Carlos Cavazo (born July 8, 1957) is an American

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best known as the guitarist for

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during their commercial peak. He has also played with Snow, 3 Legged Dogg, Hollywood Allstarz, and

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Biography

Cavazo was born in

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, Georgia, in 1957 to a Mexican father and an American mother. Forming Speed Of Light with his older brother Tony in 1973 in Anaheim (Hills), Orange County, CA, Carlos would have been part of the 1st graduating at Canyon High School, however, he left school his senior year to pursue music. The band would evolve into Snow by 1978 with the addition of vocalist Doug Ellison and drummer Stephen Quadros. Snow built up a loyal following on the L.A. club circuit over the next couple of years and in 1980 released a self-financed eponymous 5-song EP, re-issued as part of the ''At Last'' archives release in 2017. Snow played a reunion show at the

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on November 8, 2017 (with Amargo, Stonebreed, Angeles and, Pancho Villa’s Skull) to celebrate the release of ''At Last''. Replacing

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in the reformed Quiet Riot in 1982 he remained with the band into the 2000s until the band split up. However, when vocalist

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reformed the band to record the 2006 album '' Rehab'', Cavazo was not included. Cavazo was a founding member of 3 Legged Dogg, a supergroup made up of drummer

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(

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, Dio, Heaven & Hell), bassist

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(

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, Dio), vocalist Chas West ( Bonham, Foreigner) and guitarist Brian Young (

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). They released one album, ''Frozen Summer'' in 2006. The band was sued in 2019 by

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, who alleged he wrote all the band's songs. Until spring of 2018, he was a member of

, replacing

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in 2008.

Discography

Snow

*1980 ''Snow''

Max Havoc, LTD

*1983 ''Max Havoc''

Quiet Riot

*1983 ''

Metal Health ''Metal Health'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot, released on March 11, 1983. The album spawned the hit singles " Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Metal Health". It was the band's first album to receive a worldwide r ...

'' *1984 ''

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'' *1986 ''

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'' *1988 '' QR'' *1993 '' Terrified'' *1995 '' Down to the Bone'' *1999 '' Alive and Well'' *2001 '' Guilty Pleasures''

Hear 'n Aid

*1985 ''

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3 Legged Dogg

*2006 '' Frozen Summer''

Power Project

*2006 ''Dinosaurs''

Tim "Ripper" Owens

*2009 '' Play My Game''

Ratt

*2010 ''

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References

1957 births Living people American rock guitarists American male guitarists American heavy metal guitarists American musicians of Mexican descent Glam metal musicians People from Anaheim, California Guitarists from California Quiet Riot members Ratt members 20th-century American guitarists 21st-century American guitarists Hispanic and Latino American musicians {{US-metal-guitarist-stub