1975–1989

Quiet Riot was formed in 1975 by vocalist Kevin DuBrow, guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Kelly Garni and drummer Drew Forsyth.^[1] Garni left in late 1978, after an altercation with Rhoads in which he reportedly almost shot the guitarist.^[2] He was later replaced by Rudy Sarzo, who was credited on Quiet Riot II despite not performing on the album.^[3] Rhoads left in late 1979, after he was hired by Ozzy Osbourne to join his solo band.^[4] Rhoads and DuBrow offered the guitarist position to Greg Leon, who joined early the next year alongside bassist Gary Van Dyke, following Sarzo's subsequent departure.^[5][6] The new lineup subsequently dropped the Quiet Riot moniker and briefly worked under DuBrow's name, changing personnel several times, although no new music was released during this period.^[1]

The band returned in September 1982 with DuBrow, Sarzo, guitarist Carlos Cavazo and drummer Frankie Banali.^[7][8] Sarzo would later leave in January 1985,^[9] with Chuck Wright (who had performed with the group during its tenure as "DuBrow") taking his place.^[1] Following several years of "outlandish and bratty behavior", DuBrow was fired from Quiet Riot in February 1987,^[10] with the remaining members of the band claiming that the vocalist "had become a very serious detriment to Quiet Riot".^[11] He was replaced by Rough Cutt frontman Paul Shortino, while Wright was replaced by Sean McNabb around the same time.^[12] Both new members performed on the band's sixth studio QR, released in October 1988.^[1] DuBrow sued Quiet Riot over use of the band name in 1989, leading to the group's dissolution.^[1]

1991–2007

The vocalist subsequently formed Little Women, later to be renamed ‘Heat’ with English blues guitarist Sean Manning and composed songs together for a new album. They were joined by bassist Kenny Hillery and drummer Pat Ashby… the band was later renamed Quiet Riot once again upon the return of Cavazo in June 1991.^[13] Ashby was soon replaced by Bobby Rondinelli, who performed on part of the 1993 release Terrified, before Banali returned to complete the album.^[14][15] Wright subsequently returned to the band in 1994, remaining for three years before Sarzo took his place again after reuniting with his former bandmates at a party hosted by Marilyn Manson.^[7] The lineup of Quiet Riot remained stable for six years, during which time it released two studio albums – Alive and Well and Guilty Pleasures – except for three concerts in August 2002, in which former vocalist Shortino filled in for DuBrow for three concerts when DuBrow became ill with the flu.^[16] In September 2003, it was announced that the band had broken up following differences between members.^[17]

The group's breakup was short-lived, however, as just over a year later Quiet Riot returned with a lineup including DuBrow, Banali, former bassist Wright, and new guitarist Alex Grossi.^[18] Grossi was briefly replaced by Tracii Guns in December 2005,^[19] although he left after just a month due to musical differences.^[20] Neil Citron recorded guitar for the band's eleventh studio album Rehab, while Billy Morris took over as touring guitarist.^[21] Wright was also replaced briefly, by Tony Franklin in the studio, before both he and Grossi returned to the band.^[22] Quiet Riot remained active for another year, when frontman DuBrow was found dead on November 25, 2007.^[23] It was announced later that the singer had died of an "accidental cocaine overdose".^[24] Banali later announced that the group would not continue.^[25]

2010 onwards

Three years after DuBrow's death, Quiet Riot reformed with new vocalist Mark Huff joining Grossi, Wright and Banali.^[26] Huff was fired in January 2012, with former Montrose frontman Keith St. John taking his place for a string of shows in February.^[27] Scott Vokoun was later enlisted as Huff's permanent replacement in March.^[28] Vokoun remained in the group until the following November, when he was replaced by Love/Hate frontman Jizzy Pearl.^[29] Pearl contributed to the band's first studio album in eight years, 2014's Quiet Riot 10, before leaving in December 2016 to focus on his solo career, with Seann Nicols taking his place.^[30] Nicols remained for only a few months, however, before he was replaced by James Durbin in March 2017.^[31] Durbin later re-recorded Nichols's vocals for the album Road Rage.^[32] In 2019, Durbin left to focus on his solo career, with Pearl returning to the band. On August 20, 2020, Banali passed away from pancreatic cancer, at the age of 68. He was eventually replaced by Danzig and former Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly. Nearly a year after Banali's death, Quiet Riot announced that bassist Rudy Sarzo was rejoining the band after an eighteen-year hiatus, once again replacing Chuck Wright.

Current

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Rudy Sarzo	1978–1979 1982–1985 1987 1997–2003 2021–present [33]	bass backing vocals	Metal Health (1983) Condition Critical (1984) Alive and Well (1999) Guilty Pleasures (2001) Live in the 21st Century (2003) Live & Rare Volume 1 (2005) Live at the US Festival 1983 (2012) Quiet Riot 10 (2014)
	Alex Grossi	2004–2005 2006–2007 2010–present	guitar	Rehab (2006) – two tracks only Quiet Riot 10 (2014) Road Rage (2017) One Night in Milan (2019) Hollywood Cowboys (2019)
	Jizzy Pearl	2013–2016 2019–present	lead vocals	Quiet Riot 10 (2014)
	Johnny Kelly	2019–2020 (touring) 2020–present	drums	none

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Kevin DuBrow	1975–1979 1982–1987 1991–2003 2004–2007 (until his death)	lead vocals	all Quiet Riot releases from Quiet Riot (1978) to Quiet Riot 10 (2014), except QR (1988) and '89 Live in Japan (2004)
	Drew Forsyth	1975–1979	drums	Quiet Riot (1978) Quiet Riot II (1979) The Randy Rhoads Years (1993)
	Randy Rhoads	1975–1979 (died 1982)	guitar
	Kelly Garni	1975–1978	bass
	Greg Leon	1979–1982	guitar	none
	Gary Van Dyke	1980–1982	bass
	Carlos Cavazo	1982–1989 1991–2003	guitar backing vocals	all Quiet Riot releases from Metal Health (1983) to Live & Rare Volume 1 (2005) Live at the US Festival 1983 (2012)
	Frankie Banali	1982–1989 1993–2003 2004–2007 2010–2020 (until his death)	drums percussion occasional backing vocals	all Quiet Riot releases from Metal Health (1983) to Hollywood Cowboys (2019) except The Randy Rhoads Years (1993)
	Kjell Benner	1985	bass	—
	Chuck Wright	1985–1987 1994–1997 2004–2006 2006–2007 2010–2021	bass backing vocals	Metal Health (1983) - two tracks only QR III (1986) Down to the Bone (1995) Live & Rare Volume 1 (2005) Quiet Riot 10 (2014) Road Rage (2017) One Night in Milan (2019) Hollywood Cowboys (2019)
	Paul Shortino	1987-1989 2002 (fill-in)	lead vocals	QR (1988) '89 Live in Japan (2004)
	Sean McNabb	1987–1989 2006	bass backing vocals
	Kenny Hillery	1991–1994 (died 1996)	bass	Terrified (1993)
	Pat Ashby	1991	drums	—
	Bobby Rondinelli	1991–1993		Terrified (1993)
	Matt Littell	1995	bass	Down to the Bone (1995)
	Bjorn Englen	1995		—
	Ty Westerhoff
	Tracii Guns	2005–2006	guitar
	Neil Citron	2006 (session only)		Rehab (2006)
	Tony Franklin		bass
	Billy Morris	2006	guitar	—
	Steve Fister
	Mark Huff	2010–2012	lead vocals
	Keith St. John	2012
	Scott Vokoun	2012–2013
	Seann Nicols	2016–2017		"The Seeker" - single (2017)[34][lower-alpha 1]
	James Durbin	2017–2019		Road Rage (2017) One Night in Milan (2019) Hollywood Cowboys (2019)
	Mike Dupke	2019	drums	—

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