Bang your head

Yeah I always heard they weren't even Slade fans or at least Kevin wasn't and they were convinced to do the cover by their manager or producer or something

What did he mean by this

>had been mocked by Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe, who claimed that Quiet Riot were no better than a bar band.
He's not exactly wrong. Their first two albums came out in the 70s and they're very very crude and limited from both a songwriting and performing POV. Also this has to be one of the most "dude wut?" album covers ever.

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Yep, it's another case of "artist's biggest/only hit is a song they hate."

>The Shoop-Shoop Song
>Incense, Peppermints
>Physical
Etc, etc.

Everything Rocks and Nothing Ever Dies was a list he included in Consumer Guide to the '90s which was past-it artists and bands who were still putting out material for some inexplicable reason.

>Incense, Peppermints
Also Strawberry Alarm Clock didn't even want to sing this one because they didn't like it so the lead vocals were done by some friend of the band and they just sing the backing vocals.

I mean, seriously. The football players make no sense at all. What does it even mean?

QR blew a lot of their chance to get bigger than they did because Ozzy swiped Randy Rhoads from them which probably explains Kevin Dubrow's butthurt rant about him.

Disagree on that point. The first two QR albums (which weren't released in North America anyway) were barely above the level of a bar band and honestly, Randy deserved better--he was too talented for such an underwhelming group as this.

Yeah they couldn't write songs to save their life. The first album in particular has lyrics that could have been penned by a 13 year old. Also they never had good production and always sounded like they were recorded on a portable cassette player. Maybe having a Ted Templeman or a Mutt Lange producing would have helped instead of the literallywhos they used.

Also Randy Rhoads after joining Ozzy's band was a bit taken aback at his sudden meteoric rise from LA bar band guitarist to rock star (think John Frusciante's nervous breakdown when the Chili Peppers blew up to superstar status with BSSM) and prior to his death, he was apparently planning to quit.

I'm not sure Randy could have taken his playing to the incredible peaks he got to with Ozzy had he stayed with QR. It had to help that making the move helped connect him to top-tier songwriters and producers, plus an established rock legend with a huge preexisting fanbase. He did fight with Ozzy and it seems probable he would have quit after the Diary of a Madman tour was finished had he not died. Randy was an incredible talent for the short time he had to shine and the rock world is a lot poorer for having lost him, especially since he died at 25, right as he was approaching the age where rockers tend to really hit their peak.

Uh huh. Bob Daisley and later Lee Kerslake definitely played a part, and maybe getting out of the LA club scene and visiting England sparked something in him. Definitely a shame to have lost him when we did.

Randy had talent but QR as a whole definitely didn't. It's nice that they did eventually break out on Metal Health and make enough money from that one album to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

Actually the working title of this album was "2nd and 10", a joke about how relatively small the band members were compared with the beefy football players, but it was released exclusively in Japan by a label who didn't get the football reference so they just called it "Quiet Riot II".

I agree. Great musicians are nothing without great songwriters and Randy's talent would have gone to waste in a band that only demonstrated an aptitude for doing covers. You think Eddie Van Halen could have become a superstar without David Lee Roth? Probably not.

It looks like the cover to a porno film. Maybe it was for the best that QR II was Japan-only because I think the band would have been a complete laughingstock had it gotten an international release.

Awfully hot coffee pot.

There was talent in Quiet Riot aside from Randy, they just kinda didn't do much with it...Kevin DuBrow could definitely sing with a powerful voice, and Frankie Banali can drum, he did well in WASP.

Just goes to show the record company always knows what's best

Connie Francis didn't really want to sing Stupid Cupid either, but...

Ditto Slash hating Sweet Child O' Mine, but Axl, when he was sane anyway, knew what made a good single (plus he rejected Slash's suggestion to use "Where the grass is green/And the girls have big titties" in PC).

>You think Eddie Van Halen could have become a superstar without David Lee Roth? Probably not.
Yes, to be honest. It wouldn't be the same, but EVH literally changed the guitar game, he was Hendrix or Jimmy Page tier of icon....people these days often don't note it because the 80's in general is "uncool" but he inspired an entire decade of people to go the shredder route and ditch the previous more blues oriented approach to soloing. Roth was basically the Flava Flav to his Chuck D, equally as relevant, but there's no denying that the raw musical talent was more on Eddie's side while Dave was an entertainer.

QR's brief moment in the sun is a bit like Twisted Sister who also struggled for years until having one magical album that made them into rock superstars for about 14 months and ensured they were financially set for life.

Yeah but Twisted Sister have a lot of good shit outside of that one hit, arguably BETTER stuff if you're a hard rock/metal fan more than just a mainstream or pop fan. Quiet Riot not so much, Metal Health is about as good as it gets for them I think.

Twisted Sister

Distinctions Not Cost-Effective [1980s]: Dee Snider's testimony before Congress was the height of the PMRC hearings. The rest you can watch on MTV.

COFTN isn't my favorite 80s rock tune. I mean, it's not bad but when I do an 80s binge, there's about 20 other songs I'd listen to before it.

I guess it's because it's babby's first 80s rock and the song has been played to death for decades. Once you've heard For Whom The Bell Tolls or something, it feels kinda lame.

Bang Your Head/Metal Health is a better song, for Quiet Riot anyway. That's a real 80's metal anthem, Cum On Feel The Noize is a cover that doesn't do much better than the original and mostly was just a hit for the time.

That and Twisted Sister's two big hits.

They were pretty much the fastest metal band until Metallica.