Early Years

Innate inside Albuquerque, New Mexico, he began playing music inside his high school marching band. His 1st band case was swimming horn inside the band that his father was likewise the member of. He late joined an R&B band as a drummer before forming his first rock band Wumblies in the late 70’s.

Castillo was an ardent admirer of the late drummer, Keith Moon of the Who, and a late John Bonham from either Led Zeppelin. Nevertheless, his favourite drummer was Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones. “I daring anyone to play prefer Charlie Watts,� Castillo said in the period of the 1984 interview.

Castillo played his drum placed in the his pickup, nonstop. “I’d upright play ‘til the mitts fell murder. a parents would yell at pine tree state to prevent because it couldn’t have the noise any further! I personally was terrible! It must use at times been firm for the babies to listen to maine as a first drummer," he said, still feeling highly sympathetic towards his parents. Randy was quick to note, “My parents really encouraged me.�

Rock Years

He moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and joined a struggling band on the rise called The Motels, just in time to tour with group supporting The Cars. In 1984 Randy was hired to play drums for Lita Ford and was featured on her ''Dancin' on the Edge'' album. Lita introduced Randy to her Boyfriend Nikki Sixx and Nikki’s bandmate Tommy Lee. Shortly after the “Dancin’ on the Edge� tour, Tommy called Randy from a party he was at with Ozzy Osbourne and told him Ozzy was looking for a new drummer. Randy was hired by Ozzy a couple months later and ended up staying with the Ozzy Osbourne band for ten years, recording five albums with Ozzy during that time (3 Studio / 2 Live). In 1999, after Tommy Lee had left Motley Crue, Sharon Osbourne called Randy and told him about the job opening. Motley Crue gave him the job without an audition. He'd previously briefly played with Vince Neil as a touring drummer for the Vince Neil Band.

He also played with Ronnie James Dio on a cover of Alice Cooper's "Welcome To My Nightmare" on the Alice Cooper tribute album Humanary Stew.

Final Years

A couple of weeks before Motley Crue was set to go out and tour for “New Tattoo� Randy became ill while performing with his side project “Azul� at the Cat Club in Hollywood. Right after the show Randy took a cab to nearby Cedars Sinai Hospital where he collapsed as he was being admitted. The doctors discovered a duodenal ulcer that had ruptured his stomach and performed emergency surgery that saved Randy’s life. While taking time off from Motley Crue to recover from his surgery, Randy discovered a small lump on his jaw and a month later, after it had grown larger, he sought treatment and was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer that is not usually fatal if it is discovered early but can spread rapidly if left untreated. Unfortunately, Randy Castillo succumbed to cancer on March 26, 2002.