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THE BAND

Kevin DuBrow 
Vocals
Carlos Cavazo 
Guitar
Rudy Sarzo 
Bass
Frankie Banali 
Drums
Randy Rhoades 
Guitar

Quiet Riot


Back in the mid-70s the primo heavy metal band in Los Angeles was Quiet Riot. Van Halen were pretty popular too, but could boast nothing like the long lines of kids that would show up in the middle of the afternoon to wait outside clubs to see Quiet Riot, back when the band featured ace guitarist Randy Rhoades, who left the group in late 1978 and died in an aeroplane accident in 1982.

But Van Halen were the ones who got signed and Quiet Riot had to wait five years to get a record deal.