Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot formed in Los Angeles in the 1970s and became one of the first American heavy metal bands to break through the pop album chart in a massive way. The early Randy Rhoads era matters historically, but the band's defining commercial moment came with Metal Health in 1983, where Kevin DuBrow's brash vocals, Carlos Cavazo's guitar, Rudy Sarzo's bass presence, and Frankie Banali's drums turned hard rock into arena metal spectacle. "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Metal Health" made the band synonymous with the MTV-era explosion of glam and pop metal, but the catalog also includes heavier, rougher material that shows the group's debt to 1970s hard rock. Later years brought major lineup changes and the loss of core members, yet the name continued touring as a legacy act tied to a specific moment when heavy metal became mainstream entertainment in the United States. Quiet Riot's best-known music is simple, loud, and built around crowd response, but its historical weight is substantial: it helped open commercial doors for an entire wave of 1980s metal.
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Quiet Riot Discography
10 tracks
- 1 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) 5:16
- 2 Cum on Feel the Noize 4:50
- 3 Don't Wanna Let You Go 4:41
- 4 Slick Black Cadillac 4:14
- 5 Love's a Bitch 4:09
- 6 Breathless 3:50
- 7 Run for Cover 3:38
- 8 Battle Axe 1:38
- 9 Let's Get Crazy 4:08
- 10 Thunderbird 4:43
10 tracks
- 1 Sign of the Times 5:03
- 2 Mama Weer All Crazee Now 3:36
- 3 Party All Night 3:32
- 4 Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet 4:39
- 5 Winners Take All 5:31
- 6 Condition Critical 5:01
- 7 Scream and Shout 4:00
- 8 Red Alert 4:26
- 9 Bad Boy 4:20
- 10 (We Were) Born to Rock 3:36
12 tracks
- 1 Sign Of The Times - Live 5:35
- 2 Slick Black Cadillac - Live 4:48
- 3 Party All Night - Live 4:16
- 4 Condition Critical - Live 5:41
- 5 Run For Cover - Live 3:09
- 6 Drum Solo - Live 5:54
- 7 Winner Takes It All - Live 5:54
- 8 Let's Get Crazy - Live 12:39
- 9 Stomp Your Hands (Clap Your Feet) - Live 8:00
- 10 Cum On Feel The Noize - Live 7:46
- 11 Metal Health - Live 5:32
- 12 Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Live 5:56
11 tracks
- 1 Main Attraction 4:42
- 2 The Wild And The Young 3:36
- 3 Twilight Hotel 4:35
- 4 Dow And Dirty 3:14
- 5 Rise Or Fall 4:00
- 6 Put Up Or Shut Up 4:06
- 7 Still of the Night 4:41
- 8 Bass Case 0:59
- 9 The Pump 4:00
- 10 Slave To Love 3:55
- 11 Helping Hands 4:12
11 tracks
- 1 Stay With Me Tonight 4:39
- 2 Callin' The Shots 4:40
- 3 Run To You 4:38
- 4 I'm Fallin' 4:17
- 5 King of the Hill 4:24
- 6 The Joker 3:55
- 7 Lunar Obsession 1:42
- 8 Don't Wanna Be Your Fool 5:01
- 9 Coppin' A Feel 3:42
- 10 In A Rush 2:37
- 11 Empty Promises 4:24
10 tracks
- 1 Cold Day In Hell 6:05
- 2 Loaded Gun 6:20
- 3 Itchycoo Park 3:55
- 4 Terrified 4:13
- 5 Rude Boy 5:53
- 6 Dirty Lover 5:44
- 7 Psycho City 6:00
- 8 Rude Crude Mood 3:46
- 9 Little Angel 3:58
- 10 Resurrection 6:10
11 tracks
- 1 Cum on Feel the Noize 4:47
- 2 Bang Your Head (Metal Health) 5:17
- 3 Slick Black Cadillac 4:14
- 4 The Wild & The Young 3:37
- 5 Mama We're All Crazy Now 3:35
- 6 Party All Night 3:31
- 7 The Joker 3:55
- 8 Stay With Me Tonight 4:28
- 9 Callin' The Shots 4:41
- 10 Bang Your Head (Metal Health) - Live Version 5:39
- 11 Let's Go Crazy - Live 5:07
27 tracks
- 1 Don't Know What I Want 4:51
- 2 Angry 5:22
- 3 Alive and Well 5:03
- 4 The Ritual 6:06
- 5 Overworked and Underpaid 5:36
- 6 Slam Dunk (Way to Go!) 3:23
- 7 Too Much Information 4:28
- 8 Against the Wall 4:46
- 9 Highway to Hell 3:58
- 10 Sign of the Times - Re-Recorded 4:52
- 11 Don't Wanna Let You Go - Re-Recorded 4:52
- 12 The Wild and the Young - Re-Recorded 5:32
- 13 Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Re-Recorded 3:21
- 14 Cum On Feel the Noize - Re-Recorded 4:40
- 15 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) - Re-Recorded 5:15
- 16 Let's Get Crazy 6:37
- 17 Condition Critical 5:23
- 18 Run for Cover 3:36
- 19 Swinging Lumber 5:56
- 20 Winners Take All 6:24
- 21 Cum On Feel the Noize 7:00
- 22 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) 6:52
- 23 Danger Zone 4:19
- 24 Gonna Have a Riot 3:11
- 25 Thunderbird - Demo 4:43
- 26 Love’s a Bitch - Demo 4:04
- 27 Let’s Get Crazy - Demo 3:56
10 tracks
- 1 Cum on Feel the Noize 4:47
- 2 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) 5:16
- 3 Slick Black Cadillac 4:11
- 4 Mama Weer All Crazee Now 3:36
- 5 Don't Wanna Let You Go 4:39
- 6 Condition Critical 5:01
- 7 I'm Fallin' 4:18
- 8 Empty Promises 4:22
- 9 Don't Wanna Be Your Fool 4:58
- 10 Sign of the Times 5:03
2 tracks
- 1 Cum On Feel The Noize 4:42
- 2 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) 5:15
22 tracks
- 1 Sign Of The Times 4:54
- 2 Don’t Wanna Let You Go 4:54
- 3 The Wild And The Young 5:34
- 4 Mama Weer All Crazee Now 3:23
- 5 Cum On Feel The Noize 4:42
- 6 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) 5:17
- 7 Don’t Know What I Want 4:53
- 8 Alive And Well 5:05
- 9 Overworked And Underpaid 5:38
- 10 Slam Dunk (Way To Go!) 3:25
- 11 Against The Wall 4:48
- 12 Highway To Hell 4:00
- 13 Let’s Get Crazy (Live) 6:39
- 14 Condition Critical (Live) 5:25
- 15 Run For Cover (Live) 3:38
- 16 Swinging Lumber (Live) 5:56
- 17 Winners Take All (Live) 6:26
- 18 Cum On Feel The Noize (Live) 7:02
- 19 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) (Live) 6:54
- 20 Thunder Bird (Demo) 4:45
- 21 Love’s A Bitch (Demo) 4:06
- 22 Let’s Get Crazy (Demo) 3:56
15 tracks
- 1 Don't Know What I Want 4:51
- 2 Angry 5:24
- 3 Alive And Well 5:03
- 4 The Ritual 6:07
- 5 Overworked And Underpaid 5:36
- 6 Slam Dunk (Way To Go) 3:26
- 7 Too Much Information 4:29
- 8 Against The Wall 4:47
- 9 Highway To Hell 4:00
- 10 Sign Of The Times 4:54
- 11 Don't Wanna Let You Go 4:53
- 12 The Wild And The Young 5:33
- 13 Mama Weer All Crazee Now 3:22
- 14 Cum On Feel The Noize 4:36
- 15 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) 5:16
1 track
- 1 Cum On Feel The Noize (Re-Recorded / Remastered) 4:38
12 tracks
- 1 Let’s Get Crazy 6:37
- 2 Condition Critical 5:23
- 3 Run For Cover 3:36
- 4 Swinging Lumber 5:56
- 5 Winners Take All 6:24
- 6 Cum On Feel The Noize 7:00
- 7 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) 6:52
- 8 Danger Zone 4:19
- 9 Gonna Have A Riot 3:11
- 10 Thunderbird (Demo) 4:43
- 11 Love’s A Bitch (Demo) 4:04
- 12 Let’s Get Crazy (Demo) 3:56
1 track
- 1 Metal Health (Bang Your Head) (as heard in The Wrestler) (Re-Recorded / Remastered) 5:16
12 tracks
- 1 Sign Of The Times - Live Version 5:34
- 2 Let's Get Crazy - Live Version 5:15
- 3 Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Live 5:01
- 4 Slick Black Cadillac - Live Version 5:13
- 5 Anytime You Want Me - Live Version 5:07
- 6 Party All Night - Live Version 4:23
- 7 Bang Your Head (Metal Health) - Live Version 6:38
- 8 Run for Cover - Live Version 3:46
- 9 Love's A Bitch - Live Version 5:00
- 10 Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet - Live Version 8:07
- 11 Gonna Have A Riot - Live Version 3:23
- 12 Cum On Feel The Noize - Live Version 6:33
11 tracks
- 1 Can't Get Enough 4:00
- 2 Getaway 4:53
- 3 Roll This Joint 4:30
- 4 Freak Flag 4:01
- 5 Wasted 4:45
- 6 Still Wild 5:27
- 7 Make a Way 4:30
- 8 Renegades 5:37
- 9 The Road 3:51
- 10 Shame 3:51
- 11 Knock Em Down 4:23
1 track
- 1 Can't Get Enough 4:00
1 track
- 1 Wasted 4:45
1 track
- 1 Freak Flag 4:01
1 track
- 1 Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Live 4:35
12 tracks
- 1 Don't Call It Love 4:04
- 2 In the Blood 3:26
- 3 Heartbreak City 4:14
- 4 The Devil That You Know 2:39
- 5 Change or Die 3:22
- 6 Roll On 5:53
- 7 Insanity 4:43
- 8 Hellbender 3:19
- 9 Wild Horses 3:09
- 10 Holding On 4:22
- 11 Last Outcast 2:34
- 12 Arrows and Angels 2:54
15 tracks
- 1 Run for Cover - Live 4:44
- 2 Slick Black Cadillac - Live 5:38
- 3 Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Live 4:35
- 4 Whatever It Takes - Live 4:59
- 5 Terrified - Live 4:41
- 6 Love's a Bitch - Live 4:48
- 7 Condition Critical - Live 7:53
- 8 Thunderbird - Live 4:33
- 9 Party All Night - Live 4:29
- 10 Freak Flag - Live 4:07
- 11 Can't Get Enough - Live 3:59
- 12 The Wild & The Young - Live 4:33
- 13 Let's Get Crazy - Live 5:14
- 14 Cum on Feel the Noize - Live 4:53
- 15 Bang Your Head - Live 8:09
1 track
- 1 Heartbreak City 4:14
1 track
- 1 Don't Call It Love 4:04
1 track
- 1 Condition Critical - Live 7:53
12 tracks
- 1 I Can't Hold On 4:23
- 2 Free 4:05
- 3 Blind Faith 3:24
- 4 South Of Heaven 5:44
- 5 Black Reign 4:48
- 6 Old Habits Die Hard 6:15
- 7 Strange Daze 4:17
- 8 In Harm's Way 4:36
- 9 Beggars and Thieves 6:37
- 10 Don't Think 4:56
- 11 It Sucks to Be You 4:01
- 12 Evil Woman 8:48
11 tracks
- 1 Run For Cover - Live 1983 3:33
- 2 Danger Zone - Live 1983 4:27
- 3 Band Introductions - Live 1983 1:50
- 4 Slick Black Cadillac - Live 1983 4:41
- 5 Love's A Bitch - Live 1983 5:01
- 6 Gonna Have A Riot - Live 1983 4:07
- 7 Cum On Feel The Noize - Live 1983 5:14
- 8 Breathless - Live 1983 3:56
- 9 Let's Get Crazy/Guitar Solo - Live 1983 11:40
- 10 Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet - Live 1983 6:21
- 11 Metal Health - Live 1983 5:30
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