Here is a well informed, prepared interviewer who asks great questions/follow-ups and then allows the interviewee to speak. There is no one better on TH-cam.
I had a cassette of Impellitteri's 4 song EP when I went to college in the fall of 1989, my entire dorm floor had to listen to it at least once a day. I also remember seeing a video or two of Animetal USA on YT, but I can't find them now.
Great opine from Chris. I always saw EVH and RR as two different styled players and never felt the need to compare but rather just was thankful that I was born at the right time to watch those two especially since I was a little late for Hendrix. So many great players throughout the years but brass tacks Randy and Eddie were the guys who influenced me the most.
There is no Eddie vs Randy. Randy was technically ahead of his time, but Eddie was on a different level (composing, technique, rhythm, groove, everything) that is unmatched even today.
BS-there are countless players that are absolutely his level and then some. Guitar playing is not a competive sport where you keep score or win a medal-its all up to the taste of the individual. In YOUR opinion EVH is the man but not in mine or many others............
Met Chris Impelliteri back at a radio expo in September 1988 I believe, and he was there to play with Graham Bonnett the first Impelliteri record. He was hanging out meeting with fans, I saw him and my buddy and I walk over to ask him about the Ozzy audition as we had read Chris tried out, but Zakk got the gig. I ultimately decided to ask Chris, ,after he lauded Zakk and said we would like him, if Zakk were as good as Randy, and Chris looked at us and said: is anyone as good as that guy...
He said what I've been saying about Eddie's playing and the band's overall sound changing to pop with Sammy. I definitely prefer Eddie's playing before Sammy. As far as randy vs Eddie they're both legends. Different styles. But legends.
I’m not going to say which one is better that will start a mess but I will say this , with Ed I always felt like it was fun weekend partying rock n roll and damn good with Randy is was deeper and darker and drew me in more I got something out of it I felt it in my heart and soul , love both of these legends but I’ll always go play RR first
With Edward (first 5 albums), I'm listening to him, but also digging the whole band and the songs. With Randy, I'm listening primarily to his performances.
Good for Chris. He deserves it. We jammed briefly right after I left Steeler in 1983, before I formed SIN. We got along really well, but I just didn't want to continue a similar path as I experienced with Malmsteen, I was looking for a more heavy 70's rock feel, more of my own roots. Chris moved on and was doing well. We both have blood-splattered instruments, his guitar and my Aria ZZB bass. 👍🏻.
Hey man…great bass playing on that Steeler album. I’m not familiar with SIN, but I thought I’d give you a shout out about Steeler. Cool songs…very raw and hard rockin. Seems almost like yesterday. Where did the time go?
@zenlandzipline Very much appreciated 🙏👍🏻. The new Steeler song Give Me Guitars or Give Me Death is up on TH-cam and the World Premier video will be on November 15th, according to Ron Keel's social media announcement. You'll love it. It's Ron, myself, Mark Edwards and Mitch Perry. We shot it in June of 2024 in L.A. The Steeler Documentary will follow afterwards. As for SIN, we were one of the biggest metal bands of L.A. in 1984, we were about to be the next big band signed, but it broke apart after the demo was finished. The demo is nothing short of incredible. Our 4 song album master demo produced by Dana Strum is finally up on TH-cam. Podcast Host Pariah Burke has re-loaded them from his TH-cam page in HD with great band photos slide show. On the Run, Don't Say Goodbye, We Got Your Rock, and Break Down the Walls That Stop the Rock can be found on his TH-cam page. Please check them out and like and share them. Same with the Steeler song. Your support is always appreciated 👍🏻
Randy had candidly said to a few friends including his old bass player friend in Quiet Riot that he thought that George Lynch was a better guitar player than Eddie.
There are a lot of things George does that could be considered better than a lot of people. But, it's disorganized. And the song writing as well as solo composing, innovation, and groundbreaking level impact. George is a monster and just never found a good space to show what he could do. Always someone missing, whether it be the band, song he played within...or bad circumstances. I think that if George had had a brother like Alex to jam with daily and bounce rhythm ideas and structure off of he could have excelled. Alex was Eddie's secret weapon to progress. Eddie didn't have to mark ideas with a linear generic drums machine plodding along on a straight ahead beat. George missed his mark and what a monster. George did a lot of things right. He tried to be "fit" and keep his looks as long as possible. Alternative music was the final nail in the coffin for his chances.
Great freaking interview. Really some fascinating stuff being talked about. I was blessed to have been one of Randy's students way back in the late seventies in So Cal, so I got to watch him absorb the whole Van Halen thing and see how it affected him. The thing about Randy was that he was his own artist. He created parts and solos that came to him through his years of experience working and living with a brilliant classically trained musician in his mother Dolores. That's where the classical influences came from, or at least that's what he always told me. As far as Van Halen goes, I think the thing I remember most is that suddenly all of Randy's students wanted to learn the solos from the first Van Halen record and so Randy would have to go and figure them out then bring them back to teach to the student asking for it. I asked him a bunch of times who his main influence or favorite player was, and over the 3 years I was there, he always had the same answer -- Mick Ronson. Not sure if this contributes anything to the conversation but there you go. RIP RR.
I am a huge fan of Randy and a bigger fan of EVH. Two completely different styles. What I will never understand is why people put Eddie in the “shredder” category. He was way beyond that shit.
Chris explains it, both guys were considered shredders because they could play fast when they needed to....the issue is when people stereotype them as shredders and dismiss them which is wrong.
If I grew up around that scene in the 70's with Randy in Quiet Riot and Van Halen, I would've been the Van Halen fan. Once Rhoads was put on the map with The Blizzard of Ozz and Dairy of a Madman, I would pick Randy/Ozzy material over what EVH was doing. Songs like I Don't Know, Believer, S.A.T.O, Over the Mountain, DOAMM is just more my preferred style. The way Rhoads would slip in these little runs in between the riffs always amazed me. He would never solo just for the sake of soloing either. The solo was always the climax that he was building up to and just as memorable as the riffs themselves. With Rhoads and EVH, I never really viewed them as lead guitarists but just exceptional musicians in general. They were composers.
Eddie played his own technique and Randy was a Master Musician who understood the way music works and used every style and note. Completely different musicians.
Chris was right on, about Eddie’s hottest playing only being displayed on early pre WB Van Halen club era bootlegs, Eddie had really been a beast in the mid 70’s before he was muzzled by Roth & Tempelman on Van Halen 1 & more so on VH 2 & lost the fire, & went all nuts with all the two hand tapping gimmickry, that so many love him for, in shying back like his hero Eric Clapton from the double edged sword of fame & changing his entire musical direction & stagnating into a radio friendly soft pop rock direction. Eddie had previously covered Black Sabbath’s heaviest songs, like Into the Void, even before Van Halen famously blew Black Sabbath off the stages as an opening act. & Then EVH knew Randy Rhoads from the Sunset strip, & so undeniably, EVH had to at least feel some kind of way about Ozzy’s comeback, other then wrongly proclaiming that Randy was at least honest enough to admit that he learned everything he knew from Eddie, & stating how he’d only heard a just a snippet of Crazy Train in passing on a car radio once, while peeking through the hole of his treasured vinyl Peter Gabriel album?…Invariably EVH was a supremely technically gifted performer, but Randy was all that & while being an exceptionally gifted songwriter. When Ozzy afforded Randy the chance to really focus in on writing & playing 24/7, Randy Rhoads reportedly got twice as good as he been each week, then he’d been the week previously. So tragically, while we’ll never know how Randy would have evolved, had he lived through Sharon’s reckless management culture, & yet we do know the sort of stagnant underwhelming soft pop synth rock songwriter, that Eddie regressed into, where even Eddie knew the fans only wanted to hear his old greatest hits & released some old bootlegs. Van Halen should have at least given Ozzy a shot at a rematch, by having Ozzy open up for Van Halen, in 1981 for the Heavy Metal vs pop rock guitar battle, that Van Halen avoided at all costs, because Van Halen never allowed any opening bands on their tours, that ever could have challenged them. Closest we ever got to that rematch was at the U.S. fest where Jake E Lee stood in for Randy with Ozzy, on the same stage as Van Halen, which was David Lee Roth’s last show with Van Halen in its prime, before Roth quit. Inarguably Randy Rhoads’s meteoric ascension had EVH mentally shook, & if Randy had lived to put his swagger on the Black Sabbath deeper cuts from Ozzy’s Speak of the Devil album, Randy might have stolen what remained of EVH’s thunder, just like Hendrix had done with Clapton. EVH never acknowledged Les Paul’s or Jimi Hendrix’s innovative predominance, or Harvey Mandel’s instrumental guitar wizardry, because he didn’t want anyone to go looking back at Christo Redinator, The Snake or Baby Batter albums, in comparison to him, as with Jeff Beck’s Wired & Blow by Blow albums, which could challenge Eddie’s sole supremacy of the guitar. EVH instead championed Eric Clapton, & Alan Holdsworth because Clapton weren’t threats, yet Eddie tried to dismiss Jimmy Page as a sloppy guitarist, but end of the day Led Zeppelin has sold 5 times the amount of Albums that Van Halen did. Like Prince, EVH for all the undue credit they’ve been getting, for being the greatest guitarists ever, since their passings, certainly never wanted to get on any stages with the likes of players like Yngwie, SRV or Marty Friedman in their primes…🎸
Randy would have changed the game that Eddie had the head start on. Eddie told a lot of lies about Randy after he died. Still would have been interesting to see the two side by side getting better
John Henry Bonham was a human metronome. I describe his playing as human liquid he was so smooth even when the tsunami came during his crescendo of Moby Dick
Really great interview, Chris really knows his stuff, highly intelligent and perceptive. EVH did turn guitar heroes into guitar gods. Randy was right up there, no one copied his classical style but everyone tried to copy EVH. I think Randy's is harder to do.
Yngwie did call Chris "sloppy" a couple of decades ago. Maybe Chris is still a little pissed about that. Malmsteen is definitely an influence on Impellitteri's music. 🤣
Kind of like how Yngwie stopped mentioning Uli Jon Roth as an influence and only Blackmore. Everyone would research up Uli as the inventor of Yng's style.
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Yes and why I agreed. I personally love to see artists evolve, I have no issue the direction EVH went. At that point he had pretty much done everything "he" could push himself to do in terms of guitar. Sadly we'll never know about RR.
@@TheTN24 I wished Ed would have stayed blues/jazz based with the Marshall tone but his 5150 amp tone revolutionized modern metal along with the mesa rectifier so there is that....
Randy was not happy with the solo on Believer. He stated so. He knew it was very similar to the solo on Mr. Crowley. It was a scratch solo that he was working with. But they ran out of time in the studio before having to go back on the road. So Max Norman just used what he had.
@@MALoadedDiaper Ah yes. You're right. I swear he mentions, possibly in same interview, that he was not happy with the solo on Believer. I could be wrong.
I knew some big Randy fans who would criticise him for recycling a lot of licks, some of the stuff on his Quiet Riot albums he recycled a bit later too. 'in his defense' Diary of a Madman was recorded in a rush so I read and he didn't have time to properly lay down solos as he wanted... which might explain the 'comfort space' thing...
no Rhoads fans criticize him for taking ideas from the Quiet Riot songs he wrote and turning them into better songs. Never seen it. He took ideas and expanded on them because he knew they were not allowed to be developed with Quiet Riot. Anyone criticizing that is wrong. It is true he did not have a chance to workout and overdub a lot of the Diary solos. The outro solos were just one take guide tracks
I really like Eddie when he first came out, he was amazing but when Blizzard of Oz came out, I instantly became Randy Rhoads fan. Then years later, I heard an interview with Eddie Van Halen and John Styx pretty much around the time that Randy had passed away and Eddie was pretty much saying that Randy had learned/stolen everything off of him and basically geared that whole statement towards that Randy was a clone of him which is not true not true at all and I lost a bit of respect for Eddie after that.
@@isaiahmarquez9717 He said he had to learn his licks BECAUSE his students wanted to learn them. Also, when he said that he had to resort to playing similar EVH licks during his solo spot & that it killed him to do that, he referred to it as "flash" that the kids wanted to see. He was more than a "bag of tricks" like EVH was.
Wow...seeing KISS on Destroyer would have been cool. Randy was fantastic and a virtuoso, though if we're being honest...his tone and vibrato kind of felt like an afterthought. With EVH, the tone was beyond anything we'd heard, his tuning made his intonation superior, his groove was probably courtesy of his dad...and if you factor in him essentially inventing the Superstrat, his combination of techniques (Mean Street, Cathedral, Spanish Fly, intro to Women in Love) all changed electric guitar for everyone. Respectfully, I think EVH was really the game-changer. Randy was a virtuoso, but I'd probably put him even a bit under Gary Moore...if we're going to get 'athletic' about it. These arguments break down. It's a great time to have been alive, to see an incredible growth in guitar.
@@HocusPocusFocus69 lol. Unique...I'll give you that...but if you even take something like the solo in I Don't Know...that first note is just kind of a fast quaver. Look, Randy was more of a classical guy, so rock vibrato may not have been his first focus. But compared to EVH's, it's just kind of nowhere close in terms of intonation and consistency. This is where i kind of take exception to Randy fans. There's kind of a 'you can't call our god out on his playing' thing now that he's passed on. But frankly, elements of his playing were just not as developed. Doesn't mean he wasn't great. But more developed and refined than EVH in terms of *playing*?? lol Come on now...
@@HocusPocusFocus69 This guy is all over my thread like beating a dead horse don’t feel bad , thinks Diary isn’t all that and he can take it or leave it , throwing Mean Streets which is good for sure, down my throat but won’t let it go that I prefer Diary , no vibrato that’s just silly , Diary and Revalation on Tribute are my favorites but don’t tell this guy he’s caught up on Mean Street
@@seangagnonProvidenceR.I. Diary is a great composition. Classically based...interesting. But if I'm looking at groundbreaking tone, vibrato, intonation and combinations of techniques no one had seen before...it's going to be EVH and Mean Street (and Women in Love, Spanish Fly, Cathedral, Eruption, I'm the One, etc.) Randy was great, but his fans have kind of rabidly dismissed any criticisms of where his playing was at. And honestly, vibrato, intonation, certain aspects of his tone...it's not as developed as EVH. Sorry.
Randy and Eddie... both were great (my two faves, in that order) and both were different in my opinion. Randy's playing was extremely well structured, and Eddie's playing sounded off the cuff. When I was learning to play, Randy Rhoads was my major influence? Why? He was very melodic and like I just said, well-structured. That approach to guitar just made sense to me. But both were top of the shelf guitarists and it is amazing that they both hit it big in the same era and that we got to enjoy both.
Eddie's secret weapon that advanced him beyond the others was having the brother Alex. Same DNA. Same struggles. Same history in life. Alex was a good spring board for Eddie to riff across. In the studio, could you imagine the difference Alex's input was to the structure and catchy turn around that made Eddie progressive yet radio friendly? Don't go too far like rush but just enough to be unique. Randy, who was fckn excellent...was in bands that the singer was the star and the music was a hierchy, singer #1. Guitar #2. Drums #3. The melting pot of it all #4. Van Halen had a battle of all members being strong and important despite Eddie being the brightest star. Eddie and Alex molded the music together live in a practice before a singer even got near it. Eddie never played straight ahead linear like a Satriani or Malmsteen (both good in their own way) because the ego of "keeping the drums down and in the background" was not so much there and important. Of course Alex backed off and didn't overplay to keep it radio friendly. But, he did well for the circumstances. Eddie didn't always slay a guitar solo. Some songs he just kept it song worthy. Eddie always threw in some tricks and unique Easter eggs that kept fans guessing. I loved the anxiety of waiting on what Eddie was gonna come up with next! Didn't you? A new amp. A tone. A trick. A tool. A gadget. A widget. A pedal. Amazing. Loved it. Miss it. Randy Rhoads was just very very good in a more general way. Just generally good and sounded like a woodsy classical cello or violin dark rock metal composing guitarist. Very deep, very educated guitar and warm. I loved them both. Eddie just shines in more categories. If Randy had lived longer,,,.who knows?
Randy also had a brother who played drums which led to his incredible rhythm playing, Randy was great not just very very good. A lot of people think Randy shined in more categories especially songwriting and Chris alludes to where Ed had to evolve into a compostion writer whereas Randy started there
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I hear what you're saying. They had a beginning buildup, a climax, and a resolution like a good novel. They were a series of musical statements that were interconnected, not a series of licks or flashy tricks that really didn't go anywhere. A good example of this also is Jimmy Page's solos. They were finely constructed and could stand alone on their own. They took you up, then brought you back to earth. Just my $0.02.
I have never read anything where Randy said that he was influenced by EVH. Randy was a contemporary of EVH. They were on the 70s L.A. music scene at the same time.
@@HocusPocusFocus69 there's a pretty well-known interview where RR talks about being not-so-happy playing EVH licks in his solo...and of course, there's the George Lynch interview where he puts the whole EVH influence to rest. You sound like you need to take a deep breath. You're free to love Randy above all things. No one's stopping you.
@@HocusPocusFocus69I see you got the Pickett fanboi attacking you now , he’s all over cutting up Rhoads saying he’s a virtuoso and fantastic his vibrato and tone were afterthoughts😅 backhanded compliment people are the worst kind he’s a troll and massive Ed fanboi obviously, when he said Diary wasn’t groundbreaking and RR lacked vibrato and tone his opinions became irrelevant , this guy is really thin skinned I hope he cheers up and gets well
Chris is one amazing player and producer. However, his management company sucks!!! He should be traveling with Satriani, Steve V, George Lynch and so forth. Terrible public relations. My point is Chris is so ridiculously talented that its criminal. It's too late now, but that's highly annoying. Pat Matheny is a legend in his own mind. ha. Seriously! Great interview my friend.
Idk about that either, and i'ma Randy guy first. ( it was basically - you are the 5 year old younger brother of your Eddie freak older brother kinda thing - and i had no brothers). Eddie was a wonderkind. Clearly ahead of everyone when he hit. I just liked the darker classical sounding sht better. Both had amazing fire, Randy is more explosive. But Eddie came into his own sooner. Randy was paying garbage until he was thrown into the spotlight, than he rose to the occasion, and he wasn't even that into it, but the way he pulled it off it absolute legend. Eddie most obviously had massive amounts of groove. He clearly has a massive influence from Billy Gibbons, and others, but Gibbons for sure. I mean early Vh sounds very similar to ZZtop, not least they played covers of them for years.
@@axeaddiction796 Impellitteri was probably referring to his early influences late 70’s to very early 80’s, that’s why he cited Eddie and Randy being the hotshot guitar players in the L.A. Scene….YJM did brief stints with Alcatrazz and Steeler but he made more impact when Rising Force was released in 1984… Almost everyone was emulating YJM later….
RR, was a fantastic guitarist, no doubt. He just did not have time to evolve. EVH was the best Rock guitarist the world has ever seen. He is uncopyable because of that swing he plays with that shown him to be head and shoulers above the pack. Imagine if Ed was not a total wreck of an alcoholic, look out !!! But music is there to make us feel and express ourselves. So, I do not like the Who vs. Who is better. It is how that master in his art makes you feel.
WTF are you talking about . EVH had zero issues with Randy other than Randy always asking him questions when they crossed paths on the strip . Rudy Sarzo said EVH was one of Randys idols but you will never hear guitar magazines mention it as they had to lie to sell magazines by saying Randy and Eddie hated each other . NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. GW: What were Randy’s main influences? Sarzo: His influences were late-’60s, early-’70s English rock guitar players. He didn’t have any R&B influence or anything, so it’s totally English. And classical music because of his schooling. His mother had a lot to do with that, teaching him and influencing him with classical music. So by the time he got to England, he was not like a typical American guitar player who had had the influence of R&B music and country music, because he’d never played that. GW: Were there any particular players he admired? Sarzo: Yeah, let me tell you who they were. He really admired Gary Moore and Eddie Van Halen. Those were the top two guys he really, really admired.
No Chris, you´re not "one of the only persons", who noticed how similiar the beginnings of the solos in Crowley and Believer really are. 😂😂😂 And I guess, I´m also not one of the only persons to notice that there is basically no solo of yours in recent years without Van Halen´s old sextuplet-lick. C´mon, you can do better than that! 👍
they do not sound anything alike...they might haver a similar structure, but Believer is really about that nasty rhythm he put on it,,holy crap. I wonder if Chris has heard the isolated guitar tracks because Believer sounds like a completely different song without the bass drums and vocals
Women and Children First, Big Bad Bill, Happy Trails...filler. Other songs were not that great either. Even the early VH albums, that were somewhat short, had filler tunes to just barely get over the finish line.
The first thing that comes to mind is style.Eddie and Randy had their own thing, even if Randy was heavily influenced by Eddie.Eddie was really influenced by Clapton ,Gibbons,Hendrix etc! tone raven
Randy was humble guy, and said nice things, he was influenced by Ed in a grand scope like he knew he had to get better, Ed had no influence on Randy's style or writing. Two totally different players.
Love them both but RR was just a pure guitar talent all around, and played like no other. EVH was to me known for his bag of tricks like tapping. He was awesome yes, but RR was much better.
All the non guitarists think Ed was just tapping, the real guitarists saw what a great all around guitarist and musician Ed was... keyboards and guitar. Interesting how both came from a classical background, but Ed went more blues/rock and roll and randy stayed more classical with his brand of metal.
Better than killer artwork and bad music. I sold some paintings, by an artist named Vladimir Kush, back in 2000-2002, when I worked at a gallery. He had amazing surreal paintings, and bronze sculptures. Some were very small, with a lot of detail, but he was probably my favorite, of all I sold, and got to know or meet, do a show, etc. He told me his biggest regret was doing an album cover, for a Florida band, a few years prior, when he was still more of a struggling artist, looking for any work he could find. That band was Creed, and he was commissioned to do artwork for the. Pretty sure it was for what would be the Human Clay album, but they didn’t end up using his work. He said that it wasn’t very good work, as when he listened to the music, it just had nothing inspiring to it, and he felt like he wasn’t going to be able to do anything he would even want out there. He said the cover they used, took from a couple of the concepts he sent them, but not enough to say it was copied. I found out years later, that Kush was suing Pink, because someone on her team was using imagery from a painting he did called Contes Erotiques, for a video she did. Pink settled out of court, paying him an undisclosed amount. He also sued Arianna Grande, for doing the same thing, with a different painting. She settled out of court as well. He has some really cool work, if you like surrealism, or just weird and trippy images, done by a real master painter.
Man speak for yourself they artwork is why I bought those shrapnel albums … don’t you remember Ritchie Kotzens album Cover or Go off ? Very creative metal Odyssey’s
Its Eddie. Love Randy, but what he was doing wasn't even all that original (SO much of Randy's style sounds quite often like mid 70s Michael Schenker) and the idea of classical + metal was quickly surpassed by the arrival of Yngwie. Eddie nearly invented Tapped Harmonics, Pioneered the Steinberger Trans-Trem, his use of Variac's w/ Amps LET ALONE TAPPING (which yes, Harvey Mandel and/or Steve Hackett most likely invented, but Edward perfected it) It's not even close. EVH>>>Rhoads (RIP tho, gone WAY too soon)
Randy sounds nothing like Schenker, but the influence is there. Allan Holdsworth pioneered the transtrem, and Ed was influenced by Allan a lot. Ed stole from people just as much as any guitarist does, steal shamelessly, that's how music works. Both of them developed their own unique styles, and neither is better than the other.
Lay off the bathtub meth and Tide pods FFS.... Ed stole his ideas from an old southern blue black woman that did the twilling on guitar .. he didn't innovate anything.
8:55 He's 100% wrong. Ed couldn't hang musically with ANY of those guys. No way. Spanish Fly was literally his TAKE on trying to play that flamenco sound but he COULDN'T really play that way with the finger picking ala DeLucia so he TAPPED that last section instead of finger picking it with his right hand. I've listened to Ed since 1978 and I know for a fact he couldn't actually keep up with stuff that Chick Corea would be doing or McLaughlin or Al. NEVER Holdsworth and funny, Ed really admired Allan and who wouldn't but no way. Ed was physically a monster on the fretboard, SUPER creative and VERY musical when he put his mind to it but not musical in a theory sense at all. Nope. His was an instinct more than a frontal lobe decision. His stuff flowed and grooved and was all connected and fiery but nah, Chris is dead wrong and we know he's wrong because Ed NEVER went into the jazz area or anything with more than say 1 or 2 key changes. And he certainly rarely soloed over complicated key changes. Spanish Fly was a one-off. It was Ed trying to emulate that style and he did a great job with what he had to work with (a pick and his tapping). Also, I don't think Randy would have gotten significantly better on guitar as much as more musically adept at writing music. Just my opinions. Creatively, Ed > Randy. Fiery playing, Ed > Randy. Unique sound, Ed > Randy BUT... I LOVE me some Randy Rhodes Ozzy solo albums. Randy was more metal and dark and more melodic. His guitar was also cool sounding, just not quite as unique. Both are amazing in their own ways.
I agree with you , Spanish fly just sounded like shredding on a nylon guitar, randy knew this too, that's why he wanted to take classical guitar lessons.
@@TruthSurge I think Ed had some jazz overtones from his dad's influence (covering Big Bad Bill) the changes in Secrets and his Holdsworh influence, but nothing as overt as DiMeola or as avante-garde as his acquaintance., Frank Zappa.
@TruthSurge "but he COULDN'T really play that way with the finger picking ala DeLucia so he TAPPED that last section instead of finger picking it with his right hand." And so what? You realize that Di Meola and McLaughlin didn't play fingerstyle either, it didn't prevent them from playing with Paco.And you understand that VH was aiming for the radio, having success, etc, etc, playing jazz wouldn't be the way if you want to achieve that level of success and money. Just cause you never heard him do it doesn't mean he couldn't play over complex chord changes.
@@aquabot "You realize that Di Meola and McLaughlin didn't play fingerstyle either, it didn't prevent them from playing with Paco" Clearly, you have zilch idea about music and guitar. Al DiMeola and McLaughlin were monster pickers. Eddie couldn't touch McLaughlin's alt picking. Much less the musical knowledge he'd need to keep up in those styles of music. Ed played blues/rock/classical his whole childhood. Not jazz. Ed never played a 2 octave arpeggio in any song or solo in his entire career. Let that sink in. Not once in his entire career did he play a harmonic minor lick or scale. Let that sink in. His style was a reflection of him so he's not playing jazz oriented stuff so even if he did devote several years to learn a 13th chord and alt chord and how to navigate soloing over them, it just aint gonna happen. McLaughlin and guys were far ahead of Eddie in FRETBOARD KNOWLEDGE, MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE. Have you ever heard of a guy named Frank Gambale? Go listen to ANY of his solos then come back here and link that vid and tell me Ed could play it. Do it.
No not many others better ...get a grip on reality. At that level there is no better others who are less relevant and inferior players. No we should keep talking about these two because they matter more than the inferior players you want promoted They were game changers and if you think there are better you are too ignorant to qualify for this discourse. Prove out how someone is better at that level...and then explain why people keep talking about these guys hack
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle You must not listen to today's guitar players. I wouldn't even put those two in the top 30. Don't let let nostalgia cloud your judgment. Important at the time, soon passed by others. New guys come up all the time in music.
Love both Eddie and Randy but I always preferred Randy because I think he was much more melodic and versatile. After a while Eddie seemed to get kind of stale and repetitive.
Here is a well informed, prepared interviewer who asks great questions/follow-ups and then allows the interviewee to speak. There is no one better on TH-cam.
Agreed
I agree, 100%. No one does it better.
Without a doubt the best
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Chris is a monster player! Cool interview
Another great interview, thank you.
I love both Randy and Eddie. Randy has been my favorite since I saw him in concert. Randy mingled that classical with metal. Both are legends.
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I had a cassette of Impellitteri's 4 song EP when I went to college in the fall of 1989, my entire dorm floor had to listen to it at least once a day.
I also remember seeing a video or two of Animetal USA on YT, but I can't find them now.
Great opine from Chris. I always saw EVH and RR as two different styled players and never felt the need to compare but rather just was thankful that I was born at the right time to watch those two especially since I was a little late for Hendrix. So many great players throughout the years but brass tacks Randy and Eddie were the guys who influenced me the most.
There is no Eddie vs Randy. Randy was technically ahead of his time, but Eddie was on a different level (composing, technique, rhythm, groove, everything) that is unmatched even today.
BS-there are countless players that are absolutely his level and then some. Guitar playing is not a competive sport where you keep score or win a medal-its all up to the taste of the individual. In YOUR opinion EVH is the man but not in mine or many others............
I like Eddie. Love Randy. Randy pleases the ear better.
Imo Eddie is a better song writer. That matters most to me. But, randy is on an elite level. Way way up there. Just ina different genre.
@JohnWahlers - Um yeah….Eddie was better. Just time proven facts
Man these interviews are just killer. Thank you
It makes me happy to see FIB getting so much love here in the comments. This has been my favorite TH-cam channel for years.
Very happy seeing you post content again! Best rock journalism!
Met Chris Impelliteri back at a radio expo in September 1988 I believe, and he was there to play with Graham Bonnett the first Impelliteri record.
He was hanging out meeting with fans, I saw him and my buddy and I walk over to ask him about the Ozzy audition as we had read Chris tried out, but Zakk got the gig. I ultimately decided to ask Chris, ,after he lauded Zakk and said we would like him, if Zakk were as good as Randy, and Chris looked at us and said: is anyone as good as that guy...
Great interview, appreciate the fascinating perspective from an exceptional player
He said what I've been saying about Eddie's playing and the band's overall sound changing to pop with Sammy. I definitely prefer Eddie's playing before Sammy. As far as randy vs Eddie they're both legends. Different styles. But legends.
I’m not going to say which one is better that will start a mess but I will say this , with Ed I always felt like it was fun weekend partying rock n roll and damn good with Randy is was deeper and darker and drew me in more I got something out of it I felt it in my heart and soul , love both of these legends but I’ll always go play RR first
With Edward (first 5 albums), I'm listening to him, but also digging the whole band and the songs. With Randy, I'm listening primarily to his performances.
@@acorn-yy1giLove listening to RR isolated guitar and Diary is my favorite all time album
The isolated guitar from Mean Street is untouchable on every level. Tone, groove, vibrato. Sets the gold standard.
@@PickettMusic I much prefer Rhoads isolated on Diary of a Madman , thank you very much
@@seangagnonProvidenceR.I. It's fine. But the tone, vibrato and groove are nowhere near as groundbreaking as MS.
Impressive interview with Chris , Great work..
Good for Chris. He deserves it. We jammed briefly right after I left Steeler in 1983, before I formed SIN. We got along really well, but I just didn't want to continue a similar path as I experienced with Malmsteen, I was looking for a more heavy 70's rock feel, more of my own roots. Chris moved on and was doing well. We both have blood-splattered instruments, his guitar and my Aria ZZB bass. 👍🏻.
Hey man…great bass playing on that Steeler album. I’m not familiar with SIN, but I thought I’d give you a shout out about Steeler. Cool songs…very raw and hard rockin.
Seems almost like yesterday. Where did the time go?
@zenlandzipline
Very much appreciated 🙏👍🏻.
The new Steeler song Give Me Guitars or Give Me Death is up on TH-cam and the World Premier video will be on November 15th, according to Ron Keel's social media announcement. You'll love it. It's Ron, myself, Mark Edwards and Mitch Perry. We shot it in June of 2024 in L.A. The Steeler Documentary will follow afterwards.
As for SIN, we were one of the biggest metal bands of L.A. in 1984, we were about to be the next big band signed, but it broke apart after the demo was finished. The demo is nothing short of incredible.
Our 4 song album master demo produced by Dana Strum is finally up on TH-cam. Podcast Host Pariah Burke has re-loaded them from his TH-cam page in HD with great band photos slide show. On the Run, Don't Say Goodbye, We Got Your Rock, and Break Down the Walls That Stop the Rock can be found on his TH-cam page.
Please check them out and like and share them. Same with the Steeler song. Your support is always appreciated 👍🏻
That was excellent.
Best most insightful interviews without just regurgitating information and stories we've all already heard.
this was a really good, great interview and Chris chose his words wisely
Great interview, thanks!!
Randy had candidly said to a few friends including his old bass player friend in Quiet Riot that he thought that George Lynch was a better guitar player than Eddie.
There are a lot of things George does that could be considered better than a lot of people. But, it's disorganized. And the song writing as well as solo composing, innovation, and groundbreaking level impact. George is a monster and just never found a good space to show what he could do. Always someone missing, whether it be the band, song he played within...or bad circumstances. I think that if George had had a brother like Alex to jam with daily and bounce rhythm ideas and structure off of he could have excelled. Alex was Eddie's secret weapon to progress. Eddie didn't have to mark ideas with a linear generic drums machine plodding along on a straight ahead beat. George missed his mark and what a monster. George did a lot of things right. He tried to be "fit" and keep his looks as long as possible. Alternative music was the final nail in the coffin for his chances.
Great freaking interview. Really some fascinating stuff being talked about. I was blessed to have been one of Randy's students way back in the late seventies in So Cal, so I got to watch him absorb the whole Van Halen thing and see how it affected him. The thing about Randy was that he was his own artist. He created parts and solos that came to him through his years of experience working and living with a brilliant classically trained musician in his mother Dolores. That's where the classical influences came from, or at least that's what he always told me. As far as Van Halen goes, I think the thing I remember most is that suddenly all of Randy's students wanted to learn the solos from the first Van Halen record and so Randy would have to go and figure them out then bring them back to teach to the student asking for it. I asked him a bunch of times who his main influence or favorite player was, and over the 3 years I was there, he always had the same answer -- Mick Ronson. Not sure if this contributes anything to the conversation but there you go. RIP RR.
this was a super interview, Chris did a good job
Great interview man 🤘🎸🤘
I am a huge fan of Randy and a bigger fan of EVH. Two completely different styles. What I will never understand is why people put Eddie in the “shredder” category. He was way beyond that shit.
he’s not really that beyond it in reality. still great though
100% a different level
Chris explains it, both guys were considered shredders because they could play fast when they needed to....the issue is when people stereotype them as shredders and dismiss them which is wrong.
@@helio1055 he is way beyond being a "shredder"
Eddie changed because, as he stated, he had a singer who could actually sing.
If I grew up around that scene in the 70's with Randy in Quiet Riot and Van Halen, I would've been the Van Halen fan. Once Rhoads was put on the map with The Blizzard of Ozz and Dairy of a Madman, I would pick Randy/Ozzy material over what EVH was doing. Songs like I Don't Know, Believer, S.A.T.O, Over the Mountain, DOAMM is just more my preferred style. The way Rhoads would slip in these little runs in between the riffs always amazed me. He would never solo just for the sake of soloing either. The solo was always the climax that he was building up to and just as memorable as the riffs themselves. With Rhoads and EVH, I never really viewed them as lead guitarists but just exceptional musicians in general. They were composers.
Chris is AWESOME!! Stand in Line is my favorite!!!
Impellirieri is absolutely amazing musician.God speed Chris.
Eddie played his own technique and Randy was a Master Musician who understood the way music works and used every style and note. Completely different musicians.
Yeah, every style and note, he was very good at Bossa Nova and Zouk. 🤣🤣🤣
Chris was right on, about Eddie’s hottest playing only being displayed on early pre WB Van Halen club era bootlegs, Eddie had really been a beast in the mid 70’s before he was muzzled by Roth & Tempelman on Van Halen 1 & more so on VH 2 & lost the fire, & went all nuts with all the two hand tapping gimmickry, that so many love him for, in shying back like his hero Eric Clapton from the double edged sword of fame & changing his entire musical direction & stagnating into a radio friendly soft pop rock direction. Eddie had previously covered Black Sabbath’s heaviest songs, like Into the Void, even before Van Halen famously blew Black Sabbath off the stages as an opening act. & Then EVH knew Randy Rhoads from the Sunset strip, & so undeniably, EVH had to at least feel some kind of way about Ozzy’s comeback, other then wrongly proclaiming that Randy was at least honest enough to admit that he learned everything he knew from Eddie, & stating how he’d only heard a just a snippet of Crazy Train in passing on a car radio once, while peeking through the hole of his treasured vinyl Peter Gabriel album?…Invariably EVH was a supremely technically gifted performer, but Randy was all that & while being an exceptionally gifted songwriter. When Ozzy afforded Randy the chance to really focus in on writing & playing 24/7, Randy Rhoads reportedly got twice as good as he been each week, then he’d been the week previously. So tragically, while we’ll never know how Randy would have evolved, had he lived through Sharon’s reckless management culture, & yet we do know the sort of stagnant underwhelming soft pop synth rock songwriter, that Eddie regressed into, where even Eddie knew the fans only wanted to hear his old greatest hits & released some old bootlegs. Van Halen should have at least given Ozzy a shot at a rematch, by having Ozzy open up for Van Halen, in 1981 for the Heavy Metal vs pop rock guitar battle, that Van Halen avoided at all costs, because Van Halen never allowed any opening bands on their tours, that ever could have challenged them. Closest we ever got to that rematch was at the U.S. fest where Jake E Lee stood in for Randy with Ozzy, on the same stage as Van Halen, which was David Lee Roth’s last show with Van Halen in its prime, before Roth quit. Inarguably Randy Rhoads’s meteoric ascension had EVH mentally shook, & if Randy had lived to put his swagger on the Black Sabbath deeper cuts from Ozzy’s Speak of the Devil album, Randy might have stolen what remained of EVH’s thunder, just like Hendrix had done with Clapton. EVH never acknowledged Les Paul’s or Jimi Hendrix’s innovative predominance, or Harvey Mandel’s instrumental guitar wizardry, because he didn’t want anyone to go looking back at Christo Redinator, The Snake or Baby Batter albums, in comparison to him, as with Jeff Beck’s Wired & Blow by Blow albums, which could challenge Eddie’s sole supremacy of the guitar. EVH instead championed Eric Clapton, & Alan Holdsworth because Clapton weren’t threats, yet Eddie tried to dismiss Jimmy Page as a sloppy guitarist, but end of the day Led Zeppelin has sold 5 times the amount of Albums that Van Halen did. Like Prince, EVH for all the undue credit they’ve been getting, for being the greatest guitarists ever, since their passings, certainly never wanted to get on any stages with the likes of players like Yngwie, SRV or Marty Friedman in their primes…🎸
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....but Sabbath replaced Ozzy with Dio, whereas Van Halen replaced Roth with Hagar. You gotta laugh!
Randy always had more dimension. He was musically iridescent, like a musical aurora borealis.
Randy would have changed the game that Eddie had the head start on. Eddie told a lot of lies about Randy after he died. Still would have been interesting to see the two side by side getting better
That's one of the things that made me like Ed less, I think he felt threatened by Randy, and he had a big ego sometimes.
@@ScottyBrockway Yep. The fact that he would lie about a dead guy tells you who he thought was better.
I would argue that John Bonham was a fairly technical drummer.
John Henry Bonham was a human metronome. I describe his playing as human liquid he was so smooth even when the tsunami came during his crescendo of Moby Dick
Thank u
I love the way Chis attacks the first note at the beginning of his lead breaks
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Really great interview, Chris really knows his stuff, highly intelligent and perceptive.
EVH did turn guitar heroes into guitar gods. Randy was right up there, no one copied his classical style but everyone tried to copy EVH. I think Randy's is harder to do.
Wow, I forgot all about Impellitteri!
wow, the voice is softer and less yelling/compressed. Much better, imo.
That album with Graham Bonnet doin Stand in Line was just beyond!
Ed changed the game for rock music. RR recorded metal anthems
Agree
well put and you could read in between the lines when Chris says Ed evolved into a composer, whereas Randy already was a composer
Diary of a Madman is the stairway to heaven of metal
Looking forward to the new record, always liked Chris a lot. I hope it slaps.
No mention of Yngwie. Not an influence at all I guess 😂
Yngwie did call Chris "sloppy" a couple of decades ago. Maybe Chris is still a little pissed about that. Malmsteen is definitely an influence on Impellitteri's music. 🤣
Kind of like how Yngwie stopped mentioning Uli Jon Roth as an influence and only Blackmore.
Everyone would research up Uli as the inventor of Yng's style.
He didn't ask about Yngwie. I know Chris was mentioning influences, and didn't bring up Yngwie, but he really wasnt part of the conversation.
Totally agree on EVH's evolution and what might have happened to RR.
I think he suggested EvH evolved into a composer whereas Randy was a composer who might head more into instrumentals
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Yes and why I agreed. I personally love to see artists evolve, I have no issue the direction EVH went. At that point he had pretty much done everything "he" could push himself to do in terms of guitar. Sadly we'll never know about RR.
@@TheTN24 I wished Ed would have stayed blues/jazz based with the Marshall tone but his 5150 amp tone revolutionized modern metal along with the mesa rectifier so there is that....
@@TheTN24sadly😢
The guy changed the game for rock music in his first album. This is bullshit.
I am so sick of this one vs that one...
Eddie Van Halen was held back by constantly wanting to be on pop radio!
Randy was not happy with the solo on Believer. He stated so. He knew it was very similar to the solo on Mr. Crowley. It was a scratch solo that he was working with. But they ran out of time in the studio before having to go back on the road. So Max Norman just used what he had.
I heard him mention Little Dolls as the track having the "scratch tack", not Believer. He says that at the clinic he gave at Music City.
@@MALoadedDiaper Ah yes. You're right. I swear he mentions, possibly in same interview, that he was not happy with the solo on Believer. I could be wrong.
Tremendous. Just tremendous. 🤘🏻🇺🇸🎸🔥
I knew some big Randy fans who would criticise him for recycling a lot of licks, some of the stuff on his Quiet Riot albums he recycled a bit later too.
'in his defense' Diary of a Madman was recorded in a rush so I read and he didn't have time to properly lay down solos as he wanted... which might explain the 'comfort space' thing...
no Rhoads fans criticize him for taking ideas from the Quiet Riot songs he wrote and turning them into better songs. Never seen it. He took ideas and expanded on them because he knew they were not allowed to be developed with Quiet Riot.
Anyone criticizing that is wrong. It is true he did not have a chance to workout and overdub a lot of the Diary solos. The outro solos were just one take guide tracks
I really like Eddie when he first came out, he was amazing but when Blizzard of Oz came out, I instantly became Randy Rhoads fan. Then years later, I heard an interview with Eddie Van Halen and John Styx pretty much around the time that Randy had passed away and Eddie was pretty much saying that Randy had learned/stolen everything off of him and basically geared that whole statement towards that Randy was a clone of him which is not true not true at all and I lost a bit of respect for Eddie after that.
Edward say fact
I’m the one was ground breaking. Nothing like it at the time.
Randy wasn’t around long enough to become stale and repetitive.
Randy never said in any interview that he was influenced by Eddie.
He said he HAD TO learn Eddie’s playing because that’s what his students wanted to learn.
@@isaiahmarquez9717 He said he had to learn his licks BECAUSE his students wanted to learn them. Also, when he said that he had to resort to playing similar EVH licks during his solo spot & that it killed him to do that, he referred to it as "flash" that the kids wanted to see. He was more than a "bag of tricks" like EVH was.
Interesting, I follow Chris on Media Platforms.
Deadly man sounds like a killer band 🤘
Touring the states !!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!
Wow...seeing KISS on Destroyer would have been cool. Randy was fantastic and a virtuoso, though if we're being honest...his tone and vibrato kind of felt like an afterthought. With EVH, the tone was beyond anything we'd heard, his tuning made his intonation superior, his groove was probably courtesy of his dad...and if you factor in him essentially inventing the Superstrat, his combination of techniques (Mean Street, Cathedral, Spanish Fly, intro to Women in Love) all changed electric guitar for everyone.
Respectfully, I think EVH was really the game-changer. Randy was a virtuoso, but I'd probably put him even a bit under Gary Moore...if we're going to get 'athletic' about it. These arguments break down. It's a great time to have been alive, to see an incredible growth in guitar.
Are you kidding me?!?
Randy's vibrato was very unique.
@@HocusPocusFocus69 lol. Unique...I'll give you that...but if you even take something like the solo in I Don't Know...that first note is just kind of a fast quaver. Look, Randy was more of a classical guy, so rock vibrato may not have been his first focus. But compared to EVH's, it's just kind of nowhere close in terms of intonation and consistency. This is where i kind of take exception to Randy fans. There's kind of a 'you can't call our god out on his playing' thing now that he's passed on. But frankly, elements of his playing were just not as developed. Doesn't mean he wasn't great. But more developed and refined than EVH in terms of *playing*?? lol Come on now...
@@HocusPocusFocus69 This guy is all over my thread like beating a dead horse don’t feel bad , thinks Diary isn’t all that and he can take it or leave it , throwing Mean Streets which is good for sure, down my throat but won’t let it go that I prefer Diary , no vibrato that’s just silly , Diary and Revalation on Tribute are my favorites but don’t tell this guy he’s caught up on Mean Street
@@HocusPocusFocus69 He obviously doesn’t care much for Rhoads you can see the backhanded compliments
@@seangagnonProvidenceR.I. Diary is a great composition. Classically based...interesting. But if I'm looking at groundbreaking tone, vibrato, intonation and combinations of techniques no one had seen before...it's going to be EVH and Mean Street (and Women in Love, Spanish Fly, Cathedral, Eruption, I'm the One, etc.)
Randy was great, but his fans have kind of rabidly dismissed any criticisms of where his playing was at. And honestly, vibrato, intonation, certain aspects of his tone...it's not as developed as EVH. Sorry.
yes Randy dying too young was a problem..
Randy and Eddie... both were great (my two faves, in that order) and both were different in my opinion. Randy's playing was extremely well structured, and Eddie's playing sounded off the cuff. When I was learning to play, Randy Rhoads was my major influence? Why? He was very melodic and like I just said, well-structured. That approach to guitar just made sense to me. But both were top of the shelf guitarists and it is amazing that they both hit it big in the same era and that we got to enjoy both.
Randy all the way 🙏🎸
Eddie's secret weapon that advanced him beyond the others was having the brother Alex. Same DNA. Same struggles. Same history in life. Alex was a good spring board for Eddie to riff across. In the studio, could you imagine the difference Alex's input was to the structure and catchy turn around that made Eddie progressive yet radio friendly? Don't go too far like rush but just enough to be unique. Randy, who was fckn excellent...was in bands that the singer was the star and the music was a hierchy, singer #1. Guitar #2. Drums #3. The melting pot of it all #4. Van Halen had a battle of all members being strong and important despite Eddie being the brightest star. Eddie and Alex molded the music together live in a practice before a singer even got near it. Eddie never played straight ahead linear like a Satriani or Malmsteen (both good in their own way) because the ego of "keeping the drums down and in the background" was not so much there and important. Of course Alex backed off and didn't overplay to keep it radio friendly. But, he did well for the circumstances. Eddie didn't always slay a guitar solo. Some songs he just kept it song worthy. Eddie always threw in some tricks and unique Easter eggs that kept fans guessing. I loved the anxiety of waiting on what Eddie was gonna come up with next! Didn't you? A new amp. A tone. A trick. A tool. A gadget. A widget. A pedal. Amazing. Loved it. Miss it. Randy Rhoads was just very very good in a more general way. Just generally good and sounded like a woodsy classical cello or violin dark rock metal composing guitarist. Very deep, very educated guitar and warm. I loved them both. Eddie just shines in more categories. If Randy had lived longer,,,.who knows?
Randy also had a brother who played drums which led to his incredible rhythm playing,
Randy was great not just very very good.
A lot of people think Randy shined in more categories especially songwriting and Chris alludes to where Ed had to evolve into a compostion writer whereas Randy started there
And who is the king of metal / guitar today? A: Michael Romeo
I agree with his take on Randy's lyricism.
people have often said Randy's solos were songs within songs and I think that is the same concept of a lyrical solo
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I hear what you're saying. They had a beginning buildup, a climax, and a resolution like a good novel. They were a series of musical statements that were interconnected, not a series of licks or flashy tricks that really didn't go anywhere. A good example of this also is Jimmy Page's solos. They were finely constructed and could stand alone on their own. They took you up, then brought you back to earth. Just my $0.02.
GOOD GOD ... LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THOSE ARMS !!!
"Mother Revelation"-- Revelation (Mother Earth)
he did miss that song title....but still an awesome interview
Nobody like Mr Adam Bloom!! Who are you!!!
I have never read anything where Randy said that he was influenced by EVH.
Randy was a contemporary of EVH.
They were on the 70s L.A. music scene at the same time.
George Lynch's interview pretty much puts this to rest...
@@PickettMusic Show me an interview where Randy ever said that he was influenced by EVH...fanboi.
@@HocusPocusFocus69 there's a pretty well-known interview where RR talks about being not-so-happy playing EVH licks in his solo...and of course, there's the George Lynch interview where he puts the whole EVH influence to rest.
You sound like you need to take a deep breath. You're free to love Randy above all things. No one's stopping you.
@@HocusPocusFocus69I see you got the Pickett fanboi attacking you now , he’s all over cutting up Rhoads saying he’s a virtuoso and fantastic his vibrato and tone were afterthoughts😅 backhanded compliment people are the worst kind he’s a troll and massive Ed fanboi obviously, when he said Diary wasn’t groundbreaking and RR lacked vibrato and tone his opinions became irrelevant , this guy is really thin skinned I hope he cheers up and gets well
@@seangagnonProvidenceR.I. aw....you guys feel attacked?
Over a Randy Rhoads comment about his vibrato?😆😆
Great stuff. I'm calling B.S. on Chris saying he's the only one who noticed the similarities between Crowley and Believer, haha. It's too obvious.
Chris is one amazing player and producer. However, his management company sucks!!! He should be traveling with Satriani, Steve V, George Lynch and so forth. Terrible public relations. My point is Chris is so ridiculously talented that its criminal. It's too late now, but that's highly annoying. Pat Matheny is a legend in his own mind. ha. Seriously! Great interview my friend.
Yeah I agree what about malmsteen influence guy...he tottally rips of the yngeie vibe when he came out.lets see what he has to give us😅
Randy would have probably done classical guitar
no doubt...or Jazz
He definitely was ready to move on with teaching and getting the degree. He might have been done being a rock guitarist for good. He was great.
Randy Rhoads was incredible. EVH WAS JUST FLASH.
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Not sure about that but Randy had a lot of depth at a very young age. Shame he wasn't around to expand on what he started.
Idk about that either, and i'ma Randy guy first. ( it was basically - you are the 5 year old younger brother of your Eddie freak older brother kinda thing - and i had no brothers). Eddie was a wonderkind. Clearly ahead of everyone when he hit. I just liked the darker classical sounding sht better. Both had amazing fire, Randy is more explosive. But Eddie came into his own sooner. Randy was paying garbage until he was thrown into the spotlight, than he rose to the occasion, and he wasn't even that into it, but the way he pulled it off it absolute legend. Eddie most obviously had massive amounts of groove. He clearly has a massive influence from Billy Gibbons, and others, but Gibbons for sure. I mean early Vh sounds very similar to ZZtop, not least they played covers of them for years.
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Eddie could shred, but Randy wrote masterpieces.
Randy had help from Bob Daisley and borrowed some parts from other musicians, like Leo Brouwer, for example.
What song?😂 masterbation😊
Randy was a better player just because of personality
@@RandyMauck What? Could you develop a bit?
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What about Malmsteen influence?
There are some similarity, but he deviated away from Malmsteen later on.
@@OperationEndGamethat’s fair
I feel like if this video was longer he would have gotten to talking about Yngwie
@@axeaddiction796 Impellitteri was probably referring to his early influences late 70’s to very early 80’s, that’s why he cited Eddie and Randy being the hotshot guitar players in the L.A. Scene….YJM did brief stints with Alcatrazz and Steeler but he made more impact when Rising Force was released in 1984… Almost everyone was emulating YJM later….
Sounds a lot like Yngwie imo
RR, was a fantastic guitarist, no doubt. He just did not have time to evolve. EVH was the best Rock guitarist the world has ever seen. He is uncopyable because of that swing he plays with that shown him to be head and shoulers above the pack. Imagine if Ed was not a total wreck of an alcoholic, look out !!! But music is there to make us feel and express ourselves. So, I do not like the Who vs. Who is better. It is how that master in his art makes you feel.
EVH took such poor care of himself that he had to have hip replacement surgery in his early 40s.
@@waverlyking6045 He killed himself basically, via vodka.
It’s a shame that EVH was so insecure that he treated RR like shit. They both were amazing in their own way. It wasn’t/isn’t a competition
WTF are you talking about . EVH had zero issues with Randy other than Randy always asking him questions when they crossed paths on the strip . Rudy Sarzo said EVH was one of Randys idols but you will never hear guitar magazines mention it as they had to lie to sell magazines by saying Randy and Eddie hated each other . NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
GW: What were Randy’s main influences?
Sarzo: His influences were late-’60s, early-’70s English rock guitar players. He didn’t have any R&B influence or anything, so it’s totally English. And classical music because of his schooling. His mother had a lot to do with that, teaching him and influencing him with classical music. So by the time he got to England, he was not like a typical American guitar player who had had the influence of R&B music and country music, because he’d never played that.
GW: Were there any particular players he admired?
Sarzo: Yeah, let me tell you who they were. He really admired Gary Moore and Eddie Van Halen. Those were the top two guys he really, really admired.
Ya know I get it but both were in their late teens... hide-site is always 20/20.
@@6fingers611 very true
Isn't the song Revelation (Mother Earth)? Stop saying "Right" every other comment.
I always noticed the solo from Believer is basically the same as the one from Me. Crowley.
Only the first 4 meters.......
they sound nothing alike they are similar in structure
No Chris, you´re not "one of the only persons", who noticed how similiar the beginnings of the solos in Crowley and Believer really are. 😂😂😂
And I guess, I´m also not one of the only persons to notice that there is basically no solo of yours in recent years without Van Halen´s old sextuplet-lick.
C´mon, you can do better than that! 👍
they do not sound anything alike...they might haver a similar structure, but Believer is really about that nasty rhythm he put on it,,holy crap.
I wonder if Chris has heard the isolated guitar tracks because Believer sounds like a completely different song without the bass drums and vocals
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle if you can´t hear, that the 1st 3 bars of the solos in Crowley and Believer are VERY similiar, I can´t help you.
Every song on VH albums Ed wrote and they were all great. Ozzy’s albums had lots of filler
Women and Children First, Big Bad Bill, Happy Trails...filler. Other songs were not that great either. Even the early VH albums, that were somewhat short, had filler tunes to just barely get over the finish line.
The first thing that comes to mind is style.Eddie and Randy had their own thing, even if Randy was heavily influenced by Eddie.Eddie was really influenced by Clapton ,Gibbons,Hendrix etc! tone raven
Randy was humble guy, and said nice things, he was influenced by Ed in a grand scope like he knew he had to get better, Ed had no influence on Randy's style or writing. Two totally different players.
Yeah. VH was groundbreaking.
I saw an interview where George Lynch said Randy had balls playing Crazy Train because it was basically Eruption, any thoughts on that?
Ive never heard tbat but George would be wrong
True
Love them both but RR was just a pure guitar talent all around, and played like no other. EVH was to me known for his bag of tricks like tapping. He was awesome yes, but RR was much better.
😂😂😂 RR play use tapping and his playing changed after Van Halen’s debut Only rhytm guitar Edward much better not even close and tone 😂 RR worst tone
how was he actually much better?
@@randychambers1704 sorry much much much better
@@제이에스-x7l how so?
All the non guitarists think Ed was just tapping, the real guitarists saw what a great all around guitarist and musician Ed was... keyboards and guitar. Interesting how both came from a classical background, but Ed went more blues/rock and roll and randy stayed more classical with his brand of metal.
Randy RHOADS had more Depth in his playing more then eddie eddie is easier to learn to play I think
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Ive never even heard of this guy and thats my generation
You never played guitar.
EVH is Top Jimmy. He’s the king.
More like Tinkerbell
@@trance9158😂😂
Chris Impellitari should get rid of the word "right?" from his vocabulary.
That’s a California thing. Like NY with “ya know” after every statement. Lol.
WE LUV AND MISS Y0U RANDY AND EDWARD!! WE WERE BLESSED T0 HAVE YOU!!
Funny he doesn't mantion that he started his career by being an Yngwie clone.
Maybe cause it's got nothing to do with the Van Halen vs Randy Rhoads theme of this interview excerpt?
what a crappy album cover ... :-) :-) :-) like all those shrapnel covers back then... killer music, poor artwork
Better than killer artwork and bad music.
I sold some paintings, by an artist named Vladimir Kush, back in 2000-2002, when I worked at a gallery. He had amazing surreal paintings, and bronze sculptures. Some were very small, with a lot of detail, but he was probably my favorite, of all I sold, and got to know or meet, do a show, etc.
He told me his biggest regret was doing an album cover, for a Florida band, a few years prior, when he was still more of a struggling artist, looking for any work he could find.
That band was Creed, and he was commissioned to do artwork for the.
Pretty sure it was for what would be the Human Clay album, but they didn’t end up using his work.
He said that it wasn’t very good work, as when he listened to the music, it just had nothing inspiring to it, and he felt like he wasn’t going to be able to do anything he would even want out there.
He said the cover they used, took from a couple of the concepts he sent them, but not enough to say it was copied.
I found out years later, that Kush was suing Pink, because someone on her team was using imagery from a painting he did called Contes Erotiques, for a video she did.
Pink settled out of court, paying him an undisclosed amount.
He also sued Arianna Grande, for doing the same thing, with a different painting. She settled out of court as well.
He has some really cool work, if you like surrealism, or just weird and trippy images, done by a real master painter.
This is the part of the retro trend as vinyl is making a bit of a resurgence.
Nobody cares about album covers anymore....
it's 2024....
Man speak for yourself they artwork is why I bought those shrapnel albums … don’t you remember Ritchie Kotzens album
Cover or Go off ? Very creative metal Odyssey’s
Its Eddie. Love Randy, but what he was doing wasn't even all that original (SO much of Randy's style sounds quite often like mid 70s Michael Schenker) and the idea of classical + metal was quickly surpassed by the arrival of Yngwie. Eddie nearly invented Tapped Harmonics, Pioneered the Steinberger Trans-Trem, his use of Variac's w/ Amps LET ALONE TAPPING (which yes, Harvey Mandel and/or Steve Hackett most likely invented, but Edward perfected it) It's not even close. EVH>>>Rhoads (RIP tho, gone WAY too soon)
Exactly
This is one of the worst takes ever...
Randy sounds nothing like Schenker, but the influence is there. Allan Holdsworth pioneered the transtrem, and Ed was influenced by Allan a lot. Ed stole from people just as much as any guitarist does, steal shamelessly, that's how music works. Both of them developed their own unique styles, and neither is better than the other.
Lay off the bathtub meth and Tide pods FFS.... Ed stole his ideas from an old southern blue black woman that did the twilling on guitar .. he didn't innovate anything.
@@knuckleheadVOL Precisely
8:55 He's 100% wrong. Ed couldn't hang musically with ANY of those guys. No way. Spanish Fly was literally his TAKE on trying to play that flamenco sound but he COULDN'T really play that way with the finger picking ala DeLucia so he TAPPED that last section instead of finger picking it with his right hand. I've listened to Ed since 1978 and I know for a fact he couldn't actually keep up with stuff that Chick Corea would be doing or McLaughlin or Al. NEVER Holdsworth and funny, Ed really admired Allan and who wouldn't but no way. Ed was physically a monster on the fretboard, SUPER creative and VERY musical when he put his mind to it but not musical in a theory sense at all. Nope. His was an instinct more than a frontal lobe decision. His stuff flowed and grooved and was all connected and fiery but nah, Chris is dead wrong and we know he's wrong because Ed NEVER went into the jazz area or anything with more than say 1 or 2 key changes. And he certainly rarely soloed over complicated key changes. Spanish Fly was a one-off. It was Ed trying to emulate that style and he did a great job with what he had to work with (a pick and his tapping). Also, I don't think Randy would have gotten significantly better on guitar as much as more musically adept at writing music. Just my opinions. Creatively, Ed > Randy. Fiery playing, Ed > Randy. Unique sound, Ed > Randy BUT... I LOVE me some Randy Rhodes Ozzy solo albums. Randy was more metal and dark and more melodic. His guitar was also cool sounding, just not quite as unique. Both are amazing in their own ways.
I agree with you , Spanish fly just sounded like shredding on a nylon guitar, randy knew this too, that's why he wanted to take classical guitar lessons.
@@TruthSurge I think Ed had some jazz overtones from his dad's influence (covering Big Bad Bill) the changes in Secrets and his Holdsworh influence, but nothing as overt as DiMeola or as avante-garde as his acquaintance., Frank Zappa.
@TruthSurge "but he COULDN'T really play that way with the finger picking ala DeLucia so he TAPPED that last section instead of finger picking it with his right hand." And so what? You realize that Di Meola and McLaughlin didn't play fingerstyle either, it didn't prevent them from playing with Paco.And you understand that VH was aiming for the radio, having success, etc, etc, playing jazz wouldn't be the way if you want to achieve that level of success and money. Just cause you never heard him do it doesn't mean he couldn't play over complex chord changes.
@@butterfinger4393 ? Where did you hear this idea? I'm pretty sure Randy was already into classical guitar ideas before VH2 came out.
@@aquabot "You realize that Di Meola and McLaughlin didn't play fingerstyle either, it didn't prevent them from playing with Paco"
Clearly, you have zilch idea about music and guitar. Al DiMeola and McLaughlin were monster pickers. Eddie couldn't touch McLaughlin's alt picking. Much less the musical knowledge he'd need to keep up in those styles of music. Ed played blues/rock/classical his whole childhood. Not jazz. Ed never played a 2 octave arpeggio in any song or solo in his entire career. Let that sink in. Not once in his entire career did he play a harmonic minor lick or scale. Let that sink in. His style was a reflection of him so he's not playing jazz oriented stuff so even if he did devote several years to learn a 13th chord and alt chord and how to navigate soloing over them, it just aint gonna happen. McLaughlin and guys were far ahead of Eddie in FRETBOARD KNOWLEDGE, MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE. Have you ever heard of a guy named Frank Gambale? Go listen to ANY of his solos then come back here and link that vid and tell me Ed could play it. Do it.
Eddie was wayyyy better than randy rhoads x10
Not better, different. That's a good thing, too many people wanna be Ed, and you'll never be Ed, do your own thing.
Different but not better!
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Eddie was never better than Randy.
@@trance9158So true!
They were good guitars players. Many others better. Stop talking about those two.
No not many others better ...get a grip on reality. At that level there is no better others who are less relevant and inferior players.
No we should keep talking about these two because they matter more than the inferior players you want promoted
They were game changers and if you think there are better you are too ignorant to qualify for this discourse.
Prove out how someone is better at that level...and then explain why people keep talking about these guys hack
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle You must not listen to today's guitar players. I wouldn't even put those two in the top 30. Don't let let nostalgia cloud your judgment. Important at the time, soon passed by others. New guys come up all the time in music.
Love both Eddie and Randy but I always preferred Randy because I think he was much more melodic and versatile. After a while Eddie seemed to get kind of stale and repetitive.
It’s 2024… and he’s still not going to admit that his main influence was always Yngwie. It’s just stupid at this point
like Yngwie never admits his influence was Randy
don’t think Randy influenced yngwie
Mr. Crowley - Dm
Believer - Em
Roughly the same solo in both songs.
not at all they have similarities ...