Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band, best known for their hit singles "Metal Health" and "Cum on Feel the Noize". The band was founded guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni under the original name Mach 1, before changing the name to Little Women and finally Quiet Riot in May 1975.

The original line-up featured Rhoads and Garni with lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow and drummer Drew Forsyth. Their most commercially successful lineup consisted of DuBrow alongside guitarist Carlos Cavazo, bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Frankie Banali, and in 1983 released their breakthrough album Metal Health, which is known for being the first heavy metal album to top the Billboard album chart. Banali revived the band in 2010, and the current lineup consists of himself on drums, lead vocalist Jizzy Pearl, bassist Chuck Wrightand guitarist Alex Grossi.

The original four members recorded their debut album, Quiet Riot, or QR I, in 1977, followed by their second album Quiet Riot II, or QR II, in 1978. Randy Rhoads died in a plane crash while on tour with Ozzy Osbourne in March 1982.

The lineup of DuBrow, Sarzo, Cavazo, and Banali released the album Metal Health in March 1983. This was Quiet Riot's American debut, as their two previous albums, QR I and QR II, have still not been released in North America.

In August 1983, Quiet Riot's second single "Cum on Feel the Noize" was released and spent two weeks at No. 5 on theBillboard Hot 100 chart and was the first heavy metal song to make it there. The success of the single helped carry the album Metal Health to the top of Billboard album chart, making it the first American heavy metal debut album to ever reach No. 1 in the United States. Metal Health's title track charted in early 1984 and peaked at No. 31. The song's appeared in the 1984 movie Footloose. The album wouldsell over six million copies in the United States. In support of Metal Health, Quiet Riot toured North America as the opening act for Black Sabbath on their Born Again tour from October 1983 through March 1984.

The group's follow-up, Condition Critical, was released in July 1984 and included another Slade cover, "Mama Weer All Crazee Now". In May 1985, all four Quiet Riot members participated in Hear 'n Aid, a charity project headed by Ronnie James Dio to raise awareness for the famine situation in Africa. In 1986, the album QR III was released.

Fed up with DuBrow's antics and pressure from the band's management and record label, the rest of Quiet Riot fired DuBrow from his own band in February 1987 and replaced him with vocalist Paul Shortino, leaving no original members in the band. The revamped band released their second self-titled album, Quiet Riot (also known as QR IV), in October 1988. In April 1989 the band members went their separate ways. A show from their final tour was later released on a DVD titled '89 Live in Japan.

Having won the rights to the band's name, DuBrow teamed up with blues guitarist Sean Manning, bassist Kenny Hillery, and drummer Pat Ashby to reform Quiet Riot.By the early 1990s, Carlos Cavazo and Kevin DuBrow would form the band Heat with bassist Kenny Hillery and drummer Bobby Rondinelli. This foursome reverted to the name Quiet Riot and release the Terrified in 1993. That same year, DuBrow released The Randy Rhoads Years, a compilation featuring remixed tracks from Quiet Riot's two Japan-only releases along with previously unreleased material.

The band released the album Down to the Bone in 1995 and a Greatest Hits album in 1996. In 1999, the band released the album Alive and Well, which featured new songs and several re-recorded hits. It was followed by Guilty Pleasures in 2001. The live DVD Live in the 21st Century was released in November 2003. Quiet Riot would officially break up again in September 2003.

Kevin DuBrow released his first solo album, In for the Kill, in May 2004, which was followed by a Quiet Riot reunion in October 2004. Quiet Riot released the album Rehab in October 2006 with the lineup of DuBrow, Banali, Franklin, and Neil Citron.

In 2010, Quiet Riot returned as a live performing band featuring Banali on drums, Chuck Wright on bass, Alex Grossi on guitar, and newcomer Mark Huff on vocals.

The Quiet Riot documentary movie,"Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back" premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 29, 2014. In June 2014, the band released a new album entitled 10.