Quiet Riot: A Look into the Band’s History Throughout the Decades

Charlie O'Brien
21 min readJan 5, 2023

The band ‘Quiet Riot’ started out strong right from the beginning. They had a distinct sound that audiences loved, with excellent vocals, and instrumentals that garnered them a great deal of fans. They were listed on VH1’s ‘100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock’, ranked at number 100.

Quiet Riot was first founded in 1973, in Los Angeles, California. The heavy metal band was formed by guitarist Randy Rhoads, and bassist Kelly Garni. Over the years, the band had undergone a series of changeups, as it progressed throughout…

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Charlie O'Brien

Charlie O’Brien is a freelance writer of fiction, and non-fiction, and also a poet. He loves writing author biographies, and articles about true crime.