Initial reports indicate that he banged his head.

Sorry…couldn’t resist.

Rest in peace, bro’!

I heard he was driven mad by metal health. Then, he banged his head.

laugh now. you are going to be his bondage slave in the after life! ha ha

I guess it was never “Condition Critical”….BWA HA HA

RIP Kevin.

Wow, he looked better in that picture than he did in all the videos I’ve seen him in from the 80s. They were a lot better than all the moronic hairbands there were at the end of the 80s!

I wasn’t around when all this stuff took place, so I’ve studied up to learn about all this. Perhaps my recollections are a little clearer because I researched it rather than relying on somewhat subjective 25 year old memories.

All the first wave bands Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, for better or worse, made it a lot easier for the rest that came later.

They had a sense of humor, though.
The bands that came later took themselves too seriously, thus becoming caricatures and jokes! Oh, well. They were cool, but their big hits were previously hits by Slade. They covered the right tunes.

Peace, Kev. Quiet Riot probably brings smiles to most who remember them, I would think.

RIP Kevin

Research comes across like a text book…literally anybody can read up on music history and then write about what many of us already know! There is no substitute for individual memory and the experience of actually living through specific music eras. I like to read about commentors’ real-life concert experiences. Boomers and Xers wound up with the best of all worlds.

Tragic news (52 is far too young).
RIP Kevin.

I’m sorry to see a fixture of my metal experiences growing up die so young. Espeicially not being found for 6 days… and alone. Just so sad. No one deserves to die alone.

And, Dana Androvette, you can’t have “recollections” if you weren’t there to be able to recollect anything. And my 25 year memories and hands on experience will beat your “book learned expert opinion” ANY day. Not all of us were in a cloud back then to forget anything. Its still as fresh a memory today as it was the next day after the concert. (my ticket stub collection proves my existence)

Reading about history does NOT replace the experience of being there at the front of a 50,000+ fan metal concert, within 15 feet of these guys playing. No amount of books will give you that. I say this for all the implied old folks that you mention and assume cant remember the 80s. We’re in our 30s and 40 not our 90s. OK?

And, he looked better now because, its obvious from his earlier career the dude was going bald. 6 million record sales and advanced science will get you hair transplants/regrowth. Good for him. If you can do it… then do it.

We will miss you Kevin.

I apologize for being born in 1987. It’s all my fault. I bet if I was you I would rather my past be a haze so I can forget what an uneventful existence I have had!

And worst of all, your best years are behind you!

Sounds to me like that quiet riot concert may have been the high point of your life!

“(my ticket stub collection proves my existence)”

If I ever say or think anything this pathetic, I hope I have the good sense to blow my fuckin’ brains out right there on the spot!

And, an argument based on how someone’s life has more purpose because he or she is older than someone else goes against everything that rock and roll is all about. Rock celebrates youth, not old age!

You can’t control when you’re born. Yet that’s the whole argument. So according to that logic anyone who was born in the 1960s can’t comment on Beatles history because they weren’t old enough to remember the band. I wonder how many Beatles Stones or Who fans who didn’t drop in something they read, saw on tv or on line during a conversation on music. I was not more than a year old when the Beatles broke up, but I can talk about them for hours. Why because, I’ve read up on them, watched videos, moives, collected music.

If you’ve been a fan of a certain band or know a lot of info about a band that was aound before you were born, and you have opinions about them, then you’re doing the same thing Dana was doing. And if that’s the case, then that makes you a hypocrite!

Dana | 12/3/2007, 5:43 am EST

“I apologize for being born in 1987. It’s all my fault.”

You wrote your own script.

Bukowksi | 12/3/2007, 7:27 am EST

“So according to that logic anyone who was born in the 1960s can’t comment on Beatles history because they weren’t old enough to remember the band.”

You’re full of BS. Anybody who was born in the 60’s most certainly remembers The Beatles. And memory can go back further in time than what only limited “awareness” allows.

This is so very sad. The loss of Kevin is so tragic. I had the honor to meet him in July of 2006. He was very warm & caring to all of us. Super nice guy! What bothers me is that no one looked for him for 6 days?? what’s up with that? Maybe he could have been helped or saved. I’m still banging my head in sorrow

Dana Androvette | 11/29/2007, 5:25 pm EST

“I wasn’t around when all this stuff took place, so I’ve studied up to learn about all this. Perhaps my recollections are a little clearer because I researched it rather than relying on somewhat subjective 25 year old memories.”

Music IS subjective.

poor guy, crushed under the weight of his own wig

He was one of the best Heavy Metal vocalists of all time. The album “Metal Health” is what got me into metal way back in ‘83, and I’m still banging my head today. Thanks Kevin, for creating such a monster of a Heavy Metal album!

Not that anyone asked or cares for that matter, but I must weigh in. I totally 100% agree with Metal Shawn. My ticket stub collection proves what “I” know about those actual concerts and experiences. I saw Quiet Riot in 1983 with Loverboy(My first rock show. My first concert was with my father to see Johnny Cash, I met him also, real nice person, concert was good, but not like a rock show). Anyway, I was 16 at the time and my friend and I were leaving the Arena and a bunch of people were yelling in the streets and having a good ole time. So we followed the crowd, and ended up at a resturant/pub. We grabbed a Pepsi and low and behold, QUIET Fuckin’ RIOT was walking through the door. There were maybe6 or 7 girls with them along with a few roadies and their tour/road manager who also was playing the role of security guard. Man, what an experience. Girls lifting their tops, going ga ga all over Rudy and Carlos. Kevin had 2 girls hanging all over him. He was a happy man. Frankie was so cool. He actually sat down at our table and was having a drink and a hot dog and chatted with us. I mean, just so relaxed, as if he knew us for years. All I had was my ticket stub, so I had them sign that. I didn’t have no idea about concert shirts or a merchandise stand, so I was quite bummed when I saw all of those t-shirts and posters and everything and I all I had was one stinkin’ buck. Of course, we went to the concert to see Loverboy, they were the headlining act. I had never heard of Quiet Riot. BUT when they came on, WOW, we were amazed! When they ripped into Noize and Metal Health, I knew right then and there that they were going to be big. The next day I went to Tape World and bought the lp and cassette tape and from there on in I never missed a QR show or a cd release. So, in regards to agreeing with METAL SHAWN, there is noting like living “THE” actual experience. A person can read all they want, as there is nothing like being there and doing it. Standing in the middle of the Arena, sweating, hot, girls all around(and guys for you ladies of course), everyone up against each other, swaying with the crowd, ear punching loud music, the smell of pot in the air, there is NOTHING like being at a rock show from the 80’s.

Kevin will definately be missed. He was a gem. He had the perfect metal voice, loud, screaming, and sounded great. On the bright side, he left us with a whole catalog of music for us to enjoy as long as we are on this earth. So let’s enjoy it and rock on’!!!!!-Tony from Maine

i wish his death never happen and would still be roken out

This is truly sad to all of us rockers! I’ve partied to all you’re tunes Kevin, and it will continue!
R=Rock
I=In
P=Peace
Kevin

I saw Quiet Riot at the Del MAr Fair/San Diego Fair this past 4th of July 2007 It was one of the most fun and entertaining shows I’ve been to. It brought me back to my heavy metal days and the great music of the ’80’s that I never stopped listening to. I had never seen the band before, but really loved the music(which I already knew) and the entertainment factor. I got a bunch of photos that I will cherish even more.Thanks for the music.Thanks for the memories. Rest in Peace-

I remember how the DJ’s played their s**t night and day back in the early 80’s when I was a kid. Then Kevin let his cocaine mouth make the whole band sound like a bunch of a*sholes. To top it off, I saw some concert pictures a girlfriend of mine had with him on stage fingering Carlos’s cornhole through his spandex. That defining moment ended my listening to QR. I will say that he might have been a g*ddamned, latent-homo, a**hole jerk back then. At the same time you’ve got to give him and QR some credit for helping to solidify the 80’s L.A hard-rock scene. They paved the way for alot of other acts.
All in all, what a way to die!
The Rock and F*cking Roll way!
Kevin, hope you enjoy wherever you ended up. Wherever that is. Keep that devil’s poker out of your a**.

First of all, the reason music like the metal health, Led Zeppelin 4, Blizzard of Oz, etc., albums stand the test of time is because they’re g*d-d*mn magic, and secondly, it’s because of their magic that their fan base grows throughout generations. Criticizing someone for not being 15 rows back at a concert is retarded!! (15 rows back, what kinda wuss were you?, the scared of the sweaty fans and gettin spit on by the band and messin up your pretty hair and zebra spandex kinda wuss, that’s exactly the kinda wuss you are!!!) Next…”Bukowski,” if old Hank was still around, he wouldn’t drink a beer with you, even if you were buying, and he drank with anyone. You should change your screen name to “Bi-wussy” and stand in the 15th row with your other pretty friends. I came here to read up any info on the late, GREAT, Mr. Dubrow, who’s vocal power, energy, and pertinent place in music history is sacred to true fans of music, whatever their age, only to find a bunch of overgrown teeny bopper snivvelers fighting over the memory of a man so dear to the music world. I’ve been a metal fan since 1980 when I heard AC/DC’s “TNT” on the radio, and I don’t feel more qualified to be a fan than someone who discovered it yesterday. I say…..WELCOME!! Oh yeah, and death is rarely dignified, unless maybe your a samuri or something. Anyone that pokes fun at the way Kevin died……..I hope you are found face down in a puddle of semen that you puked up post-mortem, after being disemboweled by a guy with a behemoth of a pr*ck the size of my right arm, and the only evidence they find of your “attacker” is a jiffy-lube shirt with the name “earl” stitched over one pocket, and $6.23 in change on the nightstand so the cops know you were a cheap wh*re!!! Thanks Kevin for the great music, the memories, and the memories that I’m sure to make with my 7 and 11 year old children while banging our heads to your music divine!!