78. Goodbye Quiet Riot

1973-2008

Damn it I did have a ton of jokes lined up for this one but then I learned that the only reason why Hqair Metal titans Quiet Riot ended was the untimely death of their lead singer. What a way to derail my line of comedy. Kevin Dubrow, age 52, died of a cocaine overdose in his Las Vegas home. Reallly? Your still going 110% aren't you? My string of jokes were going to include my shock of learning Quiet Riot could drag themselves through the 90's and a better part of the 2000s. While they still apply, they now have a dkarer tone. Quiet Riot was ever searching for that constant party and it seems that Dubrow's death is testament to the ridiculous ideals of excess and immortality which gilded the 80's. It is easy to see someone enveloped in that world where hair metal is always on top and Dokken, Cinderalla, Autograph and Ratt were kings. I'm sure Quiet Riots fans aged with the band in rapid decline seeing smaller and smaller venues but still having a blast. While the world outside was changing, it was always 1985 inside. Cum on Feel The Noize. I do not get it, and I do not think I ever will