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cavazo in tempe az , july 2009 -lsb- https://myspace.com/officialcarloscavazo carlos cavazo -rsb- on myspace speed heat , black plague , 3 legged dogg , big of noise , hollywood allstarz , the dirty rats , ratt light , hear 'n aid , snow , quiet riot , 1980 -- present 8 july 1957 non_vocal_instrumentalist guitar heavy metal , hard rock carlos cavazo in phoenix 2009.jpg carlos cavazo
 carlos cavazo musician , songwriter
carlos cavazo

carlos eric cavazo -lrb- born july 8 , 1957 -rrb- is a mexican-born american guitarist best known as the guitarist for quiet riot during their commercial peak .
cavazo is originally from mexico city where his first band -- of which his brother , antonio cavazo , was also a member -- was called speed of light .
he and his brother , along with drummer stephen quadros and singer doug ellison , went on to create the los angeles band snow , which performed regularly at the whisky a go go and the starwood club , as well as the santa monica civic and the pasadena civic auditoriums .
in 1980 , snow released a 10 '' record that received airplay on southern california radio stations kroq and klos .
his father , roberto , originally from mexico city , married a belle from the south and owned an energy plant .
cavazo went on to record instructional dvds , and in recent years , has joined the hollywood allstarz alongside former rainbow and dio bassist jimmy bain , as well as black sabbath and dio drummer vinny appice .
he has also played with 3 legged dogg , and is currently with ratt .
