he went to audition in osbourne's hotel room in los angeles with his guitar and a practice amplifier. as he started getting ready he was given the job. osbourne was very drunk, and had fallen asleep during the audition. rhoads remembered later, "i just tuned up and did some riffs, and he said, 'you've got the gig'; i had the weirdest feeling, because i thought, 'you didn't even hear me yet'".