THE HAIR METAL GURU — In a brand new episode from The Hair Metal Guru, the subject is rock guitarist Robert Sarzo.
Sarzo was best known for his work with the Los Angeles based Hurricane but there is an amazing and deep history of work that the Cuban born guitarist shares with the listeners.
Sarzo, along with his older brother Rudy came to the U.S. from Cuba in 1961 as little kids with nothing more than the clothes on their backs but their resilience proved both would have success in music as their future unfolded.
Sarzo, 67, has had a long career that started in the 70’s playing clubs in Florida which found him on tour across the country by the early 80’s.
Ironically enough, by 1982 Sarzo found himself as a possible replacement to the late great Randy Rhoads following the tragic plane crash in Florida that took Ozzy Osbourne‘s young and gifted guitarist’s life.
Soon Sarzo was looking at the possibility of playing along side his older brother Rudy with Osbourne, but fate had other plans.
Wikipedia shares some of Sarzo‘s Bio which includes the following: “Sarzo has worked with an array of people in the entertainment industry. He was hired by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne as the original replacement for Randy Rhoads. Sarzo never went on tour with Osbourne because Jet Records‘ Don Arden, also Sharon’s father, had hired a different guitarist, Bernie Tormé, without telling anyone.
Sarzo has worked with Interscope/Universal Record‘s Jimmy Iovine and legendary metal producers, Bob Ezrin and Mike Clink. He also worked with Robert Stigwood of “Saturday Night Fever” fame on numerous soundtracks such as “Times Square”, D.L. Byron the writer of Pat Benatar‘s hit “Shadows of the Night“, Reggae artist Garland Jeffreys, and the late Sam Kinison on his “Leader of the Banned” album. Robert formed his band Hurricane in the early 80’s and went on to have hits such as “Over the Edge” and their #1 hit “I’m Onto You.”
In the early 1980s, Robert was introduced to bassist Tony Cavazo by Los Angeles heavy metal band Quiet Riot‘s lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow. Both Robert’s brother Rudy and Cavazo’s brother Carlos were in Quiet Riot at the time. He later joined with Cavazo, singer Kelly Hansen and drummer Jay Schellen to form the glam metal band Hurricane.”
Check out the full interview with Robert Sarzo on The Hair Metal Guru as shared below.
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