Randy Castillo (Ozzy, Motley Crue) has died

Patrick M · Mar 28, 2002

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Motley Crue Drummer Randy Castillo Dead
Wed Mar 27,12:57 PM ET

(3/27/02, 1 p.m. ET) - Drummer Randy Castillo, whose resume included stints with Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue, among others, died Tuesday (March 26) at age 50. The cause of death was unknown as of press time, but it was thought to be from complications involving his battle with cancer, as well as the chemotherapy and radiation treatments he had undergone in the past two years.

After playing on the 1984 Lita Ford album Dancin' On The Edge, Castillo hooked up with Osbourne for the 1986 collection Ultimate Sin and then stayed a member of his band for four more albums--1989's No Rest For The Wicked, 1990's Just Say Ozzy, and 1991's No More Tears--as well as the 1993 concert video Live & Loud. After leaving Osbourne, Castillo played on a series of tribute albums saluting acts such as Alice Cooper, Aerosmith (news - web sites), and Def Leppard, and then he joined Motley Crue.

Castillo suffered a ruptured stomach ulcer after completing the most recent Motley Crue album, 2000's New Tattoo, and underwent emergency surgery, which knocked him off most of the band's tour that year (Hole drummer Samantha Maloney filled in for him).

Two months after the operation, Castillo learned he had cancer and began an intensive radiation-and-chemotherapy program. In messages to his fans since then, Castillo sounded upbeat and gave no indication that anything was seriously wrong. A post dated February 3, 2001, reads: "There is no recurrence of cancer anywhere in my body so all I have is four more chemo sessions left and I'm done except for follow-up & monitoring which is no big deal. I'm a f--kin' cancer survivor! I got a lot a lost time to make up for." A follow-up message on April 28, 2001, contained the good news: "Won the battle against the big C!"

With Motley Crue on an extended hiatus, Castillo decided to start up a new project: "I have been working hard writing and recording with Mike Inez of Ozzy & Alice In Chains fame on a new, as-yet-to-be-named band...We have been woodshedding and coming out with some amazing stuff if I do say so myself." He added, "Health-wise, I'm 100 percent back, strong and kicking."

Castillo's most recent fan message was dated February 1 of this year, when he wrote, "Working hard on getting the new band rolling. The music is all done...now we just need the singer from HELL!"

Castillo also had a band in Los Angeles called Azul that was a complete departure from the hard rock he was known for. He described the group's style as "a flamenco, mystical, gypsy trance and tribal sort of thing."

In an interview last year, Castillo was asked, "What is the funniest untrue rumor you've heard about yourself or Motley Crue?" The drummer replied, "Well, this may not sound funny, but to me it was. I heard rumors to the effect that I wasn't going to make it and was dying. Well, I maybe felt like I was dying and I looked like Gandhi with tattoos but I never, ever thought I wasn't going to make it! When I heard that, it just made my resolve all the stronger just to prove to those dorks that they were wrong."

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx posted this message on the band's website (motley.com): "You used to joke around with me all the time, saying that we had 'dented halos.' I'll miss you my friend, and I love you."

--Bruce Simon and Dan Panariello, New York
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Edge_88 · Mar 29, 2002

Ozzy

I was just watching a documentry on Ozzie Osborne on vh1

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