List of Quiet Riot members

Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1975, the group originally included vocalist Kevin DuBrow, guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Kelly Garni and drummer Drew Forsyth. The current lineup features drummer Frankie Banali (who originally joined in 1982), bassist Chuck Wright (who originally joined in 1985), guitarist Alex Grossi (who originally joined in 2004) and vocalist Jizzy Pearl (who originally joined in 2013).

The classic "Metal Health" lineup of Quiet Riot in 2002, left to right: Kevin DuBrow, Rudy Sarzo, Frankie Banali and Carlos Cavazo.

History

1975–1989

Quiet Riot was formed in 1975 by vocalist Kevin DuBrow, guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Kelly Garni and drummer Drew Forsyth.[1] Garni left in late 1978, after an altercation with Rhoads in which he reportedly almost shot the guitarist.[2] He was later replaced by Rudy Sarzo, who was credited on Quiet Riot II despite not performing on the album.[3] Rhoads left in late 1979, after he was hired by Ozzy Osbourne to join his solo band.[4] Rhoads and DuBrow offered the guitarist position to Greg Leon, who joined early the next year alongside bassist Gary Van Dyke, following Sarzo's subsequent departure.[5][6] The new lineup subsequently dropped the Quiet Riot moniker and briefly worked under DuBrow's name, changing personnel several times, although no new music was released during this period.[1]

The band returned in September 1982 with DuBrow, Sarzo, guitarist Carlos Cavazo and drummer Frankie Banali.[7][8] Sarzo would later leave in January 1985,[9] with Chuck Wright (who had performed with the group during its tenure as "DuBrow") taking his place.[1] Following several years of "outlandish and bratty behavior", DuBrow was fired from Quiet Riot in February 1987,[10] with the remaining members of the band claiming that the vocalist "had become a very serious detriment to Quiet Riot".[11] He was replaced by Rough Cutt frontman Paul Shortino, while Wright was replaced by Sean McNabb around the same time.[12] Both new members performed on the band's sixth studio QR, released in October 1988.[1] DuBrow sued Quiet Riot over use of the band name in 1989, leading to the group's dissolution.[1]

1991–2007

The vocalist subsequently formed Heat with guitarist Sean Manning, bassist Kenny Hillery and drummer Pat Ashby, which was later renamed Quiet Riot upon the return of Cavazo in June 1991.[13] Ashby was soon replaced by Bobby Rondinelli, who performed on part of the 1993 release Terrified, before Banali returned to complete the album.[14][15] Wright subsequently returned to the band in 1994, remaining for three years before Sarzo took his place again after reuniting with his former bandmates at a party hosted by Marilyn Manson.[7] The lineup of Quiet Riot remained stable for six years, during which time it released two studio albums – Alive and Well and Guilty Pleasures – before it was announced that in September 2003 that the band had broken up following differences between members.[16]

The group's breakup was short-lived, however, as just over a year later Quiet Riot returned with a lineup including DuBrow, Banali, former bassist Wright, and new guitarist Alex Grossi.[17] Grossi was briefly replaced by Tracii Guns in December 2005,[18] although he left after just a month due to musical differences.[19] Neil Citron recorded guitar for the band's eleventh studio album Rehab, while Billy Morris took over as touring guitarist.[20] Wright was also replaced briefly, by Tony Franklin in the studio, before both he and Grossi returned to the band.[21] Quiet Riot remained active for another year, when frontman DuBrow was found dead on November 25, 2007.[22] It was announced later that the singer had died of an "accidental cocaine overdose".[23] Banali later announced that the group would not continue.[24]

2010 onwards

Three years after DuBrow's death, Quiet Riot reformed with new vocalist Mark Huff joining Grossi, Wright and Banali.[25] Huff was fired in January 2012, with former Montrose frontman Keith St. John taking his place for a string of shows in February.[26] Scott Vokoun was later enlisted as Huff's permanent replacement in March.[27] Vokoun remained in the group until the following November, when he was replaced by Love/Hate frontman Jizzy Pearl.[28] Pearl contributed to the band's first studio album in eight years, 2014's Quiet Riot 10, before leaving in December 2016 to focus on his solo career, with Seann Nicols taking his place.[29] Nichols remained for only a few months, however, before he was replaced by James Durbin in March 2017.[30] Durbin later re-recorded Nichols's vocals for the album Road Rage.[31] In 2019, Durbin left to focus on his solo career, with Pearl returning to the band.

Members

Current

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Frankie Banali	1982–1989 1993–2003 2004–2007 2010–present	drums percussion	all Quiet Riot releases from Metal Health (1983) onwards
	Chuck Wright	1985–1987 1994–1997 2004–2006 2006–2007 2010–present	bass backing vocals	Metal Health (1983) - two tracks only QR III (1986) Terrified (1993) – one track only Down to the Bone (1995) Live & Rare Volume 1 (2005) Quiet Riot 10 (2014) Road Rage (2017) One Night in Milan (2019) Hollywood Cowboys (2019)
	Alex Grossi	2004–2005 2006–2007 2010–present	guitar	Rehab (2006) – two tracks only Quiet Riot 10 (2014) Road Rage (2017) One Night in Milan (2019) Hollywood Cowboys (2019)
	Jizzy Pearl	2013–2016 2019–present	lead vocals	Quiet Riot 10 (2014)

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Kevin DuBrow	1975–1979 1982–1987 1991–2003 2004–2007 (until his death)	lead vocals	all Quiet Riot releases from Quiet Riot (1977) to Quiet Riot 10 (2014), except QR (1988) and '89 Live in Japan (2004)
	Drew Forsyth	1975–1979	drums	Quiet Riot (1977) Quiet Riot II (1978) The Randy Rhoads Years (1993)
	Randy Rhoads	1975–1979 (died 1982)	guitar
	Kelly Garni	1975–1978	bass
	Rudy Sarzo	1978–1979 1982–1985 1987 1997–2003	bass backing vocals	Metal Health (1983) Condition Critical (1984) Alive and Well (1999) Guilty Pleasures (2001) Live in the 21st Century (2003) Live & Rare Volume 1 (2005) Live at the US Festival 1983 (2012) Quiet Riot 10 (2014)
	Carlos Cavazo	1982–1989 1991–2003	guitar backing vocals	all Quiet Riot releases from Metal Health (1983) to Live & Rare Volume 1 (2005) Live at the US Festival 1983 (2012)
	Paul Shortino	1987–1989	lead vocals	QR (1988) '89 Live in Japan (2004)
	Sean McNabb	1987–1989 2006 (touring)	bass backing vocals
	Kenny Hillery	1991–1994 (died 1996)	bass	Terrified (1993)
	Pat Ashby	1991	drums	none
	Bobby Rondinelli	1991–1993		Terrified (1993)
	Matt Littell	1995	bass	Down to the Bone (1995)
	Bjorn Englen	1995 (touring only)		none
	Ty Westerhoff
	Tracii Guns	2005–2006	guitar
	Neil Citron	2006 (session only)		Rehab (2006)
	Tony Franklin		bass
	Billy Morris	2006 (touring only)	guitar	none
	Steve Fister
	Mark Huff	2010–2012	lead vocals
	Keith St. John	2012 (touring only)
	Scott Vokoun	2012–2013
	James Durbin	2017–2019		Road Rage (2017) One Night in Milan (2019) Hollywood Cowboys (2019)
	Seann Nicols	2016–2017		Road Rage (2017) (first version of this release, cancelled due to vocalist change)
	Johnny Kelly	2019 (live only)	drums	none
	Mike Dupke

Timeline

Lineups

Period	Members	Releases
May 1975 – late 1978	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Randy Rhoads – guitar, backing vocals Kelly Garni – bass, backing vocals Drew Forsyth – drums, backing vocals	Quiet Riot (1977) Quiet Riot II (1978) The Randy Rhoads Years (1993)
Late 1978 – November 1979	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Randy Rhoads – guitar, backing vocals Rudy Sarzo – bass, backing vocals Drew Forsyth – drums, backing vocals	none
Band inactive November 1979 – September 1982
September 1982 – January 1985	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals Rudy Sarzo – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	Metal Health (1983) Condition Critical (1984) Live at the US Festival, 1983 (2012)
January 1985 – February 1987	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	QR III (1986)
1987–1989	Paul Shortino – lead vocals Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals Sean McNabb – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	QR (1988)
Band inactive 1989–1991
1991	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals Kenny Hillery – bass Pat Ashby – drums	none
1991–1993	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals Kenny Hillery – bass Bobby Rondinelli – drums	Terrified (1993)
1993–1994	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals Kenny Hillery – bass Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals
1994–1997	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	Down to the Bone (1995)
1997 – September 2003	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals Rudy Sarzo – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	Alive and Well (1999) Guilty Pleasures (2001)
Band inactive September 2003 – October 2004
October 2004 – December 2005	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Alex Grossi – guitar Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	none
December 2005 – January 2006	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Tracii Guns – guitar, backing vocals Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals
Early – mid-2006	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Neil Citron – guitar (session) Tony Franklin – bass (session) Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	Rehab (2006)
2006	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Billy Morris – guitar (touring) Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	none
2006	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Steve Fister – guitar (touring) Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals
June 2006 – November 2007	Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals Alex Grossi – guitar Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals
Band inactive November 2007 – September 2010
September 2010 – January 2012	Mark Huff – lead vocals Alex Grossi – guitar Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	none
February 2012	Keith St. John – lead vocals (touring) Alex Grossi – guitar Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals
March 2012 – November 2013	Scott Vokoun – lead vocals Alex Grossi – guitar Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals
November 2013 – December 2016	Jizzy Pearl – lead vocals Alex Grossi – guitar Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	Quiet Riot 10 (2014)
December 2016 – March 2017	Seann Nicols – lead vocals Alex Grossi – guitar Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	none
March 2017 – September 2019	James Durbin – lead vocals Alex Grossi – guitar Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	Road Rage (2017) One Night in Milan (2019) Hollywood Cowboys (2019)
September 2019 – present	Jizzy Pearl – lead vocals Alex Grossi – guitar Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals Frankie Banali – drums, backing vocals	none

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External links

• Quiet Riot official website