Quiet Riot Singer Kevin DuBrow Dies at 52

this is such depressing news. saw them in 83@ darien lake's amphitheater in upstate n.y. no warm up, just them! what a freckin great great show. also was 1st show with the best friend a guy could EVER have...bill(foxy) fox. 1st of well over 100 shows w/him. i'm deeply moved by his passing. cant wait 2 c both of them. foxy left us prematurely also. peace and love all

Kevin was a very good friend of mine in high school, at Van Nuys High. We were both music freaks and went to several shows together; in fact, the first time he ever smoked any hashish was in my 1958 VW on the way to a blues show at Royce Hall at UCLA (it was funny-he thought we were going REALLY fast when in fact I was driving the speed limit). In those days we were just spectators, seeing shows and buying LOTS of LP's. Kevin also had a fairly successful T-shirt silk-screening business going, mostly music stuff. My favorite was the iconic symbol Traffic used on their albums.

After high school, I lost touch with him until another friend, an Englishman named Simon who produced music videos, told me he was doing a QR video. He related to me the story Kevin had told him of being "discovered," I think at the Rainbow, by RR or someone else from the band who said they liked his "look" and asked him if he could sing-which he had never tried. So I guess Kevin spent two or three days in front of a mirror, auditioned and got the job. Simon said (as one of the posters above said) that Kevin was a real pain in the ass to work with, but that was just Kevin. Simon died in '94 from the same thing Kevin did.

I eventually relocated to San Diego and always intended to get to one of Kevin's shows, but regretfully I never did. I would have liked to have spoken to Kevin again, because he really did have a joy for living.

I read of Kevin's passing the Tuesday following and was deeply saddened. I had a dream that night where I saw him, not as the 52 year old man he was, but as that kid in high school that I knew. I wanted to hug him and apologize for getting him so high in that old VW, but when I reached out he was a ghost and my arms went right through him.

I hope Kevin's family and friends are able to focus on the good memories, of which I am sure there were very many. I further hope that any of his fans who are caught up in the cycle of substance abuse will be inspired to move on to a more spiritual way of life.

Kevin, save me a seat up there. I'll be glad to see 'ya when when I get there.

G-d Bless Him! He was a great singer and friend and now he is hopefully Jamming with Randy Rhoads (the best guitarist to walk this earth)! Keep Rocking it man from beyond the grave!

It's sad to hear such bad news.

May he rest in peace

METAL HEALTH not mental health birdbrains!! and i salute you MR.DUBROW

"cum on feel the noise" was actually a remake of slade's song. i saw slade do it in the mid-70's. they were on tour with either kiss or aerosmith...cant remember. those who can remember the 70's really didnt experience the 70's!!!!

hey tooni. you a man or woman with name like that. bet you never had the nerve to tell him that when he was alive? but took that check didnt you? if you a man, maybe you upset that he was doing your girl. if a woman, maybe you to ugly and he woldnt do you. sounds as if you have been scored! got nerve bashing someone when there gone. try me im still here! rip kevin!

Kevin was the rudest person I've ever worked with. Prima donna to no end...I had to laugh watching him climb into the car with his fat-azz sqeezed into a pair of skin-tight pleather pants. And that stupid wig was hilarious!

A truely pathetic sight.

RIP KEVIN. IT WAS THE OLD SANDBAR IN PASADENA, MARYLAND. IT WAS MY 45TH B-DAY AND KEVIN AND THE GANG SURE DID MAKE IT THE BEST ONE I EVER HAD. THE TIME BEFORE THAT WAS THE OLD HAMMERJACKS IN BALTIMORE. IF YOU NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THEM, WELL SHAME ON YOU! WELL KEVIN, NOW YOU AND RANDY CAN MAKE SOME NOISE IN HEAVEN! MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND BAND MATES. I FOR ONE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!