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"Laughing Gas" was a song performed by Quiet Riot at all the live performances while Randy Rhoads played with the band. It was never recorded onto an album until a live bootleg performance was enhanced (with rerecorded vocals) and placed on The Randy Rhoads Years.
Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist. He was the co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot, and the guitarist and co-songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo albums Blizzard of Ozz (1980) and Diary of a Madman (1981).
After the death of Rhoads, the band carried on for a short time with guitarist Bernie Tormé, until both parties agreed that the arrangement was not working out.Guitarist Vito Bratta, who was playing in a New York area Black Sabbath cover band at the time, was considered as his replacement but he clashed with Sharon and later lamented that he had blown his big break. [9]
Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 1973 [1] by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni.. The original lineup featured Rhoads and Garni with lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow and drummer Drew Forsyth, though that version of the band was mired in turmoil that would eventually see Garni fired for making death threats towards DuBrow. [2]
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., on Aug. 14, 1981. It was Ozzy Osbourne's debut concert tour as a solo artist after having been fired by the English group ...
Osbourne performing during the Diary of a Madman tour, 1982. Diary of a Madman is the final album recorded with late guitarist Randy Rhoads. Although bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Tommy Aldridge are credited in the liner notes and pictured on the inner sleeve for the American vinyl and cassette release and later CD re-issues, it was bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake who performed ...
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the 3,200-seat theatre was a popular stop on many major rock artist's tours. The venue was known for its in-house video system which resulted in a number of good quality, black and white video bootlegs. After it closed, the building fell into disrepair and it was demolished in April 1991.
In terms of music criticism, Gina Boldman of AllMusic has praised the song in general and particularly guitarist Randy Rhoads' work in it (while she labeled Osbourne's vocal work as conveying "sloppy conviction"). She regarded "Flying High Again" a release that became "a good-time heavy metal song that was hard to take seriously" and ...