He is almost 70 and still amazing. His book on Randy was fantastic.

Not once, not twice but 3 times this man hit it big. Ozzy. Quiet Riot. Whitesnake. Unbelievable.

I don't even play bass and I love Rudy

This man is a living legend. Lot of ignorance everywhere . Respect Rudy

Awesome!! I had this VHS way back in the day = 1983 It's all we had back then other than using your ear & watching or taking lessons. I remember the washburn era of gear too..

I am the proud owner of a 1984 Washburn Slammer Rudy Sarzo prototype bass. It looks almost exactly like this one. It is a beautiful instrument and can produce a wide variety of tones like Rudy just demonstrated. By the way, I dig the Jaco-inspired harmonics! Check,out my videos to see mine in action (not quite as impressive as Rudy, however)!

he's so underrated

I can definitley hear the Weather Report in this. I think I read somewhere that one of Rudy's biggest influences was Jaco so it makes sense.

Rudy is fucking awesome played with so many great bands great player

One of My favorite bass players of all time

Another thing to the haters would you rather be a stuck up bass God who doesn't play well with others, or an above-average musician who's likable and gets the gigs? The key is to be a working bassist

Awesome! Im a long time fan of Rudy.🎸

As a young kid, I saw him with Q.R. & with O.O. 1st time I ever saw a bassist play with left hand over the fretboard...

Wow. I never knew this man was so good.

Rudy and Michael Anthony are the best !

best heavy metal bass player

I toured with Rudy in 2015. Great guy.

¡Grande man! ¡Eres muy bakán y por sobre todo sencillo y con una humildad tremenda! Mis parabienes. Desde Chile 🇨🇱, un abrazo a tu persona y gracias al del canal por compartir este material audiovisual.

Rudy Sarzo is the worlds best heavy metal Master Bass Guitarist in the worlds.

He's the fuc*in man! Was lucky enough to see him with QR and Whitesnake. He had a short solo spot with WS and rocked the house!

1:35 That was perfect timing.

Rudy is not a soloist,and most solid pocket players in history have not been....he gets paid for holding that band together,and he has always done that exceptionally well.

i love Rudy!

Now heard everyday in GuitarCenters all across the land ...

Rudy has those long fingers, he is the master of his instrument.

So cool!

I don't know what like effect he's using, it's very unique i gotta say. Not a Chorus, not a Flanger, not a Phaser, not a Fuzz, neither other effects. This effect makes it sound more like a video game

This should be in a 2000's game.

He is friging great!

How tf did he make that tremolo run look so effortless? Looked like he could’ve done that in his sleep, no pick or anything

dang may have to see if I still have this on VHS

INCREIBLE. GENIAL. LOMAXIMO. Rudy.

Rudy is THE rock player. Maybe some of this is kind of cheesy, but look at the career he has (Still active in 2021 !). We bass players could only dream of a career like Rudy has. I think it helps immensely that he is so friendly and normal.

Do you have the full video of this?

super easy to talk shit and criticize a video that by todays standards is ancient. on a crap bass with super crap audio recording gear for live audio going to video, i mean my iPhone records better sound quality.. I am a guitar tech and i toured recently as a tech on a Queensryche tour and became friends with Rudy etc etc. Rudy is an insanely good bass player and super nice guy. I guess my point would be grow up and stop acting like a music critic online and sit back and think about context and not all things someone puts out online are going to be good, especially given when this was released..... i mean shit have you heard or seen some of the randy Rhoads stuff online? sounds horrible but thats how it goes. Anyway, QUIET RIOT, OZZY, BLUE OYSTER CULT, WHITESNAKE, YNGWIE, QUEENSRYCHE..... AND DIO!!! You must be right though, he's just a a guy in spandex with an attitude. Serious grow up and act like an adult. you stay in your bedroom and keep plugging along and leave your ''expert'' opinion to yourself.

cool bass solo. plenty of character in his playing.

that bass!!!!!!!!! once every couple 3 years one of those pops up on ebay. sigh... someday!

Awesome! How old is he here anyone know?

How many bands this dude elevated because of his playing whitesnake he was awesome watching him live gave alot to the performance Rudy is a bass God

The era bass tone forgot.

0:41 sick!

When was this like 1985`?

Don’t get how some people could hate on Rudy. I mean I did play for Ozzy. You don’t just get to play in Ozzy as some dude off the street.

It's funny to watch these comments. Rudy would play circles around anybody commenting on here. Prove me wrong. And no, those are not elementary slapping techniques. LOL

Go watch any of the episodes of The Church Of What's Happening Now with Joey Diaz that featured Rudy and I promise You will be blown the fuck away!! Not only is He insanely talented but He might just be the most humble and inspirational musician ever! Such a solid dude!! 💪🤙❤

dope

The Rude Dude!

0:11

this is why u dont scoop ur bass tone people

Sound of this VHS is shitty... Rudy has never been a soloist or a demonstrator like John Patitucci or Alain Caron but he is still today one of the most groovy rock bassists and has a superb career with some of the greatests artists ( Ozzy, Whitesnake, Quiet Riot, BOC...) Rock on guy !

i need more practice

How do I get that tone???

Sounds like he's using a lot of chorus effect.

His right hand technique looks weird to me. It looks like he plucks the strings with his index and middle finger together as one.

korean go mad!

Crack

one of the funniest things i've ever seen.

Washburn Rudy Sarzo Slammer Bass. Very poorly built. Unfortunately I had one in the mid-80s

I don't think I could sound that bad if I tried.

Ask yourself , if he was a fat bald guy would that playing pass as even marginally good. "Hot Licks Bass master class" LOL

That tone is awful

I'm sorry. I had said this guy's timing is "not quite there". I saw this video again and noticed the timing is way off. I gave him way too much credit in my previous post by calling him " average". In actual fact, this guy is just plain bad.

Living proof that luck is the main ingredient to make it in RocknRoll

yah, this guy is pretty much a very average bass player. The timing is not quite there, he is using elementary slapping techniques, simple scales. I think putting this guy in the virtuoso category is a monumental over-rating. I remember doing his little upside-down thingie on metal health when I was starting out. It looked really cool and took me a while 12 minutes to master. anyway... All show. No content. If ppl think this guy is an outstanding bass player, they don't know Bass. I mean seriously, check out Stuart Morrow. No one knows him and he puts Rudy Sarzo in his back pocket. :)

i respect his career but not his technique don't tell me he's a virtuoso player that's bullshit.

Jesus Christ this sucks

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