unique approach to heavy-metal riffing, which drew more influence from Bach than Black Sabbath, made him an instant guitar legend with the release of ...

MXR’s Randy Rhoads Distortion+ pedal has finally arrived after a series of delays, delivering a sonic recreation of a key part of the late guitarist’s “chip pan” pedalboard. An initial ...

One of rock's enduring mysteries unfolded on March 19, 1982, as 25-year-old Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash – despite having a reported fear of flying. The fiery crash ...

Like a comet, Randy Rhoads only blazed through the sonic atmosphere for a short time, but musicologists, guitar geeks, and fans continue to study the lingering tail of each of his solos.

The documentary “Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon” delves into the 1982 plane crash that took Rhoads’s life. Just 25, and still the relatively new guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, ...

A Randy Rhoads legal battle that lasted over two years has finally come to an end. The legendary's guitarist's family lost a court case over a Randy Rhoads coffee table book which emanated from a ...

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A number of items that were stolen from the family of Ozzy Osbourne's late guitarist Randy Rhoads were recovered early Sunday when an Eyewitness News viewer ...

Finished in black-and-white polka dots, an enclosure finish to match Rhoads’ iconic Sandoval V-style electric guitar, it has the double RR painted in gold at the bottom of the pedal, and “Randy Rhoads ...