Quiet Riot Documentary Coming To Showtime

The Quiet Riot documentary, called Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back is set to debut on Showtime January 29th. The film has been in production for what seems like forever, so I'm excited to finally see a release date announced. Here's the information about the movie from Showtime's website:

An inspiring documentary chronicling the rise, fall and resurrection of '80s metal band Quiet Riot. The career of Frankie Banali, the band's drummer, reached a serious crossroads when his best friend and bandmate died in 2007. Years later, Banali realizes he must forge ahead and make a new life for himself and his daughter and he goes on a quest to reunite the band and fill the immense void left by his bandmate.

Comments

[Kixchix]

Love, love, love stuff like this. Can't wait to watch. Hope they have some great footage from 1980-1988.

Kevin truly was a great performer and rock singer. Sad that not many saw through his jester persona.

QR got me into hair metal(guess cuz they created it with Crüe). 13 years old and I'm hooked 40 years later!

[Brian C.]

QR got me into metal too. I was in sixth grade and I saw the Wild and the Young video. No turning back after that.

I'll definately watch this.

[Brian L]

so cool..They also got me into metal cannot wait to see this.

[bryon]

Van Halen was my gateway drug into metal, but Quiet Riot was right there with them. Can't wait to see this!

[GNR]

Guess that Kickstarter $$$ is finally coming to fruition !

Be watching for this one for sure. Long lost QR stuff will definitely be a must see.

BTW - if you get a chance watch Showtime's Pauly Shore documentary. Yeah, yeah, he's a hack or a has been or whatever you think of his comedy. But talk about a sincere group of fans supporting an act.

[SparkyDR99]

this is awesome news. I did not know this was a "real" doc, more like a crowdfunded vanity project. Now we need someone to buy the Bang Tango one!

[Badland]

Sounds like a Banali doc more than QR. They were ok for me not a big fan but def a big part in the heavy metal scene. I'll watch it.

[fletch]

For an 8th grade Halloween dance (1983), I went as a clown, my best friend went as a kevin dubrow (black shirt with sleeves cut off, black and silver pants, chuck taylors, homemade armbands tied around biceps, carrying around a metal facemask. I felt like a fool, but said to myself, "He looks cool". Next couple of years, I donned Paul Stanley, Howard Stern, Tom Keifer...never attempted david lee roth, though. you would think, though...

[Rita]

Fletch - I dressed up as Ace Frehley a couple times and went out trick or treating that way a few times. One guy actually made me sing I Was Made For Loving You before he gave me any candy. My last year I dressed as Gene Simmons but my mom said I was too old to go out for candy (I was 13).

Anyhow, this doc sounds interesting, if they cover the scene as a whole. QR had some great songs but I wasn't a huge follower.

[fletch]

have I stuttered? ever>
do I stutter? when and where. ..........where, why..........
no apologies, we will not back down

we're mom and dad...all the way with each of you.

[fletch]

let's keep it right. high school, crissed, crossed paths. always sane, always cultured. we protected each other "from seed to stem" (Colorado dumb lingo)as we continuously protected each one of us and we have you, us.

[Metalboy!]

However this documentary came to be, I'm glad to see Showtime picked it up. Anything to "Bring Back Glam!"

[Dj]

I love Quiet Riot, this would be a cool thing to watch. Regardless of what Frankie says the band died with Kevin.

[Him]

Should be some good stuff on this doc. I will surely watch it when it comes on.

And, in a sense, the distribution deal with Showtime is better than a small-tier distribution deal where it would only have a limited run, then go to video, or get buried right away by going a split route with a limited run and DTV/VOD . . . and then up on HBO or SHOW or VH1 Classic at some point anyways.

Kixchix, I think the jester part of DuBrow's persona is what sold them; it was his alcohol and drug-fueled antics and insecurity (yes, insecurity), coupled with his treatment of others in the industry, that stopped them from going farther. And the Slade connection was a mixed blessing that I also think played a part.

Which is a shame. No one wants to meet their end the way DuBrow did. Banali, on the other hand, is justified in having given mixed signals about the band continuing. He lost a friend and, let's be honest, a paycheck. He's earning a living now and the lineup has stabilized (Pearl is no slouch). Still, Dj is at least half-right: absent DuBrow, you lose something . . . a powerful front man, wig or no wig, and a sizable chunk of an already diminished audience.

[Sidebar: who knows the whole story about Huff? Either way, that was some pretty shady sounding treatment a few years back.]