Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST Heavy Metal or Hard Rock record of the rock era?

@peterd.9978

17 күн бұрын

Master of Puppets (modern) Paranoid (classic)

@TerrickTerran

17 күн бұрын

Blizzard of Ozz

@funstuff1728

17 күн бұрын

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

@Sweet--Richard.4981

17 күн бұрын

Budgie

@RBS_

17 күн бұрын

.....loaded question, Prof. .....but I WILL attest that *"1984" by Van Halen* is the GOLD STANDARD Album that everyone (including the "Thriller" Gang) knew, owned, talked about, and set off 80's Heavy Metal's Golden period...Good Times were had, by ALL...

I was a kid in high school, writing for my high school newspaper...I told the teacher in charge of the newspaper that I wanted to interview a rock act. He said there was no way I could do it...challenge accepted! I used the school phone to call New York, home of their label. They directed me to their publicly people in LA. I called LA and they directed me to people in San Francisco. I got ahold of them, and put me on the guest list for backstage access in Salinas, CALIFORNIA! I interviewed Quiet Riot just weeks after Metal Health came out. It was glorious. I received an award from the local newspaper for journalistic excellence...much to my teachers dismay. I love Quiet Riot.

@ajcurtis2813

17 күн бұрын

That is a fantastic story!

@whatarefriends4

17 күн бұрын

Overachiever

@annmarieknapp2480

17 күн бұрын

Okay that absolutely rocks and so do you!!! Mad respect to you. Are you a journalist now?? That was brilliant and man to pull that off before internet and from a high school news paper? Absolutely epic mad respect.

@adamwade4764

17 күн бұрын

I saw them in Atlanta at the omni 1983 QR opened for Iron Maiden what a show

@dennisbergendorfii5440

17 күн бұрын

Dismay? For actually doing the job of "journalist?" I would have been awestruck to be a teacher seeing one of their pupils pull off a coup like they!

I was 34 and a restaurant manager in Denver in the mid 90s. Of course we had quite a few young people working there. There was a young guy, 19 years old, who was a bus boy. He was a good kid, but he came from a troubled family. He had moved out from his parents’ house at 17. The only way he could make ends meet was to have a roommate and he and his best friend shared an apartment. His best friend got in trouble and went to prison for 5 years. This young man was going to lose his apartment and become homeless. As his boss, I told him he could stay at my place until he found another roommate. He was rough around the edges. He had long hair and hadn’t finished high school, but he always seemed to be a good kid at work. Well, he wound up being an amazing house guest. One day when he was off, I came home from work to find him cleaning and listening to music. I was surprised to find him listening to a mix tape he had made and it included Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, Van Halen and more bands from the 80s. He said he couldn’t stand rap and wasn’t into grunge. I let this kid live with me for six months while he tried to figure out his life. One day he came to me and said he enlisted in the army. He would be leaving in less than a month. I was happy for him, but was a little sad that he would be leaving. He thanked me for giving him some stability and a chance to get on his feet. He went to boot camp in August of 1996. He still stays in touch. He emails me often and texts weekly. He’s married and has two kids now. He did so well in the army he went through officer training school and is currently a captain, planning a retirement from the military. He recently shared a music playlist and Metal Health was on it.

@CowGirlKat8691

17 күн бұрын

Great success story! Y'all had a big part in it too, imagine where he possibly ended up had y'all not gave him a leg up!

@-.Steven

17 күн бұрын

Great Story! Thanks for sharing it!

@mikearchibald744

17 күн бұрын

Great story, and more common than people think-people helping people out. You pay it forward.

@danfadden

17 күн бұрын

You saw something in him and gave him a chance and it didn’t bite you in the butt? That’s a great story and who knows where he’d be today. Cheers to you sir, you are a hero.

@mikearchibald744

17 күн бұрын

@@danfadden It would be a great story and none the worse on him if the guy didnt turn out well. Good on him, I volunteer with poor and homeless people, I'd trust most of them before any politician or somebody in a gated community. But I also haven't invited any of them home....yet.

In 1983 I was 18 a Metalhead and managing a small indie Record Store. "Metal Health" was a big seller at the time. While I found the album OK I thought it was a bit Cheesy. Fast forward 10 years and I'm sitting at a booth in a bar with my girlfriend across from my girlfriends friend and her new boyfriend. The guy looked familiar but I couldn't place him, about 20 minutes later it came to me "He's Kevin DuBrow". We became friends that night and everything I had perceived about him was wrong. I had always thought he was some know it all blow hard, but he wasn't. Never once in all the times we hung out did I ever hear him say "Don't you know who I am"? Or pull any "I'm a Rock Star" crap. Yes, Kevin had some Demons but we all did back then. He was a genuine good guy and I miss him.

Halloween 1983, I was nine years old. I was such a huge Quiet Riot fan. My mom had a cool black leather motorcycle jacket, the real deal. And so that sparked the idea I could wear it backwards as a straight jacket, like the album cover. I didn't stop there. I cut up some cardboard into the shape of the iconic metal mask, complete with cardboard straps exactly as they were shown on the music video, so I could wear the mask. All I had to go by back then was the album cover, but then got to see different angles from the music video so I could get all the details right. Like the little chain that hangs down on one side. I made that chain out of paper clips haha! So that was my Halloween 1983 costume. I thought I was the coolest nine year old on the planet, destined to meet the band and go on tour!

@Sir_Osis

13 күн бұрын

That’s awesome! I was a huge fan back then as a kid too. In 1984 (I was 12) I begged my mom to go to their concert with some older kids. My mom wasn’t having it. Which was probably a good idea. But since my mom is rad, she said “How bout this…Since you really want to go that bad, I’ll take you” Whitesnake opened for them. I had an amazing time and is such a fond memory. I wore that damn tour shirt till it nearly fell off me!

@rothed16

9 күн бұрын

​@Sir_Osis question is. Did your mom like it? She become a metalhead too

@Sir_Osis

9 күн бұрын

@@rothed16 Lol nah just a supportive mom. That show did teach her though that these concerts were harmless and not going to corrupt her son so after that I was able go to a ton of shows unchaperoned. Good times. 👍

Whenever I hear about Quiet Riot I think of that Simpsons episode: Dick Clark: "And that was Whitesnake!" Guitar player: "We're not Whitesnake, dude! We're Poison!" Bassist: "I thought we were Quiet Riot?" Drummer: "It says here we're Ratt!"

@donnasmith9939

16 күн бұрын

Brilliant!

@JClaus1221

16 күн бұрын

Course if they had been accurate along with humourous it would have been "I thought we were Deep Purple!" "No man we are Black Oak Arkansas" "No man we are Quiet Riot" "No man we are Dio" "Didn't two of use used to be Blizzard Of Ozz?"

@freakybeaky1

5 күн бұрын

Lost interest with rock at the time. Whitesnake went all Hair. Here I Go Again ‘82 sounded no where like those others in the dodgy clobber.

One of the greatest 18 months of my life: Pyromania, Metal Health, Shout at the Devil, Stay Hungry and VH's 1984.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

It’s so hard to pick just one!

@richfrancen1809

16 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 That's why I joined the Columbia record club and got 13 for the price of 1. Those first 4, plus Out of the Cellar, Animalize, Midnight Madness, Three Lock Box, the 1st two Ozzy, Loudness, Krokus, and Slide it In.

@paul.theeightiesluvr.1945

16 күн бұрын

​@@richfrancen1809awesome choices I had the same ones except for I also included Krokus headhunter plus Van Halen fair warning and Black Sabbath born again🎉❤

@rayjones4616

16 күн бұрын

Agreed, plus Out of the Cellar, Thunder in the East, Tooth and Nail, Defenders of the Faith, Love at first sting, The Blitz, Midnight Madness, Vices (Kick Axe), Last in Line, In Rock We Trust...and that's just in 1984!!! What a time to be a Metal-Head!!!!

@TheFatalT

15 күн бұрын

Those were the days.

True story, I went to high school with Kevin DuBrow, Grant high in Van Nuys, CA. He was my nemesis, he was a shag haircut, with platform heals and a big mouth. We had a few run-ins, but we were all cool. But, I was friends with the Porcaro brothers, Jeff, Mike, and Steve. They didn't play a lot of hair music. Eventually, they would become Toto. We were all in school at the same time, and music was everywhere. I was fortunate to have seen Jeff Porcaro play with Steely Dan and meet the band. It's good to know the drummer. And go figure, Kevin DuBrow becomes a metal icon, life can be very strange. It wasn't the water.

@sampate4323

15 күн бұрын

Did you ever go to the Rock Corporation ?

@SeaMark782

15 күн бұрын

@sampate4323 No, never heard of them or it. A venue?

@warrenmccune305

14 күн бұрын

Did you take Mr Phelps?

@SeaMark782

13 күн бұрын

@warrenmccune305 Maybe, the name is familiar. We had our 50th reunion last year, saw Steve Porcaro, the last one left, RIP brothers.

@WaymoresBlues

12 күн бұрын

In December '82 two things happened: I got a Sony Walkman for Christmas and got kicked out of Poly High for smoking pot and got an OT transfer to Grant High school. In early '83 I distinctly remember riding a yellow and black RTD bus down ColdWater Cyn to my new school and listening to Toto on my Walkman playing their hit song 'Africa'. Before Quiet Riot made it big I would sometimes see them hanging out late at night at the Denny's restaurant, where my best friend worked, in North Hollywood on Lankershim and Magnolia where the Emmy building now stands. Small world.

1983! What a great year for Metal, Along with Quiet Riot. Motley Crue's "Shout at the Devil" Ozzy's "Bark at the Moon" and Dio's "Holy Diver" among others ruled my walkman.

@RobertSchaffer-sd2yr

10 күн бұрын

Damn I forgot all about the Walkman😅😂

@kravin74

9 күн бұрын

Hell yeah! Bark at the Moon has always been my favorite Ozzy album. Holy Diver is the perfect, impossible it could be better hard rock album. Shout at the Devil with the black album cover with the black pentagram well it speaks for itself.

@jotacalvo

7 күн бұрын

Don’t forget about Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden. Dang, 1983 was an awesome year to be a teenager

@RobertSchaffer-sd2yr

7 күн бұрын

Krokus headhunter kiss lick it up Def Leppard Pyromania Accept Balls to the wall and who can forget Metallica Kill Em All

@akiblue

5 күн бұрын

1983's Metal Mania, compilation by K-Tel was the first album I ever bought

I met Rudy Sarzo and Randy Rhoads brother & sister at an RR Remembered event and what a class act Rudy is, truly amazing person. Kathy Rhoads is an absolute sweetheart and Kelle has amazing stories about growing up with Randy… I’m honored to have met all of them!!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

I need do an interview.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

What state?

@TommyTheCat42

17 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Rhode Island

@HotRod12667

17 күн бұрын

I ran into Rudy at ComiCon (I don't remember what year) in LA. He was in a group called Animetal USA. Nice fellow.

Quiet Riot's success story really owes much to Slade. Slade was about 8 or 9 years to early, but had some real melodic gems. I still watch Slade's videos every now and again.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

True.

@FurtiveSkeptical

17 күн бұрын

Makes sense, Slade also is the original artist(s) that wrote the "Cum on feel the Noize" track, back when they were "Glam". A song that Quiet Riot had some notable success with at the time of their success.

@AleisterCrowleyMagus

17 күн бұрын

@@FurtiveSkeptical and their other Slade cover, “mama we’re all crazee now”

@Out_of_My_Head

17 күн бұрын

​@@AleisterCrowleyMagusWhich was the title track to their second album.

@beenaplumber8379

17 күн бұрын

I think their early success was due to the utter starvation among fans of hard rock. There were a few amazing albums at the time - Pyromania, Eliminator, and 1984, but just 3 years earlier radio was dominated by hard rock. It was everywhere. By 1983 it was all synth pop & new wave pap. I was dying for more hard rock, and that's why I fell hard for QR and Twisted Sister, even though they sounded shallow and kitschy to me. Their guitars used crushing distortion without drowning in chorus. Choices were very limited. QR was at the leading edge of the hair band era (though their music added little artistically to what was already out there), which meant finally more hard rock was coming, though the hard rock and arena rock era that I loved was over.

Actually, Judas Priest was the band that broke 80's metal with the release of Unleashed in the East in late 79, followed up with British Steel in 80, Point on Entry in 81, and their mega hit metal album Screaming for Vengeance in 82. QR was just the lucky band that broke huge first on the LA scene as an American metal band.

@spacesex710

5 күн бұрын

That’s True but Metal Health hit #1

@Eric_B

4 күн бұрын

Totally agree about Judas Priest!

@vintwin69

4 күн бұрын

Absolutely

@WesleyGravolet

3 күн бұрын

You could say the scorpions had something to do w that as well if u wanna look at it that way...

@tonyc3711

2 күн бұрын

You're 💯 correct. Maiden also exploded with Number of the Beast (82) when I saw them in 83 QR was the opening act.

When I was 17, I was driving some friends to a nearby town. We wrecked and ended upside down. This tape was in the player and was still going when we stopped.

I was 14 in ‘83… What a time it was!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Wow! I love it.

@blazerhawkdarren68

17 күн бұрын

Same here. Great times

@Autumn_Forest_

17 күн бұрын

Lucky you! I was only 8/9 (born July 1974).

@davidharrell5396

17 күн бұрын

There was so much to listen to, as stated in the video. So many different… genres, I guess would be the word. And MTV was a must watch! lol

@Clownmeati8

17 күн бұрын

I turned 15 in Aug 83 ..I would give up all the tech to go back to those times in a second

Metal Health was the first metal cassette I ever bought.

@tridoc99

17 күн бұрын

Same!

@stuartandrews9826

17 күн бұрын

Also same. First cassette I ever bought.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Rock on!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

@@tridoc99 Very cool!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

@@stuartandrews9826 So rad!

A couple of years before Kevin Dubrow died, I was excited to go to a meet-and-greet for several bands. The members of Firehouse were really nice and friendly, and I enjoyed chatting with them. The members of Quiet Riot seemed like they didn't want to be there. They seemed burned out, and after Kevin died, I had the feeling he was disappointed with his life as it had turned out.

Mental Health was the first song I learned to play in 1983. Playing the guitar created an entire career for me that I still work in today.

It seemed like for months on MTV’s Friday Night Video Fights (I’m old), had Quiet Riot vs Def Leppard…Cum on feel the noise vs photograph, metal health vs Rock if ages etc. I always voted for Def Leppard, and my parents were like “What are all these .25 charges on the phone bill!” …ahh the 80s

@auntiewewe972

17 күн бұрын

I just commented the same. I loved when they filmed the bands talking junk to each other

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Ha!

@stacyflood4319

12 күн бұрын

Loved Friday Night Video Fights. Never missed it. And yeah, lots of .25 charges on the phone bil😂

I saw the reformed band in the early 2000s in a small bar venue. They hung out with the fans afterwards and took pictures and signed autographs. Even Kevin DuBrow was friendly and humble. It was a great show.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

They seem like such nice people.

@brianpreston6855

17 күн бұрын

The same happened to me and my friend Darren after their show at the Newport in Columbus Ohio. All 4 of them came to the front of the venue after the show. We got to meet and shake hands with them all. All I had was my ticket stub which all signed graciously. An unforgettable and special moment with a band we had been fans of from 83.

@luigivincenz3843

16 күн бұрын

My Dad was in the industry back in the 80's. Lived near Sunset. It confuses him how much anger they have for Kevin because when he spoke with the band and Dubrow a few times, and he was not a jerk at all , and friendly. Any band that can dislodge the Police and Michael Jackson off the top spot of the charts deserve respect regardless of some quote.

@g-man2725

13 күн бұрын

i seen them on that tour also. Great times

@beltalowda206

10 күн бұрын

I was that high school kid in ‘84, blasting the speakers out of my minuscule Honda Civic with my well worn copy of Metal Health. Fast forward to the 90s, when one of my HS dreams actually happened. A friend who was a local promoter in Spokane WA recruited me to drive Quiet Riot around while they were in town for a couple days. That turned into my band opening for them on their next time through and more hanging out. Those guys were fantastic. Really humble and funny. Never in a million years did I ever expect any of that.

Listening to this again, reminds me of how much human element there was in this era in the recordings , no trickery or amp simulations , or auto tune . Raw guitar amps were roaring in the room, and an unmatched wild and crazy, out of control incredibly talented vocalist with forever stamina was laying down the magic. Modern recording Technology, and predictability will never let this human element be so apparent again. I am thankful for being a kid in 1983 that put the record player needle down on this , with headphones on in the dark with the glow of my stereo lights.

I was 13 yr old and can still plainly remember exactly when and where I was when I heard that drum intro and then that legendary first strum of that beautifully lush sounding guitar followed by Kevin's screaming vocals. I can even remember what car I was in and what clothes I was wearing. That's how significant that song is.

The first "adult" record I chose for myself was the Bang Your Head 45. Dad asked me if I was sure that's what I wanted. I said yes, but I didn't know what it was. I just liked the label, it was blue with lightning on it. It was a cool surprise when we listened to it for the first time.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

I love that memory!

2 fun facts: 1. The song Metal Health features in the movie Footloose. 2. Slade, after being covered twice by QR, titled their following album Keep Your Hands off My Power Supply.

@crankjazz

17 күн бұрын

The Slade album title was "The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome" outside of the US and Canada. Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply is a studio album by the British rock group Slade, released in America and Canada on April 2, 1984. It is a repackaged version of The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome which was released in the UK, Europe and across the rest of the world in December 1983.

@vornado8715

15 күн бұрын

Slade’s Run Run Away was commercially successful too!

@OAlem

15 күн бұрын

@@crankjazz That's interesting!

@OAlem

15 күн бұрын

@@vornado8715 A fantastic galloping song with bagpipes, that sounds like it was mixed by Trevor Rabin! And My, Oh, My had a music video that got air time.

@trance9158

15 күн бұрын

@@vornado8715 my oh my was the best tune off that album

I have an old algebra book in which some kid wrote the name of his favorite bands. But the book was published in the 1920s and the bands were Tommy Dorsy, Woody Herman, Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman.

@seanfitzgerald5385

10 күн бұрын

🤘🤘🤘🤘

@bhall4996

3 күн бұрын

That's a totally cool piece of music history

I had the amazing luck to see and meet the classic lineup of Quiet Riot in a small club during their tour in 2000. Picture this, people were literally playing pool during the show. I was right up by the stage with the few dozen other diehards and couldn’t believe it. They were great, but it must have been very humbling. I’m looking around at the other people that weren’t playing attention like, what the heck are you people doing?!?! This is Quiet freaking Riot and they’re so close you can almost be on stage with them! Anyway, they had a meet and greet and signed autographs after the show. Kevin Dubrow could not have been any nicer. Super cool, down to earth, seemed legitimately grateful that I was at the show and excited to meet them (I was 24). He was actually really handsome, friendly and just left such a good impression on me. I was very sad when I heard he died. Carlos Cavazos was also great. We talked guitars for a minute and he was also down to earth and just very cool. Frankie really wanted to get out of there and Rudy? I actually felt for him. He had this attitude like how did I end up here? I played with ozzy, whitesnake, huge stadiums and now I have some kid at the back to back club in Lafayette trying to chit chat with me. 😅 Bottom line is that they do not get enough credit. Just like Twisted Sister, they were thrown aside very quickly after they finally made it. I was really lucky to be able to see a whole concert with them from ten feet away and then have a moment with them. RIP Kevin and Frankie.

I would like to see The Professor do a video solely on the music and history of Slade.

My friend Al is a drummer & my favorite story he tells is when he was at a bar that his band played at. They weren't playing that night so they were just there to hang out. This was mid '90s & Quiet Riot was playing. During a break, Al sees his girlfriend talking to Kevin Dubrow. He goes over. He can see Kevin is making the moves on her. Kevin sees him & says "Sorry bro, she's going home with me!" Al is like "Ugh....Nnnnno bro!" Al said Kevin called over maybe 5 band mates. Al imitated whistling & 12 of his people show up. Seeing he's outnumbered, Kevin says nervously "My band has another set to play!" Al stepped forward, arms stretched out & says "Do what you gotta do....Kev!!!"

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@countdown2xstacy

16 күн бұрын

Haha Cool story 👍🏻

@sinbadsailor1963

12 күн бұрын

I guess the gf had no say in the matter. mmkay

@doesitmatter9085

2 күн бұрын

​@@sinbadsailor1963 Average Redditor

In 1983, I met (I was 14 years old btw) Kevin Dubrow, Carlos Cavazo, Rudy Sarzo, David Coverdale and Neil Murray one night at a Holiday Inn in Pocatello, Idaho. They were staying there because they were playing the next night at The Mini Dome (now The Holt Arena). Everyone I mentioned was exceptionally kind to their young fans, my friend and I. Coverdale asked if we were going to see the show? My friend said that we were both broke, which was true. David Coverdale asked us to hold on a minute and went into I presume his room. We talked with Rudy Sarzo and when Coverdale came back, he gave us 6 tickets and told us to bring our friends and enjoy the show! Blew our young minds for sure! All of these guys were VERY nice to us except one.... Mr. Dubrow. I'll just leave it at that. He was awful.

Great vid professor!!1 Keep up the great work!

Metal Health sold 8 million copies, probably in part because of all the deep tracks that AOR played. There honestly wasn't a bad song on that whole album.

The Wild and the Young off QR III is an outstanding song that deserves to be listed among QR's best.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Totally agree!

@jep7080

16 күн бұрын

Definitely. Very underrated.

@samspurgeon4222

16 күн бұрын

If nothing else, the video featuring Wink Martindale made it awesome😂

@arrowheadtelecom6561

10 күн бұрын

Great song! Twilight hotel also. That album shouldn't have flopped so hard. I think they fell into the same gap ad Twisted Sister. Too silly to be taken to serious

@atmaweapon2803

3 күн бұрын

QRIII was a step up creatively from Condition Critical, and it's such a shame that it bombed comparatively.

Holy Crud, good job Prof!! I never expected that anyone would mention Quiet Riot, even though they launched 80s heavy metal. I went to Quiet Riot/WASP original tour and was a metal chick from that moment on.

In 1983, I walked in Karma Records and the guy who worked there played me songs from 3 new albums - DIO - Holy Diver, SAXON - Power and the Glory and Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head...I was hooked al all 3 and they became a part of my growing up in the 80's.

@ronbo11

Күн бұрын

Karma was started/HQ'd in Indianapolis. I used to work in the Evansville store. I started in 1984 and metal albums were selling like crazy then and for the rest of the decade. We had cassettes in glass topped cabinets with storage bins below the display drawers for all the extra stock. QR, Ratt, Priest, Maiden, Metallica, Motley, Poison, VH (although I hesitate to call them metal), Megadeth, Dio, Anthrax, etc. were all such huge sellers during my time there. In 1985, Cat's Records from Nashville bought our Karma and a store on the northside of Eville called Folz City and I worked for Cat's until I graduated from college. Transitioning to Cat's also meant the clearing out the "tobacco products" like dug outs, roach clips, rolling papers, Meerschaum pipes and bongs that we used to sell at Karma 😜. I should've bought those products and sold them out of the trunk of my car. 😜

@DonMoore2023

Күн бұрын

@@ronbo11 Very cool. I had relatives that lived north of E-ville in Princeton and Fort Branch. I think Karma was where I first saw Metallica's Kill Em' All, Armored Saint and Queensryche's first EP records on the shelf. I had forgotten all the other stuff they sold. Good memories.

Man, I LOVE this channel! This album was so killer back then. I miss the 80's.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Miss 'em everyday!

@adamtrombino106

15 күн бұрын

Honestly, 'Metal Health' was 1 of the 1st hard rock albums I ever bought (on cassette which i still have and it still works) but they introduced me to Ozzy, VH, MC ( Shout was the 2nd cassette i bought in the summer of 83) and RATT (Out of the Cellar was the 3rd cassette i bought that yr) and finally WASP. My parents were not happy about that 1. But QR led me down a rabbit hole of music at just age 8, from 'classic' Deep Purple to Sabbath, KISS and even Led Zeppelin. Sure Id heard various songs by all said groups, but I'd no idea who I was listening to. By age 10 i was a full blown metal head, all because of Metal Health.

Man, this channel is insanely good.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Glad you think so!

Born in 76 I can remember being 10 years old and staying up all night with my cousin, smoking cigarettes out the window and telling stories while listening to quiet right in rotation with Metallica, Van Halen oh man I can still remember the cool morning air as the sun crept back in and we realized we had been up all night… bang your halead is a major part of that memory. Thanks for making great content happy to have found you.🙏😁😎

Great show, as always. Thanks.

I was 15 when the salesman from my Dad's furniture store stopped by in his brand new 1983 Camero. We took a ride and he cranked the stereo, what comes out? Bang Your Head at full volume 🔊 I was instantly hooked on both Camaro's and Metal Health 🎶 To this day when I want to test out a sound system or I'm in the mood to really rock I put that song in and crank it up!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

What a great memory! Thanks for sharing!

@Colonel__Ingus69

17 күн бұрын

I got my license in 83 and luckily the car only had an AM radio. If I played Bang Your Head I wouldn't have had them long. lol

@stingylizard

17 күн бұрын

The hump in the backseat🥳

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Great one to put on.

First 2 albums I bought with money I earned in the early 80’s were Metal Health and Pyromania. Good memories tied to Quiet Riot.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Love it!

@theguythatdoesthatonething2133

17 күн бұрын

Those are two great first records!!

@jameshakola3603

17 күн бұрын

Almost sure they were my 3rd and 4th albums! Yep, definitely the ones to get that year

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

The best oxymoronic name ever!

@winstonwolff

17 күн бұрын

Same here plus 1 black sabbath album. Those were my first 3 cassettes purchased.

That was my first album, it really spoke to me, sad to see what happened to the band members

I was a huge fan and had the Metal Health and Condition Critical albums when I was in elementary school. Then in the early 2000s, they played a bar I worked at. I expected it to be packed, but sadly, it wasn't busy at all (maybe 50 people). They still put on an awesome show and had a meet and greet afterwards. They all (including Kevin) were very friendly and cool to talk to.

Metal Health is one of the songs I always listen to on my earphones when I'm at the gym.

Ironically, the sarcastic tone of the song they hated gave it a tangy quality that worked with the rebellion and moxie themes.

You chose a great sponsor. I’ve been buying all my glasses from Zenni since 2006.

In 1983 I was visiting a girl in Oregon. I was 18 years old. I didn’t listen to anything heavy at that time, but I remember when I heard Quiet Riot for the first time. That album started my rock music journey. Thanks for the memories!

I managed a Camelot Music store in Lincoln, NE in the early ‘90’s. One day, Kevin DuBrow and QR drummer Frankie Banali came in. I think they had a gig in town that day. I met them, but I didn’t gush over them, as most celebrities don’t like that. Anyway, both were great guys, although DuBrow had a hairpiece so big it had its own social security number. Sadly, both are gone now…

QUIET RIOT made an impact! 1983 I was a Freshman sitting on the back of a school bus. An extremely small town Wanette, OK. A kid popped the cassette in a silver boombox. I’ll never forget what I heard. I even remember the back road the bus was on and feeling I had of Bang Your Head. Man, what music does to a person is amazing. Thank you Quiet Riot!!!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Awesome!

@konowd

17 күн бұрын

Big gateway band for a lot of us. We really owe QR a big debt

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

It’s a life changing song.

@kevinchandler179

14 күн бұрын

I absolutely loved them!!! Rip 🙏 Kevin and Frankie!!!!

It was early 1996 and being married with my daughter on the way, me and my wife went to a riverfront concert in Montgomery, Alabama where they performed. It was an amazing experience and afterwards, we met the band and got them to autograph my greatest hits CD. Kevin, Carolos, Rudy, and Frankie were extremely nice and we, mainly me, just soaked up the opportunity to speak with them. One of my best concerts I have ever attended even though it was only in front of a few hundred people. The band definitely resonated with me as a teen growing up in the 80s. Fast forward to 2017, I was in the Army and home on leave from a deployment. I saw them at a festival in Junction City, kansas where I met Frankie, the only original member, and let me tell you, he was the most humble and respectful person I had ever met. We got pictures and autographs but I will never forget the impact he had on me. Awesome video! Thanks!

I had the opportunity to interview Kevin & Rudy for my tv show. Great memories & both guys were great interviews!

I was at that US Festival in 1983! It’s still the best concert I’ve ever been to with Quiet Riot to Van Halen and Ozzy!

Thanks Mr. Professor! I saw QR open for Black Sabbath in 1984.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Very cool. How was it?

@99percentirish64

17 күн бұрын

@ProfessorofRock Thanks! Oh my gosh, it was great! That was before mosh pits, lol. However, I was on the floor, and the whole first 20 rows of people, including myself, were just moving back and forth. It was crazy, but worth it!

Great video. I can remember hearing them for the first time in '83. They were EVERYWHERE. It was crazy. It's always been my contention that QR was THE band to break open the doors for metal.

I was fortunate enough to see them couple times. Great show. Meet n Greet afterwards. Thank You for traveling to Indiana

I had the pleasure of meeting the band back in 2001when the original Metal Health lineup reunited and toured with Poison and Enuff Z'Nuff. All of the band members, including Kevin DuBrow, were extremely pleasant and very appreciative of the fans. They signed my CD and chatted for a while, and I'm very glad I got the opportunity to tell them what an impact their breakthrough album had on my life way back in '83. Such a tragedy that DuBrow would be gone just six years later.

Always found the 'Feel the Noise" guitar solo to be a work of perfection. The way it builds and its powerful melodic flow forces air guitar upon me and I assume others. One of the best hard rock solos ever!!! Quiet Riot deserves its place in Rock history. What they achieved was extraordinary.

@atmaweapon2803

3 күн бұрын

Carlos Cavazo is sorely underrated. That guy knew how to write a solo and was more about melodic timing than too much flash.

This review brought me back to when I was 13 years old! Thanks for posting!!!

Thanks for this episode! I got metal health for Christmas 1983 when I was ten years old. It was the first album I ever owned.

Van Halen, Quiet Riot, and Ratt all formed the same year (1973) in Los Angeles.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

That's right!

@stingylizard

17 күн бұрын

Wow,that early?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

OMG that’s crazy!

@crisrose521

16 күн бұрын

Ratt did not form in 1973 . Stephen Pearcy was in a band called Firedome . After that he called the band “ Mickey Ratt “ in ‘76 and eventually “ RATT “ in 1981 and released their EP in 1982 . But all three mentioned are great bands ( Quiet Riot in its “ own right “ ) and 1973 was definitely a great year coming fresh off the heels of many great bands and songs . . ie ) Day After Day , Baby Blue , Go All the Way , Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes etc . All from 70 , 71 and 72 . Rock on 🤘🏻

@xeriland

16 күн бұрын

@@crisrose521 Ha, I was sure someone with a pathological need to correct would show up. I didn't need your Wikipedia lesson about Ratt. Stephen Pearcy has repeatedly stated that Ratt began in 1973. Anyway, your comment tells me you know nothing about the spirit of the music.

This album and Pyromania were my introduction to heavy metal... up to that point all I had heard was the usual radio pop. Both albums were a gift from a neighbor who was a couple years older than me, who received them as gifts but already had them. I was 12, and the rural area I lived didn't have cable available yet, so I had no exposure to MTV. It changed EVERYTHING, and I've been a headbanger ever since. 🤘🤘

Another great rock story. Professor, I never saw any comparison between Kevin and David Lee or between Randy and Eddie. Enjoyed that perspective - thanks!

OMG!! Joust!! That was one of my favorites of all time :D

Kevin was overwhelmed by their success and fell prey to drugs and also was obnoxious and gave interviews that were not complimentary of other bands at the time. This was the early 80's and so his antics were known in the rock press but did not go beyond that area. I think he gave some nutty interview when Quiet Riot had a Christmas bash or some type of program on MTV. I loved their hard rock sound and thought Kevin was a great lead vocalist for Quiet Riot. I don't think his brash interviews were a big deal but it hindsight they were distracting. In the final analysis, Quiet Riot were perfect for early MTV and broke new ground for heavy metal. They were not great songwriters or musicians but made a few great metal records and made their way into early 80's pop music history.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for you take!

@pcno2832

17 күн бұрын

Most fans will probably tolerate that kind of thing, even if they disagree, but it makes no sense to badmouth bands with which you might have to share a stage, or even a venue, and risk pissing off their management, which might eventually be your management. For better or worse, it's that way in most businesses.

@dukecraig2402

17 күн бұрын

DuBrow was also a first class liar, I mean it amazes me that anyone who knows about how obnoxious he was and what he was like believes that malarkey story about him supposedly having never heard Cum On Feel The Noize before they were told they had to record it and especially that they tried to tried to screw it up when they recorded it probably also believes that Elvis didn't take a dump the last 4 months of his life. Here's the truth, in 1975 Kevin DuBrow was a young rock photographer and aspiring journalist in the Los Angeles area, Slade may never have hit it off across the US but they had big success in two areas where they had a solid fan base due to getting good radio play, Los Angeles and St Louis, matter of fact the first time I ever heard of Slade was 1984 when I was in the Army and my buddy from St Louis explained to me that Quiet Riot's two biggest hits were Slade covers, in 1975 when Slade came to the US in an attempt to break through a local rock magazine in the Los Angeles area phoned DuBrow and ask him to go to the Whiskey a Go Go and cover the show for this band from England called Slade that there was all this buzz about, he did, he stayed all night taking pictures of them and the next day wrote a raving review for the magazine about them. Kevin DuBrow was an egotistical jerk, anyone who knows anything about him knows that, the only success he ever really had in life was covering two Slade songs plus he was always in the shadow of Randy Rhoads and he hated both of those facts till the day he died, he tried to downplay both of them constantly, and he fabricated that nonsense story about them trying to screw up recording their version of Cum On Feel The Noize and but nailing it perfectly anyway as a way of trying to save face after they'd run their short course in life and imploded because of his stupidity, one of his fellow band mates keeps telling that malarkey story in interviews just out of loyalty to DuBrow and figuring that his legacy deserves at least one good mark, but seriously, bands that are far more talented than Quiet Riot and with far more studio experience than them, especially when they were making their first real album, take multiple attempts and sometimes even days to get the cut they want for a song that winds up being pieced together from their individual attempts at their various parts, and I'm supposed to believe that they tried screwing it up and still nailed it like that in one take? Yea right, knowing the fact that Kevin DuBrow was there that night at the Whiskey when Slade gave their famous performance there that is well known for them having knocked it out of the park I don't believe a thing about DuBrow's version of things years later after all that time of stewing over being a two hit wonder whose career owed everything to a couple of Slade covers and having to go through life in Randy Rhoads' shadow, nope, don't believe one bit of it.

@GODCONVOYPRIME

17 күн бұрын

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@DrunkbutSmart

17 күн бұрын

I think that the song “Metal Health” is far better known, and far more tied in with QR’s history, than is their second cover of Slade. In fact, as a fan of eighties metal, I had never even heard their cover of Crazee Now until I purchased their greatest hits album. I was barely alive during their peak, so maybe songs have gained or lost relevance since then.

I didn't know this is what killed their career. Thanks for teaching us! I knew Debrow was a jerk. Once metal was out they played at a bar/night club in my small city. They did a signing after the show. I already didn't think much of him already and then he called my friend "bossy" when she showed him where she wanted her poster signed. She thought it was funny and accepted it with honor. Maybe he was pissed that I didn't want his autograph and didn't bring anything for him to sign anyway. What I had in hand was much more precious. It was the Heavy Bones CD and I just wanted to get Frankie Banali to sign it. Banali seemed like a great human. He was kind and funny with us. The exact opposite of Debrow. When I handed him the CD to sign he said, "Wow, so you're the person that bought that album!" He promised me there would be a second one. So sad it didn't happen because they were so much better than QR was. Oh, and my online name is a tribute to Slade not QR. :)

@Fred_Lougee

13 күн бұрын

Slade...awesome band, wish they could have caught on this side of the pond.

One of your best videos. I remember buying the first album - on cassette - and the second one and then they disappeared. Never heard of them again until Kevin Dubrow passed on. Very interesting history. /all glory is fleeting.....

I saw them three times. Metal Health, Condition Critical in the arenas and in a club in 2006 and got to meet the guys and tell Rudy he was my inspiration for playing bass back in 83 after seeing the band on tv after a late night Bruce Lee movie. One of my best moments to talk to that guy.

Great stuff! You need to do more episodes on Heavy Metal, though! That’s the only music that I really listened to back in the ‘80s.

This album was so HUUUUGE in '83 it changed lives! Of course I was one. The side A could be the best A side of any album in music. Even the cheap sheet metal mask was an incredibly cool creation. Metal Health inspired so many kids that it can't be denied as one of the greatest albums ever! Great episode🤩💀🤘.

Enjoy your presentation of the story. Thank you.

Another good one man they where the start of a beautiful thing that lastest a decade

I saw Rudy Sarzo with Blue Oyster Cult back around 2009 or so. He was "on loan" from Dio. Man, can that guy play bass!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Right? He's spectacular!

@outbrakeu

17 күн бұрын

I saw Rudy play with DuBrow at the Starwood. It was life changing.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

What a guy!

@pdx816

11 күн бұрын

Seems like a really good guy too.

@LindaSmith-td7mx

9 күн бұрын

I seen him play for alice cooper around 2005 man so awesome

I was 12 I'm 83. We had just moved to Orange Beach, Al in our renovated school bus. I started going to Foley Middle School and made a friend. He turned me on to Quiet Riot. Thank you Adam for keeping the music of my youth alive! JJ -South Alabama

The term "bang your head" came from when Randy was recording with Ozzy, he called Kevin from England and told Kevin, that the UK fans do something called headbangers (of the new wave of British heavy metal) bands. Kevin goes 'what's that?' Randy said they 'bang their heads' in time to the music. That's where Kevin got the inspiration to use the phrase and wrote it into the reformed 'no more booze' song and changing the lyrics. I talked to Carlos (Cavazo), and he verified that story. As for Kevin's big mouth, well, he was brutally frank and didn't pull any punches, and called it like he saw it. Very outspoken. I met him on the first night I was in L.A. at the Troubadour club, and he gave me my first warning; "welcome to L.A., remember the O'Jays song 'Backstabbers'? That's exactly what L.A. is; there's always somebody looking to stab you in the back and steal your gig. However, Kevin was always nice to me, he even called me years later to invite me to replace Rudy for their South American tour. Ironically, all the people who distanced themselves from Kevin, were all showing their true fake colors, and suddenly, were all crying over Kevin's passing away. Such is the plastic Hollywood scene. I recently worked with Carlos (and Stet Howland), in the two Freakshow videos on KZread, until the bandleader's toxic attitude just ruined the whole experience.

This was my second vinyl album, after Thriller. LOVED every song on this album!

As an 8/9-year-old kid in 1983, I remember hearing QR and later similar acts and, even at my young an age, thinking how brave they were to be screaming in rebellion at someone… Was it their parents?…their teachers?…the rules and rule makers in general? I was in my first year at a strict, boring Catholic school after having been in a much more fun and open-minded public school setting. I freaking hated life at that time, but I couldn’t do anything about it - not even speak up. I was never a real metal head, but I always looked at metal bands and their rebellious looks and sounds and appreciated and admired their refusal to go with the flow and just go along with everyone else like sheeple. I have always been my own person and done whatever my heart told me to do, and maybe, in part, I owe my unwillingness to go along with the crowd, to the guys in those early metal vids on MTV.

@Montyhugo

17 күн бұрын

Thank you!👍✌️❤️🙏👊🤘

@Shifty_Bravo

14 күн бұрын

I'm the same age. I can say for certain that those early metal videos and songs fed into my rebellious nature. I have always seen blind servitude to authority as something I would never take seriously, but it's something I had to do to make a living. Now I'm middle aged and successful but I still enjoy going to concerts and listening to metal music. It's a balance that has kept me sane ironically.

Awesome Video, thank you.

Awesome video wow I will definitely subscribe. Thanks . Quiet riot metal health is in my top ten metal albums for sure

As a Las Vegas resident, I am in the middle of Kevin DuBrow Infamy history. Lark Williams, an exquisite lady, has been a local Rock & Roll and Classic Rock radio DJ for decades. She was romantically involved with Kevin for some time. There was a local event downtown years back, I can't recall if it was a holiday thing or just a concert, but the big news was that Quiet Riot was playing. It was a wreck. Kevin DuBrow was far too drunk to perform, was stumbling around stage, and kept forgetting the lyrics. The audience was shouting out the correct lyrics to him at first then it became a tremendous display of booing.

My two girlfriends and I were at the US Fest heavy metal day! Holy cow, what an event- I’ll never forget. Quiet Riot were awesome, and Van Halen were terrible (thanks to drunk Dave). I still have my US Fest t-shirt 😀

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Dave was obnoxious enough! Lol

@WaymoresBlues

12 күн бұрын

I still have my Us'83 t-shirt too although it has been at least 40 years since I could fit in it to wear it.

I saw quiet riot and dubrau play in a small town called Menoken ND in 92. It was a small crowd but glad I got to see them play.

Saw Quiet Riot twice in 1983. First time was the First Birthday Party for the local Rock radio station 94 HJY at India Point Park in Providence RI. Then again a few months later opening for Black Sabbath at the Providence Civic Center. Amazing shows!🤘

Back in Black, Blizzard of Oz and Mental Health helped kick the door open in the 80's.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Indeed!

@leeaycock8602

16 күн бұрын

Don't forget High and Dry

@jibbityjab2469

16 күн бұрын

Mental Health huh??.....yeah, you're a great source of info.

@chilo8187

9 күн бұрын

@@jibbityjab2469Hope you never make a typo…

@maj8301

3 күн бұрын

AC/DC is not "metal" though.

[in the voice of Don LaFontaine] "They were a bar band rejected by every label. He was a producer with nothing left to lose. In A World gone mad with Metal Fever, get ready to Bang Your Head." That's a docudrama I'd watch. Oh, I see it's been made: _Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back._

I got emotional when my daughter gifted me a Cameo from Rudy for my birthday this year. Rudy really took extra time to share details surrounding MH and show gold records on his wall. Really enjoyed this spotlight! I share many core memories as you and your viewers when this album came out. Thank you~~

Bought it in 83 . Loved it, lots of good unknown tracks. Slick black cadilac, loves a bit.., thunderbird. Glsd you did this episode.

03:33 Quiet Riot with Randy Rhoads had 2 albums prior to Metal Health: Quiet Riot and Quiet Riot II, both release in Japan in 1978 (March & December respectively).

Quiet Riot partied at my house one night. I was knocked out asleep during the entire thing. It was '94 and I was renting a room from a couple of guys who were about five years older. I got home from work and was exhausted. My housemates said they were going to a Quiet Riot show and asked if I wanted to come. I said no and that I was tired. The next morning I was Larry (who I paid rent to) said they tried to wake me up but I was out and that the band came back to the house after the show. I always thought that was pretty funny. I slept through a Quiet Riot party.

@rudymueller3281

7 күн бұрын

This is such a good set up for the joke. Quiet Riot. Very.

Thank you for this video. QR was the band that won me over to Heavy Metal when I was 12. Their songs spoke to me and made me feel understood for the first time in my life. I don't care what anyone else thinks about them they made me feel like their music was mine and forever changed what I wanted out of music. So thanks again for honoring them.

Man thank you for sharing I always wondered what happened to them. ... they were kind of a small generations induction instrumental and head banging

My bast friend moved to Athens,GA. During my junior year ('84)of high school, I was able to visit him at Christmas time. Good ole Jeff H. took me to see Quiet Riot and W.A.S.P. was the opener. Blew me straight away. I loved both bands at the time. Sadly, Jeff and I didn't stay in touch. We WERE ALL Crazy Then.

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Wow! What a memory!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

I hope he’s still alive!

@311superfly

17 күн бұрын

I was in Marietta then . Iron Maiden had em open too. Guitarist from GA. Carlos rocked the Omni.

lol, loved the reference to Joust. Speaking of Slade, have you ever interviewed them and/or done an episode on them?

@hgodvilla00

17 күн бұрын

I would definitely watch an interview with Noddy Holder and Dave Hill.

@colinlatham7905

16 күн бұрын

You know how to pleeze me!

Another band with a couple of songs on my workout playlist… Can’t help but get pumped up.

I absolutely loved their videos on MTV back then!!! Any time I hear them now it instantly brings me back to my childhood.

In the late 90s, a friend of mine's band opened up for Quiet Riot at a Bar in Chicago. Not a concert venue, a bar. And more people showed up to see my friend's band than QR. QR refused to play. What a way to get fans!

@ProfessorofRock

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Wow.

@jerryware1970

17 күн бұрын

I saw Vinnie Vincent paying at a Chicago bar in the 1990s.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

17 күн бұрын

Ha! What was the band name?

@charlespolenzani2219

17 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Highway Child and they killed it! We all stuck around for QR too! The roadies set everything up and NOTHING!

@charlespolenzani2219

17 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 The band was Highway Child and they killed it! Most of us stuck around to see QR. The roadies set everything up and we waited... and waited... and waited... and then some guy got up on stage and said they wouldn't be performing. The roars of disapproval were legendary ;P

Their incredible rudeness regarding Slade - the band that wrote and performed Quiet Riot’s only major hit except for their other Slade cover “Mama we’re all crazy now” - turned me off very quickly. They owed Slade respect, and the arrogance of it and insistence they were too good for the Slade tunes infuriated me.

@colinlatham7905

16 күн бұрын

Well said!

The final guitar solo at the end of Metal Health is one of my all time favorite solos. Same with the solo at the end of Too Hot To Handle/UFO.

My band opened up for them at the Coach House in Cali. Years after the highth of their fame, but i had grown up a fan so i was so pumped for that show. The Coach House was out in the middle of nowhere so the guys in the band just hung out after we sound checked earlier in the day. Got to hang out most of the day with the guys. They were awesome and very humble. Kevin Dubrow never showed up for the sound check. Didn't show up till just before they went on. Went straight into the dressing room. After the show he locked the dressing room and we never saw him again. The other guys sat around after their show to talk to fans and stuff. Pretty heartbreaking to have a hero of mine just completely not even acknowlege you exist... But the other guys in the band were everything i had expected and more.

Rudy Sarzo had the most success out of anyone in that band by jumping from Ozzy, to Quiet Riot, to Whitesnake, while all at their peak.

@johnbeckwith1361

17 күн бұрын

He was originally I QR, then Ozzy but only after Roads went to Ozzy. But ya, staggeringly good choices he made.

Hey, remember the head bangers ball on mtv?

Hello everyone and hello Professor of Rock. I still remember it like it was yesterday and can honestly say that Quiet Riot is the band that got me into Metal. The year was '83 and I was 8 yrs old and had just finished watching an episode of a Mexican novel or a "Novela" , as us Mexicans call them. Then my 2 aunts, who were in another room of the house, came barging in and changing the channel to an American channel that was just wrapping up the evening news, with the video of Quiet Riot's Metal Health, as the closing video for that news hour. Well at the same time that my grandmother was telling my aunts to change the channel back because the the next novela was about to begin, I was in shock, with eyes and mouth wide open thinking, "wow, what an awesome mask and what an awesome style of music!!", and from that day on I became an 8yr. old metal head 🤘

Great episode! Love the shirt! I've seen them so many times with my son. They are just as good as the originals - and that's no small feat!