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Randy Rhoads: Band
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C.) Randy Rhoads called Kevin DuBrow, they decided to get together to see about putting together a band. Randy went to Kevin’s house with his guitar and an amp. As Randy began to play, Kevin began to hear the best guitarist he’d ever heard.
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The two men started talking and soon after they formed "Quiet Riot", with Randy playing Jaw-Harp and the man with the high voice covering singing (shrieking) duties. Randy and Mr. High-Pitched-Voice-Guy hired John Bonham to play drums, (he was later fired when it was discovered that he was, in fact, dead. (although Bonham still holds some resentment because of this. (Except he really doesn't, because he's dead.))) and Ryan Martinie to fill the bass position. The band had some success, most prominently the platinum hit, "Come on, feel my balls".
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Approximately 9:00 a.m. on the morning of March 19th, Andrew Aycock took Rachel Youngblood and Randy Rhoads up for a few minutes. During this trip the plane began to fly low to the ground, at times below tree level, and "buzzed" the bands tour bus three times. On the fourth pass (banking to the left in a south-west direction) the planes left wing struck the left side of the bands tour bus (parked facing east) puncturing it in two places approximately half way down on the right side of the bus. The plane, with the exception of the left wing, was thrown over the bus, hit a nearby pine tree, severing it approximately 10 feet up from the bottom, before it crashed into the garage on the west side of the home owned by Jerry Calhoun. The plane was an estimated 10 feet off the ground traveling at approximately 120 - 150 knots during impact. The house was almost immediately engulfed in flames and destroyed by the crash and ensuing fire, as was the garage (pictured) and the two vehicles inside, an Oldsmobile and a Ford Granada.
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Rhoads started his first band, "BukFuttr", in 1950; they were met with minimal recording success. They had only one noticeable release, "Smoke on the Water", but the rights to that song (along with tablature of the main guitar riff and solo) were lost to Ritchie Blackmore's dad in a poker game held at Randy's house. Randy suspected Mr. Blackmore of cheating and soon killed him. Brutally.
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Sadly on March 19th, 1982 Randy and the band stopped at the home of the tour bus driver in Leesburgh, Florida where He, the bus driver, Andrew Aycock, and hairdresser Rachel Youngblood climbed abroad Aycock’s airplane. In an apparent attempt to “Buzz” the tour bus, the plane’s wing clipped the bus and crashed into the garage of Aycock’s home killing all 3 instantly.
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