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Title: Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1983, Metal, Glam Metal, Los Angeles, California 5/26
Matrix #: BFZ38443
Condition: VG+ skips on side 2 track 4 but other than that it sounds great (VZ) | Members: Kevin D (55' - 07'), Carlos C (57' - Alive), Rudy S (50' - Alive), Frankie B (51' - 20')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Kevin DuBrow’s hard-living reputation and later cocaine-related death made Quiet Riot’s party-metal image feel much darker in hindsight.
2. Media Narrative: Metal Health became the first metal album to hit No. 1 in the U.S., helping push LA hard rock from clubs into mainstream pop culture.
3. Band Drama: The band’s success carried tension, especially around DuBrow’s public trash talk of other groups, which helped damage industry relationships.