Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke to Rudy Sarzo legendary bassist (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Dio, Whitesnake) and author of the book ‘Off the rails’ outlining the history of his time playing with the late guitar god Randy Rhoads
In the interview Rudy Sarzo tells The Metal Voice about his New Bass Academy skype bass lessons for beginners to professionals. He talks about the reformed Quiet Riot, Randy Rhoads legacy, Kevin Dubrow conflict and his opinion on the removal of the bass and drums on the two classic Ozzy Albums Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman. Sarzo also reveals exclusively to The Metal Voice what Ozzy Osbourne’s first reaction was to hearing the Diary of a Madman mix before it’s release.
On New Rudy Sarzo’s Bass Academy
“The Bass Academy is Skype online, I was really inspired by all of the great mentors teaching online such as Dustin Hoffman who has an online acting academy. It’s a great platform to share your knowledge. I am very experienced in putting beginners on the right path giving them the fundamentals to start with, to create a foundation to where they want to go musically.”
On Rudy Sarzo’s thoughts about the newly reformed Quiet Riot without Kevin Dubrow
“Frankie is carrying on the flag, these are the same guys that were there since 2005 so it’s not like something new the only exception is that Kevin is not there anymore but of course you have to carry on and now they have a great singer Jizzy Pearl and the band sounds great.”
On why Kevin Dubrow was so angry at Rudy Sarzo over the years
“I had conversations with Frankie Banali(Quiet Riot) and we cannot pin point it what it was but I can tell you, it was never anything that would have not been solved with a phone call.”
On Ozzy Osbourne’s initial reaction to the mix of Diary of a Madman Album
“I can tell you this cause I was in the bus when Ozzy got the mix version of the record and I saw his expression and I heard how he felt about it. He thought it was crap, the mix. Cause if you really look back at that record , it was the first album of the 80’s to be mixed with so much ambience. It sounds like an 80’s record and nobody had heard that before , completely different from the sound of the Blizzard of Ozz and Ozzy just had no idea that this was going to be the sound of the future.”
Watch the Interview Here: