Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot found dead from unknown causes

[johnmiic]

Man, he was 52!!!!

singer found dead in Las Vegas - Yahoo! News

[MegoGeek]

Awwww...Man! That sucks.

In 8th grade I had a bigass poster and and a nylon banner of QR in my room. Not to mention assorted pins stuck in my Iron Maiden Painters hat, a regular painter's hat not the foreign legion one with the 2 flaps on the back.

In 8th grade, I wore a frickin' groove in my Metal Health album from playing it so much.

Good times.

RIP my man.

[PCofmisfittoys]

" unknown causes" = Drugs or suicide . He was classic

[toys2cool]

Man that does suck,RIP buddy

"Come on feel the noise" is still one of my faves

[Mikey]

Sorry he's dead, but honestly--- I used to HATE Quiet Riot with a passion.
Still do.

[kingcarm]

Quiet Riot was the 2nd Rock Show I ever saw. I was shocked when I read the news today. I too am wondering if drugs played a role in his early demise.

[Vortigern99]

I used to love QR as a kind of tongue-in-cheek comedic-metal band... which I think hits pretty close to the mark of what they were trying to accomplish. I actually met Rudy Sarzo (bass player for QR, who also played with Ozzie) when I was working for KLOL in Houston in 1984... he was a super-nice guy, at least to me. Never met DuBrow, but he seemed like a personable sort of fellow. I'm sorry for his friends and family that he's gone.

[mitchedwards]

RIP 52 is way to young to go.

[Marvelmania]

Wasn't a big fan of the group but still liked them. Hate to see someone so young pass. RIP Mr. DuBrow.

[Dave Mc]

Has anyone tried Banging their head? I heard it wakes the dead.

Okay, I'm sorry, that was tacky but I couldn't help it. I always hated that song.

[Zemo]

Has anyone tried Banging their head? I heard it wakes the dead.

Okay, I'm sorry, that was tacky but I couldn't help it. I always hated that song.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Quiet Riot was the first Metal band I ever knew of (I don't count KISS as metal. Esp. after "Beth" and their Disco flirtations). My older sister had the Metal Health album, and it was her first purchase of that kind of music as well. I believe QR was the first metal band to ever have a #1 album on the Billboard charts, despite the fact their biggest hits were recycled from some long-forgotten metal band (whose name escapes me). They were the first "crossover" metal band to make it into pop, and really used MTV to it's fullest potential.

The guy was good at what he did. A real character front man. A shame.

Chris

[EMCE Hammer]

Quiet Riot was the first Metal band I ever knew of (I don't count KISS as metal. Esp. after "Beth" and their Disco flirtations). My older sister had the Metal Health album, and it was her first purchase of that kind of music as well. I believe QR was the first metal band to ever have a #1 album on the Billboard charts, despite the fact their biggest hits were recycled from some long-forgotten metal band (whose name escapes me). They were the first "crossover" metal band to make it into pop, and really used MTV to it's fullest potential.

The guy was good at what he did. A real character front man. A shame.

Chris

That would be Slade that they covered. RIP Kevin - I never heard a bad thing about the guy, unlike a lot of those 80s frontmen. He always seemed cool to the fans.

[megoat]

Quiet Riot were essentially a Slade cover band. Slade was cool. Quiet Riot not so much.

Still, a sad day. 52 is too young.

[Vortigern99]

Metal health will drive you mad.

...

By the way, I would submit that Judas Priest had earlier metal success than QR, as did Motley Crue around the same time. Not to take away the popular (if not critical) success and influence QR enjoyed for its brief shining moment of absurdist lyrics and gonzo posturing (and I mean that in a good way...).