Quiet Riot Singer Dead at 52

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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    The Day wrote:
    anyone else think of Dee Snider when they read this?

    or do you all know your metal better than me?

    I did too, but in a kinda hopeful way.


    because I really hate dee snider. (I always thought he was a joke - didnt realize that it was supposed to be serious. I thought he was a metal weird Al)
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    even flow? wrote:
    The guy was almost bald about five years after their big album.

    An old friend of mine who I don't see as often as I should and I like letting Slick Black Caddy go at full tilt.
    Don't you mean he was almost bald when they had their big album????
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • NYbenben
    NYbenben Posts: 1,020
    sad... i have to admit that they were a big influence on my love for Heavy Metal back in the day...

    "Bang your head,
    Metal Health will drive you mad...."

    And it did...
    4/12/92, 8/11/92, 9/28/96, 9/11/98, 8/23/00, 8/24/00, 7/9/03, 4/30/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 12/9/05, 5/12/06, 5/17/06, 5/28/06, 6/3/06, 12/9/06, EV LA 4/12-4/13/08, 6/12/08, 6,19,08, 6,20,08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 7/1/08

    and still jonesing for another show....
    "the waiting drove me mad..."
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    RIP Kevin....
    Just saw them at a club here a couple years back and had a blast...I remember rockin Metal Health on my walkman, ridin my bmx around as a 10 year old...one of my first albums.
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    This may sound odd to you guys, but in my little house in a little mining town in a little valley in Wales, Metal Health could often be heard booming out from my bedroom. I loved them, what was it 84, 85? Never got the chance to see them tough, but loved the records. Its a sad story, and btw, that barnet of Kevs is either a weave or a 'syrup', he was receeding way back in the 80's. RIP.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    http://www.bravewords. com/news/ 78449

    QUIET RIOT Drummer Frankie Banali - "With Kevin's Passing A Very
    Large Part Of My Life And My History Has Come To End And I Can't
    Imagine Life Without His Presence"

    Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 20:58:04 EST

    QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has issued the following
    update:

    "I want to thank everyone for the hundreds of condolences that
    I've received in honour of Kevin (DuBrow) which continues to pour
    in. With Kevin's passing a very large part of my life and my
    history has come to end and I can't imagine life without his
    presence.

    I've not slept. There is such a void in every part of my life
    now. I can't find any words to say that make any sense of it. I
    can't fix this, I can't change this and I'm expected accept the
    unbearable. I can't utter a sentence or think of my dear friend
    or even say his name without a flood of tears.

    I can't stand that I won't hear his voice on the phone.
    I can't stand that I won't step on a stage with him again.
    I can't stand that I won't share another day with him.
    I can't stand that I won't sit across from him laughing.
    I can't stand to go past the room and see the awards we earned
    and shared.
    I can't stand that life is forever changed.
    I can't stand that I can't change this.
    I can't stand that I have to accept this.

    This is a picture that Kevin sent to me on May 24, 2007. It was
    taken in 1993 after we had reconciled and started working
    together again and when he sent it to me he called to say that
    this is how he will always like to remember us as friends. A
    relationship in life that continued until now. I want to
    remember my dear Kevin in life like this rather than in his
    passing."
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7417067

    QUIET RIOT's Kevin DuBrow Dead "For About Six Days" Before Body
    Found

    Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 15:13:57 EST

    KTNV-TV Las Vegas has issued the following report:

    Police say after a distressed call from family members, QUIET
    RIOTlead singer Kevin DuBrow's next door neighbor and friend
    kicked down the door to find the 52 year old dead.

    Police say Dubrow had been dead for about six days before his
    body was discovered.

    Lori Lee Samson, Dubrow's fiancee, was the last person to see him
    alive. She says when days passed, she new something was wrong.

    Among the collection of memories, Lori Samson will forever save
    Dubrow's last words.

    "At 2:40 AM Monday he texted me 'I love you so much' ", Samson
    says.

    His death has sent shockwaves to fans and family.

    Samson says she will cherish the last moments spent with him and
    her son. She never knew the man she met years ago was a
    legendary rock star.

    Read the full story, and watch a report featuring an interview
    with Dubrow's fiancee at KTNV-TV.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,031
    6 days, damn.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Poncier wrote:
    6 days, damn.

    That's what I said. Didn't anyone give a shit enough about him to realize they hadn't heard from him in SIX days? His fiance'? What was she doing during that time? Does he ordinarily text her at 240am and she does nothing for six days?
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  • dontloseyourheat
    dontloseyourheat Posts: 483
    Samson says she will cherish the last moments spent with him and
    her son. She never knew the man she met years ago was a
    legendary rock star.

    WTF? How did she not know he was a rockstar?

    She knew him for years and was ENGAGED to him but this piece of info never came up? Didn't they do a reunion or something a few years ago?

    Seems strange to me.
    "Don't lose your inner heat...ever" - EV 5/13/06
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    dontloseyourheat wrote:
    WTF? How did she not know he was a rockstar?

    She knew him for years and was ENGAGED to him but this piece of info never came up? Didn't they do a reunion or something a few years ago?

    Seems strange to me.


    I agree. Something is wrong here.

    We'll find out in the weeks/months ahead I'm sure. I'm going to keep my ear to this one.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,031
    dontloseyourheat wrote:
    WTF? How did she not know he was a rockstar?

    She knew him for years and was ENGAGED to him but this piece of info never came up? Didn't they do a reunion or something a few years ago?

    Seems strange to me.
    I think it was just poorly written and the statement should say that she didn't know he was a rock star when she met him.
    At least I hope thats the case.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • alaskadude
    alaskadude Posts: 59
    Poncier wrote:
    6 days, damn.

    Tragic and sad. Still it doesn't beat Layne Staley who was dead for almost two weeks before anyone found him.

    What is also tragic and sad is that there seems to be a lack of acknowledgement to the influence that Kevin DuBrow and the other members of Quiet Riot have made to Heavy Metal. First, forget that the legendary Randy Roades was their original guitarist. That in its self is pretty remarkable. Quiet Riot's Mental Health LP was the first record of the Heavy Metal genre to reach number 1# on the album charts due to the single "Cum on feel the Noise". This record became a sensation in the early 80s thanks in part to MTV and constant radio airplay and helped to legitimize Heavy Metal music for hundreds of thousands of fans. By finally bringing Heavy Metal into the mainstream, they helped to pave the way for the hundreds of new American metal bands that soon followed (Holy Cow, it think I just kinda described Nirvana!). Even though their popularity waned in the band's later years, I don't think that anyone can deny the impact that they have had on popular music as a whole.

    Cum On People, Feel the Noise and show some love for this man and his band. They deserve it.

    Kevin DuBrow-RIP
    Yes, there really is a dog.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    *stands & cheers & throws the horns with both fists
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  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    Sad....He sure had a lot of hair didn't he? He looked good! I wonder what happened?

    Which is kind of curious, because it seems that in those early videos he was balding a bit?
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    chiefojibwa wrote:
    not curious at all. the guy wore a wig...and a BAD one at that.

    c'mon feel the cheez...

    A dude should never wear a wig, unless it's the 18th century. He should have gone cue ball.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,092
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    Oh well, poor guy, I wonder what happened? My dad will probably say DRUGS because he thinks EVERYONE in the entertainment business is on drugs...hehe

    Looks like your dad would have been right: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071210/ap_en_ce/people_dubrow_overdose
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me

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