Randy Rhoads
Guitarist whose brief recorded career joined classical technique, melodic discipline and heavy-metal force.
Life, work & what’s documented
Randy Rhoads was born 1956-12-06 and died 1982-03-19 at age 25. Guitarist whose brief recorded career joined classical technique, melodic discipline and heavy-metal force. A visionary guitarist whose brief career transformed heavy metal technique and composition.
Why They're Awesome
A visionary guitarist whose brief career transformed heavy metal technique and composition.
Essential works: Blizzard of Ozz · Diary of a Madman · Mr. Crowley
Meaningful connections
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- Quiet RiotBand Member Of / Randy Rhoads was a founding guitarist in Quiet Riot.Relationship source / confidence: high
- Ozzy Osbourne bandBand Member Of / Randy Rhoads was the defining early guitarist in Ozzy Osbourne's solo band.Relationship source / confidence: high
Positive impact
Good Deed Watch remains unasserted. Positive legacy can cover educational scholarships and annual remembrance only after exact institutional verification.
Context is not destiny
Born 1956-12-06; died 1982-03-19; age at death 25. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.
Death context: Randy Rhoads died on 1982-03-19 at age 25. This profile states only the sourced date and age until a reviewed cause or circumstance source is attached.
Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.
The cosmic file
The cosmic file
Sun
Sagittarius 14.4°
MoonCapricorn or Aquarius 0.0°
Mercury
Venus
Scorpio 13.5°
Mars
Aries 0.0°
Jupiter
Virgo 29.3°
Saturn
Uranus
Leo 6.7°
Neptune
PlutoTime-stable natal aspects
- Moon square Neptune orb 6.8°
- Mercury square Mars orb 3.3°
- Mercury square Jupiter orb 2.7°
- Mercury trine Pluto orb 4.0°
- Mars opposition Jupiter orb 0.9°
- Mars trine Saturn orb 6.6°
- Mars trine Uranus orb 7.0°
- Saturn trine Uranus orb 0.4°
- Saturn square Pluto orb 6.0°
- Uranus square Neptune orb 5.1°
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 1.2°
These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is presented separately and uncertainty is retained.
Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable. Moon: calculated with uncertainty. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon is evaluated across the full UTC day. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.
Sources & provenance
- Wikidata item Q312276Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID randy-rhoads:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
- Randy Rhoads remembrance and archiveOzzy Osbourne official site / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID randy-rhoads:official-legacy:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: good deed or positive legacy, legacy treatment.
- Randy RhoadsRock & Roll Hall of Fame / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primaryInstitutional profile used for career impact and recognition. The packaged randyrhoads.us candidate was rejected after redirecting to an unrelated gambling domain.
Official links
- Ozzy Osbourne official siteOfficial Archive
Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.
Research last updated 2026-08-26.
Portrait provenance
Randy Rhoads photo by Jet Records; Bob Daisleys Facebook page; CC0.
Exact source file · CC0 · Retrieved 2026-08-27.
Editorial identification only. No endorsement is implied.
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