Quiet Riot - Kevin Du Brow

[Jonone]

Has passed-on.

[Deuce Bigolo]

Quiet Riot Singer Kevin DuBrow Found Dead In His Las Vegas Home
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Rocker, 52, died of unknown causes.
By Chris Harris

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Quiet Riot singer Kevin DuBrow died Sunday, drummer Frankie Banali confirmed in a post on his Web site. DuBrow was 52 years old and the official cause of his death has yet to be determined.

"I can't even find words to say," Banali wrote. "Please respect my privacy as I mourn the passing and honor the memory of my dearest friend Kevin DuBrow."

DuBrow's body was discovered on Sunday inside the rocker's Las Vegas home. According to those close to the singer, DuBrow celebrated his birthday last month in New Orleans and seemed to be in good health. Quiet Riot bassist Kelly Garni has asked fans to be patient for details on the singer's death.

"I ask this to all of you not only for myself but for other friends and family," Garni wrote, in a message posted to a Web site honoring the memory of Quiet Riot founding member Randy Rhoads. "I ask that no one here offer any speculation or opinions, theories or other things that could be construed as negative or, and I'm sorry for this, even sympathetic, right at this immediate time. I am already, within hours of this, having to deal with untrue rumors and speculation and that only adds fuel to that. There is a tendency for the subject of Kevin to incite flames on every board, and now is not the time for that. I will explain to everyone here the facts and the truth in the next 24 to 48 hours as I realize this will affect us all. So please, until then, be patient. All details and other pertinent info will be passed on to you here when it becomes available to me."

Bill Chavis, owner of Chavis Records, the label that issued Quiet Riot's last LP, 2006's Rehab, also confirmed the news.

"DuBrow's body was found by friends on Sunday, November 25, in his Las Vegas home," reads the label's site. "As I mourn his death with a heavy heart, I will remember hearing his voice and the music for the very first time on the radio back in 1983. I will remember all the great music Kevin and Quiet Riot gave to so many of us over the years and I will say, 'Thank you, Kevin. May you rest in peace.' "

Credited with helping to launch the 1980s glam-metal scene, Quiet Riot are perhaps best known for their cover of Slade's "Cum on Feel the Noize," which appeared on 1983's Metal Health and eventually peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was the first by a metal band to reach the chart's #1 position.


RIP

[mark cremona]

thank you for posting this, Quiet Riot were a great band.

[Deuce Bigolo]

[Ace]

I was gutted to hear of Kevin's passing. I know he had a supposed ego trip and rubbed up the suits at record companies the wrong way, but he was a genuinelly great bloke who loved his fans. I met him and Quiet Riot several times in their short lived hey-day and they always made my mate and I welcome at soundchecks and after show parties. Infact, him and Rudy Sarzo (then Quiet Riot bassist) invited my mate and I to a curry house (The Ship) in Birmingham after their show supporting Judas Priest. Top bloke, great band
RIP

[shock the monkey]

Sad. They (QR) really paved the way for a lot of metal bands getting signed in the 80's.
They only really had one good album, but their performance at the US festival remains one of my fondest memories.