Eddie Van Halen Interview 1982 | 'Randy Rhoads Learned It All From Me'
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- Eddie Van Halen Interview 1982 | 'Randy Rhoads Learned It All From Me'
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I personally have never heard Randy Rhodes incredible playing and thought "that reminds me of EVH" they're very different, both amazing
*Rhoads , there is no one who has heard the two and thinks they sound anything alike, Randy was a different player and may have been more naturally gifted as player and writer. Both great players, but as a live player I give a strong edge to Rhoads especially after hearing his bootlegs this week on youtube.
Well Said
Yeah I really didn’t hear Eddie in Randy’s playing at all.
@@markrosenquist8259 no one does except evh apologists
Listen to the solo on Flying High Again....the tapping on it Was inspired.
EVH and RR - my two guitar heroes. Both RIP...
The 2 guitar gods are jamming out in heaven now. RIP you guys will be truly missed.
Amazing how they not only came up at the same time, but lived no more than 15 miles away from one another... and VH's record contract w/ WB was in Randy's hometown.
I'm sorry, EVH is a legend but to say RR learned it all from him is pretty arrogant . Randy was a highly trained musician and had his own originality!
Saw them both..EVH 4 times from 80 thru 84, and Ozzy w/ RR in Feb of 82 in Birmingham, Alabama. Awesome..
@@maitrikpatel1492 Randy didn't learn everything from EVH. He's slot Jimmy Page too. He's was his own cat...saw them in Birmingham a couple months before his death, in Feb 82. If you saw RR and EVH play, RR was nothing like him.
EVH was a pioneer without a doubt. But Randy was HUGE and a pioneer as well! I'm grateful to both! But Randy is my favorite! He is the main reason why I decided to play guitar!
Same here Brother. I was just picking up the guitar when Van Halen came out but by the time I heard Randy I was in the process of learning licks n scales etc,,,, Randy's style fit me far better than Eddie's style. They're both great if not the greatest but I give the raw edge to Randy Rhoads.
Yeah, I prefer Eddie, but they were both amazing! I mean just imagine what Randy could have done in the 80s and 90s if not for his tragic death. Well, at least they're both together now!
Never liked Van Halen, never. The guitarist and the band.
Randy Rhoads was a genius gone much too soon.
@@yannjodry7917 Genius? He wasn’t a genius. If he was a genius how come he needed Ozzy? He failed to lead QR to success.
@@automatoncollectives7237
You’re acting like a musician needs to have a flawless career in order to be a legend
Technique aside, Randy's tone and sense of melody were distinctly different from Eddie.
This video basically makes that case:
th-cam.com/video/yy57F0YHYQQ/w-d-xo.html
Like you, I think they had similar techniques, but different applications of those techniques - I agree that Randy was the more melodic of the two.
So different..I love Eddie and cried when he died..but frankly he sounds drunk and immature when he says Randy learned everything from him. To say Randy didn't do anything he didn't do.. that's just really shitty to say and hear. Randy was just as great as Eddie and just like Eddie changed the way guitars were played...Randy influenced every metal gtr player that came after him and is still influencing countless gtr players. He completely had his own tone and style.. and Though he had students who would wanna learn VH from him..he never taught them exactly as they were played..he didn't want to and didn't need to when he had so much more to share.
@@mbass718 I've known Eddie was like this for the last 30 years. read any interview from any magazine and you'd all know it too
@@Frip36 ok so what's your point? Like I didn't know he was a drunk for decades? It is what it is...it was a stupid thing for him to say but the guy's dead and probably would have had a different attitude if he was sober. I personally prefer Randy but Eddie had a huge impact on me before Randy..VH Fair warning tour was my second ever concert at 15 yrs old at MSG..let him rest in peace and hopefully he's jammin away in the lord's orchestra with Randy.
@@mbass718 I won't disturb your dreams anymore.
Randy was heavier, I saw them both in there primes. I was crazy about Eddie, I had saw him 4 times live in Dallas, then I saw Randy, wow! My first thought was he’s better than EVH, I don’t say that lightly. I’m telling you if you never saw Randy live you missed something very very rare
bingo...his live playing was just astounding. I saw Randy twice in Detroit....and i saw the Sabbath/Van Halen tour in 1978...Rhoads was just a fkn star...couldnt keep your eyes off him, nobody ever played better live...
I too saw Randy live in Chicago on the Diary of a madman tour. He was brilliant! I have seen hundreds of concerts, few really standout over the years, but this was one that did. There is a famous photo from that show, Randy getting picked up by Ozzy during a solo with his polka dot flying V. He died several weeks after this show. Seen and loved Eddie too, but Randy blew me away!
I saw both. Both were excellent. But to me Rhoads was heavier, and seeing him live was unlike anything you can hear on record. I was right in front of him, first row, three shows before the accident.
I think Randy was a better composer of solos. Better at telling a story. Eddy could write great riffs. His solos were more "tinkering" and "noodling." Throwing cool, crazy bursts of guitar out there and letting it all hang out. He used to guitar solo as a space to show off speed and technique rather than using it to tell a beautiful or meaningful story. A lot of his solos, to me, sound like they could be exerpts cut from different solos. There isn't a ton of continuity or a master plan at work within the solo. He's a bit all over the place. It sounds cool most of the time but he is NOT my favorite guitar soloist. I actually like him better as a rhythm player.
@@kenoshatire2650 You nailed it.
Randy was influenced by classical music you can hear it in his compositions.
So was Eddie
Randy was
@@bluesnaggletooth1660 Eddie was Blues Driven wtf?
@@Colton-yb4sr Eddie played classical piano before ever even picking up a guitar
@@bluesnaggletooth1660 true, Eddie was classical influenced. He is quoted saying that in several interviews plus you can hear it in his playing. Eruption, Women in Love, Mean Street etc....
All respect to Eddie but Randy didn't learn everything from him Randy has his own technique
Agreed!,...Love them both,..Just like, .Lennon/McCartney',..Jagger/Richards,...Where all brother/Sisters here!....
@Justin Hoard Yes, his words indeed. Randy was only referring to the tapping. And Randy’s tapping style was different than Eddie’s. He made it his own. Aside from that one aspect, Randy and Eddie are worlds apart stylistically. Completely different as to how they approach playing the guitar.
@Justin Hoard I’m projecting nothing. It is common knowledge Randy did a tapping sequence in his live concert spotlight solo, which he himself was most certainly referring to in the interview you posted. He also did a tapping sequence in Flying High again. My comments make perfect sense. Secondly, you obviously don’t play guitar. If you did, you wouldn’t have made that statement. If you do play, then you should know what every guitar player knows... Randy totally had his own unique style, and sounds nothing like Eddie. No need to get your panties all up in a bunch over it.
@Justin Hoard Yeah, he most certainly did tap during his live Suicide Solution spotlight solo. You just exposed yourself as a fool. Don’t engage in a subject you obviously know nothing about. Enjoy talking to yourself .
@Justin Hoard you're wrong dude. The first few measures of that phrase you are talking about are indeed picked, then he moves to tapping. The tapping starts at 1:45 in this clip th-cam.com/video/YJleXBdVIAk/w-d-xo.html
Street player is tuning his guitar . EVH "You learned that from me ."
Lolz
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"When I first heard him I thought it was a guy copying you..." Dude just instantly acquiesced to Eddie to stroke his ego because what he said just a few seconds prior was spot on. He said he was "different" cause he was. You can close your eyes at first listen btwn Eddie, Randy... and I also include my guy George Lynch... and tell who was who. While he was inspirational, Randy had his own shit.
Love Lynch
You are right. Loved them both but Randy was every bit as great and was a master in his own right. George Lynch was and is incredible as well. Three incredible guitarist I love and three different unique styles you can tell instantly. R.I.P. Randy and Eddie!
I agree, I really don't hear much of Van Halen with Randy Rhoads and they had vastly different sounds, any guitarist that taps is going get compared but that's like saying every alternate picker learned it from Steve Morse....ridiculous.
Randy never played anything as unique & monumental as Eruption...
Case closed. 👨🏾⚖
Ya the guy wanted to stay on eddies good side and keep him talking so he went with what Eddie wanted to hear. Eddie was really young in the interview and it’s well documented that a lot of guitarist took shots at him so he had a chip on his shoulder. I would have liked to hear what he had to say 20 years later.
They were both so good. Eddie had his thing and it’s so bright and full of energy. He was so good and it wasn’t just his leads or solos. He wrote really cool songs. Randy was a different type of guy. A more complete schooled musician. He understood theory and composition better. He played for Ozzy and his writing took on a dark minor tone with a lot of what he put together designed to carry ozzys limited vocal range. Both were so good. Never understand why people have to proclaim one better then the other. It’s pointless
I still see them as being pretty different. Randy was already a pretty accomplished player with a classical and jazz background by the time Eddie was blowing everyone's minds. He definitely emulated aspects of Eddie's playing, but to say he "learned it all" is a bit cheeky. He was already a great player.
RIP to both!
Yes
Eddie was quoting what he read in one of Randy's interviews. 2:05
Randy's tapping was completely different from Eddie's but they were doing the same thing.
It blew my mind how different Randy's style of it was.
Some of their licks still make the hair on my neck stand up.🤟
Miss you both!💔
Randy most likely figured Eddies style out because he had to teach it to kids who took lessons from him.
He was talking on the phone with a guitar in his hands the whole time. 😄 RIP Eddie!!🤘
Two completely different styles. EVH is Blueslick oriented where as Rhoads was completely engulfed in Classical Music Theory. Randy played Nothing like EVH.
True statement
@@nicktrierweiler3690 There was a lot of flamenco in Eddie's playing too...just listen to some of the licks in Eruption, Spanish fly and Little Guitars!
That shit isn't flamenco
It's a poor copy at best.
Randy had the blues too, listen even to Crazy Train, the licks are based in pena blues scale
Suicide Solution live is some of the heaviest guitar ever played it sounds fierce and loud.
I love how Eddie says, “Speak two year old,” when he’s asked if he flat picks or finger picks and when he says, “I don’t know what you mean,” when asked basic guitar jargon. It shows how he was so much like an ordinary guitar player, unlike many guitar snobs who throw out a bunch of fancy pants jargon. He just did what sounded right and went with it. That’s why his music was so magical and original. Randy was on another level and combined his music theory and Classical knowledge to make bad ass melodic riffs and licks derived from modal scales. Both were genius’ in there own right. May they Rest In Peace. 🙏🎸🤘👍
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well said, both legends both great players, and we were lucky to have both of themm. they were completely different players. Amazing Ed died in the hospital where Randy was born
EVH invented the tricks everyone would duplicate.
RANDY invented the tone no one can duplicate
he did not even invent those tricks as Tery kilgore... Ed was a tone chaser.
But yes no one has ever sounded like Randy before or since.....
Mad respect for Eddie and Randy. RIP both.
To a guitar player ... there was probably competition.
FWIW ... to those that listen ... impossible to deny Randy and Ozzy together.
lil trickery going on with the title …...Eddie didn't say "Randy Rhoades learned it all from me …….. He said " I read an interview , he said everything he did, he learned from me" . Sorta different since eddie is stating he read it in an interview, Id call BS though but just sayin, the title is off, but I know ya gotta make it catchy to your readers, oh well that's cool
A man with any shred of humility wouldn't have even brought it up.
And to Eddie's credit, he did say that he himself learned riffs off of others, he learned from others, and there's nothing wrong with that.
and he was humble too. Saying that he learned / copied from others too.
I remember reading an article about Randy Rhoads that said when he went with his girlfriend to see Van Halen, he was devastated because he would go around California, thinking he was amazing, and then he saw Eddie playing. It was a 'huge reality check' and actually inspired Rhoads to become better than he already was. Van Halen actually opened for Quiet Riot while Rhoads was still the guitarist.
@@novadhd you're an in denial tool. Eddie was the polar opposite of humble. go ask Michael Anthony how humble Eddie was
Eddie: "Don't print everything that I'm saying, ok?!"
Interviewer: "Yeah sure."
*Prints everything anyways 😂😂😂😂
Let's not forget Randy Rhoads had to learn all these van halen licks because he was a guitar teacher before anything, he would obviously adapt everything he knew from teaching and turn into HIS OWN style of music
Randy was a great composer but he did steal a lot from EVH. The main riff of “Steal Away” was a blatant rip-off of a part of “On Fire”, right before the solo, Randy used that exact technique and played it in a different key. Randy never really started tapping until he played with Ozzy. He was a totally different guitar player in Quiet Riot. He developed more of his own style, when mixing his classical style with EVH style.
@@flashy5150 he didnt Steal anything, lmao. he was a guitar teacher and he would blend techniques of other people to make it his own...
Randy was on a higher level than EVH while both alive, its just unfortunate Randy had to die so early.
Randy Rhoads did tap in quite riot during his spot light solos....
@@flashy5150 EVH didnt even INVENT tapped, he just made it popular... Others before him used the same technique... is EVH a Theif???
Never thought about it but Steal Away is very similar to On Fire. I’m sure RR was heavily influenced by EVH but he certainly blazed his own amazing trail with the heavy classical overtones in his playing. Two of my favorite players for sure - Legends!
@@logicalatheist1065 exactly, the audio of the lessons, he makes clear that he isn’t going to poor his time into learning all of Eddies stuff to teach it. You are 100% correct.
I love Eddie but, Randy didn't sound like him. He mixed classical with metal and sounded nothing like Van Halen.
Well said. I just don't understand why some people can't see that.
They sound nothing alike lol what are you listening to ?
@@nicolemichlovsky2505 I've been playing guitar for 30 years and learned and listened to both of these guys. There may be some riffs that sound similar, but their styles where totally different.
What are you listening to? Hahahaha.
Its not the sound he's talking about its the technics all of the technics randy used were definitely inspired by van halen
@@LouWil only technics I know was some tapping. A lot of the other stuff was classical scales. Eddie didn't play classical scales.
Randy was friends with George Lynch & they taught each other a LOT. The last tapped descending lick in the solo from Flying High Again'' was one that Randy learned from George Lynch!
While on tour even back in Quiet Riot, Randy sought out guitar teachers wherever they stopped. He was obsessed with absorbing as much as he could from everyone - his desire to study classical music in his final year also proves this out.
The tapping, whammy bar divebombs & squealing pick harmonics are surely borrowed from Eddie, but Randy actually took Eddie's playing to the next level. Randy played primarily Dorian & other harmonic minor & chromatic scales where Eddie was the king of Symmetrical & Pentatonic scales. Eddie was possibly the innovator of the Symmetrical scale - where you move the same shape across all 6 strings on the same frets & end the run on the root note or dive bomb.
Sorry Eddie, I know it's 1982 & you were on top of the world with Dave as your frontman but Randy Rhoads DESERVES the respect he earned & worked so hard at to bring to the world.
That is 100% true. I’ve met and actually asked George Lynch this. He said that Randy and I were basically copying Eddie in the early days. I respect George’s honesty and humility about how much EVH changed and influenced everybody.
Randy didn’t get to live a long life and have a full career in music. Who knows what he’d have pulled off? It blows my mind thinking about it. He was taken too soon
RR...example of 1 song (transcription not mine)
Harmonically complex chord changes:
A(add#11) A7(#11) Adim Bm7-5/A A(add2) Am9 Am9/G Dm9/F E(add2)
Complex time changes:
9/8 3+3+2/8 9/8 6/8 7/4 6/8 etc.
Who here actually believes that EVH could understand (much less write) like that? He didn't know what FINGERPICKING means!?!
EVH was a great guitarist, and one of the most influential ever. As was RR. Steve Via said of RR (paraphrased here, but I can find the quote) 'He played things that no one had ever played before him."
I certainly don't disagree with people who think that EVH was great. He was...and whom you prefer is neither right nor wrong. MY issue is EVH's statement that RR learned everything from him. Drunk or not (& what did Shakespeare write about alcohol?) it was arrogant and inaccurate. A downright stupid & ignorant thing to say.
Also, since EVH had so little respect for someone who had just died, why does HE deserve that same respect? He was an a$$@ole. A great guitar playing a$$#ole but an a$$#ole none the less.
My understanding is he learned classical guitar because of his Mom.
@@clydebrown9982 mine too, she owned a place where they taught people music. Randy was influenced by her growing up. He taught guitar lessons there. Then joined Quiet Riot band, then Ozzy’s band. He wasn’t into metal until he joined Ozzy. Is this correct?
Randy is my guy, But Eddie deserves all respect. He changed rock guitar forever. Legend. Part of my childhood died today.
Randy was good, but in Quiet Riot he didnt play so good. Later with Ozzy he made his real sound and style.
@FloodyBoy Randal medical help is available dude you only have to ask. A bit of everyone's childhood passed with Ed commiserations
@@joepipe1010 Probably because with Ozzy he had better equipment.
I disagree Eddie Van Halen was a great guitarist yes but how has he changed rock Randy Rhoades changed Rock by adding Classical and Rock together that so many musicians use today Eddie was just a great guitarist yes you can't deny that but what has he done to change rock change music ? what has he added besides finger tapping but that's a technique, Honestly I believe Randy Rhoades was a better Guitarist but that's an opinion, Eddie Van Halen was out much longer than Randy Rhoades Randy was only out a few years and look at what he's left his name Trade marks and influence if he was with us as long as Eddie was can you imagine the possibilities.
@@ozman6602 I guess naming his son Wolfgang....didnt give you a clue.
EVH is probably one of the only guys who could say something like that without provoking laughter. I'm sure Randy learned a lot from him, but I think he definitely had some unique tones and stylings of his own. Both legends.
Technically... Randy learned it from his mom.
Nono. From a friend of his mom.
@@sammyallen6331 ... so why isn't the name of his instrumental song, called, my mom's friend? Correct me if I'm wrong... But, it was his mom that owns the music school. Not his mom's friend. So if he attended his mom School, and was a teacher, in his mom School... Tell me the name of his mom's friend. And then I will check your information, and decide for myself whether you are correct or not.
@@mr.mckinnon5680 lol
Deloris Rhoades went to UCLA and studied Classical Composition
So his mom and his mom's "friends" worked at her music school ...lol
Amen! Thank you for saying this. That part kinda rubbed me wrong.
he learned most of his stuff from his mom, then a teacher at her school, then took classical as a teenager, and of course he learned a lot from his students while teaching guitar
Props to this interviewer for giving Eddie so much room to talk
To be fair this is a very young man talking about his rival. If they had both aged together they would’ve likely buried the hatchet and became friends. Rip to both legends.
They never were rivals and Randy wasn't even praised in his life time, unlike Eddie who was already considered a living legend. Randy was blown away by Eddie according to his biographer. Even Eddie admitted he used to watch him playing live. Eddie had notoriously a big ego but it was almost 40 years ago. Maybe he regretted what he said and began to see Randy in a different way.
@@robertoricci3393 Man, I remember Randy being huge while he was still alive, at least among guitar players. Those first two Ozzy solo albums were absolutely loaded with some insane guitar work and great songs. Randy was in all the guitar magazines, as was Eddie. I’d been a fan of Blackmore and Schenker’s use of classical lines in their work, and then Randy took that approach and ran with it. Wolf Hoffman of Accept was smoking hot and classically influenced then too, but it wasn’t a very commercial band. Then when Malmsteen’s Rising Force lp came out it actually took me awhile to believe that anyone could play like that in real life, without some sort of studio gimmickry. Boy, there was a lot of great, innovative music coming out in those days - in all genres including rap and pop.
no hatchet to bury, at least Randy didnt dislike evh. he said he does a solo live kinda like evh stuff, it killed him to do that he said... and at the guitar clinic he said Eddie Van Halen was fantastic and another one I think it's from guitar world 82 was on newsstands when he died. he actually said evh is fantastic I would never want to compete against guys like him......Randy wasn't the fighting, jealous guy type, he played guitar and that's all there is to it, I think evh felt threatened by Randy's music and the talent he has. look, Randy had no ego but evh did.,.Dave Mustaine and evh would be great friends....anyhow there both gone but the lingering question that's gonna be around for 100 years
who was better??
ugh
@@robertoricci3393
"Randy wasn't even praised in his life time."
Randy was praised in his life time. Speaking out of your a** helps no one. The guy won a guitar award one year. There's even video footage of it. A representative of Guitar Player magazine presented Randy with the 1981 Best New Talent award, saying "On behalf of the over half-million reads of Guitar Player magazine, in the US and 70 countries throughout the world, I'd like to present to you with the 1981 Best New Talent award. Congratulations."
Footage: th-cam.com/video/iQZQFuD3MNc/w-d-xo.html
So yes, Randy wasn't a world-wide sensation just yet, unlike Eddie. But his talent was already recognized by a number of guitar enthusiasts and professionals. And I'd say that an established magazine honoring the guy with a "best new talent" award pretty much qualifies as "praise" -- and then some.
So you are wrong. Know your facts before typing online.
@@virginiapicker
Yep, Randy may not have been as big as EVH or Hendrix at the time of his death, but he was already well-known and in many magazines, earning awards for his guitar playing, and gaining the attention of many in the music industry.
Both amazing players. Randy to me excelled in solo construction and development, and was maybe a bit more melodic, whereas Eddie was a very fluent, spontaneous player.
The best thing that happend for eddie was randy passing away . Randy was only 25 and was going to get better and better just in two albums he did so much . Eddie knew in his heart randy was an animal on the guitar
wen i was a teenager cobbling together my first descent guitar i came upon an interview with Eddie about guitar modification. he was explaining how it was parts from other various guitars a strat body with a neck that came off some other guitar and an old Gibson humbucker. and i laughed for a bit as i looked over the guitar i had built and it was not far off from what he had done! see my father was a professional guitar player so i had a access to his old parts collection in which i found everything i needed! it was such a nice guitar that i still play it regularly 25 odd yrs later!
Randy is my guy.
I'm sorry, EVH is a legend but to say RR learned it all from him is pretty arrogant . Randy was a highly trained musician and had his own originality!
He means Randy copied the flashy style with finger tapping. Randy said it himself. Of course he had his own style.
You can also see in other interviews he was arrogant.
He wasn't saying he TAUGHT Randy anything, but that Randy was following along with Eddie's general style. Which is probably true as it was generally true of most guitarists of that time.
Dude, it was Randy that said this in an interview. Eddie was just repeating what he said. Let's be honest though, most of those guitarists copied Eddie!
@Hopeless your comment is as hopeless as your name
I've heard Randy and Eddie went to each other's shows just to see any new licks that were happening, such rivals even after the end.
I love how he has hes guitar right in his hand ready to go. And yes we all learn from each other. Its your passion and hard work that takes you to the next level. Thus my comment that the guitar is there
Eddie was a totally different player than Randy. Randy was on his way to being a master. Not taking anything away from Eddie, but he's a different player. Randy could play anything Eddie could play but if Randy had a few more years, he would've totally blown the lid open on guitar.
yes sir isnt that the truth but there some on here that think differently rr was a better player by far in my eyes and if he hada lived he would of been a beast for sure
Technically speaking we could argue whos better for days...I think eds ability at writing songs is unmatched in his genre
@@michaelfrazia4569 songs with dlr but the later songs were full sugar pop.
@@Skabanis I agree...im a dlr era fan .but I've stopped trying to say the van hagar stuff was all bad. It isnt easy to keep writing hit album after hit album and survive grunge as he did. In fact I'd argue it was good to see him evolve on record. He still ripped in concert . Why shouldn't he cash in and make some money...he had nothing to prove by that point...if he only had the dlr albums he'd still go down just as big a legend if not more so.
I disagree, Randy could Not play anything Eddie could play. 2 different animals.
Ritchie Blackmore hated everyones guts, just saying.
Ritchie I think STILL hates everyone’s guts lol
I had the same impression of Blackmore. Probably why I was never a fan.
Eddie just wanted to PLAY THE BEST HE COULD.. and Ritchie Blackmore is jealous of all guitarist
Rest easy EVH you gave us timeless music 🎶 thank you 🙏🏼
Eddie and Gary Moore were hanging out together on Gary's USA tour and when Blackmore was introduced to the pair he just glared and stormed off!
I think Randy was just being polite when he said he learned it all from Eddie. Randy was so well schooled in music it’s obvious.
Right off the bat I want give Eddie all the respect he deserves for changing the course of hard rock music (guitar wise) with the VH debut album . I was 12 when it came out and first time I heard "Running With the Devil" on wdiz orlando floridas main rock station back then I was completely blown away . It was like nothing anyone had ever heard before and I remember going out and buying the vinyl album and sitting in my room for hours every day jamming those songs and driving my my siblings and parents crazy lol and again when VH II came out straight to the mall and cop the album . again with their 3rd Lp Woman And Children First . Van Halen was my favorite band and mainly cause of the guitar . all the rock music that I loved was centered around the guitar players and the guitar sounds in general . but when I first heard Ozzys "I don't know" "Crazy Train" and "Mr Crowley" on the radio I was more than just blown away . It was like I had a religious experience . I'm not kidding it was mesmerizing to me the music just hit every single nerve in my body . I could feel it throughout my body like Randy's guitar was speaking to me connected to me and that's something Eddie's guitar playing never did . as great as Ed's sound and tone was it never felt connected or had that way of making the listeners actually feel the music like Randy's playing did . and when Ozzys Blizzard of Ozz tour came to Tampa Florida I knew I had to go and well as much as I first felt hearing Randy on the radio and my turntable Seeing and hearing him live was just a life changing experience for me it really was . I kno this sounds crazy or stupid to probably most people but I'm sure I'm not the only one that felt this way . His playing really inspired me . So getting back to Eddie saying Randy learned it all from him I call Bullshit on that . The only tapping technique that Randy ever used live was in the solo for ' Flying High Again" which was really similar to eruption and that solo definitely was inspired by Eddie but that's it and in a interview Randy gave when he was still alive he said that a lot of his students wanted to learn and play Van Halens songs so he felt obligated to teach them Eddie's style and music but Randy was quoted saying the whole tapping thing was just flash and just for show . In my opinion Eddie was a great rock and roll guitarist but Randy was a guitar musician and "Guitar Perfectionist" that had more actual God given talent than Eddie Van Halen ever did . And one lest thing After hearing from all the other musicians and fans Eddie's personalitie he was kind or a ass and conceded where as Randy was the kindest and down to earth people that anyone could meet . Anyone that played with him or was around him and asked about randy it wasn't just how great of a musician he was the biggest take away from them was just how great of a person and human being he was and that speaks volumes as to who Randy Rhoads really was
two great guitar heroes, one of them changed guitar on a greater scale for rock, the other revolutionized metal, next gen metal. When I heard the intro to I Don't Know, I had never heard anything like that or since then, I still get chills when I hear that intro through ear plugs, it is the definiing intro song in metal history in my book. I am sure when people heard that song off that first album a lot were thinking to themselves "WTF is that".
I never got to see Randy so I love reading personal anecdots on seeing him, and people who have seen both guys, tend to give Randy the nod as a better live player. Ed is going down as the greatest because he had a 40 year run, and Randy never got to fulfill his resume. But you can hear it on the live bootlegs how good he was live, changing songs, owning the Sabbath songs. I have never seen anyone say they saw Rhoads live and were disappointed.
Ed wrote great songs, Randy wrote great compositions that pulled in from more sources I think. I do not recall Ed ever using the tip of the pick to hammer on solos.
the Flying high again solo, is interesting, Randy's brother says he thinks that is Randy's best solo, it shows off his knowledge the best. and George Lynch maintains he showed Randy how to play that solo, or that technique. Now George was a huge Ed fan you can hear it on Exciter album, similar tone and playing style. Randy never sounded like Ed, even if he used techniques Ed popularized. I do not think Ed ever did a solo as melodic as Flying high again, Randy had an innate ability to put in a perfect sequence of notes to please the ear.
With Ed he was great an innovative, but there were times I did not think the solo fit the song and I felt he would throw in tapping just because...
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Hey Dave perfect assumption of the differences between the two . That intro to "I Don't Know" was the very first think I heard from Randy Rhoads on the radio when I was 14 and Crazy Train and Mr Crowley wasn't to far behind . It's hard to pick my favorite Randy Rhoads solo . I kno both the first and second lead break is just kick ass and unmatched by anyone I've ever head or seen. and talk about the intros and outros and fade-outs in like "Tonight" and "You Can't Kill Rock And Roll" are so haunting and you can hear him just shredding like no other when listening to the fades volume on10 with earphones on Lol . The solo for S.A.T.O might be on the short side but is played so fiercely and every note played so clear and perfect his technique while soloing of fanning out his hand and pressing down hard on the strings he's not using to keep everything eles quite so the strings and notes he is playing are with so much clarity . I heard a interview he gave not long after Diary came out where he said he wasn't really happy with his playing on that album cause they were rushed . He pointed out the Song "Little Dolls" was one of his favorites but he said he never had the time to write a solo for the song and the one in the recording was just like a one take thing he recorded in the songs inception and after he wrote all the rest of the song the producer and management were wrapping up the recording and he was so disappointed that he didn't get around to writing the solo he had in mind for the song .Wow now that's humble and a act of a perfectionist foreal . Go listen to that one take solo he recorded before he even had the rest of the song written . He said it really bothered him .Lmao it's a amazing complex solo . Can you imagine how good it would have been had he had more time with that song . Or actually he really wanted more time on all the songs .You can hear how much better he had gotten from Blizzard to Diary . Diary the compositions and song structures had so much more complexity than Blizzard did and where he recorded all the songs in different keys from one another so it sounded fresh ( a direct quote l lol and I guess all those classical guitar lessons he was taking in every city the tour stopped at really paid paid off cause he took it up several notches with blending the whole Classical thing with Metal . His playing drastically improved in between those two records. Can we only imagine wat things he might have accomplished had he lived longer ?
John, great insight. And spot on. I met Eddie. He wasn't very nice. I was blessed with meeting Randy just weeks before he passed. A gentle and kind soul. As was his Mum, I met her several years after his passing.
Randy was the guitar. You felt how he felt in the passion on this head, heart & fingers. You should add the song "Tonight" from Diary into the mix. That one hits me deep in my heart. Truly amazing! As well as "You Can't Kill Rock N Roll". So articulate & passionate. We'll never see anybody like Randy ever again. He is sorely missed!
Dude you wrote a book! And a damn good one!
@@RockyH. Well thank you ! I'm sorry to take up so much space on a simple comment but I'm kinda passionate about this topic and have a bad habit of being thorough and making the my case .Lol my parents always told me I should have been a Attorney or writer. but my siblings said a Used car salesman Lmfao
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🤣🤣🤣🤣... you know... yeah... mmmm.... you know... yeah...
"you mean that one?" Eddie plays a riff over the phone with you. How cool is that. Rock the heavens brother.
I think when he talks about "Alan" he is talking of Alan Holdsworth who was super great super fluid amazing guitarist Eddie admired....
100% Eddie loved Holdsworth because he had no idea what he was doing. Lol.
It can only be Alain Holdsworth. He was into Holdsworth playing ....
Somebody told me 30 years ago that EVH supported first record of Alan Holdsworth
It was Holdsworth
Alan shafted Eddie.
Damn, now Eddie and Randy are up there jamming.
With Dimebag and Cliff together...
I think there more butting heads actually but who knows.
Or downtown roasting.
Eddie: The Drunk Years
They both are legends in their own way as I see it it was life at its best.
For both of them.
Randy and Eddie were my favorites ! Both were inoverators.
This was an awesome interview..Eddie was my Hendrix, and I'm still trying to digest his loss.
I had the pleasure of seeing Randy on first Blizzard of Oz tour and when he came out everyone was trying to play like him. Eddie did have some influence on him on a few songs, i.e. Flying High Again solo, he does some tapping, but overall two different styles, but both contributed to the guitar and influenced so many like Hendrix, Clapton and Page did before them.
Well for started MANY MANY guitar players did tapping before EVH. First video of it was an Italian in 1965.
> *"Eddie did have some influence on him"*
Some influence? Lol, MAJOR influence.
Randy's tapping was also different if you listen closely. More pulling off the tap, almost backwards in comparison.
He also used his pic.
I would never have played the guitar if it wasn't for EVH. I've had nothing but great times hacking away on my axe ever since. RIP EVH. You will never be forgotten.
Randy Rhoads IMO was only in Ozzy's band for fun he was going to leave his band and go do classical... that put him on another level then EVH. Everything we heard randy do wasn't even his passion... but its history. RIP both legends...
Randy was going to keep making records with Ozzy. He just wasn't going to tour anymore.
I agree with you on this and made some similar comments on my comment I posted after watching this video and hearing Eddie's claims . He was conceeded and let his fame go to his head . He would try and hide his solos by turning his back to the audience so no one could see wat he was doing . I also saw a interview with Neil schon journeys guitarist where Van Halens first tour after the release of their debut album was opening up for Montrose and Journey and Neil spoke about how great Ed was and how he was doing stuff no other guitar players had done but also how he would think wats he doing on eruption and would try and watch Ed from backstage and said Ed was turning in position facing his marshall stacks closely so no one could see and he would ask Ed on occasion wats he doing and he wouldn't tell him and that finally after being on tour with him for like 4 months he finally walked in Ed's dressing room before a show and just said dude why won't you show me the exact tapping scales he was using on eruption and Ed showed him . Neil said after he showed him he could do that solo note for note lol . but the point of all this is that Ed didn't want anyone to kno how he did stuff . that just tells you right there that Ed was not going to help anyone to become a better player where as Randy was the complete opposite he would go out of his way to teach people and would share whatever he knew with anyone and everyone
@@NobleBruv No randy didn't want to continue making albums with ozzy anymore period .but he had to fulfill his contract with jet records that he signed that was for 3 studio albums so he told ozzy he would do the 3rd Lp and that was it . He told ozzy this and that he appreciated him and Sharon for everything but he wanted to go to Ucla in Los Angeles to get a masters degree in classical music .Ozzy told randy why do you want to quit that before long he would be rich enough to buy the University (Ozzys exact quote) and he told randy that he wanted him to not only do the 3rd studio lp but also the double live Speak of the Devil album that was going to be all old black sabbath songs and randy didn't want to do that cause he thought we were making our own music and he had no interest in doing a whole cover album and ozzy got so pissed off at this that he punched Randy in the face . This was witnessed by Tommy Aldridge and has been told by Tommy in many interviews over the years . But after all this randy felt like he owed ozzy and Sharon and that it would just be easier to go along with ozzy rather than fight with him so he agreed to do the one more studio album along with the double live Lp .this is the same album that Brad Gillis ended up doing after Randy's death . Randy loved ozzy and was thankful for giving him the opportunity he game him but was just done with ozzys crazy antics and all the other wild things that went along with touring . Remember Randy didn't really do any drugs at all and drank alcohol only occasionally . and Randy was also very homesick and probably was thinking about doing his own thing after he got his degree in classical music .
Your right on here but from wat I kno the only reason he even went to do the ozzy audition was cause Dana Strum (later the bassist for Slaughter) knew randy and was thinking he was gonna get the bass gig with ozzy and was familiar with seeing randy play at several local La clubs and this happen to be one of these clubs that Dana met ozzy .. Ozzy actually had a list of guitarists that he had gotten from jet records to check out so the day after Dana met ozzy he ended up driving ozzy around LA to a few of these places on ozzys list and Dana kept telling ozzy I got the guy you want so yeah that and Randy's mother also told randy to go to the audition that even if it didn't work out he still might get some kind of referral from ozzy later down the line . So when he actually got the ozzy gig ( from only tuning up his guitar and doing a finger exercise to loosen up ) Randy went home told his mother he got the job but really wasn't sure if he was gonna take the gig and his mother said son regardless if everything works out or not going to England to work with ozzy would be a great way to get notified by others in the music industry basically the possibility of getting some contacts .so randy went and the rest is history . Yeah the whole classical thing really helped randy to make a unique and style of his own and not Eddie's style. Hell Eddie couldn't read music and randy learned all that before he was 12 . they were nothing really alike other than randy just happened to be the next guy that jumped up on the scene that had that kind of talent and more than anything that tone .
Yea a lot of people don't see that or realize that he was going to leave Ozzy Osbourne band and go to college and do other great things that he actually wanted to do... he wasn't about being a rock star. I appreciate you... thanks 😊
I assure you, Rhoads got none of his classical stuff, technique, Etc from Van Halen. It is interesting and bewildering to me that Van Halen, my number one man, would make such a statement...
Actually, he very much did take some stuff from Eddie, but that's not to say that he, you know, copied him. He was influenced a bit by Eddie, and took a bit of his style into his own, like the tapping and tremolo picking and shit, but it was his own thing. He had his own style that was just influenced by Eddie, and if you listen, he says that he saw an interview where RANDY says this, so Eddie is quoting Randy when he says this.
I remember way back in the good old days reading both Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen interviews in magazines.. and I'm going to paraphrase Randy Rhodes.. he said "it kills me that I copy off of Eddie Van Halen but I want to make a name for myself". . And Randy also said that Eddie is better than me.. but my point isn't that music is a competition but that Eddie is a very important figure in music innovation and if it wasn't for Eddie there would be no Randy, as is anybody else who came after Eddie.
@Bryan Smith you cant sum it up to JUST pentatonics and triads. How could you be so close minded? They had different styles, and I guarantee that they took a bit from each other. Randy has his style, and Eddie has his.
Eddie didn't seem to understand .. that just because Randy did similar techniques ! didn't mean he was copying him . Their were tons .. of players in the 80's that all copied EVH , and u could tell right away . What made Randy different was he may have adapted some techniques .. Eddie did but still managed to sound completely different . His phrasing was much more classical than Eddie . If Eddie listened to leads in say Mr. Crowley , and still thought Randy was copying .. him he was crazy . Randy only used similar techniques , and that's as far as the comparison was . He had his own style and sounded nothing like Eddie .
@@iceyplayz3388 Yes and no. More towards the no, to say he "copied" or "took stuff from him" is a bit dishonest. They were competitive contemporaries who, while they did battle each other for the spotlight in the guitar community, had an unspoken bond and respect. Randy used tapping very minimally, a lot of licks of his that sound tapped arent tapped. So yes he did what he could to keep up with the path blazed by Eddie without becoming a carbon copy. Rhoads was a certifiable guitarist by the time Van Halen released their first album. But the shadow that Van Halen 1 had cast was pretty hard to escape. But Randy was technically sound to the point he didnt just straight up copy Van Halen like a lot of guitarists ended up doing.
"He might be up there jammin with everyone else who kicked the bucket" - EVH
I feel that was alittle harsh but he just wasn’t mature enough you know?
Eddie's a arrogant jackass !!
@@patroche550 Well, now he can be as mature as he wants..... You know, while he's jamming with randy and everyone else who kicked the bucket
I think with Ed, the thing that gets forgotten is his rhythm playing and songwriting...take out the left hand for leads, and he's still premier in his rhythms, with a natural touch and style that is definable across the spectrum. Randy may have copped some licks over the early years, but his definable style broke through in his playing by the time Blizzard of Oz came out, making any Van Halen influence undetectable...both are remarkable and trailblazing to say the least...and it's sad both arent here anymore..
I’ve been saying it for years. He’s the greatest rhythm player of all time
Eddie in this interview wasn’t mature enough, he got wiser after the years passed, dont be so hard on him for the things he said here, i was a complete asshole too 10 years ago, we brow and we change. Having the opportunity i bet eddie will give a completely different interview right now. RIP RR & EVH
Maybe. Or maybe he's still (somewhat) an asshole. Maybe we'll never know.
I didn’t hear anything egotistical.
Probably. Lots of stories about the establishment hating on EVH and VH when they came on the scene. They were soooooo different then everyone else. Jealousy. His comments about RR are right and wrong. RR is on record saying he was floored by Eddie's playing and was inspired by him. That being said RR is a much different and way more complete player then EVH ever was. Eddie was fantastic and so was randy. Just totally different approaches to the guitar
Eddie was drinking very heavily back then, and was known to have a dark side, so there you go...
For sure and he deserves all the respect and attention he gets for being the first to really change the game. It just shows a bit of insecurity here to not give others their due for what they created simply because technically, you had done it first. No big deal though, I'm sure in his later years he matured and didn't really think of it this way anymore.
It's not fair to say one was better than the other. They were both amazing in their own completely unique way.
While Ed had classical piano lessons as a kid, he approached music by his ear, not his mind per se. Randy was a student and teacher; he thought through what he wrote like Vai does. While Randy was brilliant and phenomenal, music was in Ed's soul; incredibly gifted. Both had musical parents so it was in the blood.
@@dspencer1201 Mr Crowly solo was pure soul... Yngwie did a Mr Crowly cover and ruined it. Yeah, he was ripping arpeggios, but he had no soul like Randy.
@@hanc37 Exactly, Yngwie plays with no soul; never liked him. In '84 when he was in Steeler, he had a solo that was clearly inspired by Eruption. Ed, Randy, Angus - a lot of feeling there.
They both had thier own style of playing. They were both good. Just because you like or prefer one over the other. That's don't mean ones better.
@@alanfusselman1873 Who are you referring to?
Randy took some soloing ideas from Eddie and every guitarist is heavily pentatonic in approach. But Randy used those scales differently than Ed. But songwriting, and chord preferences, and progressions, are very different.
Rhoads was advanced he could have kept up with the shredders coming up whilst EVH could never play like that.
Man, remember that without Eruption and other songs in VH1
didnt exist Randy Rhoads style.
@@joepipe1010 perfectly stated
@@frankgomez7066 Randy was good in his long solo like a virtuoso in an orchestra. Eddie was more immediate, one solo of 10 seconds and he came glorious, one riffs of two notes and he is never forget .
This is the big difference .
Long famous solo are in Hotel California or Starway to heaven we know but try to make a short solo like Jump or Beat it and make the song one Hit.
He was simply a genius.
Not to take anything away from Eddie, as I DO love him, but Eddie didn't know a Diminished Scale from a Dorian Scale. Eddie had an incredible ear, but I respect Randy more for having the passion, discipline and patience to REALLY know Music Theory to help him write deep, sophisticated Rock & Roll Music. I mean, when Randy was on the road with Ozzy, he wasn't out banging groupies and doing blow, he used to seek out Classical Guitar teachers!
Man, thanks for posting. Fun to listen to. There's so much stuff surfacing since we lost Eddie.
it was cool hearing this interview, this was the same time I seen him while Diver Down, I was just 15 at the time. what a life, we only dreamed about
Hopefully they're having a friendly competition now in the afterlife of whose better. Bet it sounds incredible RIP to both these legends
Eddie had the "happy" style of playing while Randy had the dark classical type of playing. 2 distinctly different style. Love 'em both. Randy did fear one person- George Lynch.
Yup, good analogy
Yeah right thats why Randy got the Ozzy gig and George got stuck giving guitar lessons for 8 bucks an hour. Use your head before you make such stupid comments..
JG...asshole.
Supposedly Ozzy didn’t like George’s short hair
Randy used some of Georges tapping techniques also.....
Both had their differences. .. different techniques. Eddie was way ahead of his time. When I first heard Eddie play we didn't have TH-cam to see how he played ... but when I did!!! My jaw dropped!
Love both Eddie and Randy. 2 of my favorites. The holy trinity with Saul Hudson
I'm 26 and find myself to be an old soul. I am fortunate to live with all this technology and advancements of today but man I think alot about what it would have been like to grow up with legends making legendary albums hearing those records for the first time with friends. Must have been a great experience
Dude it was so different waiting for a new record to come out and having to go hang out at the record stores. And dub copies of your tapes off for your buddies. I love the interwebs but there's so much I miss from before that time. I lived and died by the guitar magazines. It was the best source of "information".
I remember when there was a cool tab in the guitar mags. It was like SCORE!!! Hahaha. I also remember ordering tapes that transcribed some Metallica and Megadeth tunes. Harder to come by some things, but still way cooler back then. I'm 43 by the way.
@@taco2947 45 here! The record stores used to sell these handsome books that would transcribe entire albums into tabs. I still have the books for Kill em All up through the black album! I wasn't good enough to figure out songs by ear for the most part. Now I can look up a video and see someone actually show me how a certain part is played lol.
The books were fairly pricey for my budget as a paperboy so I really cherished them!
It was incredible! I was a 13 year old kid and was already a Hendrix fan…and all of a sudden Van Halen comes out .The first track I heard was Atomic punk..I knew then that this was a level of guitar where Hendrix left off…Eddie Van Halen took us the rest of the way and Eddie became the new guitar god.yea that was 1979..
Randy was a very knowledgeable individual in music and was a great music teacher. One of the best players
Randy had a classical background and it showed in his music.
Nice just to hear his voice. Thx for publishing this.
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I remember reading an interview with Randy Rhoads about Eddie Van Halen. Randy said that there was a rivalry between the two but it was more a rivalry amongst the Quiet Riot and Van Halen fans. But, one time Randy asked Eddie how to keep his guitar in tune better while on stage. Randy noticed Eddie's guitar stayed in tune even with extreme whammy bar usage. Eddie apparently was not willing to share his trade secret and walked away. Randy, who was a guitar teacher, found it strange because he liked to share knowledge with anyone who wanted it. In fact, Randy felt it was a compliment when somebody asked to learn something from him.
Ironic that Eddie complained about Joe Perry blowing him off when he did the same to Randy.
Randy was a very humble guy! Sorry to all you Eddie fans but Eddie was arrogant as hell!
He told Randy that it was a highly guarded secret that Jeff Beck showed him how to do and wouldn’t share.
@@markeades7066 I never heard the part about Jeff Beck.
EVH was certainly never shy about picking up tips and tricks from other great players...clearly he felt threatened by RR, who wouldn't be.
Don’t think Ed gave randy enough credit.
This interview, is from the year Randy died, and Eddie prolly haden't heard him a bunch , I'm guessing...Randy's career was pretty short. = /
Eddy did say he read some magazine interviews and Randy gave Ed all the credit... which pretty cool. Listening to Randi I heard Ed, but I don't. I think what both guys have is they are both technical and very melodic. A lot of the copycats are just speed demons.
Randy was the best eddie rip was scared to death of Randy's playing and i think ozzy savatoshed .that airplane ✈ that crashed thats what Eddie was saying in a round about way I mean ozzy did take credit for everything its something to think about
@@jeffadams525 Ridiculous.
@@bigdaddymojo2005 not so much the mobb killed Jimmy hendrix poor whiskey down his throat and drowned him we will never no ..and thats my opinion .I grew up on Randy's playing and eddis and George lynch thats my top 3 then jake e Lee thats who I'd like to wrap up all in one and you have me
When listening to Diary of a Madman I do not hear one note of Eddie Van Halen, and I've been listening to both since about 1981.
Super Class Interview, Honestly Lyin Here Not Belivein Ed"s Gone !!!!! Stay Strong.....Peace
Randy was quite different than Eddie, stylistically. Amazing that Holdsworth's name hasn't come up in the comments. Eddie loved Allan.
He did..he mentioned him in the beginning
@@shtdaprdtr who did and where?
@@shtdaprdtr he said in the comments. Alan was An amazing player but an acquired taste
Wait, I saw Eddie in a video say "Clapton is the only one that ever touched me".
@@sethcashman1011 go to 1:30 Eddie is talking about Allan Holdsworth basically being the only guitarist that would turn his head.
Explains why he loved Dime later on in life
Both were great: I saw someone play "Crazy Train" on piano (I study piano) RR was amazing! MJ contacted EVH for "Beat It" after hearing "Eruption". I love Eddie's keyboards in "I'll Wait" Too. My friend got me on to Iron Maiden & guitar "riffs"
RANDY RHODES FOREVER
R.I.P. Eddie.Eddie was the man in '78.
But Randy spawned a whole different legacy of guitarist.With just two studio and one live album,and STILL inspiring legions of guitarists.His personality and humble demeaner made him a excellent role model.While other "rock stars"lived the "Life"...he promoted studying, learning the INSTRUMENT,and being a musician before a Rock Star.
That's CLASS.
Eddie was and still the most complete rock guitar innovator. When VH first album Randy went to VH concerts and learn a lot about Eddie.
Randy was with Q Riot and he was good but Eddie was at other level.
@@luisberrios3619 nah kid.
Eddie lust lived longer,that's all.
Randy's solos had SOUL! Eddie's solo were more pyrotechnics with little structure.
Exactly. Randy’s were pure technical perfection. evh was so sloppy.
I think even Randy would disagree. EVH had a feel when he played that nobody else had or has.
@@SquirrelTheater Eh no. I RR was still alive, he would have done some insane stuff.
@@entertainmentguys1
I agree Randy was unique as well. He’s in my top 3:
EVH
RHOADS
SCHENKER
@@SquirrelTheater Agreed...Eddie had an excellent feel and sense of direction in his solos...yet at the same time he sounded like he jumped off a cliff in his spontaneity and landed on his feet every time.
Great interview never heard this one he was the top of the top what place to be but he was , hard at work on that guita make nomistake,,he earned every bit of it,,
Ultimate compliment that a guitar player could get is that another famous player learned everything he knew from your work
The 2 camps ... EVH vs. RR back when it was actually happening was very real , Randy was the first to challenge Ed on the airwaves for guitar mastery...and it was awesome!... and I instantly was in the Rhoads camp. Randy is by far my favorite player. However now that Ed is gone , looking back I realize how foolish that was. Those 2 guys changed the world in my opinion. I find it strange I am now watching everything EVH now that I can find on here, it was the natural evolution of the instrument being electric if you really analyze it. EVH was just incredibly awesome. Imagine them both in the same band.
Tribute album was great to know Randy in live performance because in studio he was more calm and humble like a different player.
Eddy got only some bootlegs of his golden years, so much people dont know is valor cause the bad audio/video quality.
Only live show Live without a net is a very good footage but in 1986 and with Hagar, so late and out of golden years.
Yes. Eddie, Randy and George Lynch☝
@@garysantiago5854 would you put Ozzy on the mic? Two out of the three tryed out for ozzy.
Randy was friends with George Lynch & they taught each other a LOT. The last tapped descending lick in the solo from Flying High Again'' was one that Randy learned from George Lynch!
While on tour even back in Quiet Riot, Randy sought out guitar teachers wherever they stopped. He was obsessed with absorbing as much as he could from everyone - his desire to study classical music in his final year also proves this out.
The tapping, whammy bar divebombs & squealing pick harmonics are surely borrowed from Eddie, but Randy actually took Eddie's playing to the next level. Randy played primarily Dorian & other harmonic minor & chromatic scales where Eddie was the king of Symmetrical & Pentatonic scales. Eddie was possibly the innovator of the Symmetrical scale - where you move the same shape across all 6 strings on the same frets & end the run on the root note or dive bomb.
Sorry Eddie, I know it's 1982 & you were on top of the world with Dave as your frontman but Randy Rhoads DESERVES the respect he earned & worked so hard at to bring to the world.
Both were super talented, and both made an unforgettable contribution to the world of music. We were blessed to have both of them in this world.
He didn’t learn it all from Eddie.A lot of his influence also came from prodigy Michael Schenker. You can hear it in his music.
And Alan Holdsworth.
There's one guy Ed can't say stole his style and licks lol. Love me my Schenker! But RR and Ed were great players. If he did in fact influence everyone than a huge thanks because we have so many greats to listen to because of him.
I was thinking the same thing. I wonder what EVH thought of MS?
Randy said it not Eddie
@P S listen to the live album with Randy that was definitely a great show of Randy’s talent
Can't say this enough. Damn, I'm going to miss him.
A nice peek into Eddies mindset on playing and other things !
Eddie starts out being polite regarding Randy but when the interviewer says that Randy was the first guitarist to come along after Eddie that a lot of people idolized you can tell that Eddie gets butt-hurt and says "I don't think he really did anything I haven't already done". What a shitty thing to say when Randy's life and career were cut short, not to mention that Randy's work with Ozzy didn't sound anything like Eddie's style.
He didn’t say anything shitty about Randy. It’s called harmless boasting between 2 great legendary talents
@@oaktree1628 If you read between the lines Eddie is actually insinuating that there's nothing original about Randy's guitar playing. Imagine if this week Yngwie, Steve Vai or any other legendary guitarist said the same thing about Eddie that Eddie said about Randy in this interview. They would get slaughtered on the internet and probably have to issue an apology.
Nicolas Ruvalcaba - did you listen to the first 3 seconds of this video? Eddie specifically says don’t print everything I’m about to tell you - This means this was “off the record” - so it was a private conversation that he would not have put out there on the internet - everyone’s entitled to their own opinion - especially if you are EVH and opining about guitar skills and guitar playing - and in any event, Eddie says there’s nothing wrong with copying other people’s techniques - he admitted to doing that himself
@@oaktree1628 Eddie also said Hendrix was overrated, so he said many things on the record that weren't very humble either..
Nicolas Ruvalcaba - also, note that it was the Interviewer who asked Eddie about Randy Rhoads in the middle of the conversation, almost as an aside, so Eddie wasn’t intending to say anything about him. The conversation up until that point was about innovating guitar playing, and how Eddie admired the playing of another guitarist. So again, Eddie was not intending to put down anyone’s playing, he was speaking off the record.
I wouldn't read into this too deep. Randy Rhoads was a very humble guitarist and would of course acknowledge the greatness of Edward Van Halen. However, that being said, this sounds like a very drunk, young and insecure (because of said inebriation) Edward Van Halen. I think if you were to ask him about Randy Rhoads, say 5 years ago, the response might have been a little different.
Randy was classically trained you can hear it in his playing. Every song was different. Eddie cant take credit for Mr. Crowley, Over the Mountain, Flying High Again. I live Eddie Van Halen but Randy Rhoads was way ahead of everyone.
@@dr.alexandermuller3549 Amen!
@@gilbertp.9851 I completely agree.
@@dr.alexandermuller3549 I agree - I would also add that I just think that they were all incredibly gifted in what they did and I think if Randy would have been around as long, as EVH the story might be different. But, that is the way life goes.
Dude, they're all amazing bitchin. I hate these dickcheese fuck knuckles who gotta hate other players. Gay.
Randy rhoads was a classical trained guitarist he was great in his own right
Sounds like Eddie had a few cold ones before this interview...
He was an alcoholic, he was on more than a few cold ones probably.
Heard!,.Like me!, but, At lease he said, The Death of Randy Rhodes was FUCKED!..Never should have happened ,...I'm never gonna get on a small plane, an doin stunts!!,..but I'll Skydive..never done,...Anyone wanna join first jump?...I'm in Tucson..
This man had a huge heart. rare in a rock guitarist. He literally endorsed Alan holdsworth. Thank you eddy. Teach me how to play eruption.
When you listen to him, he really knows very little about music theory but he sure could write cool shit.
yea he won a piano contest 2 years in a row before he was 10 but, he knew very little about music.
I never could of imagined the day eddie wouldn't be here no more! I miss eddie!
Did you flat pick that or finger pick it ? Eddie, "Ah, speak two year old". F'n love it.
The reason I play Guitar.. R.I.P. 🎸🤘
The solo from running with the devil is the reason I picked up a guitar.
Fist song I learned when I was 14 in lessons was 'Panama". The second was "Pretty Woman". The 3rd was "Drop Dead Legs".
He is why we all picked up the guitar, every musician in rock tried to be like him, as he indicates in this interview. Nobody will ever pick up the electric guitar an not try to emulate him, yet nobody will ever sound like him again. Nobody is ever going to play the guitar that well ever again.
You too? I was 8 when first heard them and like every body else eruption blew me away. I will say I was blown away by the whole album. That’s when music was honest.🤟🏼🎸🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
@@ricktheexplorer Ever hear of Paul Gilbert?! Lost in sea of players but every bit as innovative as Eddie! th-cam.com/video/V_c0aoOgWVg/w-d-xo.html
@@kidwave1 Yes I have heard of Paul Gilbert. I can't believe his channel has only a hundred thousand subs. Here is some music from me. That's a guitar solo in this played on a MIDI with a flute backing me. Hope you like it. th-cam.com/video/4HyTCtICikY/w-d-xo.html
There will never be any taking away from EVH for how he is up there with Hendrix and Page as pioneers/innovators. I just personally prefer Randy's playing, he had a wider range and a more colorful palate. EVH to me, played the same way for most everything, Randy never did the same thing twice. Every solo was as original as the song he played them on.
No....sorry.. Randy was awesome but Eddie was a force of nature completely obliterated his peers .
This is not true. RR has a BUNCH of recycled licks, but STILL was/is the BEST.
Both were great...thats the truth.
You can't compare RR & EVH they are totally different musicians. RR is a theory player and EVH learned himself, never bought an album. EVH is why we have TABS. Both are Gods of the guitar beyond anything we will ever hear again. Between the two I’m not sure there is anything else to learn. R.I.P. RR & EVH. We lost the Gods of Guitar. It kills me to even think about them. I am just glad that the guitar and heavy playing is coming back. These guys spent their life playing every day. None of us can imagine the hours they both put in to create their personal style. Don’t take anything from either one of them or try to compare them. I can only wish I had half the talent of either one.
@David Lytch You're both completely wrong about everything.
@David Lytch That’s the dumbest comment I ever read in my life congratulations.
Here, Here! You are absolutely right damn good comment!
R.I.P Edward
I think Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads are jamming in Heaven. RIP EVH AND RR.
Both are my heroes. Rip to both. Heaven must have the biggest Concert of all time.
Sometimes people who are suffering from addiction say things I think they might regret later. I know I have.
Randy was metal, sounded like rolling through scales. Eddie sounded more like ZZTop on 78 speed.
Eddie was the most influential Guitarist since Hendrix. Bar none.
I'll take it a step further, he was the most influential player period, and the most innovative. He was a trailblazer and a game changer, he took the guitar to places it had never been.
@@markandersen793 Absofuckinglutely.
Guys, since we all pretty much agree that Jimi & EVH are the top 2, who rounds out the top 5??
Agree 100%.
True, but you might have been able to remove that 'since Hendrix' qualifier if EVH had opened himself up a little.
Amazing Eddie died in the very hospital where Rhoads was born , sort of completing the guitar hero circle.
Randy learned from his mother, a classical music teacher. That's why Randy could play in compicated keys, and Eddie struggled to.
According to Sammy, that's why Eddie made Michael Anthony play simple basslines, so it wouldn't be obvious.