Ozzy Osbourne had requested Dave Meniketti to affix his solo band again in 1982 because the Y&T frontman shared in a brand new social media put up as a caption to a photograph he shared from the interval with Ozzy and his spouse and supervisor Sharon.
Meniketti shared the picture with the caption, “Going by means of a lot of my outdated tour pics at present and thought I’d share this one. Ozzy kissing me on the lips backstage in Dublin on the AC/DC tour, when he requested me to affix his band in 1982. Discover Sharon on the left, trying on with gentle disgust. Our agent Rod MacSween was sitting subsequent to her.”
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The invite seems to have come within the wake of the tragic loss of life of Randy Rhoads, the acclaimed lead guitarist who handed away in a tragic airplane accident on March 19, 1982. Ozzy would recruit Brad Gillis of Night time Ranger fame as a short lived alternative earlier than the complete time place finally went to Jake E. Lee.
Osbourne was quickly using the providers of Night time Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis following Rhoads’ loss of life and was searching for a extra everlasting alternative, and approached Meniketti when the 2 got here nose to nose on the street.
“We have been taking part in with AC/DC in 1982 on the ‘For These About To Rock’ tour,” Meniketti recalled to The Steel Voice in 2015.
“And the final present on the U.Ok. tour was in Dublin, Eire, and he was ready for us after we received off stage, after strolling again into our backstage room. And he was there with [his wife and manager] Sharon, and he received down on his knees in entrance of me — in fact, [with] the [other Y&T] band members standing only some ft away — and did the factor the place you… up and down with the palms within the air: ‘Will you please be part of my band?’”
He added: “It was a cool factor. I imply, it was enjoyable. It was one thing to be pleased with, for certain, as a result of… I imply, it was Ozzy, and I might think about he’s fairly specific about who he has taking part in with him. However I kindly declined and stated, ‘I’ve received my very own fish to fry right here, however I admire the provide.’”
