I recently finished a book my brother had brought me to read when he was here in August. It is a book wrote by Rudy Sarzo called, Off The Rails (Aboard The Crazy Train In The Blizzard Of Ozz) Sarzo has played in Quiet Riot,Whitsnake and Ozzy's band Blizzard Of Ozz. He played bass in all of the mentioned bands. This book is for the most part a journal of his tour with Ozzy between March of 1981 and Sept 1982, Ozzy's first solo tours with original and still the best guitar player Ozzy has ever had, Randy Rhoads.
The book starts with Rudy's upbringing in Cuba and coming to America and finally finding a band to play in, starting with Quiet Riot and then ending up with Ozzy, after Ozzy had left Black Sabbath. The book is full of all kind of stories that I have heard before but not from an actual member of the band. The biting the head off a dove at meeting with record executives, pissing on the Alamo in Texas while dressed in drag and so many other drunken stories, cool to hear stories from Rudy, whom was actually there at the time. Ozzy was quite messed up at this time in his life.
Then there is the tragic story of the plane crash that killed Randy Rhoads. This is the most detailed telling of the story I have ever heard. Worth the read.
All and all, an easy read, but a fun entertaining book. Check it out if given the chance.
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