by Elise Yablon | Jun 18, 2020 | News
Good news for those worried about Quiet Riot’s Frankie Banali. The drummer is not on his deathbed, as was previously feared. According to Banali’s wife Regina, Frankie has been admitted to the hospital with an infection, a result of his pancreatic cancer,...
by Zenae Zukowski | Oct 21, 2019 | Get Well Soon, News
Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali has been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. Banali revealed the news via social media on podcaster Mitch Lafon’s Facebook page. Banali, who is the only remaining member of the classic lineup, has been battling since...
by Matt Brown | Aug 16, 2017 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It flummoxes me sometimes how fast summer seems to go by. Where I live kids are already back in school and college students are moving in. In just sixteen days...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jul 19, 2017 | Lists, News
Similar to nu metal, hair metal is a subgenre people either enjoy or immediately judge as the worst genre ever. People have argued that glam rock acts which started in the late seventies and went well into the eighties mainly appeal to those who grew up during this...
by Zenae Zukowski | Mar 10, 2017 | In The Studio, Updates
It is impossible to recreate the vocals from the late Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot. He gave us the full Metal Health rundown back in the eighties and lived through 2006’s Rehab. Since his passing in 2007, Quiet Riot have gone through a handful of vocalists. They managed...