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RATT RAGE … Bobby Blozter’s current frontman and Ex-Quiet Riot vocalist Seann Nicols drops ‘Road Rage’ single

RATT RAGE Bobby Blozter’s current frontman and Ex-Quiet Riot vocalist Seann Nicols drops ‘Road Rage’ single   Blabbermouth – Seann Nicols (a.k.a. Sheldon Tarsha), former frontman of QUIET RIOT and current singer for Bobby Blotzer‘s version of RATT, has released a solo single called “Road Rage”, along with a brand new lyric video. The track — originally slated for release as part of the “Road Rage” album Nicols recorded with QUIET RIOT — has been completely re-imagined and re-recorded[…]

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DRIVE YOU CRAZY, DRIVE YOU MAD … METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Quiet Riot star Frankie Banali 20 Questions

DRIVE YOU CRAZY, DRIVE YOU MAD METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: 20 questions with Quiet Riot star Frankie Banali   Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — When he first found the limelight in 1983, Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali had already played the US Festival before a California crowd of nearly a half-million, and he was No. 1 on the Billboard album charts with “Metal Health,” roundly regarded as among the greatest debuts in the history of recorded music. That was three-plus[…]

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BANG YOUR IDOL … Quiet Riot perform debut show with American Idol star James Durbin

BANG YOUR IDOL Quiet Riot perform debut show with American Idol star James Durbin   WICHITA, Kansas — It’s been a crazy whirlwind month for Quiet Riot after replacing vocalist Seann Nicols after just 5 live shows. The group performed with new frontman James Durbin for the first time on March 18th. Quiet Riot appeared Saturday night at the “Cotillion Ballroom” in Wichita, Kansas. The 80’s iconic band has went through a fistful of singers in as many[…]

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RE-RIOT … Quiet Riot will re-record their almost released “Road Rage” with James Durbin

RE-RIOT Quiet Riot will re-record their almost released “Road Rage” with James Durbin   BREAKING NEWS: QUIET RIOT To Re-Record New Album “Road Rage” With New Lead Vocalist James Durbin Frontiers Music srl —  Following the departure of singer Seann Nicols from Quiet Riot, both Frontiers Music Srl and band leader Frankie Banali have made the joint decision to delay the release of the new Quiet Riot album, “Road Rage” until later this summer. Both the[…]

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JUST PLAIN ASSHOLES … Frankie Banali’s wife Regina Russell comments on Quiet Riot’s recent lineup of singers

JUST PLAIN ASSHOLES Frankie Banali’s wife Regina Russell comments on Quiet Riot’s recent lineup of singers   Blabbermouth — The wife of QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has weighed in on the band’s new singer, James Durbin, calling him “a real frontman in every sense of the word.” Durbin, who became known as the “metal guy” on 2011’s season of “American Idol” after performing “Living After Midnight” and “Breaking The Law” with JUDAS PRIEST, joined QUIET[…]

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QUIET RATT … Bobby Blotzer adding Ex-Quiet Riot singer Seann Nicols to his version of Ratt says source

QUIET RATT Bobby Blotzer adding Ex-Quiet Riot singer Seann Nicols to his version of Ratt says source   Rumor From The Streets — Metal Sludge has inside information that Ex-Quiet Riot singer Seann Nicols will now be the new frontman for Bobby Blotzer’s version of Ratt. Nicols, who was just fired from Quiet Riot after 5 shows is next in line to go round n’ round with Blotzer’s project says our source. Quiet Riot released the former[…]

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DUBROW SAYS GO … Kevin’s brother Dr. Terry Dubrow gives ‘big thumbs up’ to Quiet Riot for adding James Durbin

DUBROW SAYS GO Kevin’s brother Dr. Terry Dubrow gives ‘big thumbs up’ to Quiet Riot for adding American Idol’s James Durbin Billboard —  Quiet Riot’s decision to appoint American Idol season 10 alum James Durbin as its new frontman was the right choice, Terry Dubrow — the younger brother of late lead singer Kevin Dubrow — tells Billboard. Dubrow — a plastic surgeon who appears regularly with his wife, Heather, on The Real Housewives of[…]

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AMERICAN RIOT …. Quiet Riot swap out Seann Nicols after 5 shows for American Idol singer James Durbin

AMERICAN RIOT Quiet Riot swap out Seann Nicols after 5 shows for American Idol singer James Durbin   Metal Sludge — According to a German music site, Quiet Riot has made a change at the singer position. Seann Nicols has been replaced by James Durbin. Nicols was announced as Quiet Riot’s new frontman as reported by Metal Sludge back on October 5th 2016. The former Adler’s Appetite voice who was known as Sheldon Tarsha, first performed with[…]

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RETRO REVIEW: Quiet Riot’s “ReHab” the band’s final release with the late Kevin DuBrow

  RETRO REVIEW: Quiet Riot’s “ReHab” the band’s final release with the late Kevin DuBrow     RETRO REVIEW — Kevin DuBrow’s wonderfully preposterous rise to world-wide fame and then his stunning fall from mainstream glory is well-documented. It’s a story that is very familiar to almost anyone who owned a Quiet Riot record in the 1980s. The charismatic, cocky and controversial front man was an international sensation, then just a few years later he was[…]

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NO THANKS … Frankie Banali declines offer to perform with supergroup in China

NO THANKS Frankie Banali declines offer to perform with supergroup in China   Facebook — Frankie Banali declines supergroup invitation to perform in China. The Quiet Riot drummer took to his personal facebook page to explain his reasons and noted his views on animal abuse. Banali wrote; “YESTERDAY MORNING I RECEIVED A VERY GENEROUS OFFER TO PERFORM WITH A SUPERGROUP OF MUSICIANS IN CHINA IN THE FALL OF 2017. EVERYTHING OFFERED WAS FIRST CLASS FROM THE[…]

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