Late QUIET RIOT Singer KEVIN DUBROW Honored With Shrunken Head At The Golden Tiki In Las Vegas

Late QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow was honored with a shrunken head on Wednesday (April 27) at The Golden Tiki in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Attending the revealing have been fellow musicians Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, THE DEAD DAISIES),Todd Kerns (SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS) and Alex Grossi (QUIET RIOT),in addition to SiriusXM persona Eddie Trunk.

DuBrow joined a number of celebrities who’ve been honored with shrunken heads over time, together with Sammy Hagar, Rod Stewart, Vinnie Paul Abbott (PANTERA, HELLYEAH) and Wealthy Little.

DuBrow, who shaped QUIET RIOT with guitarist Randy Rhoads in 1975, died in November 2007 of an unintentional cocaine overdose.

DuBrow recorded a solo album in 2004, the all-covers set “In For The Kill”, and his last studio CD with QUIET RIOT, “Rehab”, got here out in October 2006.

The veteran rock group’s final assortment of recent materials was 2019’s “Hollywood Cowboys”, which marked drummer Frankie Banali‘s last QUIET RIOT studio album earlier than his premature demise.

Banali, who joined QUIET RIOT in 1982 and performed on its breakthrough album, 1983’s “Steel Well being”, died in August 2020 after a 16-month battle with pancreatic most cancers.

The surviving members of QUIET RIOT later stated it was “Frankie Banali‘s want that the band proceed and we maintain the music and the legacy alive.”

Bassist Rudy Sarzo not too long ago that QUIET RIOT‘s upcoming studio album will embrace a track that was initially recorded with DuBrow.

The 71-year-old musician, who not too long ago rejoined QUIET RIOT after an 18-year absence, was one of many members of the band’s “Steel Well being” lineup. He performed bass on the basic LP, which offered over ten million copies and spawned the hits “Cum On Really feel The Noize” and “Steel Well being” and on the follow-up file “Situation Vital”.

Becoming a member of Sarzo in QUIET RIOT‘s present lineup are Grossi, vocalist Jizzy Pearl and drummer Johnny Kelly.

Grossi was within the final model of the band, from 2004 via 2007, earlier than DuBrow handed away, and was requested by Banali to return in 2010.

QUIET RIOT went via two vocalists — Mark Huff and Scott Vokoun — earlier than deciding on Pearl in 2013. Pearl introduced his exit from QUIET RIOT in October 2016 and was briefly changed by Seann Nichols, who performed solely 5 exhibits with the group earlier than the March 2017 arrival of “American Idol” finalist James Durbin. Pearl returned to QUIET RIOT in September 2019.

Positioned in Chinatown, Las Vegas, The Golden Tiki is a journey to a wondrous land the place boundaries are solely restricted to 1’s creativeness. The imaginative and prescient of hospitality veteran Branden Powers, in collaboration with Seth Schorr, Jeff High-quality and Joe Cain, The Golden Tiki has spared no expense in recreating the basic mid-century tiki bar, harking back to Don The Beachcomber and Dealer Vic’s storied institutions.