March 11, 1983
Quiet Riot
Metal Health
Grade 5
Quiet Riot
Metal Health
Grade 5
Kevin Dubrow is everything that his obvious hero, Roger Daltrey is not. (He also wanted to have that hair but…male pattern baldness is not a friend to hair metal boys) But it’s through DuBrow that we can hear the connection between Daltrey and Vince Neil and those singers. They were never Queen. They were never Jagger. They were all influenced by The Who.
As much as Def Leppard, this is the record that really pushed the glam rock that would enrich Poison and Motley Crue and the like and fire them into the mainstream. Ratt wished they could be Quiet Riot. Where Leppard were trying to get with your girlfriend, Quiet Riot was trying to get with your girlfriend’s sleazy friend who had daddy issues and smoked Marlboros cuz Benson and Hedges Deluxe Ultra Lights were for Musical Theater assholes. (Guess who used to smoke B&HDUL?…:) )
As evidenced on Run for Cover & Battle Axe the band learned a LOT from ex-member Randy Rhodes, aping his style to great effect.
Take The Sweet, add Sound City type production, amp everything up and make it cut like glass and that’s Nu-Glam. (Which, had this happened in the 90s, is what it would’ve been called.)
I’d never heard this record until tonight and I could go right back to the beginning and start all over again.
As much as Def Leppard, this is the record that really pushed the glam rock that would enrich Poison and Motley Crue and the like and fire them into the mainstream. Ratt wished they could be Quiet Riot. Where Leppard were trying to get with your girlfriend, Quiet Riot was trying to get with your girlfriend’s sleazy friend who had daddy issues and smoked Marlboros cuz Benson and Hedges Deluxe Ultra Lights were for Musical Theater assholes. (Guess who used to smoke B&HDUL?…:) )
As evidenced on Run for Cover & Battle Axe the band learned a LOT from ex-member Randy Rhodes, aping his style to great effect.
Take The Sweet, add Sound City type production, amp everything up and make it cut like glass and that’s Nu-Glam. (Which, had this happened in the 90s, is what it would’ve been called.)
I’d never heard this record until tonight and I could go right back to the beginning and start all over again.
Highlights:
Metal Health
Cum on Feel the Noize
Slick Black Cadillac
Love’s a Bitch
Breathless
Run for Cover
Thunderbird
Metal Health
Cum on Feel the Noize
Slick Black Cadillac
Love’s a Bitch
Breathless
Run for Cover
Thunderbird
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