Carlos Cavazo (born July 8, 1957) is an American
guitarist
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best known as the guitarist for
Quiet Riot during their commercial peak. He has also played with Snow, 3 Legged Dogg, Hollywood Allstarz, and
Ratt.
Biography
Cavazo was born in
Atlanta
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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
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. 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
Whisky a Go Go on November 8, 2017 (with Amargo, Stonebreed, Angeles and, Pancho Villa’s Skull) to celebrate the release of ''At Last''.
Replacing
Randy Rhoads
Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist. He was the co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot, and the guitarist and co-songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo a ...
in the reformed Quiet Riot in 1982 he remained with the band into the 2000s until the band split up. However, when vocalist
Kevin DuBrow reformed the band to record the 2006 album ''
Rehab
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'', Cavazo was not included.
Cavazo was a founding member of 3 Legged Dogg, a supergroup made up of drummer
Vinny Appice
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Career
Appic ...
(
Black Sabbath
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,
Dio,
Heaven & Hell), bassist
Jimmy Bain (
Rainbow
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, Dio), vocalist Chas West (
Bonham, Foreigner) and guitarist Brian Young (
David Lee Roth). They released one album, ''Frozen Summer'' in 2006. The band was sued in 2019 by
Rick Derringer, who alleged he wrote all the band's songs.
Until spring of 2018, he was a member of
Ratt, replacing
John Corabi in 2008.
Discography
Snow
*1980 ''Snow''
Max Havoc, LTD
*1983 ''Max Havoc''
Quiet Riot
*1983 ''
Metal Health''
*1984 ''
Condition Critical''
*1986 ''
QR III''
*1988 ''
QR''
*1993 ''
Terrified''
*1995 ''
Down to the Bone
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* Down feather, a soft bird feather used in bedding and clothing
* Downland, a ty ...
''
*1999 ''
Alive and Well Alive and Well may refer to:
* ''Alive and Well'' (Quiet Riot album), 1999, or the title song
*'' Alive and Well... In Krakow'', a 2004 live DVD by Green Carnation
*'' Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris'', a 1978 album by the band Soft Machine
* ''Ali ...
''
*2001 ''
Guilty Pleasures''
Hear 'n Aid
*1985 ''
Hear 'n Aid''
3 Legged Dogg
*2006 ''
Frozen Summer
Frozen may refer to:
* the result of freezing
* a paralysis response in extreme cases of fear
Films
* ''Frozen'' (1997 film), a film by Wang Xiaoshuai
* ''Frozen'' (2005 film), a film by Juliet McKoen
* ''Frozen'' (2007 film), a film by Sh ...
''
Power Project
*2006 ''Dinosaurs''
Tim "Ripper" Owens
*2009 ''
Play My Game
''Play My Game'' is the debut solo album by vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens. Many well known musicians perform on the album. ''Play My Game'' was released by Steamhammer/SPV on May 15, 2009 in Germany, May 18, 2009, in Europe and May 19, 2009 in the ...
''
Ratt
*2010 ''
Infestation''
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
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