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Serj Tankian And Tom Morello Cover "Crazy Train" For Randy Rhoads Tribute

posted Jan 21, 2015 at 2:25 PM by xFiruath.  (14 Comments)

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As announced earlier this month, UDR Music will release a compilation of cover tracks honoring the late, great Randy Rhoads – heralded as the legendary lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot.

"Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute" and accompanying bonus DVD (with digipack edition) will hit stores on March 3rd, 2015.

Today, Rolling Stone is hosting the official worldwide premiere of the first track on "Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute" – a blazing cover of the hit Ozzy Osbourne "Blizzard of Ozz" track “Crazy Train.” The track features Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Rudy Sarzo, and Vinny Appice. Give it a listen below.

The full track listing is:

1. Crazy Train
Vocals: Serj Tankian
Gtrs: Tom Morello
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Vinny Appice

2. Over the Mountain
Vocals: Tim “Ripper” Owens
Gtrs: Jon Donais
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Frankie Banali

3. Mr Crowley
Vocals: Chuck Billy
Gtrs: Alexi Laiho
Keyboards: Kelle Rhoads
Bass Rudy: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Vinny Appice

4. Believer
Vocals: Tim “Ripper” Owens
Gtrs: Doug Aldrich
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Vinny Appice

5. Back To The Coast (Quiet Riot)
Vocals: Kelle Rhoads
Gtrs: Bruce Kulick
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Frankie Banali

6. I Don't Know
Vocals: Tim “Ripper” Owens
Gtrs: George Lynch
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Brett Chassen

7. S A T 0
Vocals: Tim “Ripper” Owens
Rhythm guitars: Bob Kulick
Lead guitar: Dweezil Zappa
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Vinny Appice

8. Killer Girls (Quiet Riot)
Vocals: Tim “Ripper” Owens
Gtrs: Joel Hoekstra
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Brett Chassen

9. Goodbye to Romance
Vocals: Tim “Ripper” Owens
Gtrs: Gus G.
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Brett Chassen

10. Suicide Solution
Vocals: Tim “Ripper” Owens
Gtrs: Brad Gillis
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Brett Chassen

11. Flying High Again
Vocals: Tim “Ripper” Owens
Gtrs: Bernie Torme
Bass: Rudy Sarzo
Drums: Brett Chassen

What's Next?

14 Comments on "Serj Tankian Covers 'Crazy Train'"

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1. SlinginA57LesPaul writes:

Who do the proceeds from the sale of the CD and upcoming DVD go to???

# Jan 21, 2015 @ 3:43 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Blindgreed1 writes:

Worst version EVER. Sounds more like a mockery than a tribute.

# Jan 21, 2015 @ 6:12 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. KREDD writes:

Knights of Columbus!! ^^^^ Agreed. That vocal styling applies to SOAD and SOAD only.

# Jan 22, 2015 @ 12:19 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. xFiruath writes:

This does sound really bad. Serj's odd vocals don't work at all here, and when he contorts his bizarre vocalizations to try to sound like the original it just comes off like a parody making fun of the song, and not a tribute.

# Jan 22, 2015 @ 12:36 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. hellrat writes:

Fvcking disgraceful...cartoon goat boy has zero business bawling on this sh!t

Guitars are also embarrassingly sh!tty

Figures these two righteous libtard fvckoffs would get together to butcher a classic

The ultimate tribute eh? nah, ultimate hack-job...the other line ups seem alright, maybe will show some class and actually pay a proper tribute to the Master and not fvcking chump it as done here?

NP---Dee

# Jan 22, 2015 @ 9:07 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. BrianSD writes:

That's just bad.

# Jan 23, 2015 @ 1:05 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. CorpusUpir writes:

As bad as that was and it was real bad and should be forever forgotten. WTF is with Tim "The Ripper" Owens going cover 8 of the 11 tracks?!? Is this his tribute? Did he just need 3 other singers to go on this so he could call it a tribute??? Super F-ing lame in my books. I will try to pretend this never happened

# Jan 23, 2015 @ 6:09 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. judas_rising writes:

Glad to see Ripper on most of the tracks. The guy is a class act and will breathe new life into these tracks, while this Serj character, who couldn't shine Randy's shoes, tries to make this whole effort about him.

# Jan 23, 2015 @ 9:13 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. jsjsjsjsjsjs writes:

onley on that i realley like is chuck billy of testament alexi laiho childern of th bodom doing mr crowley that on might be pretty cool

# Jan 23, 2015 @ 12:19 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. Drum_Junkie writes:

Morello and Tankian have no business covering a classic metal song together - ANY classic metal song.
Their styles are so unique (one dimensional?) that they don't lend themselves well to imitating others. Like xF said, Serj's vocals really come off as sarcastic and mocking instead of the tribute it was meant to be. Tom was also a huge offender here. If it was meant to be a performance to honor Randy, then he should have checked is sizable ego at the door resisted the urge to call attention to his style of playing. A little here and there is fine, but this was just rife with his special effects that really took away from the feel of the song. I think Morello is overrated, and this performance suggests that without his effects, he has little else to offer.

Pairing Tom and Serj with metal veterans Rudy and Vinny only added to the disconnect. Honestly, I'm disappointed in their performances as well. Rudy seemed to give a phoned in performance and never locked in with Vinny. And while Kerslake's original had both a groove and forward momentum, Vinny's plodding beat held the song back.
Vinny, can't you play anything other than 1/4 note wacks on the hi-hat? 1/8's, 1/16th's? come on, man! And quit throwing in an extended drum fill at the end of every. single. bar line!

# Jan 23, 2015 @ 1:34 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. spiral_architect writes:

THIS BLOWS. SERJ INSISTS ON DOING ANYTHING BUT PARTICIPATE IN A NEW SOAD EFFORT. WHAT A WASTE.

# Jan 23, 2015 @ 2:22 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. spiral_architect writes:

I'VE NEVER BEEN A MORELLO FAN EITHER. HIS WORK IN AUDIOSLAVE IS TOO HIP HOPPY AND WICKY WACKED OUT FOR MY TASTE. RANDY WAS A NEOCLASSICAL 80'S SHREDDER WHO DESERVES A BETTER "TRIBUTE" THAN THIS. I'LL STICK WITH THE BEST.

NP: OZZY OSBOURNE/ RANDY RHOADS - TRIBUTE

# Jan 23, 2015 @ 2:31 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. gripper writes:

it's ok seems reverent to me serge seems understated if anything maybe listen again
that said certain songs should never be remade
mastodon completely hacked up orion and just got paid
shadows fall butchered bark at the moon
on the flip side cannibal corpse were on point with zero the hero
just a week ago several were creaming over a amateurish rework of st anger
very interested in george lynch and gus g contributions to the tribute

# Jan 23, 2015 @ 8:30 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. citrus_tea writes:

I would have barely believed that these 4 guys could record such a god-awful noise. Hope they never form a super-group.

# Feb 5, 2015 @ 4:46 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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