Quiet Riot, 'I Can't Hold On' -- New Track

I certainly did not expect a new Quiet Riot song featuring Kevin DuBrow on vocals and Frankie Banali on drums - but here we are. It was thought the song "I Can't Hold On" was lost forever, until it was found on an old iPod back in 2021. The song is about 20 years old and it is pretty amazing. In fact, "I Can't Hold On" might be one of the best QR songs, period.

After the song was found on the iPod. It was in demo form and never completed. Guitarist Alex Grossi and DuBrow wrote the song together and the remastered, finished track now also features Rudy Sarzo. You may recall Sarzo was in Quiet Riot back in the Metal Health days - and he's in the band with Grossi today.

A video for the song with old photos of DuBrow and Banali are below. The clip choked me up a little. The live Rocklahoma footage hit me extra hard because 1) I got to see that performance and 2) DuBrow was dead just four months later and I covered his passing in the news show I was producing at the time.

Comments

[Kixchix]

Very nice tribute. Good song. Can’t believe that Rocklahoma was 15 years ago. I love this genre🤘

[Mr Peterson]

Great tribute. Very fitting song. (Kevin and Alex knocked that out of the park. Little did they realize….) RIP Kev & Frankie. God time flies.