It was 1994. A somewhat cool if not humid evening on field for the Brandon Eagle's homecoming game. It was the one game during the year we were almost guaranteed to win, as we were playing the Bloomingdale Gucci-Crew. I don't remember the details of the game, but as halftime rolled around we were treated to the sounds of Chris Isaac, playing "Wicked Game" 3 or 4 times in a row, as he didn't remember any of his other songs. There was a brief pause as the field was cleared of middle-aged women who swooned themselves into a drunken stupor. Then, from out of the sky parachuted none other than legendary rock band Quiet Riot, instruments in tow and perfectly tuned upon landing so they could belt out their 1 facemelter "Cum On Feel Da Noize". Metal health drove the crowd mad.
Ok, this didn't actually happen. But it was talked about constantly as being the greatest possible high school half time show ever.
I bring up this memory because Kevin Dubrow, lead singer of Quiet Riot, passed away this weekend. I'd actually gotten to see the band once in Louisiana, playing in a mansion that was converted to a sort of underground rock club. It was entertaining, if not a little sad. But for all the jokes about Quiet Riot that myself and others have made, I really don't think a band has entertained our imagination more. So fly on, thunderbird. Hopefully you'll get to your destination in a slick black cadillac.
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Of course Cum on Feel the Noise was originally done by Slade, a great British glam metal band. Quiet Riot also covered Mama Weer All Crazee Now later on, showing good taste if not smart business sense, before finally running out of Slade songs to replicate note for note. The hair metal genre has lost one of its own, and so for now plans for that long-awaited Ratt/Quiet Riot/Whitesnake reunion tour are on hold.
They get so little credit for having the late, great Randy Rhodes as part of their band before his demise. I just keep asking myself why it couldn't have been Brett Michaels.
Well said.
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