Rudy Sarzo

Rudy Sarzo 2009 live at the Roxy Theater .

Rudy Sarzo (* 18th November 1950 as Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont ) is a Cuban - American Metal - / hard rock - bass player . He played in many bands, such as Quiet Riot , Ozzy Osbourne , Whitesnake , Manic Eden , Dio and Blue Öyster Cult .

Career

Sarzo is already on the album Quiet Riot II of Quiet Riot shown (1978), this was recorded but not from its predecessor Kelli Garni. From March 1981 to September 1982 Sarzo played in Ozzy Osbourne's band and became famous. Randy Rhoads recommended him. While he never recorded a studio album with Osbourne, he played on Speak of the Devil and Tribute . Sarzo is featured on Diary of a Madman , but it played Bob Daisley , who was fired shortly before the album was released.

Sarzo left Osbourne's band after Rhoads' death and joined Quiet Riot in the recording of Metal Health in September 1982 . He recorded various music videos with the band and was voted top bassist of 1983 by readers of Circus magazine . The break with singer Kevin DuBrow led to the separation in January 1985.

He then founded M.ARS with Tommy Aldridge . With Aldridge he played with Whitesnake from 1987 to 1994 and recorded Slip of the Tongue . Sarzo then played again several times for Quiet Riot and recorded albums with the band in 1999 and 2001. In 2004 he played for Yngwie Malmsteen . From 2007 he worked for Blue Öyster Cult. 2011 he played bass for the Dio Disciples . In 2012 it was reported that Sarzo had left Blue Öyster Cult and would henceforth concentrate on his new band Tred with ex- anthrax singer Dan Nelson and on his anime metal project Animetal USA .

Discography

With Ozzy Osbourne

• Speak of the Devil (1982)
• Tribute (1987)
• Diary of a Madman , Ozzy Live - Disc 2 of the Diary of a Madman Legacy Edition (2011)

With Quiet Riot

• Quiet Riot II (1978)
• Metal Health (1983)
• Condition Critical (1984)
• Alive and Well (1999)
• Guilty Pleasures (2001)

With whitesnake

• Slip of the Tongue (1989)
• Live at Donington 1990 (2011)

With MARS (MacAlpine / Aldridge / Rock / Sarzo)

• Project Driver (1986)

With Manic Eden

• Manic Eden (1994)

With Michael Angelo Batio

• Hands Without Shadows - Tribute to Randy (2005)

With Dio

• Holy Diver - Live (2006)

With Bassinvaders

• Hellbassbeaters (2008)

With Tim Owens

• Play My Game (2009)

With Animetal USA

• Animetal USA (2011)
• Animetal USA W (2012)

Charity project

• Emergency "Girlschool Haiti Appeal Cover with Livewire, Lemmy and Girlschool " (2011)

Guest appearances

• Thomas Tomsen "No Return To Earth" with Herman Rarebell (2020)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sarzo, Rudy, Off the Rails , 2nd ed., Charleston, Booksurge, LLC, 2006, p. 86
2. ↑ www.library.csun.edu: Randy Rhoads & Quiet Riot ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ www.allmusic.com: Biography Ozzy Osbourne
4. ^ Sarzo profile at Peavey
5. ↑ www.rockhard.de: Rudy Sarzo leaves Blue Öyster Cult