Randolpho Francisco Castillo was an American musician.
11 Facts About Randy Castillo
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Randy Castillo was Ozzy Osbourne's drummer during the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, and later as drummer for Motley Crue, from 1999 to his death in 2002.
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Randy Castillo was inspired to take up the drums after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
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Randy Castillo'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.
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In 1984, Randy Castillo was hired to play drums for Lita Ford and was featured on her Dancin' on the Edge album.
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Randy Castillo briefly returned to Osbourne's band in 1995 for a tour, and played drums on several tribute albums during this time.
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Randy Castillo played with Ronnie James Dio on a cover of Alice Cooper's "Welcome To My Nightmare" on the Alice Cooper tribute album "Welcome To The Nightmare " and performed all drumming duties on a star-studded Def Leppard tribute album titled Leppardmania.
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In 1999, after Lee had left Motley Crue, Sharon Osbourne called Randy Castillo and suggested he join the band, which he did without audition.
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Randy Castillo's only recording with the band, 2000's New Tattoo, was somewhat of a return to the classic Motley Crue sound.
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Several weeks before Motley Crue was set to tour the New Tattoo album, joining Megadeth and Anthrax on the Maximum Rock Tour, Randy Castillo became ill while performing with his mariachi side project Azul at the Cat Club in Hollywood.
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Immediately after the show Randy Castillo took a cab to nearby Cedars Sinai Hospital where he collapsed as he was being admitted.