Randolpho Francisco Castillo Albuquerque, New Mexico (December 18, 1950 – March 26, 2002) was best known as Ozzy Osbourne's drummer in the 1980s and early 1990s. is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Ozzy redirects here. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Early years

Randy Castillo's mother Winifred is Spanish, while his father Quock was born to Mexican and Native American parents. Randy is one of five children, having four sisters, Frances, Marilyn, Phyllis and Christine, who all play music. His first band experience was playing trumpet in a band that his father was also a member of called Los Aguilas, which is Spanish for The Eagles. With his father on guitar, they perform Mariachi music at local weddings and parties, but he soon loses interest when he realises the kind of bands he likes don't have trumpet players. He decides he wants a drum kit instead, especially after seeing The Beatles rock on the Ed Sullivan Show in early February 1964. His father refuses to buy one for him, thinking he will also lose interest with it, as he did with the trumpet.

Finding his calling

After 2 years of pleading, Castillo received his first drum set at age 14, a small Ludwig kit with one hi-hat and one cymbal, and played it nonstop in their garage. “I’d just play ‘til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn’t stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer," he said, still feeling highly sympathetic towards his parents. Randy was quick to note, “My parents really encouraged me.” Castillo was an ardent admirer of Keith Moon of The Who, AC/DC's Phil Rudd, and John Bonham from Led Zeppelin. However, his favorite drummer was Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones. “I dare anyone to play like Charlie Watts,” Castillo said during a 1984 interview. Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... This article is about about the band. ... Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd (born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis, on May 19, 1954 in Melbourne, Australia) is the drummer for Australian rock band AC/DC. He held the position from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 to present. ... John Henry Bonzo Bonham (May 31, 1948 – September 25, 1980) was an English drummer and member of the English rock band Led Zeppelin. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... Charles Robert Charlie Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. ... “Rolling Stones” redirects here. ... This article is about the year. ...

He soon joined an R&B band called The Sheltons, one of the city's most popular bands, but he was kicked out after a few months when their old drummer Toby, who had quit before they asked Randy to play for them, rejoined. This devastated Randy but inspired him to take lessons at Luchetti's Music with Nick Luchetti, at the time one of the best instructors in the city, if not the state, and owner of the shop where his drum kit was purchased. Randy later credited Luchetti with giving him the guidance to help him realize his rock dreams.

A year later, Randy played in his next band called Doc Rand and The Purple Blues with a black singer that could dance like James Brown. Wearing sparkly shirts and ties, they played a mixture of original tunes and covers, learning every track on James Brown's Live at the Apollo album. They soon beat The Sheltons in a "battle of the bands" competition at West Mesa High School, while James Brown and the Famous Flames is the first big concert that Randy saw. The Purple Blues recorded a 7" single called I Need A Woman.

While attending West Mesa High School, Randy regularly played until 1:30–2:00 A.M. with popular local band The Checkers, as his parents took turns sitting in the bars as chaperones and helping him to load his drum kit into their truck after the shows. This caused Randy to often fall asleep in class, but he really wanted to be a musician more than anything in life.

As a senior, Randy played in a symphonic band at the now-defunct University of Albuquerque and was named to the All-State symphonic band. He was recruited to attend school on scholarship, but after a year of school he decided he had had enough of the class room.

Rock beginnings

Randy played in a band called The Tabbs when he is 18 years of age and they wore mustard coloured Nehru jackets on stage. On 18 June 1970 he snuck into a Jimi Hendrix concert and hid under the stage to get a closer look, exactly three months before Hendrix died. He then played with The Mudd after leaving The Tabbs and he began experimenting heavily with drugs, including mescaline, peyote and heroin. The band's lead singer, Tommy G, died of kidney failure, which Randy blamed on Tommy's addiction to heroin. This caused him to shy away from using the drug again.

He joined his first rock band in the late '70s called The Wumblies (originally called Cottonmouth) and he moved to Espanola where they predominantly played covers of songs by Yes, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull at as many gigs as possible, including high school proms. He first experienced life on the road with The Wumblies as they toured around America, playing four 45 minute sets a night in clubs. Randy became an instant drumming icon in all cities toured. The band moves to Denver, Colorado where they fell apart in 1980; a year later, his father Frank died at age 51.

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Realising he had to move to Los Angeles if he wanted to make it big, he made the transition in 1981 with Albuquerque-bred guitarist Tim Pierce and they rented a run-down room together in Hollywood at the Montecito on Franklin Ave. Having endured enough of the local hookers and transvestites, they moved out and Randy began living in his pickup truck. On the recommendation of another former Albuquerque musician, singer/songwriter Michael Goodroe, he joined pop band The Motels, whom Goodroe plays bass for, when their drummer fell sick with a heart condition just as they were about to go on tour. Randy embarked on his first major arena tour with The Motels in support of The Cars.

Superstardom

In 1984, Randy was hired to play drums for Lita Ford and was featured on her Dancin' On The Edge album. Lita introduced Randy to her boyfriend Nikki Sixx and Nikki’s bandmate Tommy Lee. Shortly after the “Dancin’ on the Edge” tour, Tommy called Randy from a party he was at with Ozzy Osbourne and told him Ozzy was looking for a new drummer. Despite being unable to audition right away due to a broken leg he suffered while skiing, Randy was hired by Ozzy a couple months later and ended up staying with the Ozzy Osbourne band for ten years, recording five albums with Ozzy during that time. These were The Ultimate Sin (1986), No Rest for the Wicked (1988), an EP entitled Just Say Ozzy (1990), No More Tears (1991), and a double-disc live album, Live and Loud (1993). Lita Ford (born September 19, 1958) is a glam metal singer and guitarist who achieved popularity during the 1980s. ... Dancin On The Edge is a Lita Ford album featuring the late drummer Randy Castillo, who later played for Ozzy Osbourne, who Lita Ford later did the duet Close My Eyes Forever with. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Ultimate Sin is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see No rest for the wicked. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Just Say Ozzy is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... No More Tears is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Live and Loud is a live album recorded by Ozzy Osbourne in 1993. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

After recording Ozzy's live album in 1993, he joined Red Square Black. Castillo also briefly returned to Osbourne's band in 1995 for a tour, and played drums on several tribute albums during this time. played with Ronnie James Dio on a cover of Alice Cooper's "Welcome To My Nightmare" on the Alice Cooper tribute album Humanary Stew and performed all drumming duties on a star-studded Def Leppard tribute album titled Leppardmania. The album featured John Corabi (Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe), Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt, Quiet Riot), Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot), Joe Leste (Bang Tango), and Jani Lane (Warrant, solo artist), among others. Guitar and bass duties were handled by Jerry Dixon and Erik Turner of Warrant, and Tracii Guns of the L.A. Guns and the original Guns in Guns N' Roses. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Red Square Black was a band formed by Marilyn Manson / Rob Zombie guitar player John Lowery (John 5). ... Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is an American heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf, and his own band Dio. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Def Leppard are an English hard rock band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... John Corabi (born on April 26, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a heavy metal singer and guitarist who has worked with such bands as Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union and ESP (both with former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick), Ratt (as a lead guitarist), Twenty 4 Seven... Angora were a band featuring lead vocalist and harmonica player John Corabi, guitarist Jimmy Marchiano, bassist Frank Schmeca, and drummer Robert Iezza. ... The Scream was a Los Angeles-based hard rock band in the late 80s/early 90s that featured John Alderete (bass) and Bruce Bouillet (guitar) of Racer X, former Shark Island drummer Walt Woodward III and former Angora singer John Corabi. ... Mötley Crüe (IPA pronunciation: ) is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. ... Paul Shortino is a singer who has sung for several bands, including Rough Cutt/The Cutt, Quiet Riot, and Bad Boyz. ... Rough Cutt is a band featuring singer Paul Shortino, who for a while replaced singer Kevin DuBrow in Quiet Riot. ... Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band, whose 1983 & 1984 success contributed to launching the 1980s glam metal scene. ... Kevin DuBrow (born October 29, 1955) is the lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot. ... Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band, whose 1983 & 1984 success contributed to launching the 1980s glam metal scene. ... Bang Tango is an American funk-infused glam metal band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jani Lane (late 80s) Jani Lane (born John Kennedy Oswald, February 1, 1964 in Akron, Ohio) is an American rock legend who was the lead vocalist and songwriter for the glam metal band Warrant. ... Warrant is an American glam metal band from Van Nuys, California which enjoyed its greatest success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with several multi-platinum albums, particularly the single and album Cherry Pie. ... Jerry Dixon has been the bassist of Warrant for the vast majority of their career, though it has been reported that Warrant had another bassist for only a few months, before Jerry Dixon joined. ... Erik Turner is best known as guitarist in American glam metal band Warrant. ... Warrant is an American glam metal band from Van Nuys, California which enjoyed its greatest success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with several multi-platinum albums, particularly the single and album Cherry Pie. ... L.A. Guns is a rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally formed in 1983 and continuing on today. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ...

In 1999, after Tommy Lee had left Mötley Crüe, Sharon Osbourne called Randy and told him about the job opening. Mötley Crüe gave him the job without an audition. He'd previously briefly played with Vince Neil as a touring drummer for the Vince Neil Band, and was an old friend of the band. His only recording with the band, 2000's New Tattoo, was somewhat of a return to the classic Mötley Crüe sound. However, fan reaction was mixed and the album was not as successful as the band was hoping it would be. Still, there was excitement over the upcoming tour due to the revival in interest of many '80s hard rock acts, and the band geared up for their "Maximum Rock" tour with thrash metal legends Anthrax and Megadeth. This article is about the year. ... Vince Neil (born Vincent Neil Wharton, February 8, 1961 in Hollywood, California) is the lead singer for American glam metal band Mötley Crüe. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... New Tattoo, released in 2000, was Mötley Crües attempt at going back to their sleazy 80s rock sound. ... Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ...

Final years

A couple of weeks before Mötley Crüe was set to go out and tour for “New Tattoo”, Randy became ill while performing with his mariachi side project “Azul” at the Cat Club in Hollywood. Right after the show Randy took a cab to nearby Cedars Sinai Hospital where he collapsed as he was being admitted. The doctors discovered a duodenal ulcer that had ruptured his stomach and performed emergency surgery that saved Randy’s life. While taking time off from Mötley Crüe to recover from his surgery, Randy discovered a small lump on his jaw and a month later, after it had grown to roughly the size of a golf ball, he sought treatment and was diagnosed with Squamous cell Carcinoma, a common form of cancer that is not usually fatal if it is discovered early but can spread rapidly if left untreated. The cancer went into remission in mid-2001, and he was rumored to be rejoining Osbourne's solo band for that summer Ozzfest tour (along with Geezer Butler on bass), though these rumors were later revealed to be untrue. The sources of these rumors may have come as a result of his then-bassist and drummer, Robert Trujillo and Mike Bordin, respectively, playing on former Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell's Degradation Trip album. Though both were rumored to be leaving Osbourne's camp to play as part of Cantrell's live outfit, they both returned to Osbourne's solo group after recording. Another rumor had Bordin leaving to re-form Faith No More with the classic line-up that played on The Real Thing and Angel Dust, and Trujillo becoming a full-time member of Black Label Society, both of which also proved to be untrue. Trujillo eventually joined Motley Crue. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world famous hospital located in Los Angeles. ... In anatomy of the digestive system, the duodenum is a hollow jointed tube connecting the stomach to the jejunum. ... Squamous cells are basically types of cells which can be identified histologically by the fact that they look flattened and thin under a microscope. ... In medicine, carcinoma is any cancer that arises from epithelial cells. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Roberto Trujillo (born on October 23, 1964) is a bassist, who has played in Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbournes band before joining Metallica in 2003. ... Mike Bordin (born Michael Andrew Bordin, November 27, 1962 in San Francisco, California) was the co-founder and drummer of Faith No More and is now playing with Ozzy Osbourne. ... Alice in Chains is a popular and influential rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987. ... Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. ... Degradation Trip is the second solo album by the Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, released on June 18, 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... Faith No More was an experimental alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... The Real Thing is the third album released by Faith No More in 1989. ... Angel Dust, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music), was the fourth studio album by U.S. rock band Faith No More, and the second to feature vocalist Mike Patton, as well as the final with guitarist Big Jim Martin. ... Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with 9 albums released to date. ... Mötley Crüe in 2004 Mötley Crüe is an American rock band whose members include Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, and Vince Neil. ...

Unfortunately, within a few months the cancer returned, and a few days after returning to the doctors, Randy Castillo succumbed to cancer on March 26, 2002. He was 51 years old. During the final weeks of his life, Castillo had been working with ex-Ozzy Osbourne and Alice in Chains bassist Mike Inez on a new band and was in the process of hiring a singer. March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Alice in Chains is a popular and influential rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987. ...

Discography

With Lita Ford

• Dancin' on the Edge (1984)

Dancin On The Edge is a Lita Ford album featuring the late drummer Randy Castillo, who later played for Ozzy Osbourne, who Lita Ford later did the duet Close My Eyes Forever with. ...

With Mötley Crüe

• New Tattoo (2000)
• Red, White & Crue (2005)

New Tattoo, released in 2000, was Mötley Crües attempt at going back to their sleazy 80s rock sound. ... Red, White & Crüe is a 2-CD greatest hits album by Mötley Crüe released in 2005. ...

With Ozzy Osbourne

• The Ultimate Sin (1986)
• No Rest for the Wicked (1988)
• Just Say Ozzy (1990)
• No More Tears (1991)
• Live and Loud (1993)

The Ultimate Sin is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... No Rest for the Wicked is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... Just Say Ozzy is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... No More Tears is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. ... Live and Loud is a live album recorded by Ozzy Osbourne in 1993. ...

External links

• Randy Castillo memorial site