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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 29 2007 07:49 AM

For whatever reason (probably because it's more interesting than work) this story has just fascinated me. It kinda shook me.

I think with all the pussyfooting around its apparent the death was by suicide, prolly an OD. DuBrow lived alone in Las Vegas, though his failure to show up to a Thanksgiving dinner with 2 chicks was what led to his discovery. He apparently was gone for 6 days when they found him.

I have to say, even when QR was big, something struck me so very odd about that guy. That he lacked a certain self-awareness was evident just by looking at him perform. They had all the marks of a band that was only going to have one hit and spend the rest of time trying for a second. That they'd be destined to last, but last as a laughingstock. I can't be the only one who got this vibe.

Reading over interviews he'd given and all the comments by fans it's apparent how many people thought he was an absolute dick. He seemed incapbale of having relationships without conflict, and seems to have had a skill of making differences with his enemies worse. He can't for instance, diffuse a question about x-bandmates without sounding like he's trying to bury them. One former bandmate who remained his friend, obviously heartbroken, worried that certain people would be celebrating the fact he died.

Makes you wonder.

RIP, Kevin.

X-bandmate eulogizes him on-line:
[url]http://www.nobitching.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=8264[/url]

Other musicians chime in:
[url]http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1575114/20071127/quiet_riot.jhtml[/url]

Kid Carsey
Nov 29 2007 08:09 AM

Wow, Randy has his own message board and has 60 users online!

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 29 2007 02:29 PM

More stuff.

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You said back when QR was broken up that if one change was made, you'd be back. Can you go into that more specifically?

To be specific, the bass player [Rudy Sarzo] was not my favorite person and I didn't really think much of him as a player. I'll tell you the reason why--I have a reputation for being difficult and he has a reputation for being a really good guy and I don't think either is accurate. People's public persona isn't always an accurate reflection of what's going on and I've known him for 23 years. I can tell you that I'm happy.


I missed the 'Bad Boys of Metal' Tour. How'd that go over?

Musically, I had a great time during my part of the show. It was a difficult month for me. I was put in the position of being the leader of it because nobody else was capable of it and they didn't really have a tour manager. And you had Steven Adler and Jani Lane bringing along their addictions and it was like having two other people on the bus.

Steven Adler is brain dead. You feel sorry for him when you first meet him then you spend a day with him and just want to kill him. After all the guy has been through, he's still about him and his addictions. He was infringing his lifestyle on me and upon my freedoms. For example, there was some 'contraband' on the bus at many times left out in the open where I could've been arrested for his discrepancy and he was an asshole about it.

Jani Lane was drunk from the start until NY. where he found the source of whatever he was looking for. We had four buses in four weeks--constant breakdowns. The crew guys were not good. It was like somebody was paying me back for some bullshit in my past. The audiences were great though.

That's some smacktalking there...

I'm not smacktalking...I'm just giving you the facts. To be honest with you, I don't care for either of those guys. They made my life a living hell and it cost me money. For example, after the second show, we had a really long drive to Reno. We get halfway there and we need to stop to get something to eat so I find out how many more miles we have to go. [I said] Everybody get your food to go, we've got to get out of here or we won't make the show. So, I went back to get some more sleep ad after a while, I'm wondering why we're not moving. I ask the bus driver and he says Steven Adler wanted to eat inside the restraurant.

So, I go in and say Steven what's the problem; why didn't you get this to go? And he says I wanted to sit down and eat...fuck you, asshole. And guesss what--we missed the gig. We were an hour late and they canceled the show.

He's got his own band--Adler's Appetite.

It should be called Adler's Addiction. He is the biggest slob on the planet. He turned the back lounge of the bus into a disaster. People feel sorry for him because of the two strokes, but he did it to himself. You'd think after the first one, you'd change whatever you were doing.

You look like you're staying in pretty good shape.

I go to the gym four times a week. I started some cardio cause in helps to keep you from being winded on stage which happened to me in Mexico. Plus, when you're around guys like Jani Lane for a month, it's a real wake up call.

Edgy DC
Nov 29 2007 03:01 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 29 2007 09:10 PM

I was going to comment on some of those remembrances, but deleted out of fear of instant karma, but "[Kevin] always did what he loved most — music — and always said what was on his mind. And that is the measure of a man."

How is a refusal to check your mouth the measure of a man?

Kid Carsey
Nov 29 2007 03:19 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 29 2007 05:28 PM

I have like no remembrance of QR other than the MTV song. For some reason I think of QR
as Motley Crue and I think in the back of my head I thought they were somehow related by
overlapping members or something. Ratt, Cinderella, Poison ... there was a litany of 'em.

It's funny but most of my internet surfing is baseball, football, and news related. I found some
links to 80's bands this afternoon and took a stroll down memory lane. I liked Ratt.

I feel so bald.

seawolf17
Nov 29 2007 05:12 PM

Hair metal rules.

cooby
Nov 29 2007 08:09 PM

Something about this thread title just appeals to me



Anyway, wasn't Quiet Riot the band with the drummer with no hands or whatever that always wore a Union Jack tee shirt?

Edgy DC
Nov 29 2007 09:28 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 30 2007 09:28 AM

Nah, you're thinking of Def Leppard, whose drummer lost an arm.

Hair metal may rool, somehow, but that DuBrow was one of your more comically hairless rockers. I'd put him behind only a few

Top ten ridiculous wigsters in rock, ranked by patheticness of denial.

1. Gary Glitter
2. The late Carl Perkins
3. Kevin DuBrow
4. Paul Stanley
5. Elton John
6. Gene Simmons
7. Alice Cooper
8. Little Richard
9. Brian May
10. Steve Van Zandt (gets modest points for sticking to merely stupid bandanas on stage, and only going with a ridiculous wig when playing a ridiculous character on TV)

seawolf17
Nov 30 2007 09:16 AM

7. Bret Michaels of Poison

I think that's Alice's real hair.

Edgy DC
Nov 30 2007 09:27 AM

You may be right. It sure seems inky and independent.

Micheals is wigging? I always thought he was weaving.

seawolf17
Nov 30 2007 09:56 AM

Dude's never without his bandana. It's a wig.

Edgy DC
Nov 30 2007 10:03 AM

Yeah, the bio page at his webiste has the only appearance of hairline you can find.

seawolf17
Nov 30 2007 10:35 AM

Yeah, that picture is scary.

Edgy DC
Dec 01 2007 07:18 PM

Dubrow dicks out post-eighties bands in this inteview (cut to the second half of the clip unless you really need to see and hear a latter day live cut of "Bang Your Head") but throws a bone to his bass player.



Michael Jackson's Thriller first hit number one on the Billboard album charts February 26, 1984. In its 37 weeks in the top slot, four other albums would wrest the top slot, only to see Thriller return with the release of another single. Eventually, the soundtrack to Footloose finished Thriller off.

But one of those albums to have a brief interregnum: Quiet Riot's Metal Health.

Issue DateYearAlbumArtist
26-Feb1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
5-Mar1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
12-Mar1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
19-Mar1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
26-Mar1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
2-Apr1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
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21-May1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
28-May1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
4-Jun1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
11-Jun1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
18-Jun1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
25-Jun1984FlashdanceSoundtrack
2-Jul1984FlashdanceSoundtrack
9-Jul1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
16-Jul1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
23-Jul1984SynchronicityThe Police
30-Jul1984SynchronicityThe Police
6-Aug1984SynchronicityThe Police
13-Aug1984SynchronicityThe Police
20-Aug1984SynchronicityThe Police
27-Aug1984SynchronicityThe Police
3-Sep1984SynchronicityThe Police
10-Sep1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
17-Sep1984SynchronicityThe Police
24-Sep1984SynchronicityThe Police
1-Oct1984SynchronicityThe Police
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29-Oct1984SynchronicityThe Police
5-Nov1984SynchronicityThe Police
12-Nov1984SynchronicityThe Police
19-Nov1984SynchronicityThe Police
26-Nov1984Metal HealthQuiet Riot
3-Dec1984Can't Slow DownLionel Richie
10-Dec1984Can't Slow DownLionel Richie
17-Dec1984Can't Slow DownLionel Richie
24-Dec1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
31-Dec1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
7-Jan1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
14-Jan1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
21-Jan1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
28-Jan1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
4-Feb1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
11-Feb1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
18-Feb1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
25-Feb1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
3-Mar1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
10-Mar1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
17-Mar1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
24-Mar1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
31-Mar1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
7-Apr1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
14-Apr1984ThrillerMichael Jackson
21-Apr1984FootlooseSoundtrack

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Dec 12 2007 06:16 PM

accidental coke overdose

HahnSolo
Dec 13 2007 07:23 AM

Thriller's #1 run actually began in '83, concluding in '84.