Is it just pure coincidence that Rudy plays with Frankie, later in Quiet Riot?
Robert: No, no. Rudy stayed in touch with Frankie and then he was doing some touring with some top 40 band and they needed a drummer, so they called Frankie and Frankie joined them on the road somewhere. You know, doing like a club circuit. I didn’t want to do that. I wanted to stay in the city and see what I could do there with session work and recording because it was just thriving at that time, with all the record companies…….and it worked….I got in there. I was at the Record Plant recording in 1979 and the album was released in 1980. After that, the whole scene started to crumble in New York and that’s when I decided to sell my house that I had in New Jersey and move to L.A. …………….Actually, what happened was…….Randy Rhoads died….that’s right……sorry, it was a long time ago. (laughs) When Randy Rhoads died, I got a call from Ozzy. Rudy had given them my number. I had already met Ozzy when they played the Capitol Theatre in New Jersey. They knew that I played
