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

[Maguchi]

RR hands down

 

[VonBonfire]

The opinions in this thread rule.

Unless we are talking about Cherone era EVH I'm 100% voting for Randy.

 

[BABMusic]

I'm obviously a bigger fan of RR, but there's one thing I still find very strange to this day. I'm talking about the fact that Quiet Riot was his first band and basically went nowhere, and then became super successful after Randy died. Anyone else find this so weird that Quiet Riot blew up after his death?

 

[WizardAmpIphoneClip]

I'm obviously a bigger fan of RR, but there's one thing I still find very strange to this day. I'm talking about the fact that Quiet Riot was his first band and basically went nowhere, and then became super successful after Randy died. Anyone else find this so weird that Quiet Riot blew up after his death?

Randy manned up and joined forces with a legend. QR was too fruity for his talents, he chose right

 

[tallcoolone]

Randy manned up and joined forces with a legend. QR was too fruity for his talents, he chose right

Things got a helluva lot fruitier after QR was gone lol. Hey that Metal Health album was the coolest thing I had ever heard on the radio at the time. Remember the radio?

 

[hammered]

I'm obviously a bigger fan of RR, but there's one thing I still find very strange to this day. I'm talking about the fact that Quiet Riot was his first band and basically went nowhere, and then became super successful after Randy died. Anyone else find this so weird that Quiet Riot blew up after his death?

I didn`t think it was strange. The way I remember it at the time having Randys name attached to it didn`t play into to how popular they briefly got and when Metal Health really took off I don`t remember his name coming up much. Listening to those first two Quiet Riot albums vs Metal Health and Condition Critical it sounds like a completely different band and Carlos Cavazo is one heck of a guitar player

 

[JDs Couch]

Exactly. Randy was 1000x the writer and player that EVH could have dreamed to be.

 

[Metalhex]

I feel that both Randys technical playing and compositional skills were going to continue to blossom, whereas I feel on the first VH album we have heard everything Eddie had to offer.

But to echo everyone they were too different bands

 

[alund]

I would say loosely that RR was the guitar player’s player. EVH played to the masses, non players and players. More of the world will remember EVH. Musicians will remember RR. Ozzy = crazy train (not RR). EVH = VH (not DLR). RR was who brought me out of the “air supply closet” into the metal era. My eyes opened. Not sure I’d say I like either more. But if I was playing to musicians I’d say playing over the mountain, believer, maybe you can’t kill rock and roll would raise more eyebrows. Maybe. Maybe not

 

[Clay K]

I’m way more into Randy’s playing. Way more

 

[hammered]

I would say loosely that RR was the guitar player’s player. EVH played to the masses, non players and players. More of the world will remember EVH. Musicians will remember RR. Ozzy = crazy train (not RR). EVH = VH (not DLR). RR was who brought me out of the “air supply closet” into the metal era. My eyes opened. Not sure I’d say I like either more. But if I was playing to musicians I’d say playing over the mountain, believer, maybe you can’t kill rock and roll would raise more eyebrows. Maybe. Maybe not

That’s quite a leap from Air Supply to Ozzy

 

[VonBonfire]

Exactly. Randy was 1000x the writer and player that EVH could have dreamed to be.

1000x is a little bit of a stretch, lol.

 

[BABMusic]

I remember watching Jump on MTV when I was about 4. Comparing their compositional writings, is really more about preference than anything else. I preferred Randy's darker natural minor compositions. Who was better at the guitar? I don't honestly know, because they were both geniuses.

 

[VonBonfire]

I remember watching Jump on MTV when I was about 4.

That song sucks ass and DLR is annoying enough to offset anything good EVH was doing with a guitar.

 

[alund]

That’s quite a leap from Air Supply to Ozzy

Ehhh. The point was I was listening to Foreigner, The Police, U2, and Blondie and even though I liked VH, QR etc. I never really came out with it. There was a look in the early 80s (square pegs/fast times at ridgemont high) vs AC/DC, Ozzy long hair “redneck” look. As a 13-14-15 year old, it was important to fit in where you felt safe. Ozzy at the time 82-85 ish for me was not safe. Just reminiscing that period.

 

[BABMusic]

That song sucks ass and DLR is annoying enough to offset anything good EVH was doing with a guitar.

It's a guilty pleasure song for me, mostly due to nostalgia. But I also like that EVH played the keyboard in it himself. Hot for Teacher was a song that I thought, was bad.

 

[VonBonfire]

It's a guilty pleasure song for me, mostly due to nostalgia. But I also like that EVH played the keyboard in it himself. Hot for Teacher was a song that I thought, was bad.

Anything that DLR sings on turns to shit. Then they managed to go sideways with Hagar who also was mostly terrible in the VH context. "RIGHT NOW", man that shit is awful. People sued Ozzy for supposedly getting people to commit suicide but being caught in a room with VH playing would make me slit my wrists a lot faster than hearing Ozzy and I don't really like that bloated limey either.

 

[hammered]

Ehhh. The point was I was listening to Foreigner, The Police, U2, and Blondie and even though I liked VH, QR etc. I never really came out with it. There was a look in the early 80s (square pegs/fast times at ridgemont high) vs AC/DC, Ozzy long hair “redneck” look. As a 13-14-15 year old, it was important to fit in where you felt safe. Ozzy at the time 82-85 ish for me was not safe. Just reminiscing that period.

Class of `85 , I can relate

 

[jb44]

Randy Rhoads 3/15/1982 Soundboard

 

[Floyd Eye]

I would say loosely that RR was the guitar player’s player. EVH played to the masses, non players and players. More of the world will remember EVH. Musicians will remember RR. Ozzy = crazy train (not RR). EVH = VH (not DLR). RR was who brought me out of the “air supply closet” into the metal era. My eyes opened. Not sure I’d say I like either more. But if I was playing to musicians I’d say playing over the mountain, believer, maybe you can’t kill rock and roll would raise more eyebrows. Maybe. Maybe not

Well clearly there are a lot of guys here who listen to music from the POV of just some random dude listening to the radio as opposed to listening to it from the POV of an actual musician. So there's that.