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Relis and Guns sat down with Den of Geek to compare notes about the documentary, the LA Strip, and the guitarist who still contributes heavily to music education.ĭen of Geek: Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon is a real tear-jerker. Guns, and supergroups Brides of Destruction and Contraband, Tracii was a founding member of Guns N’ Roses, before Slash shredded to Axl Rose. Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon is narrated by Tracii Guns, who could also write a thesis on Rhoads’ techniques.

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Rhoads was showing budding metal masters how to play Eddie Van Halen licks while he stepped on his crosstown rival’s image taped to the Wah Wah pedal at every Quiet Riot! show. Randy gave drag fashion tips as part of the Katzenjammer Kids by the time he was 16. He and future co-founding Quiet Riot! bassist Kelly Garni started a group called The Whore while still in middle school. Rhoads grew up in his mother Dee’s music school, and when he surpassed his guitar teachers, he studied music theory and piano, and gave everybody lessons. Rhoads was, at heart, heavy metal’s most transparent guitar teacher.Īs the documentary makes clear, Rhoads was still giving lessons when he got the gig with Black Sabbath’s former singer, who hired the young string-master after hearing only a few warmup arpeggios on a practice amp. The new documentary Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon continues the star gaze, and director Andre Relis ( NWA & Eazy-E: Kings of Compton) examines the influence with academic glee.

Tragically killed in a plane crash on Maat the age of 25, his work is most clearly captured on studio recordings as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne.

Like a comet, Randy Rhoads only blazed through the sonic atmosphere for a short time, but musicologists, guitar geeks, and fans continue to study the lingering tail of each of his solos.

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