Kelly Garni is an American

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest h ...

musician and photographer, best known as a founding member of the band

Quiet Riot Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni. The original lineup featured Rhoads and Garni with lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow and drummer Drew Forsyth, though th ...

. He appears on the band's 1978 self-titled debut album, as well as their second album, ''

Quiet Riot II ''Quiet Riot II'' is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot, released on December 2, 1978. Overview As with Quiet Riot's debut album, ''Quiet Riot II'' was released only in Japan, and to this day has never been o ...

'' the same year.

Biography

Born in Los Angeles in 29 October 1952, Garni's family moved to Burbank, California in the early 1970s, where he met

Randy Rhoads Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist. He was the co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot, and the guitarist and co-songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo alb ...

. He played bass with Quiet Riot for about five years until he was fired for a drunk episode where he plotted to kill lead singer

Kevin DuBrow Kevin Mark DuBrow (October 29, 1955 – November 19, 2007) was an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot from 1975 until 1987, and again from 1993 until his death in 2007. Early life, photography ...

Discography

* ''

'' (1978) * ''

'' (1978) * '' The Randy Rhoads Years'' (1993) * '' Xcursion (1985)'' * '' No Sky Today''

References

External links

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Ghost Town Art & Coffee Co.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD9K8kbfDhE * http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=9193 Garni, Kelly Garni, Kelly Quiet Riot members American heavy metal bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American rock bass guitarists {{US-musician-stub