EVH comments about Randy Rhoads... audio

[khabibissell]

Found this interview from 1982 with EVH. It is in multiple parts, but in this one, he talks about Randy Rhoads and the accident. The first four parts Eddie sounds pretty humble, but his comments here are pretty harsh. I guess Eddie feels he invented guitar playing... Shows very little remorse as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlhRm...related&search=

[Shawn Lutz]

Found this interview from 1982 with EVH. It is in multiple parts, but in this one, he talks about Randy Rhoads and the accident. The first four parts Eddie sounds pretty humble, but his comments here are pretty harsh. I guess Eddie feels he invented guitar playing... Shows very little remorse as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlhRm...elated&search=

guy is full of shit... STFU Eddie and just play. Randy never said he learned everything from EVH. He did say he learned EVH licks becuase his students requested it...he learned EVH to to teach his students.

I love both players but I don't get the comparisons actually

[khabibissell]

Exactly Shawn, Randy and Eddie were totally different players. I guess anyone who tapped in the late 70's to present copied Eddie... Billy Gibbons, Steve Hackett, Ace Frehley, etc...

[shobet]

EVH sounds fucked as well.

Well rock start and their egos are what make them who they are.

[Larz]

Their sounds and playing are completely distinct to me.

I may just be thinking of particular songs to make this statement but it seemed like Randy used a lot more single string playing at times to set up his chords than Ed. I think Ed copied that from Randy for his Beat It riff.

And Randy's awesome acoustic parts and downtuned tones on DOAM would never be confused with anything Ed did.

Ed had a lot of flash could play his ass off and was truly innovative but I much prefer Randy's chord arrangements and soloing as a whole composition. I think he had a better understanding of what he was doing on the guitar.

[Bengal]

I remember reading an interview with the original bass player from Quiet Riot, Kelly something. He said he and Randy use to go see Van Halen in the day. He said Randy didn't sweat Eddie at all. Randy told him Eddie was all "smoke and mirrors". Classic. The dude Randy was a bit worried about was George Lynch. Randy felt if he had any competition from the young LA guitarists, it was Lynch...

[shobet]

Smoke and mirrors, hehehehehehehe

[Endrik]

I think Ed copied that from Randy for his Beat It riff.

that riff was made and played by Steve Lukather, and it's probably based from a funk bassline not randy's riffs.

I think the smoke and mirrors comment is made up by that bass player, if Randy would have said that he was a douche... Ed is a lot more versatile player and has a lot more going on (dynamics vise) than Randy... not to mention a lot better tone and vibrato.

Tommy said that he saw an interview in a guitar magazine... way back.. where Randy said that his favs. are Ed and Gary Moore.

That being said Randy copied a lot of Gary's stuff... Gary was Ozzy's first choice but they didn't get along.... some of the riff and solo parts that Randy played were actually Gary's wich he modifed a bit.

[atomic charvel guy]

I got smoke and mirrors.

[Bengal]

Endrik,
Remember at that time Ed would play with his back to the audience so no one could rip off his deal. I think that's where the comment came from...

[Endrik]

Ed would play with his back to the audience to get his ass licked by the girls who were competing in wet-t shirt contest.... the place where VH started

[Bengal]

Ed would play with his back to the audience to get his ass licked by the girls who were competing in wet-t shirt contest.... the place where VH started

Umm.... Nice idea but I don't really think that's it...

[Endrik]

just kidding dude...








and actually Ace copied Ed's tapping.... when Gene saw VH.... he said to Ace to do that shit

[Shawn Lutz]

I htink Randy was a pretty versatile as a player from the pop-rock stuff in QR to classical influences metal with Ozzy.

Eddie is just Eddie and is a great player but he rarely plays anything melodic in nature on guitar...keys he's different.

I guess I've always gravitated to darker side of the classical influenced songs like Crowley, Mother Earth and Diary along with the fluid solos of Randy. The first two Ozzy albums to me we not meant to be commercial pop music and Van Halen was more straight a ahead party your ass of Rock and Roll. I do think Eddie has a better rhythm playing style in straight ahead rock than Randy had. I don't want to get into the Randy vs Eddie debate as they both are excellent players in my book. I prefer Randy because of the classical thing..still today that is how I play.

I'm a huge Randy fan and I never read anything about him dogging EVH and I'm pretty sure I read everything he ever said numerous times

[Bengal]

just kidding dude...








and actually Ace copied Ed's tapping.... when Gene saw VH.... he said to Ace to do that shit

I was watching disc 2 of the new Kissology and in the concert in Sydney Ace does this tapping thing with his pick. It was horrible. But I remember thinking that it was Eddies influence causing him to do this. His solos from 1976 don't have any of that...

Shawn,
It was the bass player that said that. I've read alot about Randy and he wouldn't go on record saying that but in a private conversation, who knows?

Seems to me there might have been an issue over Randy asking Eddie how he kept his guitar in tune using a Strat trem while going nuts on it. Eddie wouldn't tell him, he said he got it from Blackmore and couldn't tell anyone. I think that left a bad taste in Randys mouth as well...

Or maybe that was Eddie asking Blackmore who learned it from Beck and wouldn't tell Eddie... I don't remember... I'll shut up now...