Mark Skid
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Not to mention that Aycock stole the airplane.
romanianreaper
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He seems cocky but I guarantee he just doesn't like the celebrity life, etc. I've heard of other celebrities being like this in interviews, etc but one on one were really nice
Mr. Willy
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We’re talking about Blackmore, right? I’ve heard he’s a massive asshole.
Donnie B.
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You heard right. Not so much him purposely being a jerk, he was just
a weird guy who struck pretty much everyone the wrong way.
maddnotez
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I think this is what most of the "assholes" are dealing with. A lot of artists are weird and are socially awkward to begin with. Imagine being like that and then every where you go some random person or dozens of random people coming up to wanting to talk or screaming omg or whatever else. It's weird shit, put yourself in their shoes. Some of them are probably nervous as hell, don't know how to react and come off like a dick.
maddnotez
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Lol ok when you guys put it this way.
But you never know. Randy probably cared about ozzy and maybe they were friends and he was legitimately concerned about his health vs. Some coked out pilot who he may not have cared about. And dude, if mom wants pictures you are taking the damn pictures.
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HEMI Cooper
"I've been up all night doing the same things (many times) in my 20's. I would drive from Orlando to New Smyrna, Cocoa, Sebastian... without incident."
Did you ever stop to think you may have gotten lucky all those times? I used to do the same stupid crap yet somehow I'm still here 30 years later. I know lots of people doing similiar that died as a direct result.
"I've been up all night doing the same things (many times) in my 20's. I would drive from Orlando to New Smyrna, Cocoa, Sebastian... without incident."
Did you ever stop to think you may have gotten lucky all those times? I used to do the same stupid crap yet somehow I'm still here 30 years later. I know lots of people doing similiar that died as a direct result.
sytharnia1560
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the narrative that Randy was "terrified" of flying is way over blown... He disliked flying but wasn't terrified of it, hence why he ended up in the plane
thegame
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Holy shit. Despicable. I bet that shrewd hag never once felt one iota of culpability. Instead of pleading, "why God why" in the aftermath, Ozzy should have confronted her with "why Sharon why?"
Mark Skid
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With CNN accuracy, you selectively extract from the conversation to promote a non sequitur. If you don't work for CNN, you should!
Let us review my comment in its entirety: "I've been up all night doing the same things (many times) in my 20's. I would drive from Orlando to New Smyrna, Cocoa, Sebastian... without incident. On the other hand, I once wrecked a car when my overly emotional girlfriend decided to grab the wheel."
Andrew Aycock was likely "high" while driving the tour bus on a regular basis, yet he managed to navigate great distances and deliver the band to multiple locations without incident. Given what we know (via eyewitness accounts), there was clearly a struggle taking place in the cockpit. It is more likely that the cause of the accident was the result of Randy's interference with the controls vs poor piloting. For your own knowledge and edification, cocaine increases reaction time and coordination, not impair them. It is these attributes that made the drug such a popular additive; prior to being outlawed. The beverage know as "Dr Pepper" was conceived as a result of the effects of cocaine. It pepped you up!
If Andrew Aycock were drunk, no sober person would have gotten onto that plane, that much is certain. We will never know exactly what went on in the cockpit. We can only draw conclusions by what information we have; via those who witnessed the event. Should Mr. Aycock have been "buzzing" the bus? No, but that's not an uncommon stunt. I think many envision the plane "dive bombing" the bus, but this wasn't the case.
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Donnie B.
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Being a retired cocaine expert I can attest to this - up to a point.
Start snorting 9pm the night before and sure!
Keep going all night till the next morning? Not so much.
Beyond Black
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Cocaine also gives you inflated self confidence in your own abilities, and causes sleep deprivation, which will cause poor judgement of one’s own actions, one’s judgement of distance, and false courage. Navigating a tour bus geeked up on blow is a completely different thing than executing low flying aerial stunts in that condition. Total false equivalence...The fact is, is that the only people that know exactly what happened on that plane, died on that plane....With CNN accuracy, you selectively extract from the conversation to promote a non sequitur. If you don't work for CNN, you should!
Let us review my comment in its entirety: "I've been up all night doing the same things (many times) in my 20's. I would drive from Orlando to New Smyrna, Cocoa, Sebastian... without incident. On the other hand, I once wrecked a car when my overly emotional girlfriend decided to grab the wheel."
Andrew Aycock was likely "high" while driving the tour bus on a regular basis, yet he managed to navigate great distances and deliver the band to multiple locations without incident. Given what we know (via eyewitness accounts), there was clearly a struggle taking place in the cockpit. It is more likely that the cause of the accident was the result of Randy's interference with the controls vs poor piloting. For your own knowledge and edification, cocaine increases reaction time and coordination, not impair them. It is these attributes that made the drug such a popular additive; prior to being outlawed. The beverage know as "Dr Pepper" was conceived as a result of the effects of cocaine. It pepped you up!
If Andrew Aycock were drunk, no sober person would have gotten onto that plane, that much is certain. We will never know exactly what went on in the cockpit. We can only draw conclusions by what information we have; via those who witnessed the event. Should Mr. Aycock have been "buzzing" the bus? No, but that's not an uncommon stunt. I think many envision the plane "dive bombing" the bus, but this wasn't the case.
Beyond Black
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Exactly. After throwing back a rail, you’re pretty sharp. After throwing them back all night long without sleep, you’re a mess.Being a retired cocaine expert I can attest to this - up to a point.
Start snorting 9pm the night before and sure!
Keep going all night till the next morning? Not so much.
Donnie B.
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God, I miss those days of being 110% physically and emotionally exhausted after
a 12 hour long drug binge, and yet you're so damn wired you can't sleep for shit.
And there's really only one thing to do.
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a 12 hour long drug binge, and yet you're so damn wired you can't sleep for shit.
And there's really only one thing to do.
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Mark Skid
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Pure assumption. What proof do you have the Mr. Aycock was in such an extremely compromised condition? The fact that he had already made one flight is a positive indication he was not. If there were any suspicions that Mr. Aycock was impaired, no one would have gotten on the plane.
Non sequitur. I did not compare piloting a ground vehicle to an aerial vehicle... I was suggesting that Mr. Aycock established trust by transporting them without incident.
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Mark Skid
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You were hanging with amateurs, obviously. Xanax = doctor in a bottle. 
War_in_D
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Huge Randy fan here as well. I had heard many years ago on one of the many Rhoads forums, that the supposed "struggle" that occurred and has been talked about for so long wasn't between Randy and Aycock. The story/theory or whatever you want to call it is that Rachel was sitting in the front seat and suffered some kind of medical issue (she was known to have heart problems) and had slumped over into the controls of the plane. Randy (in the back seat) was trying to pull her off of the controls, and that is what many perceived to be the "struggle" that has been debated. That being said, I wasn't there so this is really all just conjecture at best.
Mark Skid
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Again, had this been the case with Mr. Aycock, no one would have gotten onto the plane - period. Presumptions are fine, welcomed even. Assumptions are pure douchnozzlery.
maddnotez
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My sense of humor is warped I know but, fixed?
Donnie B.
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Maybe we should just let the guy go back to resting in peace?
