As requested, here a pretty rare and really good release: QUIET RIOT : ”2 Live Biscuits [2 Radio Shows King Biscuit Flower Hour 1983 & 1984]”. Released by Austrian quality bootleg label “Cannonball”, this double-CD packs, as promised in the tin, two shows professionally recorded to be aired by the excellent KBFH radio show.
This is more than a bootleg – in fact, these are the best QUIET RIOT live recordings we ever heard, better than the official live albums.
Disc 1 was captured at Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA, May 6th, 1983, and Disc 2, San Antonio Civic Center, TX, Oct. 19th, 1984. While the 1984 show surfaced on many bootlegs, the 1983 Perkins Palace performance is pretty rare, captured only two months after “Metal Health” was released.
Sound quality on both shows is fantastic, multi-track recordings where everything comes crystal clear, a true live recording but where you can actually hear all instruments / voices perfectly mixed. Rudy Sarzo’s bass just kills.
”2 Live Biscuits [2 Radio Shows King Biscuit Flower Hour 1983 & 1984]” isn’t available anymore, no streaming. A phenomenal 2-disc set from the mighty Quiet Riot.
A couple of months prior to the show being recorded in May of 1983, Quiet Riot was just a LA-based metal bar band, armed with guitars, make-up, spandex pants, and lots of hairspray. Their rise to fame coincided with MTV and the fact that the innovative music channel was looking for bands that were big on fashion and short of musical depth: feel-good, party rock.
Thanks to a hit borrowed from the U.K.’s glam rockers Slade, Quiet Riot soon became staples of the FM rock radio scene.
This May 6th, 1983, show was performed two months after the band rose to prominence, and it is clear they still had not tightened their musical chops. However, lead singer Kevin Dubrow more than makes up for that with his undeniable stage charisma.
Additionally, and while the band isn’t that oiled yet as on the other 1984 show, there’s some kind of magic, a still semi-pro performance that makes this our favorite Quiet Riot live recording ever.
Recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour while Quiet Riot was promoting ‘Metal Health’, this show presents the picture-perfect MTV rockers at a time when their popularity was at a peak. “Breathless,” “Danger Zone,” “Run For Cover,” “Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet,” “Cum On Feel The Noize,” and show closer “Metal Health (Bang Your Head),” are all here, making this a greatest hits show for the band that exemplified the glam metal scene of early-’80s Los Angeles.
Disc 2 was recorded in 1984 for the King Biscuit Flower Hour while Quiet Riot was promoting its fourth release, ‘Condition Critical’. “Party All Night,” “Condition Critical,” “Run For Cover,” “Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet,” “Cum On Feel The Noize,” “Metal Health (Bang Your Head),” and “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” are among the track list.
At the time Quiet Riot still was one of the biggest acts in the U.S. and Europe. The band’s radio success and ability to fill arenas would be short-lived, and after 1985 never again duplicated despite dozens of reunions and reformations with other members.
Great 2-disc set
Highly Recommended
CD1 Live at KBFH, Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA, May 6th, 1983
01 – Intro
02 – Danger Zone / Run For Cover
03 – Love’s A Bitch
04 – Anytime You Want Me
05 – Cum On Feel The Noize / Slick Black Cadillac
06 – Gonna Have A Riot
07 – Breathless
08 – Let’s Get Crazy
09 – Band Intros
10 – Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet
11 – Metal Health (Bang Your Head)
CD2 Live at KBFH, San Antonio Civic Center, TX, Oct. 19th, 1984
01 – Intro
02 – Sign Of The Times
03 – Slick Black Cadillac
04 – Party All Night
05 – Condition Critical
06 – Run For Cover
07 – Drum Solo
08 – Winners Take All
09 – Let’s Get Crazy / Guitar Solo
10 – Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet
11 – Cum On Feel The Noize
12 – Metal Health (Bang Your Head)
13 – Crowd / Band Intros
14 – Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Vocals – Kevin Dubrow
Bass, Vocals – Rudy Sarzo
Drums, Percussion – Frankie Banali
Guitar – Carlos Cavazo
QUIET RIOT – 2 Live Biscuits [2 Radio Shows King Biscuit Flower Hour 1983 & 1984], MP3+FLAC
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