Randy Rhoads
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New Randy Rhoads book celebrates the life and legacy of the legendary Ozzy Osbourne guitarist
By Matt Owen published
The 280-page Ross Halfin tome features an array of unseen images and features, as well as an exclusive introduction and epilogue penned by Osbourne and Tom Morello
![[L-R] Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tVLRaDLeeXpVxcYmw29Lc9.jpg)
Randy Rhoads: "I started tuning up and Ozzy said, 'You've got the gig.' I didn't even get to play!"
By John Stix published
The late guitar legend talks learning through teaching and his early days with Ozzy Osbourne in this classic Guitar World interview from 1982

The greatest Guitar World magazine covers of all time… revealed!
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jeff Kitts, Damian Fanelli published
#GuitarWorld40: Here’s what you voted the best Guitar World covers ever

Jackson Custom Shop celebrates its 40th anniversary with some truly over-the-top creations
By Richard Bienstock published
Twenty-seven-fret Vs, limited edition artist models, multi-scale basses and an outrageous Jackson/Charvel double neck that has to be seen to be believed

Ozzy Osbourne offers $25,000 reward for information about stolen Randy Rhoads guitar gear
By Richard Bienstock published
Rhoads' first-ever electric guitar and various amps taken

How to tap like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Reb Beach
By Martin Goulding published
Learn some tapping licks in the styles of three of the technique’s most celebrated practitioners

Randy Rhoads-Style Melodic Tapping Exercise Using Common Tones
By Richard Rossicone published
Not only will this exercise get your fingers moving, but it will get your brain moving too.

Watch Some Amazing Footage of 22-Year-Old Randy Rhoads Soloing in 1979
By Jonathan Graham published
Some rare footage of a young, pre-Ozzy Randy Rhoads in action.
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