QuietRiot

It has been in the works for years and now it is almost ready. For documentary director Regina Russell, her long-form production on hard rock legends Quiet Riot has been a labor of love in more ways than one. First, she loves the music...

It's hard to believe but March, 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most legendary metal albums in history, Quiet Riot's Metal Health. On the strength of the now legendary anthems "Cum on Feel the Noize" (a cover of the 1973 Slade hit) and "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)," it became the first-ever American heavy metal debut album to reach number one in the United State

They are perhaps the ultimate monuments to music - the final resting places of some of rock's most iconic fallen heroes. Metal, hard rock, punk – all across United States you can find sites that have become pilgrimages for fans from all over the world - a chance to pay respects to the musicians - and the music - that changed lives. A...

Get out your Aqua Net because it will look and sound a lot like the '80s again this May in Columbia, Md. M3 Rock Festival will return for a fourth year to Merriweather Post Pavilion on May 11 and 12, featuring 19 bands on two stages. The lineup includes Ratt, Cinderella, Stryper, Night Ranger, Kix, Enuff ZʼNuff, In the Pink, Let There Be Rock, Queensryche, Skid Row, Warrant, Quiet Riot, Dokken,

Quiet Riot dismissed singer Mark Huff, who replaced the late Kevin DuBrow, yesterday. His firing came at an inopportune time, as the vocalist is about to undergo brain surgery. Huff sounded off about his dismissal, claiming he deserves better treatment...

Next year, Quiet Riot fans (and no doubt all metal fans throughout the world) will probably be banging their heads in response to an amazing new documentary being finished up right now in Los Angeles. Actress and filmmaker Regina Russell, who also happens to be engaged to Quiet Riot veteran drummer Frankie Banali, is hard at work finishing up a long-form labor of love about the legendary group...

Nashville is obviously a hotbed of country music. But it will become a hotbed of hard rock and of metal on Dec. 5, as members of powerhouses like Black Sabbath, Quiet Riot, Dio, Whitesnake and Ratt will all perform a holiday benefit at 12th and Porter, which is designed to raise money for education programs for prison inmates...

Quiet Riot ended due to the tragic and untimely loss of frontman Kevin DuBrow in 2007, but since then drummer Frankie Banali found himself going through the band's extensive media archives. Most of it has never been seen. The footage is from the band's private reels of full concerts (shot from the side of the stage), interviews, backstage mayhem and even vacations...

A museum dedicated solely to the memory of late Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads is set to open sometime this year in Corona, Calif. The location was chosen due to its proximity to Rhoads' grave site. Rhoads, who was also a member of Quiet Riot, was Osbourne's lead guitarist from 1979 until his death and is largely considered the former Black Sabbath frontman's quintessential axe...

Friends and fans concerned about right-wing religious zealots from the Westboro Baptist Church protesting Ronnie James Dio's public memorial service needn't have worried. While a handful picketers showed up, their voices were drowned out by thousands who came to show their love and appreciation for one of the most powerful singers and most dignified individuals in the history of heavy metal... Rea