How QUIET RIOT Got So POPULAR & Changed METAL

[@rnrtruestories]

What other bands should I cover the rise of? 😊

[@mikeb.7183]

Great White might be a timely one.

[@tomjohnson4922]

how about Stryper? :) The Ramones?

[@RavnerRavner]

Vinnie Vincent invasion

[@fakshen1973]

I searched your KZbin videos and didn't see The Go-Gos. If you listen to their pre-MTV days, they started out as a punk band. Then moved over to pop. There's a lot to write a script about.

[@CarrigansGuitarClub]

The Undertones

[@russk1971]

I had a cassette player in the early 80s. Metal Health, Pyromania, Shout at the Devil, Stay Hungry, and Back in Black were my go-to sounds in the early 80s.

[@dontworrybehappy8080]

Rush 'Moving Pictures' AC/DC 'Back In Black' or anything Black Sabbath in the early 80s.

[@michelleschultz472]

Your taking this 54 year old back to childhood. Good times. Great music!!!!

[@JimHugg-gl9bs]

I really liked Wasp too

[@2hi2dye]

Same here, I remember bringing that flip top cassette player to school in 5th grade. Playing Back in Black and Blizzard of Ozz on the playground during recess got me some cool kid status, and a few kids a bit frightened..🫠

[@dmitryowens]

I dug all of those albums. Then I heard Kill 'Em All 😎

[@ricdale7813]

Randy was kind of a quiet nerdy guy. He was into model trains and railroading in general as well as photography. Most say he was shy,polite and soft spoken in public. He was a genius but truly soared with highly competent songwriters like Kerslake and Daisley. Randy was a genius hands down. 2 albums that hold their weight across the board 40 plus years later = God Level.

[@mikeb.7183]

@@ricdale7813 he was in every way the polar opposite of Edward. Pristine guitars with perfect paint jobs, every note of every solo mapped out so it could be doubled or trippled. He was the college professor and Edward was the mad scientist

[@tardiscommand1812]

Have you seen the fantastic train set Rod Stewart made? If not that’s one heck of a set.

[@cchavezjr7]

@@tardiscommand1812 His NYC skyline train is freaking amazing. The coolest thing is he did all the model work on the road touring. Always put in the contracts that he had a second suite which he used as his workshop for working on his models while he's resting and not performing. It's truly amazing.

[@jimbo0411]

For a Nerdy guy he got any girl he wanted.. LOL

[@TheBings]

@@jimbo0411 Randy was engaged to my sister's friend, Jodi Raskin, and my sister alternately dated David Lee Roth and Kelle Rhoads.Hard to believe it was over 40 years ago.

[@tomstrawmyer4980]

One night when I saw them play live in Indianapolis, a girl and I was both trying to grab a guitar pick that Carlos had tossed towards us. I got to it first and she thought that I was going to keep it. I immediately gave it to her. Carlos saw everything and he threw me a guitar pick just because I was being cool to the lady that was next to me. Unforgettable show. We were all front row. I'm so glad I got to see them play live. 😁

[@richardaaron4454]

Great story and a great memory I’m sure

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

I hope you got laid for your good deeds

[@davidjackson2690]

Market Square Arena? Indy Forever!!

[@ProfithuntingXXX]

For those in the audience 🤘🤘 For those on the stage 💯❤️🤘🤘

[@tomstrawmyer4980]

@@davidjackson2690 it was downtown at the mall. Top floor bars used to be there. I don't remember the name of the place.

[@Peavey311]

Rhoads, despite his small catalog is definitely in the annals of absolute guitar gods 🎸

[@egpmh2891]

Yes the guy played so well it was like three great guys playing but it was just him

[@Peavey311]

@@Barefoot_Joe What a convincing argument. I’m definitely wrong guys!

[@randygreen6652]

He said annal

[@Chris-m8e]

Sadly he wasn't around long enough to be called guitar god he was on the way to being

[@sayntfuu]

I was in junior high school when Metal Health came out. It changed my outlook on music. I still listen to it today.

[@ministerofdarkness]

Bang Your Head totally changed my 9 year old life when this song hit. Michael Jackson was out and Metal was the way! PLAY LOUD

[@BeauTheC.H.U.D.]

I was around 5 y/o back then and my older brothers would put on Bang Your Head. I would start banging my head on the wall or a piece of furniture. They would laugh and I would laugh because it made them laugh. My mother would freak out and say i was going to give myself brain damage. The 80's were a magical time. LOL

[@efilnikufesin2069]

Hmmm i was 6 and "Beat It!" was my gateway into Rock n Metal thanks to Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo lol and THEN Quiet Riot came like a bulldozer through MTV and i was Transfixed! Thanks Eddie, Randy,Kevin and Frankie RIP

[@brightbite]

@@BeauTheC.H.U.D. I was 4 years old. I recall vividly the guy with one eye sticking out of the mask on the front LP cover. DuBrow's voice and the rest of the music was fierce, but you only had to turn the cover around to see the mugshots of the guys in the band. Those photos told a far different story. The guys looked shaken and sad to me. Probably about what had happened to their departed friend Randy.

[@robertjordan3155]

It was Heaven

[@rockerbob949]

Long live Saint Rhoads! I’m a super huge mega fan! 🤘🏼

[@thebandit666]

My former husband was a drummer and he even had a huge poster of Randy Rhoads in his room when he was young!❤

[@miketeeveedub5779]

No disrespect to QR, but as a 14 year old kid at the time it was hard to believe that the Mental Health album knocked the Police's Synchronicity off the number #1 record chart! That was a monster album; it spawned 4 hits singles, including one of the most played songs in modern music history. Props to QR for pulling off such a major achievement and cementing Heavy Metal in the mainstream music scene. Too bad the success was fleeting; it eventually broke DeBrow. RIP. BTW - Mental Health was the very first LP record I bought as a kid. Still have it 40+ years later. A great keep stone of my youth.

[@rnrtruestories]

There was a headline I saw right before qr displaced the police saying something along the lines of “there’s a party going on and the police will be unlikely to stop it”

[@miketeeveedub5779]

@@rnrtruestories - LOL - clever!

[@dunatyphon5416]

I don't think it bothered The Police much..... Synchronicity sold 20 million copies and became legendary..... Quiet Riot were fun. But, in the grand scheme of things, they are a musical footnote.....

[@headbanginmetalhead6786]

It's Metal Health

[@deanrane1961]

@@rnrtruestories 😅Ba dum tsss!

[@jeffreyreinhart1882]

It never ceases to amaze me how big they got off of 2 songs, 1 of which was a cover.

[@ricdale7813]

3 if you included Slick Black Cadillac. For me Dubrows vocals were nails on a chalkboard live though.

[@garysmith-kf5ts]

4 if you include Mama weer all crazy now (another cover)

[@Rosario_Verano]

Facts, but they must have done something right.

[@AnonymousAccount514]

@@jeffreyreinhart1882 they were better than the originals

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

I was playing in a band called Allies at the Granada theater on Greenville Avenue In Dallas in 1984. We were playing, I think, Somebody get me a Doctor, when all the kids in the front row were banging their heads. I was blown away. I was playing bass and holding it down but this was my first time seeing this activity.

[@lee-daniels]

I remember driving some rural road (Rt. 100) in PA, and there was this roadside bar you would've missed is you weren't driving slow. The tiny marquee said Quiet Riot. That was what made me stay in school and get my degree.

[@baron_von_brunk]

For my own personal similar story: back in 2009 I was visiting a local nightclub in the small city where I lived at the time (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), and the band playing that night was Warrant. The crowd had about 10-20 people, mostly Boomers. I was standing in the back near one of the bouncers whom I was friends with, and he tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Man, what a shame: 20 years ago these guys could have filled a stadium."

[@robertb67]

@@baron_von_brunk I saw Warrant twice, once when they opened up for Motley Crue's Dr. Feelgood tour and once around 1996 or so. The show around 96 was in a local club in my town that would host live bands from time to time. During that show, Jani Lane looked very depressed. They treated the show like a low effort practice rehearsal. They would start playing a song, then stop part way through it, start talking to themselves, then play an intro to another song, then stop that, etc.... You could tell that the whole band thought exactly like you said. They were thinking "I can't believe we have to come to places like this to play a gig after we used to play stadiums". To this day, I've never seen a band look so demoralized during a show. It was pretty sad to see it, witnessing the death spiral of their career.

[@PoppysGuitar]

I know a guy from Skid Row. They enjoyed great success from their first album and then with the arrival of Kurt Cobain they disappeared and broke up. The guy still enjoys a good lifestyle but it must seem weird to go from filling stadiums to being ignored 3 years later but that is the music business. My understanding is that Bon Jovi and McGee got most of their royalities.

[@buckster2575]

I call bullsh💩t..I bet they still make more than you.

[@electriccreamman1374]

Thanks for Randy content!

[@mlee81]

Imo Randy Rhodes is the best rock lead guitarist to ever play. For what it's worth

[@jimbo0411]

I agree Randy Rhoads was.. I saw him play in front of me and was incredible.

[@jamesladd]

That's subjective he was good but the greatest no 😂

[@Chris-m8e]

I preferred tony iommi

[@MichaelDouglasSkewes]

You are right !

[@jamesladd]

@@MichaelDouglasSkewes no the best but he was good . I like lots of players variety is the spice of life. Adam Jones is by far and away hands down better but that's subjective. It really comes down to taste and genres

[@g-dub]

I remember when Casey Casem debuted QR on a Sunday morning while I was getting ready for Sunday school. Blew my mind as a 12yr old.

[@pclinn]

I saw Quiet Riot in '75 at the Starwood. Rhodes was the star of the band. All eyes were on his guitar prowess.

[@kerryknight1903]

Heu bro just sending a thank you for always making my work day go by easier

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks! That means a lot!

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

This Mr. Rock & Roll guy is the best.

[@JaredBishop777]

I met Carlos in the greenroom at Gazzaris my band played with his band in 1991. I asked him if he met Randy. He said once and that he was just a really nice guy. I was 20 yrs old pretty cool

[@mahalalel7771]

Man Jared, I know a few excellent guitarist that hold the last name Bishop. I haven't seen any of them since the mid 90s.

[@BillDerBerg]

Rhoads was from an inherently different musician scene. The Pasadena/Hollywood party boy type guitarists like EVH, DiMartini, George Lynch, Jake Lou Williams et al were in a different clique than the San Fernando Valley guys like Randy. I can see why austere Randy was so disillusioned with QR because Dubrow was so boisterously Hollywood.

[@bassdaddy6548]

I really dig your channel, buddy! Keep this stuff coming

[@majorfeelgoodrecords2740]

Randy Rhodes started a whole genre of music. thank you Quiet Riot. 🎼🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@embryon1111]

I love your docs. All the facts-no filler. Looking forward to your next one. Rock On!!

[@MrMCCONNELL74]

Metal Health was the first eock/metal album I bought.Great album from begining to end. Loved 80's hair metal ever since..RIP Kevin & Frankie

[@markbatistutapage]

Another great video, well done. Absolutely brilliant channel, keep up the good work bro

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks!

[@jameza6129]

Did anyone watch Friday Night Videos as a kid and hope the Cum On Feel The Noize video would be on that week?

[@Vargre]

All the time. I was pist when Dio lost to....I think it was Judas Priest? So long ago. I remember the first vid I saw on MTV was Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel. Remember Headbangers Ball? I used to come home from school when it was on at 3pm and watch it religiously. Then they changed it to like, 11pm on Fridays and I would stay up late and my mom would bitch at me. I was young.

[@mikeb.7183]

Lots of bands had come before Quiet Riot to light the fuse for the return of US Metal, but it was Quiet Riot that exploded first and brighter than most had ever imagined. Dubrow also snuffed out his own flame by thinking it was him that was the driving force. Instead, he was just the lucky one to be sitting on top of the rocket when lift off occurred. Motley, Ratt, Dokken and Great White all were poised to launch at that time on the Sunset Strip, Quiet Riot/ Dubrow were just in the on-deck circle with a good records worth of songs. They also disappeared faster than Kevins receding hairline.

[@rickpeterson8825]

I saw Quiet Riot open for Black Sabbath ( on the Born Again tour) and Dubrow literally yelled out, "We're gonna blow Black Sabbath away!!" You never saw so many stunned metal heads lol!

[@mikeb.7183]

@@rickpeterson8825 I saw them that tour as well. Don’t remember him saying that all I remember is the five minute screaming baby intro. I think that what did me in for having kids

[@CraigzyRock]

Quiet Riot drove me crazy whenever I would hear those first two songs off of Metal Health by making me go NUCLEAR!!! I just lost it all the time! I recently had a major calming down of my general nature of my moods and personality. But I haven’t listened to those songs yet since then. We will see. But I would really belt it out to them. My voice reached new levels of excitement and loud raucous rowdy fun! I love Quiet Riot and I was so sad to learn of Kevin’s death back in 2007. He was such a fun guy. I was blessed with the opportunity to meet the band in 1999 when they reunited with Rudy and it was the classic lineup of Kevin Debrow, Carlos Cavazo, Rudy Sarzo, and Frankie Banali. How great it was to see them and meet them that night. Really nice guys, cool partying people and just genuinely enjoyed what they did. Wonderful!

[@Petequinn741]

I imagine Randy looking at Nikki and saying, Dude do you play?..lol..rudy no question

[@ryang3097]

Dubrow is my favorite vocalist out of all glam metal. Carlos is extremely underrated. QR is my favorite band, and I love many bands.

[@jrock5490]

I was in 5th grade sitting in school and a bus pulled in with some other students. one kid got off the bus with a Jam box on his should blasting Cum on Feel the Noise. At the time I was listening to Todo and Phil Collins. Hearing Quiet Riot that day changed my life. They weren't the ones that started metal but they were the ones that started something that made the 80's the greatest decade ever.

[@garyneubauer1937]

Frankie Banali "I think [Slade] were a little bitter about our success with their song" Bitter?!?!? Yeah, all the way to the bank to cash those royalty checks. I think they only one tasting those sour grapes is Mr. Banali.

[@rnrtruestories]

They made serious bank on those royalties.

[@Friend2AllCats]

As I recall around the same time, Slade released the album Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply (or something like that). The song Run Runaway was fairly popular here in the US, but some people just didn't get Slade.

[@maverick_trail]

@@Friend2AllCats I remember watching the "Run Runaway" video as a teen and thinking what is this goofy $4*t? I had no idea how influential Slade was on the bands that I was into at the time (esp Def Leppard).

[@DarrenMalone253]

This was awesome storytelling thank you! I live through it hearing quite riots first radio hits in 83 in Spokane, Washington! Their success paved the way for RATT and a lot of other bands. Thank you.

[@CandidwithKimbra]

Great behind the scenes stories and footage-:)

[@seangagnonProvidenceR.I.]

Rhoads grew a million percent on Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman which is the greatest metal/neo classical metal album ever imo

[@Vargre]

Agreed. Steal Away/ Mother Earth is probably the best solo ive ever heard.

[@williamsmith9026]

After learning about Daisly and Kirslake being robbed of their royalties listening to blizzard is tough. Sharon and ozzy are scum

[@samhamitch5504]

Doam imo is the greatest album ever made by the greatest band ever assembled, all the stars lined up with Randy, Bob, Lee and Ozzy.......

[@noahanderlick5707]

Thanks. Always been fascinated by Randy Rhodes since hearing the stuff with Ozzy.

[@comradecarabao9122]

I absolutely love your rock docs, bro. 🎸

[@travisa7669]

For a short while, they were the kings of MTV as I remember them having a heavy presence and then the next time I see them is in the mid-1990s on a Where are They Now? type documentary about 1980s acts, ironically enough, on MTV! DuBrow was definitely a character and it's sad he is gone.

[@ericlawhan7486]

There were so many great albums that came out in 83. It was a great time to be a fan of rock n roll.😁

[@ckmoore101]

They forgot to mention a singular huge boost to the album. The fact that Ren was blasting Metal Health from his car, and had a cop confiscate the tape in the movie Footloose. Plus it was on the soundtrack release.

[@Shader670]

They sounded great, that's what brought them to the top. People always forget the basics.

[@AnonymousAccount514]

easy...those hits are timeless...still bangers to this day

[@trendmassacre8423]

10:55 my buddy Jon Donahue (left) and Kenny hosted that show! This was a public access show here in Duluth MN. Jon died of a brain tumor back in the early 2010's but The Average Guys show had a strong following when it was on air!

[@pastorofmuppets1968]

Are you still in Duluth? I'm up here in Virginia. Small world.

[@trendmassacre8423]

​@@pastorofmuppets1968yep, been here since 2006.

[@trendmassacre8423]

@@pastorofmuppets1968 Yep, out in the west end.

[@afd1959]

Great story. Thanks! I grew up around all this, some of it I knew, some I didn't. You helped fill in the gaps. I'm a boomer and listen to nothing than my "dinosaur rock"!

[@rnrtruestories]

@@afd1959 you’re welcome!

[@Mightymouse-j2f]

Quiet riot was my very first rock n roll i ever heard..meatel heath. 1983 i was 11. Had a walkemen i got for my bithday and a casset tape. I FELL HEAD FIRST FOR RNR 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@joeroad6618]

Crazy to think Kevin Dubrow's brother is a plastic surgeon with his own TV show "Botched"

[@rickpeterson8825]

I forgot about that....

[@JeffTullock-yx1hd]

No way?

[@stepanbandera5206]

It's true. He "Botched" Kevins face.

[@kellieh6798]

And his wife is on Real Housewives of Orange County. lol

[@MJEvermore853]

This was really well done. Thank you 👍

[@BasementPepperoni]

I remember some old commercial where some soccer mom is rounding up all these little kids to play Tag-Football or something. Anyways, the song for the commercial was Bang Your Head, and I hadn't heard that song for dam near 20 years and it got me so friggin hyped, lol

[@zandig666]

Saw these guys open for sabbath in 83 wish I paid more attention to sarzo

[@brianmeen2158]

I had no idea that “come on feel the noise” was a cover . Damn

[@markedwards8991]

At one point Eddie Van Halen & Randy Rhodes were Neck and Neck in Guitar Goddom it's so sad that he died.

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

Both gone now. 🔥💙🔥 Allan Holdsworths passing, hit me pretty hard too.

[@machupikachu1085]

Ironically, the guy from the trifecta with the least amount of success is the last man standing with over 50 albums worth of material. I'm sure George Lynch is happy about not getting hired by Ozzy.

[@tylerthompson1842]

Rick Parfitt suggested they call the band “Quite Right” which is a popular British phrase but with his accent it sounded like Quiet Riot lol.

[@nickpapadelias912]

Best of the best R.R

[@robertaugustine5350]

I was in 8th grade when that came out. Completely changed the musical trajectory of me and my friends. There are a few special albums in a sea of industry-promoted mediocrity that do that and I am forever thankful.

[@Jtr_ceral_killer]

my first album. love slick black caddilac and thunderbird. was lucky to see their 95/96 tour in san diego when i was in the navy

[@korybeckwith834]

I wish I could have met him. My Grandfather sold his swordfishing boat to him. I always wondered why a rock star would want an old 30s commercial fishing boat.

[@kramregnu2945]

What a great time the 80's were. I was introduced to Quiet Riot by girls in the HS band. Everyone loved their music, and music by Police, etc. Late 80s, early 90s was a return to girls and guys diggin' metal music....Ratt, Winger, Van Halen, etc.

[@AlexandertheGreat99]

Cum on Feel the Noise was my son's favorite song when it was all over MTV in late '82. He wasn't quite two years old, yet. I went to a Quiet Riot concert, and they were handing out masks of the metal head. My son flipped out when I came home with that mask!

[@nitro_001newman2]

I remember the story as Kelly Garni pointed a gun at his childhood friend Randy Rhoads. Randy disarmed the gun from him. Apparently they got into a heated exchange. that’s when they kicked out Kelly from the band.

[@devastaterx]

The best story from QR is when their career had slowed down to the point that they were the headliners at some n*dist colony event. The organizers pleaded with the band to go out buff-style but they refused. They played the gig fully clothed to the grumblings of the audience.

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

They played at a small festival, in Florence Alabama. A city without interstate access. I saw Zebra perform at an oyster festival in Chalmette Louisiana. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

[@JeffTullock-yx1hd]

The nudest colony concert was pure rock n roll. Everything about it.

[@immortal2u]

@@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mqHuge Zebra fan, very underrated band.

[@Seafire-gy2hs]

I would say a band knows they're done when their music's played in the supermarket, but this is even worse, lol...

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

I saw a TV commercial last month ( I only watch TV Sunday nights) it was for an exterminator Company and the Drummer had the name Ratt on his drums & they guy with the curly hair was singing.

[@dwayneroberts6616]

Randy dissapeared for a little while and came back ridiculously good with a whole new vision.

[@bpark222]

Slade was great. All qr did was play slade songs exactly the same way except louder. I only know 3 qr songs, 1 from watching mtv at 3 am and the other because of slade.

[@IRNHYD]

“This band is playing the Starwood like some kind of arena band” It was Van Halen that introduced that phenomenon to the Hollywood clubs.

[@decisionparalysis7856]

I absolutely love and adore Randy Rhoads! If only we could hear him today, just another casualty of the fates, guitars are like that. Rip Legend.

[@MosherBear]

I'm a life long metal fan, but I prefer New Wave than anything that DuBrow has done. Can understand why Randy (RIP) couldn't stand him.

[@poindextertunes]

weird

[@Petequinn741]

Thompson twins rock!!!!

[@andrewhudson7108]

Maybe it's because I'm not Gen X (Millennial here) but I never got the whole alternative vs. metal/rock thing. I like both whether it's new wave and NWOBHM/Metal or grunge and glam metal. Only listening to one genre would drive me crazy.

[@shadow_hillsgrandma8224]

I knew them. Kevin was an ass

[@waynesmith1529]

It's hard to not respect the amount of work they put in to be successful. Kevin could sing with the best of them. Appreciate the songs more and more everytime i hear them . Songs you can blast as loud as your radio will play them. Them and Early Van Halen, and AC/DC.

[@imagine9265]

Weird im not sure didn't know him but careless getting on that plane 🛩 DEFINITELY

[@randybarnes7050]

Great episode. I was 11 when Cum on Feel the Noize hit the airwaves, and it was the tune that sparked my lifelong love of music and the guitar. That led to discovering Metallica two years later in 1985, then Slayer, and the rest is history. 🤟

[@dougrussell1926]

That album unlocks a dope monster on Monster Rancher too.

[@patrickancona1193]

I went to John Muir Jr high, Randy was cool regular guy, weird people call normal people weird

[@that1dude2877]

1 of the greatest metal albums of the 80's (IMO) & 1 of my all time favorite's

[@jerseyforhawks]

Oh, Blizzard of Oz, Screaming for Vengeance and Van Halen paved the road Quiet Riot rode on.

[@cassavamellin]

I loved Randy Rhodesia sound. It was heavy but had a mid/classic sound also. I hate the generic scooped sound so often used. Didn’t have all that cheesy processed sounds. He music was far bigger than his short life.

[@HoosierDaddy_]

I was one of those kids that saw these videos they only played at 3am, lol. I always felt bad for Quiet Riot. They just got shit on every time something started to look good for them. I still listen to them decades later though!

[@brownsounddesign]

I remember that in 81-83, teens wanted metal - the descendant of 70s hard rock - and felt that the LA and European metal bands were the new version of that rock scene. The record companies were pushing pop and new wave but only so many American kids could relate. Audience attendance numbers on Metal day at the 1983 US Festival proved that metal and hard rock would end up ruling the decade, despite the industry & media backing pop and new wave. The media and industry ignoring market potential for hard rock might be happening again, right now in 2024, which is unfortunate for young bands.

[@MarkCosgrove-b3p]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Bang your head, I'm 55 and was listening to riot in 7th grade. Crazy it's been that long.

[@JimVaught-qm6gf]

Ditto 🤘🏼

[@mikal]

It also became the first hard rock (metal?) album of all time to reach number one on the Billboard charts.

[@JefferyHagen]

Ozzy had also said that Randy stood out because all of the other guitar players he auditioned sounded like Toni Iomi and that’s what Ozzy thought he was going to get from Randy before Randy played. I also remember non of us in the Chicago area had heard of Quiet Riot until Guitar Player magazine did a story on Randy after he died. I graduated high school in 1983. Randy’s death was a big deal and we were all disappointed in Ozzie’s live album without any recordings of Randy.

[@Radiowild]

I saw these guys open for "Loverboy". Should have been the other way around! Back in 1982 in Allentown, Pa.

[@jerryh2954]

I remember when bang your head came out on MTV, it with Ratt and Motley Crew. Good times!!

[@RobertSmith-js2kz]

Without a doubt ... PYROMANIA is the album that got HEAVY music on top 40 radio. "Photograph" in particular.

[@leechilds3725]

Randy was definitely in the genius class, no doubt about it 2 ozzy albums and the riffs and solos are barely matched today. you also often find that a genius is a bit shy quiet and nerdy too

[@jamestaylor7106]

Saw QR support Priest and they were great live. I'm not convinced that Metal Health or Condition Critical have truly stood the test of time despite their standing at the time. If I play QR today it's QRIII with Paul Shortino, in particular Stay With Me Tonight and Don't Wanna Be Your Fool. My feel good lift my mood album from back then is still the debut White Sister album, in particular the track Promises.

[@JimHugg-gl9bs]

I agree Pyromania started the hair band craze such a fun time with bands like Ratt Twisted sister Motley Crue Wasp concerts were a blast back then!

[@machupikachu1085]

Pyromania never started the 'hair band' craze. There was no such thing.

[@JimHugg-gl9bs]

@@machupikachu1085 pay attention next time

[@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns]

Not even sure if they could be classed as hard rock, let alone metal.

[@silverjaw138]

They were def metal, at the time. We can’t compare what’s “metal” today to what’s metal in the late 70s and early 80s.

[@machupikachu1085]

But you don't get to decide that. The public does. And compared to Madonna, U2, Bob Marley, Soft Cell, Dionne Warwick, and pretty much every artist in the charts, they were indeed metal. How would you classify them? Reggae? Jazz? Country? Hip-hop? For 8 out of 10 music fans, Quiet Riot are considered hard rock and metal.

[@stylesb959]

Won tickets on the radio saw them in 1984 in Massachusetts

[@stepanbandera5206]

At least you didnt have to pay for that crap.

[@ELECTRICMOTOCROSSMACHINE]

The 80's were awesome.

[@jimbo0411]

In 1970's you wanted to be weird to stick out. I saw Randy in 82' . I've had been privy to hear several private lessons of Randy and a student on tape. He seemed pretty down to earth actually when I listened to him. A lot of students were coming to him and saying Kevin couldn't sing. The student asked Randy what he thought. Randy said he is a screamer and agreed he was hard to harmonize with. This was in 79 when they were breaking up. In 1982 you wanted to look different to stick out. He looked amazing and so different. Physically what God gave him he his body proportions were amazing. He made any guitar look so cool holding it. His head was bigger than his waist.

[@WaitingtoHit]

The Oasis cover of "Cum on Feel the Noize" wasn't on their second album; it was a b-side on the "Don't Look Back in Anger" single. Also, Oasis definitely had some glam influences, so it makes perfect sense that they would do a Slade cover.

[@mikewestfall827]

Metal Health was the first record i bought with my own money. A few years ago i revisted it and it hasnt aged well with me. I think that thr best songs on the first three records are the ones they made videos for.

[@dennisrardin3474]

I read in an early 80s Metal magazine the story about where the name Quiet Riot came from as well. Except the Status Quo member suggested "Quite Right" and because of his accent, DuBrow, Rhoads, and the rest thought he said Quiet Riot.

[@cedricross2991]

Love Quiet Riot❤❤!!! Saw them in Hawaii around 1984!!! What a great show 👏 👌!!!

[@shardzkaylar]

We have more video footage of Randy in Quiet Riot than with Ozzy, no thanks to Sharon Osborne for banning cameras from the concerts.

[@williamsmith9026]

She is also responsible for stealing the blizzard material from Daisly and Kerslake without paying them Now that I know that I can never listen to that stuff without thinking about how screwed those guys got

[@joeyvanostrand3655]

​@@williamsmith9026 actually re-recorded the albums with Robert Trujillo on bass and Tommy Aldridge on drums, re-released the albums with no announcement or fanfair. Soley to screw those dudes out of their song writing credits. Yeah, Ozzy wrote ONE note of any album he's ever sang on. Right... Sure thing there.

[@williamsmith9026]

@joeyvanostrand3655 English your second language?

[@timsimmons9995]

I find it so odd/bizarre that such a masterpiece was a surprise success, or folks then did not instantly see how amazing this album and every song were. This is not an uncommon them for music, film, art... It's fascinating really. The artists and those close to it cannot see the incredible result and completed product. All of Metal Health is so good!

[@satevo462]

The only thing I remember of Quite Riot is the metal face mask on the cover..

[@bobsebring2819]

Randy was really nice but reserved when I met him backstage at the Day On The Green concert at the Oakland Coliseum on the 4th, Of July, 1981. He had the total rock star image. One look and you knew he was a star. it was amazing. Also the fact that he was so small and thin which was all about that rock n roll image. What was weird to me was as little and boyish looking as he was, his deep voice kinda threw me off. His voice certainly didnt match his looks. After having a chat with him I asked him for a picture of us together. He was cool about it and when we posed together for the camera, I was on his left. I noticed his really long thumbnail. I thought it was really weird. I admit I was a little nervous going up to him and introducing myself, but I remember thinking to myself at the time, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet a real rock star / incredible guitar player. I had generated enough courage, and forced myself to do it. I'm so glad I did. A special memory I'll never forget.

[@InsidiousDr9]

You should never think you are too big to do a good cover.

[@Xeo7]

I've always loved Quiet Riot. But I also love Slade. My dad got me into both years ago. That said, to this day I'm still always surprised by just how big those two songs ended up getting for them. Especially considering one was a cover from a much different pocket of rock music.

[@patrickshannon4516]

The first couple albums didn't get them really big until "metal health" came out Around 83 when QR hit it big.

[@swettyspaghtti]

Im still mad from when the vids had the robot voice. 😂Great channel great voice

[@2sc458]

Wow, this producer "Proffer", seems to have been really good at his job. He seems to have known when to push back and insist on record executives and had been right.

[@AbnEngrDan]

Only saw Quiot Riot once. At the Mad Monk in Wilmington, NC IN September 1991. It was a far cry from their stadium days, as the Mad Monk was small/medium sized. But I have to say, they played as if it were 1983. Showmen to the last song & encode. And I wasn't even a big fan of theirs. My buddy at Ft. Bragg talked me into going. I still remember it 33 years later, which says something.