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A growing petition is calling on the city of Burbank, California to honor legendary guitarist RANDY RHOADS with a permanent public statue - proposed for a location deeply tied to his origins: Stough Park. Rhoads, whose early work with Quiet Riot and later rise with Ozzy Osbourne helped redefine heavy metal guitar, spent his entire life in Burbank, where his musical identity was forged. Supporters behind the campaign emphasize that honoring Rhoads in Burbank goes beyond symbolism. The city represents not just where he lived, but where he taught, performed, and developed the sound that would influence generations of guitarists worldwide. Bob Daisley, who worked with Rhoads during his time with Ozzy Osbourne, reflected on the impact: "Randy was a special person and musician; may his likeness be immortalized in this Burbank statue." Sign the petition at change.org and visit the Randy Rhoads Memorial Project website at randyrhoadsmemorialproject.com.
TALES FROM THE SQUARE MILE is what W.A.S.P. frontman and very longtime HardRadio friend BLACKIE LAWLESS is calling his upcoming memoir. "What it's about is that square mile that I was living in in Hollywood at the time, and the influences that the town itself would have on not just me, but the music industry. I'm probably halfway done now, but the amount of research that it took to get a lot of these stories correct is really time-consuming. I find that there will be times where it'll take me six or seven hours to write two paragraphs because of the amount of research that's going on. Because when I first started this, like probably everybody else, I would have thought it would have been my singular story. That seemed reasonable at the time, but the more I got into it, the more I realized it was not just my story."
KISS legend and longtime HardRadio friend GENE SIMMONS has announced summer headline shows. The Demon will play dates with Sebastian Bach, Lita Ford, and Quiet Riot as support. June 13 - Indio, CA - Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. 19 - Pleasanton, CA - Alameda County Fair. July 17 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center (with Sebastian Bach, Lita Ford, Quiet Riot). 18 - Murphys, CA - Ironstone Amphitheatre (with Sebastian Bach, Lita Ford, Quiet Riot). 19 - Stateline, NV - Tahoe Blue Event Center (with Sebatian Bach, Lita Ford). October 20-25 - Paradisus, Cancun - The Sands 2026.
