MySpace Interviews QUIET RIOT Drummer FRANKIE BANALI
January 4, 2007, 17 years ago
The MySpace Interview recently conducted a one on one with QUIET RIOT drummer FRANKIE BANALI. Highlights include:
How did the members of Quiet Riot meet and how was the name Quiet Riot decided upon?
"Quiet Riot existed in various forms before I joined the band around 1981. I believe that a member of the British group Status Quo suggested a variation of the name which then became Quiet Riot. I met (vocalist) Kevin DuBrow through (bassist) Rudy Sarzo who was in the band at the time. I later suggested to Kevin that we should enlist (guitarist) Carlos Cavazo who was then in the local LA band Snow."Who came up with the iconic image of the man in the metal mask on the cover of Metal Health and your other albums?
"That was a combination of our collective thoughts. Rudy suggested to use some sort of a mask based on the book, The Man In The Iron Mask. I wanted to have the character wear a red leather straight jacket fashioned after a red leather motorcycle jacket that I wore at the time. Kevin suggested to have buttons which each of our faces on the jacket to make the character a fan of the band. Carlos nodded agreement. The final result was artist Stan Watts' version of our ideas."What has been your most memorable performance in your career?
"Probably the 1983 US Festival playing to over 350,000 people and our first headlining show of the Metal Health tour at Market Square Arena which we sold out that 13,500 seater venue."To read the rest of the interview, click here.
