Editing Quiet Riot (section)

===Steady decline and DuBrow's firing (1984–1989)===
The group's follow-up, ''[[Condition Critical]]'', was released on July 27, 1984. Though successful, it was a relative critical and commercial disappointment, selling 1 million units and reaching only No.&nbsp;15 on the Billboard album chart.<ref name="magazine">''Billboard'', August 18, 1984: ''Top LPs & Tape''</ref> This release included another Slade cover "[[Mama Weer All Crazee Now]]", which was released as a single alongside a video that was played in heavy rotation on MTV.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5I4br0t7cwC&dq=programming+rotation+quiet+riot+%22mama+weer%22&pg=PT25 |title=Billboard |date=1984-07-21 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> Frustrated over the album's failure to duplicate the success of its predecessor, DuBrow began expressing his opinion in the heavy metal press that many bands in the Los Angeles metal scene owed their success to what he saw as the doors opened for them by Quiet Riot. At one point, he even compared his band to [[the Beatles]]. DuBrow's verbal assaults angered many of Quiet Riot's musical contemporaries and alienated fans.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

DuBrow's tirades led to fan backlash and clashes in the media with several other Los Angeles-based metal bands, which resulted in Rudy Sarzo quitting the group in March 1985.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Van Matre |first1=Lynn |title=Tempo Rock Notes |work=Chicago Tribune |date=March 21, 1985}}</ref> After auditions, Kjel Benner was brought in to complete previously booked South American tour dates in April 1985.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kjel Benner: Quakertown To Quiet Riot |url= https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1985-07-19-2489518-story.html/ |publisher=The Morning Call |access-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref> Despite any lingering hard feelings between DuBrow and Sarzo, the bassist briefly rejoined his former bandmates in May 1985 for the [[Hear 'n Aid]] sessions, a charity project headed by [[Ronnie James Dio]] to raise money for African famine relief. Sarzo resurfaced with former Ozzy Osbourne bandmate [[Tommy Aldridge]] two years later in [[Whitesnake]], touring in support of the band's hugely successful [[Whitesnake (album)|self-titled 1987 album]]. Sarzo was permanently replaced in Quiet Riot by a reinstated Chuck Wright, after five years' absence from the band.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chuck Wright Interview |url= http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/chuck-wright-interview-quiet-riot/ |publisher=Music Legends |access-date=July 3, 2013 |date= June 5, 2008}}</ref> and the group temporarily added keyboardist [[John Purdell]] for their 1986 tour. That year, the album ''[[QR III]]'' was released and became another commercial disappointment.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

Fed up with DuBrow's antics and pressure from the band's management and record label, the rest of Quiet Riot fired DuBrow from his own band in February 1987 and replaced him with former [[Rough Cutt]] vocalist [[Paul Shortino]], leaving no original members in the band. Chuck Wright left the band shortly thereafter, and Sarzo was invited to return. Sarzo agreed, and while technically back in the band and even featured in some press photos for this brief liaison, he was also committed to Whitesnake at the time and could not continue onward. The group then recruited [[Sean McNabb]] for the bassist slot. The revamped band released their second self-titled album, ''[[QR (album)|Quiet Riot]]'' (also known as ''QR IV''), in October 1988. The album failed to return the band to its commercial glory. In April 1989, the band members went their separate ways. A show from their final tour was shot in Japan and was archived by [[Frankie Banali]] who retained the copyright of the video production master through his Red Samurai Music Production Company and later collaborated with Jack Edward Sawyers in 2004 to create a DVD released for the titled ''[['89 Live in Japan]]''. Frankie Banali resurfaced on the [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] album ''[[The Headless Children]]'', and played some shows with [[Faster Pussycat]]. Sean McNabb joined [[House of Lords (band)|House of Lords]] in 1991, where he replaced Chuck Wright, the bass player whom he had also replaced in Quiet Riot. Kevin DuBrow subsequently fought in court to keep control of the band's name.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}