Metal health Customer Review: The rise and fall of Quiet Riot in a single album
THE BAND: Kevin Dubrow (vocals), Carlos Cavazo (guitars), Rudy Sarzo (bass, synthesizer), Frankie Banali (drums & percussion).

THE DISC: (1983) Originally 10 songs clocking in at approximately 41 minutes, this remastered version gives you 2 bonus tracks and almost 52 minutes worth. The bonus tracks: “Danger Zone” (unreleased studio cut), and a live version of “Slick Black Cadillac”. Included with the disc is a 10-page booklet containing song titles/credits/times, original artwork and additional black & white photos, a brief 3-page intro, and thank you’s. Recorded at The Pasha Music House in Hollywood, CA. Originally released on Pasha’s label, this digitally remastered version is on Sony/Portrait/Epic.

COMMENTS: Disco was officially out a few years prior. New Wave was popular. Hard rock was coming back in. To many, American metal was still a question mark in the early 80’s. The British/European invasion of heavy metal was in full force (Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and the Scorpions to name a few big acts). In 1983 though, bigger albums than Def Leppard’s “Pyromania”, Motley Crue’s “Shout At The Devil”, or Iron Maiden’s “Piece Of Mind”… was Quiet Riot’s “Metal health“. 6+ million units sold and growing. As quickly as “Metal health” rose (the first metal record to hit #1 on the Billboard album charts), the band fell from grace. DuBrow’s antics were fairly well documented (difficult to get along with)… with other bands as well as his own. “Metal health” was a solid album, and it’s still a classic… but, it hasn’t stood the test of time as well as any of the other albums mentioned above. For me, Quiet Riot was the definition of “pop” hair metal. “Metal health” created the standard formula that all successful pop/hair metal bands seemed to follow… 1. Some aggressive hard rocking songs (”"Breathless”, “Run For Cover”, “Love’s A Bitch”); a couple of hits (”Metal health“, “Cum On Feel The Noise”), and a power ballad (”Thunderbird”). Quiet Riot’s cover version of Slade’s “Cum On Feel The Noise” hit #20 on the Billboard charts (#5 on the pop charts), as the title track hit #31. “Slick Black Cadillac” had minor success on the radio as well. Cavazo’s “Battle Axe” is a short guitar solo - in the same vein as Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption”. A brief history of the players is documented in the disc booklet - Quiet Riot being formed by guitar-god Randy Rhoads and singer DuBrow in the mid 1970’s without much success; Rhoads and bassist Sarzo leaving QR to play with now solo Ozzy; Rhoads killed in a plane crash; Sarzo returns with Banali joining on drums and Cavazo on lead guitar. Some truly great songs here - my favorites are the title track, “Don’t Want To Let You Go”, and “Breathless”. The ballad “Thunderbird” (though an ode to Rhoads) is musically weak. The bonus tracks - “Danger Zone” fits right in with the rest of the album (good stuff), but the live “Slick Black Cadillac” is absolutely horrible (sounds like an out-of-breath high school band doing a cover tune). The potential was there to continue (and more albums being released), but Quiet Riot never again achieved the success it had in ‘83. “Metal health” is a classic in the “pop” arena of metal (4.5 stars).

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