![]() This is followed by a another hard rocker, "Slick Black Cadillac", which was actually written as far back as 1978, and appeared on original QR's album "Quiet Riot II". The band show off their quieter side in "Don't Wanna Let You Go", a song of love, lust and heartbreak (Indeed proving that they can start a Quiet Riot). And to be fair, I don't see what's so horrible about the cover anyway. Apparently, this didn't play out the way the band intended it to, and "Noize" became their biggest hit. The band supposedly wanted to play the song as horribly as possible so that the label would have to just let go of the idea. Their label really wanted them to record this cover so that the band would have a hit on their hands. Then comes the Slade cover that catapulted them to stardom, "Cum On Feel the Noize". Each member of the lineup, also including drummer Frankie Banali, guitarist Carlos Cavazo and bassist Rudy Sarzo, has the oppurtunity on this song to show off their capabilities. It's as true a heavy metal anthem as they come. "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)", the opening track, carries an iconic riff and several screams from DuBrow. The other members left and DuBrow was left to assemble a new line up of musicians and he decided to carry on using the Quiet Riot name, and this is the album that followed. Rhoads co-founded QR in the mid-seventies, and had left the band by 1980 to join Ozzy Osbourne's new solo band he was starting, recently estranged from Black Sabbath. However, the version of Quiet Riot that we hear on this album is very different to the original Rhoads-era of the band, with the only member in common being singer Kevin DuBrow. However, for a start, Rhoads wasn't just "in" the band he was a founding member and basically the one that really pulled it all together in the early years. Some metal fans view Quiet Riot as "that band Randy Rhoads was in before Ozzy Osbourne" and nothing more. Of course, this band was lumped in with other bands such as Motley Crue and Ratt and labelled as 'glam metal', but I see more of value in Quiet Riot than with those other bands. ![]() That's an achievement that should be acknowledged. ![]() It was the first ever heavy metal album to top the USA Billboard chart. It's chock full of heaviness, memorable riffs, and fun. ![]()
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