The first Metal concert Melissa Whitney attended was in 1979 at The Star Baby, a venue more used to playing disco music. That evening a pre-fame Quiet Riot were performing, including a young Randy Rhoads on guitar. Melissa’s love of the band would lead to her forming a bond of …

In MTTV Episode Fifteen, MetalTalk spoke with the ‘Bass Wizard’ Rudy Sarzo, who has played with many of the greats in his time. Rudy talks about Ozzy and Randy Rhoads, touring with Dio, joining Whitesnake and why Quiet Riot was supposed to fail. Interview: Kahmel Farahani All Photography © Mark ‘Weissguy’ Weiss. Used …

Rudy Sarzo: “I must keep playing until I play in a free Cuba!” I’m very lucky in that I get to interview quite a few heroes on my TotalRock radio show (www.totalrock.com Thursdays 3-6pm UK time). I’ve grown quite accustomed to it but a couple of weeks back even I …