Editing Quiet Riot (section)

===Early career, first two albums and first breakup (1973–1981)===
[[File:Randy Rhoads with Les Paul guitar (1980).jpg|thumb|upright|Guitarist [[Randy Rhoads]], who founded Quiet Riot in 1973]]
Formed in 1973 by guitarist [[Randy Rhoads]] and bassist Kelly Garni, Quiet Riot became one of the more successful hard rock acts in Los Angeles in the mid-to-late 1970s. Originally known as Mach 1, the name was soon changed to Little Women before the name Quiet Riot was finally settled upon in May 1975. The band's name was inspired by a quote from [[Rick Parfitt]] of the British band [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]. Parfitt stated that he thought the name "Quite Right" would make a good band name, and DuBrow amended this to "Quiet Riot".<ref>{{cite web |title=Grammy Awards Artist Profile - Quiet Riot |url=https://www.grammyconnect.com/people/quiet-riot |publisher=The Grammy Awards |access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Carlson |first=Taylor T. |title=Haircyclopedia Vol. 1 - The Legends (Volume 1)|year=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2d7YBgAAQBAJ&q=rick+parfitt+quiet+riot&pg=PA189|page=189|isbn=9781312286184}}</ref><ref>Randy Rhoads: A Life, by David A. Bene, c.2005</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/03/19/features/dpt-dubrow03122008.txt |author=Alan Blank |title=Quieting the noize |publisher=Daily Pilot |date=March 19, 2008 |access-date=July 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Dave |title=Rock Formations |year=2005|publisher=Cidermill Books|isbn=978-0-974-84835-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOpB23GGxAIC&q=quiet+riot+Rick+Parfitt&pg=PA124 |page=124}}</ref>

Drew Forsyth, who had previously played with Rhoads and Garni in a band called Mildred Pierce, was hired as the new group's drummer, and a Los Angeles photographer named Kevin DuBrow was hired as lead vocalist. DuBrow was not at all what Rhoads had in mind for his new band, and he was not well-liked by his Quiet Riot bandmates, a situation that caused a great deal of tension within the band. Rhoads had envisioned a frontman in the vein of [[Alice Cooper]] or [[David Bowie]], but Dubrow was persistent and would not take no for an answer. In the end, Rhoads and Garni decided that if nothing else, DuBrow shared their enthusiasm and he was hired.<ref name="metalvoice">{{cite web |date=February 24, 2019 |title=Growing up with Randy Rhoads- Stories by Ex-Quiet Riot Kelly Garni- Part 1 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNtndfLZZSI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/hNtndfLZZSI |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|publisher=The Metal Voice |access-date=May 31, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Rhoads became the focal point of the band, both musically and visually. The "polka-dot theme" he incorporated onstage became Quiet Riot's visual signature during their time on the L.A. club circuit, with many fans showing up at the band's shows wearing polka-dot [[bow-tie]]s and vests in emulation of what the guitarist wore on stage.<ref name="csun">{{cite web |author=California State University, Northridge |title=Randy Rhoads: Beginnings |url=http://library.csun.edu/SCA/OnlineExhibits/rhoadsbeginnings |publisher=csun.edu |access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref> Musically, Rhoads' talent as a lead guitarist began to spread by word of mouth, and hard rock fans from across Los Angeles began frequenting the band's gigs to hear what the fuss was about.

In the 1970s, Quiet Riot developed a friendly but intense rivalry with [[Van Halen]] before either act had signed a record deal. While Van Halen signed to [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]] in 1977 and released a debut album that would achieve [[RIAA certification|Gold certification]], Quiet Riot's contract with [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony]] would see their first two albums released only in Japan, albums that to this day have never been released in the US. The band recorded their debut album ''[[Quiet Riot (1977 album)|Quiet Riot]]'', or ''QR I'', in 1977.

Coupled with their inability to secure an American recording deal, tensions between vocalist DuBrow and bassist Garni began to tear the band apart. According to Garni, "I was on a constant quest to get him out of the band and get a different singer. I hated him, he hated me and we could not find any way whatsoever to get along which caused a lot of tension in the band and it put a lot of stress on Randy to try to be neutral."<ref name="Garni_talks">{{Cite news |author=Parks, John |date=July 19, 2012 |title=Quiet Riot original bassist and co-founder Kelly Garni talks Randy, Kevin and his new book with LRI |url=http://www.legendaryrockinterviews.com/2012/07/19/legendary-rock-interview-with-original-quiet-riot-bassist-and-author-kelly-garni-part-one/ |publisher=legendaryrockinterviews.com |access-date=May 28, 2013}}</ref> Their second album ''[[Quiet Riot II]]'', or ''QR II'', was recorded at [[The Record Plant]] and released in Japan in 1978.

As ''Quiet Riot II'' was being recorded, the relationship between Garni and DuBrow finally reached its breaking point. After robbing a bar the previous night and stealing liquor, a drunken Garni unsuccessfully attempted to convince Rhoads to replace the vocalist. Garni drunkenly fired a handgun through the ceiling and a fistfight between him and Rhoads ensued. Garni then hatched a plan to drive across town to the Record Plant and kill DuBrow, who was there recording vocals for ''Quiet Riot II''. Garni was arrested for [[drunk drivers|drunk driving]] before he reached the studio, and the plan to kill his bandmate waned after he sobered up. Nonetheless, Garni's time in Quiet Riot came to a swift end.<ref name="ucr2019" /> Future [[Mötley Crüe]] founder [[Nikki Sixx]] auditioned to replace Garni, but Sixx "didn't know the names of the notes and couldn't play the instrument" at that point, according to DuBrow.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Dubrow on Nikki Sixx Auditioning for Quiet Riot with Randy Rhoads, plus London - Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_8jslERmMA |publisher=Full In Bloom |access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref> [[Rudy Sarzo]], an acquaintance of DuBrow's, was hired and was pictured and credited on the album ''QR II'', though it was actually Garni who performed on the album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/quietriot.htm |title=Quiet Riot profile |publisher=No Life Til Metal |access-date=July 21, 2011}}</ref> Though he downplayed the inner conflict within the band, DuBrow would confess years later that this period of the band's existence had been extremely frustrating: "We had one of the best guitar players ever in our band and we couldn't get arrested!"<ref name="Revisited">{{Cite news |author=Kindred, John |date=April 6, 2009 |title=Kevin DuBrow: Revisited |url=http://hardrockhaven.net/online/2011/03/kevin-dubrow-revisited/ |publisher=hardrockhaven.net |access-date=May 28, 2013 |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717003130/http://hardrockhaven.net/online/2011/03/kevin-dubrow-revisited/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

By 1979, Rhoads began to tire of the turmoil within Quiet Riot as well as their failure to sign a US recording deal. Late that year he auditioned for [[Ozzy Osbourne]]'s band upon the urging of future [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] bassist [[Dana Strum]]. Osbourne said he was immediately blown away by the guitarist's talent and hired him immediately.<ref name="I Am Ozzy">{{cite book |last1=Osbourne |first1=Ozzy |title=I Am Ozzy |date=2009 |publisher=Hachette Book Group, Inc. |location=New York |isbn=978-0-446-57313-9 |page=100 |edition=Jan 2010 eBook |url=http://www.125books.com/inc/pt4321/pt4322/pt4323/pt4324/pt4325/data_all%20books/x/x%20%20Osbourne%20%20Ozz%20I%20Am%20Ozzy%20kindle%20books.pdf |access-date=August 16, 2014}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, bassist Rudy Sarzo followed Rhoads to Osbourne's band and Quiet Riot's future seemed very much in doubt. As Quiet Riot was expected to disband at this point, Rhoads incorporated many riffs and fragments of early Quiet Riot material into the new material he was working on with Osbourne. According to Sarzo "a lot of the Quiet Riot songs ended up on the [Osbourne] albums under different titles. Obviously Randy thought we'd never use those songs again so he'd give the riffs to Ozzy who'd come up with new words." For example, the main riff of the Osbourne song "[[Suicide Solution]]" originated as a secondary riff during the verse of a Quiet Riot demo recording entitled "Force of Habit".<ref name="juke/ref">[[Juke Magazine]] October 22, 1983 - "America Calling" section featuring Quiet Riot by Tamara Handii, p. 16.</ref>

According to DuBrow, Rhoads' departure from Quiet Riot in 1979 appeared to be the end of the line, saying that the loss "didn't derail the band, it ended it."<ref name="Revisited" /> He and Forsyth attempted to carry on under the Quiet Riot name for a short time with the addition of guitarist [[Greg Leon]] before the band officially broke up in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1709 |title=Quiet Riot profile |publisher=Metal Archives |access-date=July 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tartareandesire.com/bands/Quiet_Riot/2452/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110042143/http://www.tartareandesire.com/bands/Quiet_Riot/2452/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 10, 2007 |title=Tartarean Desire |publisher=Tartarean Desire |access-date=July 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sleazeroxx.com/interviews/leon.shtml |title=Greg Leon interview |publisher=Sleazeroxx |date=March 25, 2007 |access-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719085910/http://www.sleazeroxx.com/interviews/leon.shtml |archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref> Leon was very succinct when asked why his time in Quiet Riot was so brief, saying "Kevin DuBrow was impossible to work with."<ref name="leon">{{cite web |last1=Daly |first1=Andrew |title=Before Mick Mars, Greg Leon was Mötley Crüe's original guitarist |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/greg-leon-motley-crue |publisher=GuitarWorld.com |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref> Following the demise of Quiet Riot, Dubrow recruited former [[Gamma (band)|Gamma]] drummer Skip Gillette and played shows in the L.A club circuit for approximately two years under the band name DuBrow.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}