''Quiet Riot'' is the self-titled debut studio album by the American heavy metal 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 ...

, it was released exclusively in Japan on 2 March 1978. The album features guitarist Randy Rhoads, who would later gain recognition for performing on

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's first two solo albums. Analyzing it decades later, music critic

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said that the album was more "glam pop" than hard rock or

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. The song "Back to the Coast" was originally written by Rhoads and his brother Kelle when they were teenagers. It was originally called "West Coast Tryouts". "Back to the Coast" was re-recorded by Kelle Rhoads for his 1985 ''Cheap Talkin' Romance'' EP, which features Kelly Garni on bass and Steve Sunnarborg, a student of Randy Rhoads and winner of the Randy Rhoads Memorial Scholarship at

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, on guitar.

Track listing

Personnel

Quiet Riot

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 ...

– lead vocals * Randy Rhoads – lead & rhythm guitars *

Kelly Garni Kelly Garni is an American hard rock musician and photographer, best known as a founding member of the band Quiet Riot. He appears on the band's 1978 self-titled debut album, as well as their second album, '' Quiet Riot II'' the same year. Bi ...

– bass guitar * Drew Forsyth – drums

References

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