RIP Quiet Riot Singer Dies, So Does Hawthorne Heights’ Guitarist
posted by on November 26 at 11:35 AM
Hat tip to Idolator for both these news bits:
Blabbermouth is reporting Kevin DuBrow, the suspender-wearing lead singer of Quiet Riot, was found dead at his home in Las Vegas over the weekend. Quiet Riot was the first metal band to have its debut album hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts when Metal Health—featuring a cover of Slade’s “Cum On Feel The Noize,” which was a staple of old-school MTV—knocked the Police’s Synchronicity out of the top spot in 1983. The band was still releasing albums and touring, and they played a set at the Rocklahoma festival over the summer. DuBrow was 52.
Also, Casey Calvert, guitarist for Hawthorne Heights (the ex-Victory band that left the label and then sued ‘em), was found dead on the band’s tour bus after a show in D.C. The band insists he wasn’t doing anything illegal (so no drugs), and an autopsy will be done. Calvert, who got married about a year ago, was 25.
The name Hawthorne Heights almost perfectly describes what I'd imagine their fan's suburban housing developments are called.
In all seriousness though, I feel for those close to the deceased, a sentence that, sadly, reads like an album title for this kind of crap.
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