The world is billions of years old and I was lucky enough to be a teenager in the 80’… Seen Quiet Riot and Girl School in Huntington this tour. Snowed 20+ inches and the concert still went on. Crowd was way smaller so festival seating put us right against the stage. Aqua net and spandex 🤘🤘
@@zgoodpet Agreed- License to Ill kicking off at the Palladium in LA in '87 couldn't have been more legendary (Vast majorityof ) The USA had never seen anything like it
Went to a local album signing when I was 17. A "Tom-boyish" but hot underneath friend of mine since the 4th grade went with me and some other friends. I'll never forget how she was ahead of me and Kevin DuBrow's eyes followed her backside all the way out of the store before he even noticed me (disappointingly). Glad I got to tell her the story at a reunion years later.
Quiet Riot was Randy's band. When he left to play for Ozzy, he gave Kevin Dubrow the rights to the band name at no cost, or so I heard or read somewhere.
Kelly Garni is the original bassist of Quiet Riot that played on the first 2 albums with Randy that were released in Japan. Rudy is pictured on the cover of the second album but he did not play on it.
Wife here...Quiet Riot really doesn"t get the credit they deserve as one of the very first extremely popular 80"s metal bands.. interesting fact: The lead singers !brother is one of the very famous doctors of the original "Botched" reality show!! Awesome reaction!!
Outside of the 2 Slade covers they did, this was their biggest original hit song. Slick Black Cadillac is a banger as well. Speaking of Slade you should give them a listen. I think Run Runaway would be the perfect introduction to them.
So here is a fact for you. The lead singer, Kevin Dubrow has a younger brother named Terry Dubrow. He is one of the surgeons on the show Botched on TV. When Kevin would go on tour with Quiet Riot, younger brother Terry would watch his pet cat. He would get paid $5,000-$10,000 each time and that's how Terry paid his way through medical school. I saw Quiet Riot live in 1983.
Hey Jordan and Amber, interesting fact for you: Ozzy Osbourne guitarist, Randy Rhodes, who played guitar in Ozzy's song " Crazy Train" was the original lead guitarist for Quiet Riot, he was offered the chance to return to the band after he'd finished touring with Ozzy, but he'd died in the plane crash and they'd selected Carlos Cavazo to be the guitarist of the band and would record the song6 "Thunderbird" as a tribute to Randy
Did not know the song was dedicated to RR. Sure I have heard it but I would have been around 16 at the time and don't recall. Going to take a listen. Thanks!!!
Quiet Riot was the first metal band to hit #1 on Billboard's hot 200. That started the metal craze of the 80s. Heavy Metal got huge for the rest of the decade.
🤘🤘 BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Lead singer is the late Kevin DuBrow. This was their biggest original song. Cum on Feel the Noise and Mama ,Weer All Crazy Now were both covers.
Quiet Riot was on everybody's lips in 1983, after their breakout album spawned this song and "Cum On Feel the Noize". Sadly, their second album wasn't as successful, though it did have one hit single "Mama Weer All Crazee Now". After that, they kinda flamed out. All us old headbangers still remember them, though. Ever sadder, we lost lead singer Kevin Dubrow in 2007 at the age of 52.
Actually "Critical Condition" is considered album #4. While the songs on it may have not been as good as those on Metal Health they are still pretty good.
yeah I remember going to an 80s hair band reunion concert in my hometown it was quiet riot cinderella and ratt then a week later I saw where kevin died on the tour bus that hit hard with me cause me and a couple of family members saw him for the last time
After all these years, this song NEVER gets old. So excellent to see your reaction to this! I don't know anyone who was a teenager in the 80's who didn't love this song, and of course we reacted in similar fashion. Thank you for keeping the music of my youth banging on. 🤘
Kevin Dubrow is the voice ( deceased) Bass player extraordinaire-Rudy Sarzo Lead Guitar- Carlos Cavazo Drums- Frankie Banali ( deceased) great band , great energy, their claim to fame was they were the first heavy metal band to top the Billboard album chart. This song just drives the soul into overdrive….
Watch the documentary “Now you’re here, there’s no way back.” Covers Kevin’s death, & Frankie’s struggle to find a new lead singer to keep the band alive & touring. It was a couple years ago, originally on Showtime I think?
You heard it correct Amber. "Metal Heath will Cure Your Crazy; Metal Heath will Cure Your Mad; Metal Heath is what we all Need. It's like a heart Attack." Such an iconic Album cover.
Quiet riot was pure 80s metal which spawned 1 of the greatest guitarists of all time Randy Rhodes which later went on to play with ozzy who sadly died in his prime
Jay's expression when they went into the break, was a "riot". Pun intended. 😂 Great reaction guys! Quiet Riot is definitely a fire band! Next up could be "Slick Black Cadillac". "Mama, we're all crazy now" or "Party all night". But; to hear their slower side, check out "Thunderbird". 🤘😎
A little history fact about Quiet Riot is that the late great guitarist for Ozzy Osborne.....Randy Rhodes was the co-founder with lead singer the late Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot when they were in high school together. R.I.P. Randy and Kevin.
Kevin DuBrow was the singer, as others have noted (RIP). He reformed Quiet Riot in 1982 and took it to the heights of it's popularity in 1983. Randy Rhodes was a co-founding member of the original Quiet Riot in the mid-70's. They broke up in 1979 and Randy auditioned and won the guitarist spot in Ozzy Osbourne's emerging solo band. "Slick Black Cadillac" is a good example of a Rhodes era song that got an update on the Metal Health record. To me Kevin sounds like Udo Dirkschneider from the German band Accept. Check out "Balls to the Wall" or "Fast as a Shark".
Omg, LOOOOVE this reaction!!! And I can't help but appreciate your musical evolution, and how delighted I am that you're reacting to this song NOW, as opposed to at the beginning of the channel, before Amber came on board, where I could imagine J might've been like "Nah, too much screaming. Not feeling it." Whereas now y'all are both LOVING it, and I'm SOOOOO happy!!! Which makes me wish you would go back and give a second listen to Radiohead's Creep. J reacted to that before Amber joined, and I totally would love to see Amber's reaction, and see how J's reaction would I'd bet be WAY different!
Lead vocals is Kevin DuBrow. Still love this song and band. I actually sprained my wrist at the skating rink on night when I was in high school . When this song was finally played that night. My friends and I went to skate. I was turning around to skate backwards, my wheels somehow got together. I went down and my wrist got sprained. Lol
Kevin Dubrow is the singer. This album "Metal Health" was the very first heavy metal album to be #1 on the billboard 200 charts in November 1983. It was the catalyst that opened the door for the hair metal/glam metal popularity in the 1980's. "Cum on feel the noize" and this song were massive hits from that album.
Professor of Rock says Quiet Riot is considered by most to be the first Heavy Metal band because they managed to get airplay and take their style of music to the top of the Billboard HOT 100
You guys should react to more Quiet Riot… "Slick Black Cadillac", "The Wild & The Young", "Mama, We Are All Crazy Now", "Party All Night", "The Joker", "Stay With Me Tonight", "Callin' the Shots", "Don't Wanna Let You Go" 🎸🤘
My ex and i used to play this album when the kids were babies and they'd bang their heads with us lmao. One of my fondest memories of early motherhood. Those babies are 20 and 15 now. Ha us gen-x parents really have a different yardstick i think. ;)
I agree , took my daughter with me to her first concert when she was 12 , took her to see the big black Sabbath reunion tour during early to mid 90s. My mother was horrified that her grandbaby was taken to see Ozzy
I may be 20 years older, but I was brought up soft rock music like Amber. MTV did "Head Bangers Ball" in the evening. My sweet dad who raised me on the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel would record it for my twin sister and me. My parents were the best!😉
This was what started the early 80s metal scene for me. Moved to Saudi Arabia in 1979 (at9yr) moved back to Texas in 1983 and this was the hottest sound going IMO.
That is normal Music for me , my start as a Metalhead was 1980 , that is my Song of Life : Bang your head , Today I ' m 56 years old strong love to Heavy Metal Music
How old are you dude? It pre-dates QR by a number of years. It dates back to Zeppelin concerts in the early 70's. That's where QR got the idea for incorporating it into a song
Kevin DuBrow had one of the more unique voices in rock. Frankie was an amazing drummer. Rudy is one of the most prolific bass players around, having played with QR, Ozzy, Whitesnake, and more. And Carlos is truly one of the most underrated guitarists of the rock era. Quiet Riot were a huge influence on me and many other young musicians.
For any “Real Housewives of the O.C.” here, Kevin Dubrow’s brother is Terry Dubrow who is also a famous plastic surgeon on the show Botched. Wild the different paths they took. Amazing band and reaction!!
The 80's was the best decade for music, hands down! It had EVERYTHING...., borrowing from what came before, creating new genres and sounds, and setting the stage for all that would come later. So fortunate to have been a teenager in the 80's....hanging on to that forever!
Nah, musicianship had dropped off by the 80's. It was getting too hard for kids to play, keeping up with the Jimmy Page's, the Clapton's, Frampton's, Van Halen's, it was drift into simpler music. I love the 80's but the extreme virtuosity was for the most part gone. This song is indicative. My 12 year old can playe this, he isn't going to learn and jam through Sultans of Swing in an evening.
I’d say the next song you have to do from this group is mama we’re all crazy now off their critical condition album. The wild and the Young it’s probably her other big hit as well as slick Black Cadillac is a decent song. But to my knowledge they only had three American albums and then two that came out in the 70s is Japanese only releases. You got to remember they were only signed because they agreed to do a cover of the song come on feel the Noize which when they did it they did not like. This in my opinion is the most underrated band of the early 80s. It’s so sad that Kevin Duvall who is the lead singer couldn’t keep them together but they never would have survived the grunge movement.
Kevin Dubrow is the singer. Metal Health is the name of the album. First metal album to hit no. 1! This was my very first concert. I was 14. 11th row center! Wow! Great show!
I'll always associate this song with the scene in "Footloose" where Ren was blasting this song when he started school for the first time. He didn't know that it was illegal in that town.
They burned out as fast as they lit it up. People moved on. This is the epitome of 80's Heavy Metal. They were a large part of my High School memories being from of the class of 1984.
That's because they changed their signature sound to some mellow after this and Cum On Feel The Noize. It didn't seem like they did heavy metal anymore.
There’s a great documentary called Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here that covers the beginning of the band, the death of Kevin DuBrow and Frankie Banali’s attempts to reform the band.
This song, this album paved the way for 80s metal. Before this record companies thought that rock was dead. When this album went #1 that's when record execs started sending people to the clubs on the Sunset Strip to "discover" bands like Motley Crue, W.A.S.P., Van Halen, etc.
@@opencarrier8607 Van Halen debuted in 1978. They, along with AC/DC and ZZ Top carried hard rock through the "easier listening" (Air Supply, Kenny Rogers, Juice Newton) early 80's but it's WELL documented that this album is what jump-started the 80's metal movement.
I saw Kevin DuBrow within 1 year of his death in a small venue of about 100-150 people tops. He was fun (spinning the microphone with the stripes around it like in this video) and energetic. Every single person there was singing along.
At a Quiet Riot concert in San Diego (the last tour with Kevin Dubrow before he died) I had my greatest pickup ever. Short story, I was at the front of the stage and this gorgeous woman I had been making eye contact with for awhile, made her way over to me, tapped me on the shoulder, and when I turned around, instead of kissing me, she gave me a little headbutt right on the forehead. I thought that was the coolest move ever. She then walked back to where she was before. When I turned back to the stage Carlos Cavazo (the guitar player) was looking at me like "what tge hell just happened?" After the show was over we walked up to each other and left together. Great night.
There were more “metal” bands and songs than Quiet Riot and Metal Health, but to me this is THE perfect Heavy Metal Anthem. And say what you want about their music and lack of longevity, but they put Heavy Metal into the mainstream when this album became the first metal album to go #1 on the Billboard Top 200. And there’s no better name for a metal band IMO.
Saw these guys open for Loverboy back in 83’. It was a fantastic concert. The 80’ was an incredible time, especially when it was your High School and College years!
Metal Health is a fabulous album from end to end. I had this on vinyl and played the heck out of it. Loved Quiet Riot. Too bad Kevin and Frankie have passed.
Love them! Still have this cassette,lol,even though it`s about worn out.Some other bangers off this album are Let`s Get Crazy and Run For Cover.. Keep On Rockin'
Glad you guys loved it. This is what metal music was all about in the early 80s. Banging drums, a pounding bass, a screaming lead guitar with awesome riffs (even better if there are more than one like with Judas Priest and Iron Maiden), and a screaming lead singer. Also, is it bad that I still know all of the words to this song, sang them in time to the video, and even included the screams?
just letting u know.. the name of this song is “Metal Health”.. but lots call it bang ur head.. i was in middle school when this album came out and i had it.. i remember their first 3 big hits Metal Health Come on Feel the Noise Momma we’re all crazee now
This band is what helped metal to become mainstream and helped to start the 80's metal craze. Their original guitarist was ozzy's famous guitarist Randy Rhoads.
The original title of the song and the album was actually "Metal Health." Later you would see the song listed as "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)," then it became what you see today "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)." This song along with "Cum on Feel the Noise" resulted in the album becoming the first heavy metal album to hit number one on the album chart, but many others would follow. Eventually leading to the point where Skid Row's second album, "Slave to the Grind" became the first heavy metal album to debut at the number one position. The title track to that album is one you should definitely react to also. I'd have to go look through your videos to be sure, but I think it would probably be the heaviest song you've reacted to so far. And as always, Sebastian Bach's vocals on that track are amazing.
Quite Riot was one of the Metal Bands that kind of drew me away from the rough and raw punk rock scene in the Cleveland - Akron area. Metal health is what the cure for what you need, Is a very proven fact. Studies showed that Metal music is aggerssive . But studies show it was a very good way to let out pent up anger and frustrations. A stress reliever. Especially after going to the concerts.
Kevin Dubrow waa the OG lead singer of Quiet Riot. He died of a cocaine overdose in 1996 unfortunately. He had a Helluva voice for Metal. I'm 50 and Quiet Riot : Metal Health was the first record I bought in 1983, I was 11,lol
This is one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time. Kevin Dubrow sang his heart out on this song, and he sounded the same live. Great band who's two original members left us way too soon. Great reaction!
Fun fact the singers brother had a show called botched he fixes messed up plastic surgery in Beverly hills. The things ya learn when ya can't sleep in strange places and your traveling so your watching whatever randomness is not an infomercial
It truly was Quiet Riot that brought the Sunset Strip Hollywood hard rock metal scene into everybody's bedroom in 1984. Van Halen were the originators and the quintessential California Hard Rock band that started it all in 1978. I love seeing these two particular reviewers totally rocking out and digging it. Just goes to show you that Hard Rock never dies and crosses all genres. I forgot just how awesome Quiet Riot totally was.
