news. After a brief meeting at Osbourne's hotel the following day, where Rhoads reportedly failed to impress Osbourne by drinking Diet Coke and dressing "very extravagantly" a jam session was held at Mars rehearsal studio. The session included where Osbourne, Strum and Rhoads and drummer Frankie Banali who was suggested by Rhoads, and was described by Strum as "a pretty wild band." The group rehearsed for approximately one week until Jet Records abruptly sent Strum and Banali home. In a 1986 interview with Metal Mania, Strum reflected on the disappointment of losing a promising collaboration at such a young age stating that the group had potential, but expressed his confidence that Rhoads' talent would lead to great success in the future. Randy Rhoads recorded two studio albums with Ozzy Osbourne, Blizzard Of Ozz (1980) and Diary Of A Madman (1981). He also toured with Osbourne's band in Europe and North America. Tragically, Rhoads died in a small plane crash on March 19, 1982 in Leesburg, Florida "He was the best guitarist I'd ever seen," Dana Strum said. "It was Randy's sound – along with Eddie Van Halen's – that changed the whole way the next generation of guitar players thought about music. The ones they tried to emulate but never could." Jake E. Lee In January 1983, Ozzy Osbourne was in need of a guitar player for his band to replace Brad Gillis on tour after Randy Rhoads died. Again, he enlisted the help of Dana Strum. Strum arranged auditions for 10 guitar players who were supposed to be the best in L.A. at that time, including Jake E. Lee, lead guitarist for the band Rough Cutt, and George Lynch, the former guitar player for Xciter and the Boyz. After the auditions, Lynch ended up joining Osbourne on tour, learning the songs and playing at the soundchecks. Apparently, Ozzy wasn't very happy with George Lynch's sound and asked Strum to have Mitch Perry and Jake E. Lee audition with him at S.I.R. studios in Los Angeles. The night before the audition they were asked to learn "Crazy Train" and "I Don't Know". Jake E. Lee wasn't familiar with the songs and had to borrow the album from a friend to learn them. The next day, he was offered the gig, despite showing up late, not knowing the songs as well as he should have and refusing to do an "off-the-cuff