Editing Quiet Riot (section)

===Rebirth and ''Metal Health'' success (1982–1984)===
In early 1982, having recruited drummer [[Frankie Banali]], bassist [[Chuck Wright]], and guitarist [[Carlos Cavazo]], DuBrow contacted Rhoads to ask if he had any objections to him reviving the name Quiet Riot for his new band. Rhoads gave him his blessing but said he wanted to check with Rudy Sarzo first. Sarzo had no objections, and Quiet Riot was thus reborn after a two-year hiatus.<ref name="SarzoMemoir">Sarzo, Rudy (2017). Off the Rails (third edition). CreateSpace Publishing. {{ISBN|1-53743-746-1}}</ref> Rhoads died in a plane crash while on tour with Osbourne in March 1982, and Sarzo subsequently left Osbourne's band a few months later, having a difficult time coping with the grief of losing his close friend and bandmate.<ref name="SarzoMemoir" /> The reformed Quiet Riot was recording a new song called "Thunderbird" as a tribute to Rhoads, and DuBrow called Sarzo to ask if he'd like to participate in the recording. The lineup of DuBrow, Sarzo, Cavazo, and Banali had so much fun recording the track that they wound up recording more than half of the new album in the process.<ref name="juke/ref"/> Bassist Wright had already been briefly replaced by Gary Van Dyke (Hollywood Stars, Virgin), but the arrangement was not working out and Sarzo was subsequently welcomed back to Quiet Riot as a full time member.<ref name="juke/ref" /> Coming so soon after Rhoads' death, there was some question over the appropriateness of the new band using the Quiet Riot name. Rhoads' mother Delores encouraged the band,<ref name="SarzoMemoir" /> and in the end it was decided that "although Randy wouldn't be in it, the original spirit of the band was back," according to Sarzo.<ref name="juke/ref" />

In September 1982, with help from producer [[Spencer Proffer]], Quiet Riot finally signed a US recording contract with [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]] and the album ''[[Metal Health]]'' was released on March 11, 1983. The group's landmark single "[[Cum On Feel the Noize]]" was released on August 27, 1983. A cover of a 1973 song by [[Slade]], the single spent two weeks at No.&nbsp;5 on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' Hot 100 chart in November 1983 and made history as the first heavy metal song to ever crack the Hot 100. The success of the single was instrumental in ushering in a new era of unparalleled success for heavy metal music in the 1980s and helped carry the album ''Metal Health'' to the top of ''Billboard'' album chart, making it the first American heavy metal debut album to reach No.&nbsp;1 in the United States. On November 26, 1983, Quiet Riot became the first heavy metal band to have a top 5 hit and No.&nbsp;1 album in the same week.{{citation needed|date=September 2010}} Their success was aided in no small part by the "Cum On Feel the Noize" video's heavy rotation on MTV.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} Exposure in the popular film ''Footloose'' helped spark airplay of the title track. ''Metal Health'' displaced [[The Police]]'s ''[[Synchronicity (The Police album)|Synchronicity]]'' at No.&nbsp;1 and stayed there for just a week until [[Lionel Richie]]'s ''[[Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)|Can't Slow Down]]'' took over the No.&nbsp;1 spot.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

''Metal Health'''s [[Metal Health (song)|title track]] charted in early 1984 and peaked at No.&nbsp;31. The song was placed at No.&nbsp;41 on VH1's ''Top 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs''.<ref>{{cite web |title= VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs |url= http://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/franchises/list/ |access-date= October 5, 2015 |date= January 5, 2009}}</ref> The album ''Metal Health'' would ultimately sell over six million copies in the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/the_classic_albums_quiet_riots_metal_health.html |title=Carlos Cavazo interview |publisher=Ultimate Guitar |date=June 10, 2009 |access-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820030609/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/the_classic_albums_quiet_riots_metal_health.html |archive-date=August 20, 2010}}</ref>

In support of ''Metal Health'', Quiet Riot toured North America as the opening act for [[ZZ Top]] on their [[Eliminator Tour]] for selected dates in June, July and September 1983, and [[Black Sabbath]] on their [[Born Again Tour 1983|''Born Again'' tour]] from October 1983 through March 1984.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}