Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads

[NJDVCMembers]

So my wife and I were going through the "On Demand" music videos, she turns on an old Ozzy video from the early 80's... "Crazy Train". The song is off the Randy Rhoades tribute album.

Just past the half way point, there is a montage of still photos, one caught my attention and I stopped the video. I was able to freeze it on the shot (after a number of attempts) of Randy Rhoades in the middle of Main Street USA. We were stunned.

The wife ran and got the CD and inside there were more photos. The very first picture (page 3) is of all the guys sitting on a bench. Any WDW fan can tell that the bench is outside the gates of the MK in under the monorail and in front of the docks.

The second picture is on page 8 in the lower left corner, all the guys on the monorail platform, with the monorail in the background. I found a copy on the net... sorry no picture of the first.

I found it really amazing that Ozzy and company would be seen in a place like Disney World... even more interesting is the history. These photos had to be taken prior to Randy Rhoads' death in 1982.

Kinda cool...just thought we'd share.

 

[Kerby626]

Cool. But what's hard to believe about Ozzy being someplace like Disney? Not being a jerk but I'm curious as to your remark.

 

[NJDVCMembers]

Kerby, we were just thinking that Ozzy of the early 80's is different than the Ozzy of today. It's just hard to imagine that young Rock/Metal Ozzy partying hard in WDW. Especially knowing about his hard living lifestyle back then.

Did Casey Jones on Main Street ever serve Bat Heads?

 

[Mikester71]

Even though I have been an Ozzy fan for many, many years now, I have really just started to appreciate how truly great Rhoads guitar work was during his very short time with Ozzy. He is definitely one of THE best rock guitarists of all time and it is a shame he left us way too early. RIP Randy Rhoads!

 

[philsfan2185]

This is a very cool find!

I'm sure Ozzy brought his 3 kids with him to WDW. So it's not entirely surprising.

Randy Rhodes is one of the most underrated guitarists ever.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Oh come now....where do you think the Osborne lights came from???

Just kiddin! I know that they aren't from the Ozzy Osbournes... LOL! It was funny when we were there and the kids were asking me if Ozzy comes to see his lights. I had to explain the real story. It was cute kinda like when they want to enlighten me to some music they found by..."mom, you may not have heard of them"...Nirvana. :ROFLOL::ROFLOL:

To the OP, very cool find. It's always oober cool when a little Disney magic sneaks its way into the most unlikely places.

 

[RayLaVeau]

WOW!...Very Cool Find Indeed...RR is is one of my inspirations... being a guitar Player that I am..That is wayy too cool

 

[InfernalPenguin]

Ha!

WDW is Metal-friendly!

Now then, I wonder if Dio has ever wandered into the park... tell you what, probably the most awesome Splash Mountain picture you'd ever see!

 

[boo52]

And even more to add is that Randy died in an airplane accident not far from Disney in Lake County.

 

[Disney MDACK]

It seems everyone has a little disney in them.

 

[Fade_to_Blah]

Randy Rhodes is one of the most underrated guitarists ever.

Im not sure he is underrated.......but yea I think I know what you mean:animwink: Hes always listed as an inspiration to all of metals big guitar players today (Zakk Wylde just to name one obviously). Anyone that is a fan of metal knows what he did for genre and music in general. He gets alot of acclaim, and he deserves every single bit of it! Really wish we didnt lose him so early in his career, the sky was really the limit and it would be amazing to see what he would be doing today.

 

[hrcollectibles]

Ozyy partying at pleasure island :ROFLOL:

 

[George]

Ha!

WDW is Metal-friendly!

Now then, I wonder if Dio has ever wandered into the park... tell you what, probably the most awesome Splash Mountain picture you'd ever see!

Due to his height, he would probaby be mistaken for a kid. I'm not sure he's tall enough to get on Splash!

Cool find on the Ozzy pics.

 

[subhuman31]

Don't forget about them on the Main Steet train station steps. Here is them in 1981 and me in 2006.

 

[subhuman31]

Here's a couple more pics I found.

 

[NJDVCMembers]

Here's a couple more pics I found.

The top picture is the same as the one from the first page of the CD cover... but in the CD the picture shows more background and you can easily make out the Monorail pillars and the dock.

 

[Kerby626]

Like I said before, cool. Just goes to show you, anyone can be a fan of Disney, even if they did bite the head of live bats.

 

[westie]

Must have been a busy week for security! Ten bucks says Ozzy doesn't remember being there.

 

[maryszhi]

those out fits lol. I am 17 and only know ozzie osbourne for the show....which was funny, but being the girly girl i am i was not interested.i also think its funny about the osbourne lights. one christmas a bunch of self proclaimed "metal heads" said the only reason they came to disney was the osbourne lights bc it was sponsered by them( sharon, ozzie, kelly, exc). i laughed my bum off. i heard a cm tell them that they didnt sponser it. they got all mad and said they would never come back because disney lied....and that they should bring back the "osbournes version" they actually didnt get they were never sponsered by them. i thought it was quite funny

 

[subhuman31]

The top picture is the same as the one from the first page of the CD cover... but in the CD the picture shows more background and you can easily make out the Monorail pillars and the dock.

Yeah you're right. I never noticed that before. I'll try to scan it tonight and post it.