Randy Castillo
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Birth name | Randolpho Francisco Castillo |
Born | Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.[1] | December 18, 1950
Died | March 26, 2002[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 51)
Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal |
Occupation(s) | Drummer |
Years active | 1965–2002 |
Labels | Epic, Mötley, Mercury, Star Licks Productions |
Website | www |
Randolpho Francisco Castillo (December 18, 1950 – March 26, 2002)[2] was an American musician. He was Ozzy Osbourne's drummer during the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, and later as drummer for Mötley Crüe, from 1999 to his death in 2002.
Early life
Castillo was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was inspired to take up the drums after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.[2]
Randy's first rock band in Albuquerque was a hard rock cover band, "The Wumblies," which later moved to Denver, Colorado before breaking up in 1980. Randy Castillo was a mixed-race Apache Native American.[3]
Career
In 1984, Castillo was hired to play drums for Lita Ford and was featured on her Dancin' on the Edge album. Ford introduced Castillo to her boyfriend, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, and Nikki’s bandmate Tommy Lee. Shortly after the “Dancin’ on the Edge” tour, Lee called Castillo from a party he was at with Ozzy Osbourne and told him Ozzy was looking for a new drummer.[2] Despite being unable to audition right away due to a broken leg he suffered while skiing, Castillo was hired by Osbourne a couple months later and ended up staying with the Ozzy Osbourne band for ten years, recording five albums with Ozzy during that time: The Ultimate Sin (1986), No Rest for the Wicked (1988), Just Say Ozzy (1990), No More Tears (1991), and a double-disc live album, Live & Loud (1993).[1]
After recording Ozzy's live album in 1993, he joined the short-lived Bone Angels, followed by
In 1999, after Lee had left Mötley Crüe, Sharon Osbourne called Castillo and suggested he join the band, which he did without audition.
Death
Several weeks before Mötley Crüe was set to tour the New Tattoo album, joining Megadeth and Anthrax on the Maximum Rock Tour, Castillo became ill while performing with his
Within a few months the cancer returned but this time in a more aggressive and lethal form, and a few days after returning to the doctors, Castillo died on March 26, 2002, aged 51.[2] 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.
Discography
The Mud
- Mud on Mudd (1970 UNI Records)
- Mud (1971 UNI Records)
The Offenders
- The Offenders (1980)[6]
Lita Ford
- Dancin' on the Edge (1984)[6]
Ozzy Osbourne
- The Ultimate Sin (1986)[1]
- No Rest for the Wicked (1988)[1]
- Just Say Ozzy (1990)[1]
- No More Tears (1991)[1]
- Live & Loud (1993)[1]
Red Square Black
- Square "EP" (1994)[6]
Bret Michaels
- A Letter From Death Row (1998) (On Song "I'd Die For You")[6]
Mötley Crüe
- New Tattoo (2000)[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Answers.com". Answers.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ a b c d "Remembering Ex-Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne drummer Randy Castillo". Ultimate Classic Rock. March 26, 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ [1] The Wumblies
- ^ Release Date: 4/19/2005 Label: Cleopatra UPC: 741157148329 Catalog Number: 1483
- ^ "Chronological Crue - Views - New Tattoo For The Skin Man". Members.ozemail.com.au. 2000-07-11. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- ^ a b c d "Randy Castillo". Metal Epicenter. August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-31.