Quiet Riot Tours, Plans Ohio Stop
Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 12:01AM I wrote a feature about Quiet Riot for the Dayton City Paper. Here's an excerpt of that article. Click the link at the end of this post to keep reading.
No, it’s not 1986 again, but the upcoming tours this spring and summer may have you believing otherwise.
Motley Crüe will head out on their final tour. KISS and Def Leppard will pair up for more than 40 dates as well. And this spring, Quiet Riot will hit the road with fellow ’80s rockers Faster Pussycat, the BulletBoys and Gilby Clarke (of Guns n’ Roses fame). The package – called the “Bang Your Head” tour – will zigzag smaller venues across America. While not part of the “Bang Your Head” package, Quiet Riot will play the BMI Speedway in Versailles on Saturday, April 5.
“Traditionally, Ohio has always been on the front lines of support for Quiet Riot since 1983 and going strong 30 plus years later,” Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali told the Dayton City Paper. “We love the fans in Ohio and appreciate their long-time support.”
Quiet Riot is best known for its 1983 cover of “Cum On Feel the Noize,” featured on the album Metal Health. That song was the first by a metal band to hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart.
If you haven’t kept up with Quiet Riot since the early ’80s days of Metal Health, then you might be surprised to learn the band has undergone a slew of lineup changes. The most notable change is behind the mic. Singer Kevin DuBrow died in 2007. Since that time, Banali has kept the band going with various singers and other members. These days, Jizzy Pearl fronts the band. Banali has faced sharp criticism from fans who feel he should put the band to bed. “Quiet Riot is nothing without Kevin!” is a popular refrain. Still, Banali has resolve and said Kevin would want him – and Quiet Riot – to rock on.
“One of the things Kevin and I always strived for was to continue to create new Quiet Riot music even when rock music had ceased to be popular, because of the change in music and tastes in the ’90s, and then with the decline of the industry itself with all the piracy and illegal downloads,” Banali said.
Still, Banali is sensitive to the diehard Quiet Riot fans and those that can’t get past DuBrow’s death. Quiet Riot is working on a new album and it will feature tracks performed by both Pearl and DuBrow. KEEP READING...
Reader Comments (12)
I was also on The Cruise but elected to sleep off some hard partying@"
What I started to say was I actually missed their first show on the cruise and then slept through their last performance along with those of many of the other groups due to excess partying.
Anyway, I got several conflicting reports on QR but there's no doubt in my mind, it was probably quite good.
However, to be perfectly honest, I would have preferred to see LOVE/HATE, the band Jizzy's famous for and who were originally scheduled to play MORC. I saw 'em at M3 and they Kicked A*s Royale!
I fortunately ran into Jizzy on the ship and did get to tell him that and he was genuinely appreciative of the sentiment.
Perhaps Allyson will do a cruise review post so that everyone can share their stories/the stories that they can share!
Faster Pussycat is FP in name only. Taime Downe just stands there, chain smoking & croaking out words. I'd be stretching it to call what he does, "singing" ... Aside from being the only guy that was actually in the band when they were a signed act, he really need to watch some video of himself. It's embarrassing. He looks like he swallowed a bus! And, watch, at the 1:30 mark, the bassplayer is so out of it, he just passes out, right in to the drums... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqphmsfaxhU
They were fantastic on the cruise -- tight and totally nailing "You're So Vain", "Nonstop To Nowhere" and "House Of Pain" to an audience that was completely engaged an loving every minute of it!
Downe is one of the originals of the whole Sleaze/Trash Metal scene and he's carrying the torch for us all. Just ask Eric Brittingham of Cinderella AND Chip Z'Nuff, who both joined FP on stage for some hilarious and spontaneous moments including one song penned AND sung by said wasted bass player.
And why is it OK for Thunders to stumble and weave but not this guy?
I sure hope Jizzy gets back with LOVE/HATE for next year's cruise. I get the whole cash grab thing by going with QR but L/H were just SO killer at M3, I was totally jonesing to see 'em again. Maybe next year!