QUIET RIOT

QUIET RIOT Drummer Frankie Banali - "I Am Forever Grateful To The Fans For Helping Me Realize A Childhood Dream"

Frankie Banali of Quiet Riot recently spoke to Boston Writer Deb Rao in an interview for Glammetal.com and gave an update on Rehab, the upcoming Quiet Riot Summer Tour, which will include stops at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 8th in Sweden, and Rocklahoma on July 13th.

Frankie Banali says, "The fan and critical reviews of Rehab have been great, but sales are another matter in the disarray that is the music business these days. Had we had the opportunity to release Rehab through other channels I think the result would have been improved. At the end of the day what is important to me is that we did the record we wanted to do and loved doing it. No regrets! In concert, the new material is doing suprisingly well in a world where none of these new songs have received any airplay at all. We are playing 'Free', 'South Of Heaven' and 'Old Habits Die Hard'. We just dug deep into the music, bands and era that molded our musical tastes and let that be our guide, inspiration, muses if you will. We wrote, played and recorded exactly what we wanted to with the right musicians to achieve the desired and end result."

Frankie Banali also discussed the longevity of Quiet Riot's career.

Banali says,"Like Quiet Riot or not, we have done so much as a band regardless of who was in it or not in it at any particular time to stop now. It's a career that we love, not a job that we hate. I am forever grateful to the fans for helping me realize a childhood dream and to be able to continue to make music and play music. If it wasn't for the fans, we would not be able to have toured and recorded as Quiet Riot for the last 23 years and I hope we can continue to do so for many more years."

"We were incredibly lucky to have been at the right place at the right time in 1982/1983 and to receive the support that we did from MTV then. We were so fortunate to have been signed to a label, record, have a song like 'Metal Health/Bang Your Head' as a representative song for who we were at that time which then became the hit album, and lucky to have had a hit single with 'Cum On Feel The Noize'. Again, it's the fans that continue to contribute to our success at any level.

Many of the bands of today are dropped right after their debut album, because they do not sell enough albums. I really don't see the longevity of bands breaking into the music business today. Many of the bands of today are one hit wonders, and never heard "

Frankie Banali also discussed Quiet Riot's upcoming shows at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 8th and Rocklahoma on July 13th.

"Quiet Riot takes pride in continuing to tour year in and year out," Banali adds. The Rocklahoma Testosterone Ego-Fest is just another stop to musically say hi to the fans that support us and we appreciate being a part of it. It's just that there is so little inspiring new music out today that people keep looking back to the 1980's much like I like looking back to the 1970's. I think European fans live the '80's lifestyle much more so that in the US these days. They are dedicated, but you can't musically BS them because they will call you on it. Tough but fair fans."

Upcoming Quiet Riot live dates include:

May
19 - Myrtle Beach, SC - Club Kryptonite

June
2 - Waterloo, IA - Byrnes Park
7 - Solvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock Festival
22 - Laredo, TX - The Revolution
23 - Green River, WY - Flaming Gorge Days
30 - Sarasota, FL - Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix

July
3 - Delhart, TX - Kxit Presents
4 - Del Mar, CA - State Fair
13 - Pryor, OK - Pryor Creek Festival Grounds
14 - Vernon Hills, IL - Village Of Vernon Hills
15 - Edinberg, TX - Baseball Stadium
20 - Springville, IN - A.B.A.T.E. (The Boogie) Of Indiana
21 - Thackerville, OK - Winstar Casino
27 - Houston, TX - Houston Speedway
28 - Royalton, MN - Halfway Jam

August
3 - Clearfield, PA - Clearfield County Fair
4 - Sterling Heights, MI - Freedom Hill
18 - Greensboro, NC - Coliseum
25 - Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Event Center
31 - Atlantic City, NJ - House Of Blues

September
1 - Henderson, NV - Henderson Pavillion
2 - South Woodstock, CT - Woodstock Fair
7 - Grand Junction, Co - Rock Jam
8 - Pueblo Of Acoma, NM - Sky City Casino
20 - Biloxi, MS - Hard Rock Hotel And Casino