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Quiet Riot
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1973
Quiet Riot formed in 1973 in Los Angeles, United States. Quiet Riot has 102 chart appearances on 72 radio countdowns from 26 stations on RockLists, spanning 1983–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Cum on Feel the Noize”, which appears on 72 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Quiet Riot most often is 106.7 WLLZ (Detroit, MI), with 16 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1983.
Quiet Riot got going in Los Angeles in 1973, when guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Kelly Garni and singer Kevin DuBrow put a band together and brought in Drew Forsyth on drums. The early years were messy, and Quiet Riot II in 1978, with "Slick Black Cadillac", came from a band still scrapping for a break. Rhoads was gone by 1979.
The break came in 1983. DuBrow rebuilt the band with guitarist Carlos Cavazo, bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Frankie Banali, and Metal Health went all the way to the top of the Billboard album chart, the first heavy metal record ever to do it. Their thundering version of Slade's "Cum On Feel the Noize" did the heavy lifting, all stomping drums and DuBrow's bratty scream, and "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" turned headbanging into a chorus. Condition Critical in 1984 went back to the same well with "Mama Weer All Crazee Now".
The lineup never sat still after that, with Paul Shortino singing in the late '80s and a string of bassists coming and going, but DuBrow kept the name alive and Alive and Well in 1999 brought "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" back around. DuBrow died in 2007. Banali brought the band back in 2010 and kept it going until his own death in 2020, and Johnny Kelly took over the drums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Quiet Riot on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cum on Feel the Noize#404 of all time | 72 | #6 | – | 1983 | |
| 2 | Bang Your Head (Metal Health) | 16 | #242 | – | – | |
| 3 | Metal Health | 6 | #95 | – | – | |
| 4 | Bang Your Head | 5 | #225 | – | – | |
| 5 | Mama Weer All Crazee Now | 1 | #381 | – | – | |
| 6 | BANG your head (metal health)/ (single edit) | 1 | #458 | – | – | |
| 7 | Slick, Black Cadillac | 1 | #772 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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