A couple of irrelevant Quiet Riot memories in honor of the passing of singer Kevin DuBrow:
1. I recall the beating that 1986's Quiet Riot III got in Rolling Stone magazine when it came out and being flabbergasted because they were so popular at the time, what with two international megahits off of Metal Health. I didn't understand at the time, being only 11 or 12 or so, that Rolling Stone's opinions didn't mean shit because the magazine was for hippies.
2. When The Captain was spinning tunes once a week at the local community radio station (motto: "Please give us money"), he would invite me to sit in with him on the air about once a year for a Very Special Episode of general shenanigans and tomfoolery (sample bumper: "Playing more music in an hour ... than other stations play in an hour.").
One night, we thought it would be hilarious to play QR's "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" because 1) it was manly and the music played on the station was, by and large, faggy, and 2) it was 12:30 in the morning. This was a fabulous idea, save for the fact that we started talking over the song a full 2 minutes before it ended, and I called it "the extended dance version" on the air.
One note about "Bang Your Head": Isn't that riff awesome, though, and isn't it stuck in your head now?
(Completely irrelevant to this irrelevant post: While searching Rolling Stone's archives to find the Quiet Riot III review to link in this post, I noted that on their current reviews, an album called V is for Vagina by something called Puscifier received two and a half stars, while Celine Dion's Taking Chances received one star. I don't know why this is funny.)
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Friday, November 30, 2007
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I had heard but Kevin DuBrow, but had forgotten about the "Metal Health" antics on WFHB...now it's all coming back. Do you still have the tape?
ReplyDeleteI was really into Quiet Riot when I was like, 9.
I have no doubt that I still have the tape somewhere. Where? Your guess is as good as mine. Man, some of my favorite memories were when we were on the air. I loved listening to you, but I really enjoyed being a part of it also.
ReplyDeleteI think that Larry Hembree has acquired a third radio station as part of his burgeoning media empire. He puts ads in the Loogootee paper asking for people to host local talk. I would do it just to have the start of Belle & Sebastian's "Dirty Dream Number Two" as lead-in bumper music.
And I would be a perfect lead-in for Jack Butcher's show. Last week he had Wood Memorial's coach on, and another time he had some old guy who used to coach Rivet. This show actually exists, although I've never heard it.
P.S. I think you weren't into Quiet Riot so much as they were into you.
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