Legendary bassist Rudy Sarzo – who currently plays with Quiet Riot, and has previously played with Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio, Blue Oyster Cult, and more – was recently interviewed by Judy Rosenfeld for Electric Crush.

Their complete 55-minute chat can be seen below.

An excerpt – in which Rudy reveals he’s working on new solo material – has been transcribed as follows: Rudy Sarzo: “I’m just working on new music, which I’m going to be releasing, not for a label, just for — I wanted to write music that I could play cool bass parts on and mix it myself, and tell a story, document my experiences in life lyrically and just put it out there.

I’m in a band, and we’re doing really well — we’re really busy touring; Quiet Riot — and it’s not like I’m doing this because I need to make some money, thank God.

It’s just that I need to create.” Rudy Sarzo: “If I do my typical, what I’m known for, then it will be more of the same.

And what I really wanted to do is to go back to my roots of music that I grew up playing and loving back in the ’70s that people don’t really record new music like that anymore in the masses.

And I was there, so I’m very educated in how that music works and what it sounds like and the songwriting structure of it.

And so I’m just having a blast doing it.

I’ll put it this way, I’m making music that I enjoy listening to.

And if I am the only person in the world that will enjoy listening to that music, that’s fine with me.” Catch Rudy Sarzo live on stage with Quiet Riot at the following shows: May 30 – Casino at Dania Beach – Dania Beach, FL June 5 – Ferg’s Entertainment Center – St.

Petersburg, FL (with Vixen) 13 – Maple Grove Venue – West Salem, WI (with Vince Neil, Sebastian Bach) 26 – Trailside Campground – Wolverine, MI 27 – Meskawaki Event Center – Tama, IA (with Sebastian Bach) July 3 – Jay County Fair – Portland, IN 4 – The King Of Clubs – Columbus, OH 5 – Jergels – Warrendale, PA 10 – Batavia Downs Casino – Batavia, NY 11 – Rock The Castle – Centralia, IL (with Great White, Slaughter) 17 – Save Mart Center – Fresno, CA (with Gene Simmons, Sebastian Bach, Lita Ford) 18 – Ironstone Amphitheater – Murphys, CA (with Gene Simmons, Sebastian Bach, Lita Ford) 24 – The Grove – Anaheim, CA (with Slaughter, Tuff) 25 – The Rail Club – Fort Worth, TX 31 – Rockin’ The Fields – Minnedosa, MB (with Helix, Headpins) August 6 – Westwood Festival – Rouyn-Noranda, QC 7 – Agora Du Port – Quebec City, QC (with Aldo Nova) 15 – Golden Nugget Casino Resort – Lake Charles, LA (with Vixen) 21 – The Arcada Theater – St.

Charles, IL (with Vixen) 22 – Summer Vibes Music Festival – Franklin, KY 25 – Sandusky Fair – Fremont, OH 26 – New York State Fair – Syracuse, NY 29 – Fortune Bay Resort & Casino – Tower, MN (with Warrant) September 11 – Elko Event Center – Elko, NV, October 3 – Family Arena – St.

Charles, MO (with Sebastian Bach, Great White)