quiet riot death

[alocispepraluger102]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=68246823

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071126/us_nm/quietriot_death_dc

Edited November 26, 2007 by alocispepraluger102

[7/4]

52, that's pretty young. I wonder what was the cause.

[7/4]

The last Quiet Riot album was Rehab. Interesting title. I wonder what's up with that.

[Shawn]

Well, I doubt seriously these guys got through the 80's in a hard rock band without having some "baggage" to deal with. The guy died too young, their anthems sounded real good to an 8th grader back in 1983. Rest in peace.

[HolyStitt]

When I clicked on the link I thought to myself the only member of the band that could die that would actually spell the end of the group would be Kevin DuBrow. So it is kind of funny that he was actually kicked out of the group at one point!

I never really cared for them much back in the day. Maybe because he had a "feud" with Ozzy when Randy Rhodes left Quiet Riot to join his band. If you would have told me at that time that Ozzy would out live him, I would have said you were crazy.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i cannot find words to express the shock. cum on feel the noize is a 80s metal classic

[7/4]

November 27, 2007

Kevin DuBrow, the Leader of Quiet Riot, Dies at 52

By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Kevin DuBrow, a gravelly voiced singer for Quiet Riot, a heavy-metal band that peaked in the 1980s, and who captivated decibel-tolerant fans with high-intensity musicality, quirky theatricality and a hint of menace, died on Sunday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 52.

Samantha Charles, communications officer for the coroner’s office of Clark County, Nev., said the cause of the death remains the subject of investigation.

Web sites and blogs quickly began buzzing with tributes and speculation about the cause of death. Frankie Banali, Quiet Riot’s current drummer, wrote, “I am already having to deal with untrue rumors and speculation,” and he asked for them to stop.

Mr. DuBrow’s music evolved from an early love of British rock acts that included Small Faces, Spooky Tooth, Rod Stewart and Humble Pie. He favored suspenders and hats, splashy antics and no-holds-barred banter. As Quiet Riot changed in membership and style, Mr. DuBrow was the persistent driving force in the group’s uninhibited aggressiveness.

Sometimes during concerts he dressed up in a strait jacket and metal face mask to appear as Quiet Riot’s mascot, which is on the covers of almost all the group’s albums.

Quiet Riot is credited with helping start the 1980s glam-metal scene and is probably best known for its take on Slade’s “Cum On Feel the Noize,” which appeared on “Metal Health” (1983) and eventually spent two weeks at No. 5 on Billboard’s list of hits. The album sold more than 4 million copies and is considered by many to be the first heavy-metal record to climb high in the pop charts.

“Although bands such as Motley Crue get the lion’s share of credit for popularizing pop metal in the 1980s, the first band of the genre to break through to a massive audience was Quiet Riot,” Billboard.com said yesterday.

Kevin Mark DuBrow was born on Oct. 29, 1955. He grew up first in Hollywood, Calif., and then in suburban Van Nuys, in the San Fernando Valley.

Randy Rhoads, who assembled the group, auditioned Mr. DuBrow in his garage. Mr. Rhoads, who went on to establish a big reputation as the guitar player for Ozzy Osbourne, died in a traffic accident in 1982. The band’s original lineup included Mr. Rhoads, Mr. DuBrow, the bass player Kelly Garni and the drummer Drew Forsyth.

The group first released two albums in Japan. After Mr. Rhoads left to join Mr. Osbourne in 1979, the band’s name was changed to DuBrow. After Mr. Rhoads’s death, the group was reconstituted as Quiet Riot.

After its success with “Metal Health,” Quiet Riot’s next album, “Condition Critical” (1984), was a disappointment in sales. The band continued to go through changes, and in 2004 Mr. DuBrow left to make a solo album, “In for the Kill.” He later returned.

At the peak of the group’s popularity, in the 1980s, Mr. DuBrow said he was making as much as $500,000 a year and delighting in “completely gorgeous women who are absolutely crazy,” according to an interview with Rock Eyez, an online magazine specializing in heavy-metal music.

Information on survivors was unavailable, but Mr. DuBrow never married nor had children.

In 2006, Quiet Riot released an album called “Rehab.” In 2001, Mr. DuBrow told The Birmingham (Ala.) Weekly that he eschewed alcohol, liked doing housework and exercised regularly.

He said in a 2004 interview in Worcester Magazine: “I’ve read interviews where certain guys are trying to escape their past. I am my past.”

That sounds so...masculinely challenged.

This bit about escaping his past sounds like 12 step/recovery program talk. RIP, ya goofball.

[clifford_thornton]

i cannot find words to express the shock. cum on feel the noize is a 80s metal classic

I've been hearing it blasting from car stereos in Austin the past few days.

Never paid the band much mind; nor Twisted Sister or any of that other ridiculousness.

[Quincy]

i cannot find words to express the shock. cum on feel the noize is a 80s metal classic

I've been hearing it blasting from car stereos in Austin the past few days.

And then there's the modern day homage - numerous shows appearing on torrent sites.

Never paid the band much mind; nor Twisted Sister or any of that other ridiculousness.

It sure made me not want my MTV.

I pictured the dearly departed as being the lead singer from Twisted Sister. And seeing modern shots of DuBrow I thought perhaps it could be the same guy. Took a Google of Twisted Sister to see it wasn't. Apparently I'd do very poorly in the category "'80s Hair Bands" on Jeopardy. But I'm glad I've forgotten!

[7/4]

It sure made me not want my MTV.

I pictured the dearly departed as being the lead singer from Twisted Sister. And seeing modern shots of DuBrow I thought perhaps it could be the same guy. Took a Google of Twisted Sister to see it wasn't. Apparently I'd do very poorly in the category "'80s Hair Bands" on Jeopardy. But I'm glad I've forgotten!

TS was/is a local band here in NJ. QR was part of the LA scene. I was never really into '80's pop metal. Too watered down to rock.

I am curious about how this guy died.

[AndrewHill]

I was just watching the huge documentary "Heavy" on VH1 over the weekend, where they interviewed a bunch of metal musicians, including Kevin DuBrow, and was remarking to my wife, what happened to his hair (the myspace photo is what I'm talking about)? Anyway, Chris Holmes of WASP was also interviewed in his mother's pool while he was guzzling a bottle of vodka straight, and HE outlives Keven Du Brow? Wow.

[7/4]

and was remarking to my wife, what happened to his hair (the myspace photo is what I'm talking about)?

It was a wig.

[AndrewHill]

and was remarking to my wife, what happened to his hair (the myspace photo is what I'm talking about)?

It was a wig.

I knew it! He needed to lose it.

[7/4]

I think it always was a wig, even way back then.

[Joe G]

I was just watching the huge documentary "Heavy" on VH1 over the weekend, (...) Anyway, Chris Holmes of WASP was also interviewed in his mother's pool while he was guzzling a bottle of vodka straight, and HE outlives Keven Du Brow? Wow.

I sure hope that was the footage from The End of Civilization Pt.1: The Metal Years (from back in the day), and not a recent interview. That would be REALLY sad.

[AndrewHill]

I was just watching the huge documentary "Heavy" on VH1 over the weekend, (...) Anyway, Chris Holmes of WASP was also interviewed in his mother's pool while he was guzzling a bottle of vodka straight, and HE outlives Keven Du Brow? Wow.

I sure hope that was the footage from The End of Civilization Pt.1: The Metal Years (from back in the day), and not a recent interview. That would be REALLY sad.

Oh wait a minute. It was The End of Civilization, not Heavy that had the Chris Holmes interview. In Heavy, they showed a clip of Holmes from that documentary. My bad

Edited November 28, 2007 by Holy Ghost

[AndrewHill]

I think it always was a wig, even way back then.

I think it was his real hair around 1983, but it looked pretty evident that he had a receding hairline.

[AndrewHill]

Here's the Chris Holmes clip if anyone's interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1O5h-xWpro

[7/4]

December 10, 2007

Quiet Riot Singer Died of Overdose

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The death last month of Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has been ruled an accidental cocaine overdose. Clark County coroner spokeswoman Samantha Charles confirmed the cause Monday after toxicology results were received Monday.

Dubrow was found dead Nov. 25 at his Las Vegas home. He was 52.

Quiet Riot was perhaps best known for its 1983 cover of ''Cum on Feel the Noize.'' The song, featuring Dubrow's powerful, gravelly voice, appeared on the band's album ''Metal Health'' -- which was the first by a metal band to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart.

DuBrow recorded a solo album in 2004, ''In for the Kill,'' and the band's last studio CD, ''Rehab,'' came out in October 2006.

[catesta]

Quiet Riot was fun to listen to back in the day.

R.I.P., Kevin.