Randy Rhoads - Texas Soundcheck Footage (2-18-82)

This is the only know footage of a Randy Rhoads sound check... February, 1982. In 1979, Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne was forming a new band. During an interview with Raw Power Magazine editors Robert Olshever, Murray Schwartz and Scott Stephens (future singer of Liquid Blue), Ozzy mentioned he was looking for a new guitar player. Randy’s name was suggested during the interview and the next day Robert asked friend and future Slaughter bassist Dana Strum to try to reach Randy to see if he was interested. Rhoads got the call for the audition just before his final show with Quiet Riot. He walked in with his Les Paul guitar and a practice amp and started warming up. Osbourne immediately gave him the job. Rhoads recalled later, “I just tuned up and did some riffs, and he said, ’You’ve got the gig’; I had the weirdest feeling, because I thought, ’You didn’t even hear me yet’“. Osbourne was drunk and passed out during the audition, but described Rhoads’ playing a