Randy put Ozzy back on the map and Bob was a key part to Ozzy's success through the years. Randy, Bob, & Lee should be millionaires' many times over for what they produced.

I too initially bought into all that, "Randy was my best friend" bullshit that Ozzy continues to spew. That Mrs Rhoads has to sue the Osbournes over what they owed his "best friend" really tells you all you need to know.

I saw Randy with Ozzy on that first tour. Motorhead opened the show. What a night!

Sharon didn't want randy to become more popular or else they would need to pay out the real star of the show, hence why we don't see live footage of randy. Simply the Osborne's are greedy.

And they treated Bob daisley like shit! And his lyrics were absolutely essential to Ozzy Osbourne

I have no respect for Sharon and Ozzy anymore . They BOTH ripped off the band members they promised would get credit for making songs .

Ozzy would be nothing without those players

When I was 22 years old, Ozzy Osborne was coming to the Sam Houston Coliseum on February 17th (1982). Since first hearing Ozzy’s “Blizzard of Oz” solo album, his new guitar player Randy Rhoads had become my guitar hero. I didn't know much about him, nor did I even know what he looked like, because Ozzy's album pictures really didn't distinguish who was who in the band photo. To this point, I had assumed that the dark-haired guy (Rudy) was the guitar player I had recently come to idolize. Anyway, my girlfriend Mindy and our housemate Chris quickly found a way to score some tickets for the show. I figured if we showed up at the arena early enough, we might get a chance to meet the band before the show. It was a warm afternoon in Houston when Chris, Mindy and I arrived at the concert hall. We made our way around to the loading dock side of the building to look for tour buses or any other sign of band life. The road crew had already arrived and was setting up the elaborate stage for the “Diary of A Madman” tour. Surprisingly, the atmosphere was very relaxed. We were able to simply walk in and observe at our leisure without anyone hassling us. This went on for the better part of the afternoon. As we loitered about the premises, I befriended Randy’s guitar tech. He informed me that the band would be showing up around 5pm to do a soundcheck. In the meantime, he invited me into a makeshift dressing room to have a look at Randy’s guitars. They were sitting on guitar stands right in front of me. Just feet away from my hands were Randy’s signature cream Les Paul with the snakeskin strap, along with three custom made “V” shaped guitars. His polka-dot V, white pinstripe V and a black one, the latter two sporting the name “Jackson” on the headstocks. At this point, I was not really familiar with his guitars. And this was also long before Jackson Guitars became a household name. Needless to say, I was quite intrigued by them. Luckily, I had the presence of mind to bring a disposable camera with me. I asked the guitar tech if I could take a few pictures of the guitars. He didn’t mind, so I began to snap away. Just as I was photographing the assortment of guitars, a rather large and in charge road manager walked in on me and freaked out. “What the f#$k are you doing in here??? Gimme that efffing camera, those are custom made guitars!” he barked. The guitar tech tried to quell the big fellows concerns, but he would have no part in negotiating any compromise. “Gimme the effing camera if you wanna see the show” he demanded. As a 22 year old punk kid, I was in no position to argue, so I reluctantly gave the Paul Bunion looking troll my stupid camera. The guitar tech apologized for the road managers over-reaction and allowed us all to stay and hang out. Like clockwork, the tour bus pulled into the loading dock at 5pm. Tommy Aldridge, Rudy Sarzo and Randy Rhoads soon stepped out. Randy was wearing blue jeans, a black pleather jacket with no shirt under it with a white towel draped around his neck. Absent from the group was Ozzy, who apparently didn’t do soundcheck with the rest of the group. I quickly made my way over to who I thought was Randy and asked for an autograph. Slightly unprepared, I only had a small piece of paper that I had found nearby for them to sign. Rudy signed one side of the paper and Randy Rhoads signed the other side. I managed to make some small talk, at first thinking that Rudy was actually Randy. Up to this point, (As I said, I wasn’t entirely sure what Randy actually looked like). “Man, you’re a great guitar player” I said. Rudy looked at me sort of puzzled and pointed me in the direction of the actual Randy Rhoads. Needless to say, I felt like a douche. Randy was very unassuming, soft-spoken and frankly humble. He happily complied with my autograph request. He had to lean the small piece of paper onto the side of the cinder block wall in order to write his signature. He simply wrote, "Randy Rhoads". After several minutes, the band disappeared inside the arena and we followed along like lemmings. During their soundcheck, I stood directly in front of Randy Rhoads as the band ran through the song “Mr. Crowley” in its entirety. Randy was playing his cream Les Paul and never sounded better. I was in awe that afternoon, watching this soon to be legend warming up for the impending show right before my eyes. Except for my girlfriend Mindy, Chris and myself, (and a few road-crew guys), there was nobody else in the arena. A few short weeks later, Randy, twenty-five years old, was killed in a plane crash in Leesburg, Florida. I was davestated. His autograph remains framed on my studio wall to this day. Also, a few weeks earlier on March 5th, John Belushi died of a cocaine overdose. You could feel a chill in the psyche of the masses around Houston who had just absorbed the news of both of their untimely deaths. Both tragedies were a stark reminder of my own mortality....Can you imagine what would have been captured on my disposable camera had i been allowed to keep it??? Jeff Dyer - Uncle Sally

Jake E Lee was miserable the entire time with Ozzy. Especially after seeing his old friends in Ratt become millionaires after touring Out of the Cellar. Apparently each member of Ratt got a $1.2-1.5 million dollar pay day for that tour. Big money in 1984.

Sharon ripped everyone in the band

Sharon ripped Bob Daisley off.

There is a youtube interview with guitarist, Bernie Torme, wherein he claims that he was enticed to play with Ozzy in the wake of Randy's death for $2000 per tour week, Essentially penniless, Bernie took the gig, flew to the US and was told by Sharon Osborne that his salary was miscommunicated and that he would only make $500 per week filling in for Randy. With all the $$ that tour must have made you would think the musicians would be respected and paid well. Not so it appears.

Ozzy would be nobody without people like Tony and Randy

The Osbournes ripped musicians off constantly

Musicians like Randy, who revived Ozzy's career, deserved much more. Sharon's management practices, including the exclusion of Kerslake and Daisley, are shady as hell. Jake E. Lee not getting credit is another issue. Ozzy claims he has no memory and that Sharon handled the business, but that seems like selective memory. Sharon and Ozzy greatly benefited from the various musicians over the years. All songs (music and lyrics) on Bark At The Moon are still credited uniquely to Ozzy - like he even knew what a chord progression was. Why people like Sharon on those talk shows is beyond me.

Makes you really appreciate just how lucky led zep were to have peter grant

Randy Rhoads was worth far more than what he got. I was surprised that Jake Lee got so little as well. They really must have loved performing as the money simply wasn't there. All the members of his band were great musicians and should have been recognised as such.

Gr8 video interesting tidbits, Randy was a incredible musician.

It is so shocking to me that Randy Rhodes resurrected Ozzy Osbournes career and then his mom had to sue him to get what they owed him. Shame on Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon!

In 1975, Earl Slick said David Bowie paid him $3000/week salary on tour, Randy Rhoads made $100/week? WTF???

The last Ozzy album I bought was The Ultimate Sin. I never got into Zakk Wylde and his overused squeal. I'm not a fan of Ozzy. I'm a fan of Randy and Jake. Ozzy does indeed worship the devil. Because he's married to her. Rumor has it that there is pro shot video of concerts with Randy but Sharon won't release any of it because "it will cost too much money to convert it to digital". Really? People convert 8mm home movies to digital all the time without going broke. She just doesn't want to have to pay out royalties. Maybe once Ozzy and Sharon are gone, Jack will do the right thing and release those concerts.

The great thing is Randy made it into the Rock N Roll Hall of fame before Ozzy did as a solo artist.

Seen both blizzard of oz n mad man tour Norman Oklahoma, I remember watching Randy Rhodes shredding I don't know solo, WOW I knew he was greatness, I was hooked

Sharon has reissued all the previous albums except Ultimate Sin, not because Ozzy doesn't like it but because she doesn't want to pay Jake royalties. Sharon is trash.

I know people that were close to Randy's circle of friends and some that worked on the documentary in 08'. He got a big payout right before he passed on writing royalties and was house hunting with Jodi in Malibu area on that last break before the 2nd leg of the diary tour started. Up till then he hadn't got it and was pissed off about having to pay for the black jackson Grover dropped off at the Diary rehearsals. He yelled at Sharon to pay Grover for the guitar.

Sharon took advantage of everyone who played in that band

Awesome stuff, great upload! Keep them coming Kar

And George always said he didn't get the Ozzy gig but ended up make more money delivering beer

Are you daft? Your comment: $300 then equals $1000 now. so Randy was making the equivalent of $52,000 per year. That’s poor people Money. Randy was NOT making a good living when he died, and that makes it even sadder.

Great video. So much trickery. And Sharon changing Randy’s contract after he was killed? And Mrs. Rhoads having to sue the O’s? Wow. No limits to what they would do. Yet, no Blizzard of Ozz band, no Ozzy. And all of the other musicians who were taken advantage of and hosed like Bob, Lee, Jake, Carmine… Even Tommy Aldridge got hosed out of a writing credit on Spiders according to Bob.

The Osbournes are notorious for not paying their musicians jack shit. They paid Zakk very little as well. It's pretty messed up! It's great exposure to be Ozzy's guitarist, but terrible pay. I understand why Nuno turned the gig down. The Osbournes really are NOT good people! Ask George Lynch about how he was treated by them.

Do you know what tribe Sharon belongs to? Figure that out and you know why

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This was a better world with Randy in it.

Ozzy made a career off the work of talented musicians and gave them nothing.

After Sharon fired Lee and Bob, Randy made it known he was leaving the band after the tour.

It’s a long way, to the top, if ya’ wanna rock n roll.

Randy was just as responsible for the success of Ozzy's solo career as Ozzy himself!

From what I understand, Bob was writing lyrics for ozzy for decades...

I love this channel. The guy who narrates has the perfect voice for these stories.

Another excellent video of that whole mess Randy and the guys went through. Thanks and ☮️. 🇺🇸🎸

It's all about the rights & royalties,

I got to meet Randy backstage at an outdoor concert back in 81. After thier set, they took some group photos till Sharon started to bitch at the photographers and than they had split up. Ozzy, Sharon and thier entourage found a patio table while Rudy, Tommy went back to their trailer. Randy was left alone and was sitiing in a road case having a smoke and sipping a strawberry daiquiri out of a plastic cup. It didn't look like Randy and Ozzy were buddy buddy,

Black Sabbath signed one of the worst deals in history of the music business. By Don Arden. Sharon continued that tradition by ripping off every musician in Ozzy's band. A vile human being.

Many of the big bands owed money to their record labels unil they got a few albums under the belt. Uneducated people read about these performers net worth and think they have 100 million in the bank. It's just not true. The only problem I have with the Ozzy and Sharon situation is that all those great players like Randy wrote all the music and never got royalties.

1983 I was a classical guitar teacher and met Vivian Campbell and couldn't believe I was making 6x than he was making. I was buying apple stock at the time lol

Wow the Osborne are blimey grimey people. I'll never buy anything ozzy again

As always a great informative well researched video; thanks for the post. There's two types of people; there are those who at least make some sort of attempt each day to live by The Golden Rule, and there are those who *don't.* After decades on this planet i'm astonished HOW MANY 'money robots' there are out there -- they have no soul or spirit, they're meaning, definition, and purpose in this life is money. Yes I love money like everyone else, but I learned when I was a teenager when you steal a dollar it will cost you seven dollars in karma or what you sow you shall reap. Now do the math when you steal 100k and so on...

For what it's worth: My guitar teacher in 1988 auditioned for Ozzy, and was in contention for the gig. Jake spoke to him, as well as others who were in the running, and told them his horror stories. No contract to start, with the "trust us" speech, being cut out of writing credits, Sharon's personality, having to work with a drunk, etc. guitarists were backing out left and right. It was his opinion that he started to look for, and found a guitarist, Zakk, on the east coast far from Hollywoood, as there was a better chance of finding talent that wouldn't be told the real deal of working for Ozzy.

A photographer who hung out at a rock bar we used to go to during the mid 80's did a photo shoot for ozzy and Sharon wouldn't pay up. I think that was the first time I became aware of her. Sad to think that Randy never got paid for the incredible music he wrote.

Was randy murdered? Did the Osborne and Arden benefit from Randy’s death?

Thanks for making this interesting and informative video

That’s why I don’t feel any sympathy for ozzy or Sharon when something tragic happens to them. Cosmic justice at work.

You should make a video about how Lou Gramm got screwed by Mick Jones the same way, except for being conviently killed in a plane crash...

Let's be real here....Ozzy would have never been anything without being part of Black Sabbath. There are many reasons for this, but the obvious is Tony Iomi. He had the riffs that changed metal. And of course the song writers who were NOT named Ozzy. He would have never even made it out of Aston, Birmingham, England

Interesting Rock History , Thanks for your Excellent Work on this Kar !! ✌️

Bob and Lee's parts were re-recorded by Bordin and Trujillo 20yrs ago or so in order to erase their contribution, i mean how low can you go..

I always heard that Dolores Rhoads settled with the Osbournes in the early ‘90s for ~$300,000, turning over Randy’s image and songwriting rights. Ozzy & Sharon never talk or promote anybody else besides Randy because they are “Randy”. There cannot be a Randy documentary without their involvement.

The Sharon apple didn't fall far from her dad.oiy ve

Sharon and her Dad are Presbytarians? Catholics? Remind me again , I can't remember .

Why do you think Randy said he wanted to go back to school and study Classical lol He was a Guitar teacher at 8 bucks a half hour I paid in 1979 I am sure he made great money Randy bought all those custom guitars teaching not on Ozzy or Sharon’s salary .

No you know why I hate Ozzy personally. He screwed everyone and let his harpy do his dirty work for him.

Dirty deeds dont dirt cheap .

It seems Randy and those other musicians far outshone the trash mafia they had the misfortune to get ripped off by.

Ozzy may have been the star, but it was largely off the backs of everyone he played with including Sabbath. Randy changed the game. He was one of those once in a lifetime guitarists like Jimmy Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Tony Iommi. It is really sad that Ozzy made millions off those two albums and Randy, Rudy and Tommy made squat. Take those three out of the equation at that place in time, Ozzy would have been another washed up has been. That band is what revived Ozzy's career and put him in a place financially where him and Sharon were able to call the shots. Even the Record execs were done with him and all his BS he did from all the drugs. Sad when you look at the Rhoads family music school and everything they have. It is all run down and dated because they don't have a lot of money. Randy was one of my favorites. I seen him play a couple weeks before the crash and we couldn't wait to see him again. Still makes me shake my head to this day every time I think about his loss and how it occurred.

Thats some bs, $100 a week! He has had 3 of the greatest guitar players that has ever lived and crapped on 2 of them. Shameful. The more that comes out about them is disgusting

My first job in 1985 after HS paid 3.40 hr, that was minimum wage then where I lived. so yeah 300 a week back then was decent money especially if all your food and what not is being taken care of and that isn't coming out of your check.

The truth is, Ozzy is greatly loved as an artist, but his and Sharron's alleged fleecing of the talent will end up being better known than anything else they ever did in the end. It's getting there already, but the damn will beak. It's worth a Netflix doco for starters.

The isolated guitar tracks for Blizzard of ozz, Live. Mr Crowley and Diary of a madman are now available, I have posted them all over Randy groups. They sound amazing, even better without the vocals and other instruments. What a talent Randy was....

A comment below reminded me that I tried auditioning for Ozzy when he had an open call for guitarists and Zakk got the gig. If I knew what I know now I would have never of tried. I never got the audition (I gave them my demo and photo's) but I have to say it went to the better man. Zakk was a total Black Sabbath fan.

One of the first problems, was during the Blizzard of Ozz European tour, Ozzy sometimes performed two shows at the same venue. Daisley & Kerslake wanted double the pay.

What a mess of legal battles, these ozzy stories are always fascinating.

I hope Sharon & Ozzy live forever! Literally.

Just discovered this channel this is a great insight , love the kiss related video too

I distinctly remember reading the interview when Jake said he made $100 a week when it was printed. Dang.

Sharon: Ozzy is a very important man! It should be a privilege to work with him! You're worried about money? Be grateful you get to work with him! He's the star! Ozzy: I'm a very important man! It should be a privilege to work with me! You're worried about money? Be grateful you get to work with me! I'm the star! Gene & Paul from Kiss: We're very important men! It should be a privilege to work with us! You're worried about money? Be grateful you get to work with us! We're the stars!

Sharon also had Aldridge and Sarzo re-record the Blizzard of Oz tracks so that is why Daisley and Kerslake never received their performance pay.

Vince Neil said that Sharon was an evil witch doing the bidding of her evil father. She had Randy killed because he was leaving her and Ozzy’s shit show. Spell casting is very real people, it’s used on people daily especially in the entertainment industry.

The entertainment industry as a whole has always been that way.

I remember Vai mentioning, very diplomatically, that when he asked Ozzy how they were going to divide songwriting royalties Ozzy said "ah, dont worry about it, we'll take care of you". Vai who isn't an idiot and is a professional bailed on the album after that.

Everone whining about how much was paid, no one held a gun to their head. A contract is a contract, if you dont like it dont sign it

That’s factual, I still remember listening to Ozzy give an interview back in the early 80s to a radio show called “Metal Shop” and admitting it.

Ozzy owed Jet Records two more records (in order to get out of his contract). Sharon decided to have Ozzy release a double live album, which in those days qualified as two records.

Although successful, Ozzy Osbourne as a singer, couldn't call a hog out of a hog pen... Everybody knows that... He would be nothing without these musicians that are mentioned in this video.. especially Randy ....IMHO

By inflation, $100 in 1979 was equivalent to $431. In 1982 , $100 was equivalent to about $331

Very interesting about the DIO band about the salary of the band members.

I don't think Ozzy had any say in anything. Looking back, Daisley, Randy, and Lee wrote the hits and Ozzy was just a transport vehicle for the music to play on airwaves. But nothing could happen unless Don Arden took well over 75%. In the music business, the artists NEVER make anywhere near what the business gets.

I saw them in Dallas Tx. on the Blizzard of Oz tour. Great show. R.I.P. Randy.

what is reported is not correct, Randy was offered a management fee and royalties, There is a reason he used his first big check of 5K to buy a classical guitar.

Godless rock stars ruled by greed and ego.

Great video thank you

Hard to believe. That barely covers strings, picks, and gas. In 1981 my band was getting $4000 per night to play 500 seat clubs. That was a bad night. Mix of originals and covers. Good night was around $5500. So was my brothers band, and several friends, we all made the same. We divided that up between 5 guys. The Sound and light guys got paid the same, it was a flat rate. Maybe $200 per night for lights, $400 for sound, depending who it was and what gear they brought. The band paid them and we split that cost. 79 to 83 it was all the same

Imagine if Randy never died. I wouldve loved to see a Randy Rhoads solo band

No, Bob daisley worked with Vai to do a side project called X-Ray, it was not going to be Ozzmosis. You forgot to mention Bob helped write and do all lyrics for No Rest for the Wicked. He was asked to do lyrics for No More Tears , and he said fine but he wanted a royalty so they asked Lemmy to help out. They screwed Bob over. In 2012 when the Osbournes were releasing the Box set of the 30th anniversary, Sharon reached out to Bob to acquire the Holy Grail tapes. Bob wanted a flat sum and royalties. Sharon refused to give the royalty. The reason is because the Osbournes only want those holy grail tapes if they can own the IP to edit Bob out. the Holy Grail recording sessions will show ozzy was not around on 90% of the Diary of a Madman recording sessions. This is suppoedly what Andrew Klein said in an interview since he heard those recording sessions, he also verifies that the quality is perfectly fine

It's worth it to me I said that I never wanted money just the chance to play with a band and make friends with musicians and slowly make my way in the business. I suck at making friends 😢

I refused to go to Black Sabbaths reunion shows with Ozzy just to ensure Sharon never saw another dime from me.

All managers have doctors and lawyers names

That’s an absolutel sin. What horrible people.

Ozzy was on a shoestring budget at this time. Remember folks Randy was only with Ozzy for 2 years. He didnt get a chance too rake in the enormous $$$$ that he generated quite sadly. In 1981 $100 a day was the buying power of $300- $400 today. Sharon's father Don kept the profits and gave very little to Sharon and Ozzy when he was the management. Thats where Sharon got her brutal business practices from. Don was Ruthless with bottom paying his talent. Sharon followed in his footsteps and ran off mucho talent with her strong arm negotiations. In her defense without her Ozzy likely lives in an Alley in Derby somewhere pan handling for dope money.

Randy told Ozzy he was going to leave. Ozzy asked why he would give all that up. Maybe he wanted to own a home one day 😒