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Two Stories, One Band — The Quiet Riot Origin Mystery [Highlight From Episode 358]
Before the platinum records… before Metal Health changed heavy metal forever… there was a beginning — and not everyone remembers it the same way.
In this episode, original bassist Kelly Garni tells his firsthand account of how Quiet Riot actually formed in early-70s Los Angeles. But the story longtime frontman Kevin DuBrow shared publicly over the years paints a very different picture. So which version is true?
We dig into the conflicting origin stories, the friendships, the ambitions, and the mythology that formed one of the most important bands of the Sunset Strip era. Memory, ego, media…
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