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Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> never forgot the fact that he struck gold with Randy Rhoads. <\/p>\n After Black Sabbath, there was always a question over whether \u2018The Prince of Darkness\u2019 was going to be able to live up to his living legend status, but with the right guitarist next to him, he managed to get one of the greatest creative second winds in rock and roll history. But it\u2019s not like Rhoads was in love with the idea of working with Osbourne for the long term when he started making music with him.<\/p>\n Granted, it\u2019s not like Rhoads didn\u2019t have free rein to do whatever he wanted when he got to the studio. Both Osbourne and the producers knew the genius they had on their hands with him, so it made a lot more sense for him to be the musical Swiss army knife half the time. But when they got out on the road to start performing again, there was always something lacking when the band had to go back to Osbourne\u2019s other band.<\/p>\n Despite being contractually obligated to play his fair share of Sabbath material, Rhoads was never as much of a fan of Osbourne\u2019s old band. He never wanted to be the standard bluesy player that Tony Iommi<\/a> was, which probably explains why Osbourne\u2019s first two records sounded so different. Rhoads was more of a fan of genres like classical music, and looking at his own pieces, it\u2019s clear that was his first love.<\/p>\n Even when working on tour, Rhoads would often find spots to take guitar lessons to practice his classical scales, usually wiping the floor with whomever was teaching him the ropes. But while he did get a handful of featured spots on the song \u2018Dee\u2019, there was a lot more music inside him that was never going to be filled if he kept playing heavy metal for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n