Year : 1995 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 197 mb
Bio:
Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band, best known for their hit singles "Metal Health" and "Cum on Feel the Noize". The band was founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni under the original name Mach 1, before changing the name to Little Women and finally Quiet Riot in May 1975. The band's name was inspired by a conversation with Rick Parfitt of the British band Status Quo, in which Parfitt said he'd like to name a band "Quite Right",and his thick English accent made it sound like he was saying "Quiet Riot".The band is ranked at No. 100 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".The original line-up featured Rhoads and Garni with lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow and drummer Drew Forsyth. Their most commercially successful lineup consisted of DuBrow alongside guitarist Carlos Cavazo, bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Frankie Banali, and in 1983 released their breakthrough album Metal Health, which is known for being the first heavy metal album to top the Billboard album chart. Despite several lineup changes and brief breakups, Quiet Riot continued to record and tour until DuBrow's death from an accidental cocaine overdose in 2007.Banali revived the band in 2010, and the current lineup consists of himself on drums, lead vocalist Jizzy Pearl, bassist Chuck Wright and guitarist Alex Grossi.
Album:
Japan edition with 2 bonus tracks.Down to the Bone is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot, released by Kamikaze in 1995. It was recorded at Ocean Studios, Burbank Calif.,The Track House, Van Nuys, Calif., and Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California.After Quiet Riot reformed in the early 1990s, the 1993 album Terrified was released, although it failed to become a commercial success. The band soon recorded their eighth studio album, Down to the Bone, which was produced by lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow, with executive producer Ron Sobol. Like Terrified, the album was not a commercial success, and initially sold approximately 20,000 copies. Released via Kamikaze Records, a label purposely set up to release the album, the idea was that if the album became a success then the label would sign other bands that DuBrow would produce. In a 2011 interview with Sobol for Spark Plug magazine, interviewer Hugh Asnen asked of his work within the music scene into the 1990s. Sobol stated "In the mid-nineties Kevin and I started a record label specifically to release the Quiet Riot album "Down To The Bone". If the record would've been a hit, we had plans to sign other bands. And Kevin would produce them. Ultimately, I was lucky I broke even. The album sold about 20,000 copies. We recorded on an inexpensive budget. And one place where we were naive with the overall project's budget was with the cover art."In relation to the album's artwork, Asnen noted "it was a great album cover.'" Sobol responded "Sure. But looking back, we spent way too much money on it. As far as the music, the style on the album was essentially Quiet Riot, but we chose to include a song written by another artist called "Pretty Pack 'O Lies". It was that grunge thing, kind of. Maybe Soundgarden. And not necessarily Nirvana, but taking on that "Lies" song, we were aware of those type bands. It was a good song, but I guess the time was passed for Quiet Riot, and only hardcore fans bought the album. There was a successful tour. But it was of smaller venues." Asnen noted "Well, personally, I loved the album when it came out. "Dig" and "Whatever It Takes" were great tracks. And it was always cool to see them performed live." Sobol replied "Those two songs were my favorites on the album! Kevin did a great job producing the album too. It was a great sounding record."The album's artwork was inspired by the artwork of American progressive metal band Fates Warning's 1985 album The Spectre Within. Quiet Riot wanted a similar look for the Down to the Bone album. The focus of the artwork was to be the band's mascot character of previous albums. The artwork was later reproduced as posters, T-shirts, stickers, backstage passes, tour backdrops and sold as a limited edition print. The artwork's creator Ioannis, later sold the original artwork for $8000 circa 2008. He recalled "At first I kinda dragged my feet but then I really got into the technique and it turned into one of my favorite dark metal illustrations. We met at their hotel during one of their dates on tour and went over everything, both Frankie Bannali and Kevin Dubrow were great guys."In the Billboard Magazine issue dated March 4, 1995, an article featuring a short interview with DuBrow stated that after MTV had made it clear that they didn't want to play clips of bands like Quiet Riot, the band reeled a remake of the Kinks' classic "All Day and All of the Night" for distribution via computer online services.In a 2001 interview with DuBrow for Metal Sludge, DuBrow was asked to choose which album he preferred between Down to the Bone and the band's 1986 album QR III. DuBrow chose Down to the Bone and explained "A lot of people didn't really get "Down to the Bone" but I dug it. I thought it was really musical and adventurous. "QR III" was such an abomination because of the producer Spencer Proffer."The album was released by Kamikaze Records on CD and cassette in America and Canada only.Like the band's previous 1993 album Terrified, the album was released on CD in Japan via Alfa Records, Inc. This was the only version of the album to feature two exclusive bonus tracks; "Slam Dunk" and "Love Can Change You". "Slam Dunk", written by DuBrow and Perris, was originally recorded in 1991 by Pretty Boy Floyd for the movie Switch.Additionally a newly recorded Quiet Riot version of "Slam Dunk" would later appear on the band's following 1999 studio album Alive and Well.
Line Up:
Kevin Dubrow - lead vocals
Carlos Cavazo – guitars, backing vocals
Chuck Wright - bass (tracks: 1, 3 to 14)
Frankie Banali – drums
+ guest:
Matt Littrell - bass on "Pretty Pack 'o Lies"
Ron Day - backing vocals
Production:
Recorded At – Ocean Studios
Recorded At – Track House, Van Nuys
Recorded At – Paramount Recording Studios
Mixed At – Track Record
Mastered At – Man Alive Music Productions
Art Direction – Ioannis
Design – Stephen Jacaruso
Engineer – Barry Connaly, Chris Minto, Geoff Gibbs
Executive-Producer – Ron Sobol
Legal [Representation] – Stephen Ashley
Liner Notes – 佐藤 基
Liner Notes [解説] – Mayo Baba
Mastered By – Paul Tavenner
Mixed By – Ricky Delena, Ricky Delena
Producer – Kevin DuBrow
Tracklist:
01. Dig
02. Pretty Pack O' Lies
03. All Day and All of the Night (Cover The Kinks)
04. Whatever it Takes
05. Wings of a Cloud
06. Trouble Again
07. Down to the Bone
08. Voodoo Brew
09. Monday Morning Breakdown
10. Live Til it Hurts
11. Twisted
12. All Wound Up
13. Hell or High Water
14. Wings of a Cloud (revisited)
15. Slam Dunk (Bonus Track)
16. Love Can Change You (Bonus Track)
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