Trying to compare EVH and Randy Rhoads... Get real.

VH had some cool songs, but not that interesting to me. Basic party rock. Randy was much more interesting to me the way he recorded and crafted / weaved parts together. He was more of a composer. Metal was much different after the first two Ozzy albums. Would have loved to hear the next one, could have been really great.
 
As far as frontmen go Ozz obviously gets the nod
Bit the bat
Multiple post gig arrests
Battled Sharon
Would come out dressed like a Golden Girl
Etc😂
 
Greazygeo said:
VH had some cool songs, but not that interesting to me. Basic party rock. Randy was much more interesting to me the way he recorded and crafted / weaved parts together. He was more of a composer. Metal was much different after the first two Ozzy albums. Would have loved to hear the next one, could have been really great.
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I think things like Piece of Mind are direct descendants of those two RR albums. Not that Harris and co. wasn't already writing and recording killer metal, but there is a marked difference to me between Killers or even Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind.
 
NorCal_Val said:
Randy’s tone on “Tribute” was killer. I could never understand why his tone on the studio albums was
almost like a Boston-type tone, compared to his live tone/sound.
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They sound like the rooms they were recorded in. Blizzard sounds like a barn, Tribute sounds like an arena.
 
Floyd Eye said:
I think things like Piece of Mind are direct descendants of those two RR albums. Not that Harris and co. wasn't already writing and recording killer metal, but there is a marked difference to me between Killers or even Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind.
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I always just assumed piece of mind was where the Dickinson sound pretty much took over the band.
 
VonBonfire said:
I always just assumed piece of mind was where the Dickinson sound pretty much took over the band.
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I don't find a huge difference in writing style between nofb and piece of mind... prisoner, hallowed be thy name, number of the beast are in the same vane as trooper, revelations, flight of icarus.... to my ear.
 
This popped up on my YT feed this morning. Never seen or heard this before. Some cool playing on it.

 
I guess Randy had his Van Halen-ish band too. I know this track was heavily modified and cleaned up from the original, but I still like it.

 
VonBonfire said:
I always just assumed piece of mind was where the Dickinson sound pretty much took over the band.
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Could just be me, but it seems to me Steve developed something different and more melodic as a bass player. Which I guess really might have started on Number of the Beast.

For me personally, all the stuff Ozzy did after those first two albums seemed really lame by comparison to what Maiden and Judas Priest were doing at the time.
 
Floyd Eye said:
Could just be me, but it seems to me Steve developed something different and more melodic as a bass player. Which I guess really might have started on Number of the Beast.

For me personally, all the stuff Ozzy did after those first two albums seemed really lame by comparison to what Maiden and Judas Priest were doing at the time.
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Yeah but Priest did Parental Guidance…ugh. seriously though, British Steel and Point Of Entry then Blizzard comes out then Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith. They stepped it up a bit Ima thinking.
 
Greazygeo said:
Yeah but Priest did Parental Guidance…ugh. seriously though, British Steel and Point Of Entry then Blizzard comes out then Screaming For Vengeance and Defenders of the Faith. They stepped it up a bit Ima thinking.
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Those two Priest albums were bad ass.
 
My two top faves.

Can't really compare them; too different IMO. Randy was my first guitar hero though; back in the late 70s where I lived, radio didn't play much rock and MTV wasn't out yet. Had to rely on my friends' older brothers music collection. Heard Blizzard first, then VHII. They recorded me a cassette of each and I wore those tapes out.
 
The answer is one guy stuck with his LP and his Marshalls the other guy traded his Marshalls for Peavey crap.:LOL:
 
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