carlcranshaw said:

omg!! that sucks!! RIP


btw u a membber over there? it's hard to get in

when this story is confirmed by the major newsies, I will believe

I used to enjoy Metal sludge, but for whatever reason the quality of material there has slid about 95% in the last 2-3 years

VikFoxx said:

Hi. No, I wanted to find 2 or 3 different sites to confirm this before I posted it and I checked Metal Sludge.

So sad, it also shows a business that quickly forgets those who helped build it, i consider what "Metal Health" did was put Metal in a "commercial crossover" market and of course many labels cashed in on it.

are you serious? this is truly shocking! he was pretty young wasn't he?

Quiet Riot Singer Found Dead In Las Vegas

Yahoo News
11/26


Los Angeles (Reuters) - Kevin DuBrow, lead singer of the popular 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has been found dead from unknown causes at his home in Las Vegas, authorities said on Monday.

DuBrow, 52, was found dead at about 5:20 p.m. on Sunday, a spokeswoman for the Clark County Coroner's Office said. She said an autopsy would be conducted to determine the cause of death.

"I can't even find the words to say," Quiet Riot bandmate Frankie Banali said on his Web site. "Please respect my privacy as I mourn the passing and honor the memory of my dearest friend, Kevin DuBrow."

Quiet Riot, which was founded in the mid-1970s, topped the Billboard charts in 1983 with the album "Metal Health," spurred on by the massive hit single "Cum on Feel the Noize."

The band has since endured break-ups and personnel changes but released a new album in 2006 and continued to tour sporadically.

(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Bill Trott)

Never had the chance 2 see them in concert,but I did enjoy their music ! I meet Kevin while eating breakfast at a Las Vegas casino! He was real cool and signed my KOMP 92.3 FM T-shirt where he was a Disc Jockey 4 awhile !!

"Slick Black Caddilac"

C'mon Feel the Grave!

planetearthsucks said:

You're an insensitive prick.

R.I.P.

R.I.P
Kevin


http://www.youtube.com/wa...3oeGwq9Qy0

Damn, another person died this year! Come on 2008 and get here. Yeah, I remember Quiet Riot.....

Come on feel the noise
Girls rock the boys
We'll get wild, wild, wild
Wild, wild, wild
Come Onnnnn!!!!!

Rest in peace.

The guy didn't age too bad, either. May he rest in peace. I really liked that song "Feel The Noise". I discovered it from "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City". That was one of my many jams from that game.

Copycat said:

DAMN.....THAT SUCKS!!!!! ALTHOUGH THE ENGLISH GROUP SLADE ORIGINALLY DID "CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE", QUIET RIOT MADE IT THEIR OWN!!!! IT PUT THEM ON THE MAP AS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. MAY MR. DU BROW REST IN PEACE.....

Slave2daGroove said:

I've read worse (I read about the death of Aaliyah by a very insensitive poster who said something to the effect of "What a day...A dead Aleeyah and (something about a movie)". I was so pissed that and tried to the tell the guy he was being insensitive to say the least and got pounced on. Never went back there.

Very sad to read this. Great songs. I remember he was on one of those 80s shows and he seemed to have a good and funny personality.

R.I.P. Kevin.

I was more of a metalhead back in the mid 80's, my brother used to play that album all the time. I especially liked "Metal Health". "Cum on..." was the more popular track.

He got a hair piece or something over the years, because his hair was thinning back then.

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has released the following statement to MelodicRock.com regarding the passing of QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow:

"We are all grieving.

"Kevin and I were brothers. We spoke daily, and I mean on the phone, not e-mail.

"The Kevin that I knew was a beautiful human being. He was kind, giving, nurturing. And generous. He would stay at my L.A. home when he was in town.

"I never saw Kevin loaded. He respected my sobriety. He always spoke how about the change of my lifestyle, and how he also wanted to change his.

"The last conversation I had with him 10 days ago was about this subject; he said he had to make some life changes. I was so happy and elated to hear this.

"Gabi [Glenn's wife] and I spoke to him last on Friday, November 16. He wanted to know if I could pick him up at LAX. On the 23rd, the day of a party at my house. Then there was nothing, no communication. Zero. Come Thanksgiving I knew something was strange. At the house, Kevin's room was prepared as always, with his fave candies next to the bed. He always requests them when he stays. I thought, he's gonna come jumping through the door any minute and demand to play the winner of the pool game between Chad Smith and myself.

"As the party ended, Gabi and I spoke of his absence. She was very upset. All along, I felt something seriously wrong. Come Sunday morning, I couldn't take it anymore and called Lark Williams, Kev's ex-girlfriend. She was in San Francisco. I asked her if she knew a paramedic who could go over to Kev's house and investigate. Dana, the medic, got in the house only to find my sweet brother at peace.

"I am completely shellshocked. We were planning to go to Hawaii for some relaxation in the New Year.

"For those of you that didn't know him, he was a true, true friend.

"l'm gonna miss our dinners at the Palm in Beverly Hills. I'm gonna miss his loud voice bellowing through my house. I'm gonna miss those oh-so-corny jokes. We all will miss him.

"Sleep well, brother. Your legacy is in good hands with me.

"Your loving brother, Glenn."

Glenn Hughes made a guest vocal appearance on QUIET RIOT's latest studio CD, "Rehab", which was released on October 3, 2006. The lineup on the album was Kevin DuBrow, Frankie Banali, Tony Franklin and Neil Citron.

QUIET RIOT was the first metal band to top the Billboard chart and is perhaps best known for its cover of SLADE's "Cum on Feel the Noize".

In 2004, DuBrow recorded a collection of cover versions for his first solo album, "In for the Kill".

Thanks for that Vik. Very sad news about Kevin. I remember him rattling a few cages during QR's heyday but in recent years was very well spoken of.

Metal Health is excellent, btw

Once again the "industry" claims another and offers no apologies.

abigail05 said:

yeah i think he was pretty out spoken kind of like david lee roth. he seemed cool though. damn, this is so sad.

lastdecember said:

Really?

Lastdecemeber, I love your posts but isn't that bit much? I hope his death isn't treated like a joke, but if you're saying he it sucked that he sold X records and had no money to show for it, you got to keep in mind their biggest hit was not written by them....They tried to release their own single on the second album but it didn't go anywhere.

VinnyM27 said:

regardless he put metal on the map and on the radio and into the mainstream , and things like labels and mtv got fat from those guys for years (those guys meaning all the metal acts that ran that network), if the MTV brass had any sense they would be running something expressing that, i remember when that rapper PROOF got shot, they did daily shit on him, why? he got shot because he was acting like a "thug" and living that life still, that to me is a big difference then someone drinking or drugging, thats a health issue caused alot of the times by the industry itself the other is just crime. Im just saying that its an industry that quickly forgets and yet offers no apologies for what it causes at times. Regardless of what they sold or did, they did start a wave that lasted close to a decade for others. All im saying in the end they forget why they even exist, hes not the first to fall into this category either.

anyone here read Hit Parader magazine from around 1984-1985? They had Kevin in some sort of big "rivalry" against some other singer, I think it was Dee Snider of Twisted Sister! I think they just fabricated this feud to sell magazines

Although like I said, Dubrow was pissing off a lot of metal folks at the time. It was high drama for all us 13 year old boys with mullets

Copycat said:

I'm sorry to hear that. RIP.

lastdecember said:

Good arguement. I can't disagree with anything you said. It always amazes me just how two faced and slanderous or just plain mean some corporations are willing to be in order to push their agenda of greed. MTV is the worst offender. They used to make people stars and benefit greatly from what they did only to turn around and laugh in their faces when they fall on hard times. I don't think they should offer any sort of MTV (well, Viacom) welfare but where is the decency and frankly, honesty! It's one thing to report the music news and be honest but to take joy in someone's pain when they helped you...shameless. Now MTV isn't even brave enough to play videos (and what is with MTV2...My sister had it when I visited her in DC and they basically play the shit MTV was playing a few years ago like Cribs....so much for the all music video station!).