Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot, the legendary American glam metallers of the eighties who are still going strong, have welcomed a new singer into the fold after sifting through more than 700 applications: 23-year-old John Torra from Long Island. The only…

Finally. That was the main goal for the new Quiet Riot: to put out a top-quality record that gives the band back all the credibility they partly squandered with the seriously subpar previous album »10«.

What Quiet Riot 10 serves up is neither a real studio album nor a real live album, but a few slurps of lukewarm, soured beef broth.

Lineup: Accept, Crimson Glory, Cripper, Crystal Viper, Death Angel, Human Zoo, Overkill, Quiet Riot, Stormwarrior, Portrait, Asphyx, Amorphis, Legion Of The DamnedLocation: Messegelände / Balingen / Germany Date: Friday, July 14, 2011 …

Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Messegelande / Balingen / GermanyConcert date: 14.07.2011Attendance: 14000Ticket price: €80 (two-day ticket) Bang Your Head is one of Germany's biggest traditional festivals. This…

Another rock legend has checked out. Kevin DuBrow went the classic way, with a cocaine overdose, unlike the fairly violent trends of late (e.g. Dimebag). So quietly and almost unnoticed, he joined Randy Rhoads in heaven (or hell, as the…

The last thing you'd expect from a new Quiet Riot album in 2006, after more than 25 years in the game, would be a change in musical direction and sound. But the band's enviable history and metal pedigree speak for themselves, and unlike…