Rudy Sarzo
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Sarzo in 2012
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| Background information | |
| Born |
November 18, 1950 Havana, Cuba |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, guitar, keyboard, synthesizer, vocals |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Associated acts | Quiet Riot, Angel, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Geoff Tate, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Dio, Blue Öyster Cult, Animetal USA, Devil City Angels |
| Website | www |
Rudy Sarzo (born Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont, November 18, 1950) is a Cuban American hard rock/heavy metal bassist. Sarzo has played with many well known heavy metal and hard rock acts including Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio, Blue Öyster Cult and Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche, Devil City Angels
Sarzo was born in Havana, Cuba on November 18, 1950. He immigrated to the United States in 1961, and was raised in Florida. His brother, Robert, is also a musician.
Sarzo joined Quiet Riot in December 1978 and remained in the band until early 1981. Though he is pictured on the cover of the band's 1978 album Quiet Riot II, he does not perform on it.
In 1980 he replaced Felix Robinson in Angel until their break-up in 1981. He did not appear on any material recorded by the band.
From March 1981 to September 1982, Sarzo rose to fame as the bassist in ex-Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne's band. He was recruited on the recommendation of Osbourne's guitarist Randy Rhoads, who had previously played with Sarzo in Quiet Riot. Sarzo's playing can be heard on Osbourne's Speak of the Devil and Tribute live albums, though he never appeared on a studio album with Osbourne. The liner notes of Osbourne's 1981 studio album Diary of a Madman list Sarzo as the bassist, though Bob Daisley actually played bass on the recordings.
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