Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali is featured in a new career-spanning interview with Bucks Local News. An excerpt is available below:

Q: What was Kevin (DuBrow/vocals) really like, and how is the DuBrow family doing?

Banali: "Kevin was a truly honest person — told anyone and everyone exactly what he thought with no filters. This of course got him into a lot of trouble and made him a lot of enemies. Kevin was my biggest asset and by biggest liability; but he was also the best friend I ever had, even with all the difficulties in our careers and our personal friendship over the years. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss him or wish he was here. I’m very close to Kevin’s mom and the DuBrow family. They are all well and love the Quiet Riot movie, and they are in it!"

Q: How much do Randy (Rhoads/guitars) and Kevin influence what Quiet Riot does now?

Banali: “Randy not so much because the style he played in Quiet Riot is very different to what he did with Ozzy … those styles were different from the Metal Health Quiet Riot. With Kevin, I am very respectful of our shared legacy, so I always try to ensure that I continue to do what he and I always did which is to keep the music centered in the Quiet Riot tradition, while still moving forward and growing.”

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Quiet Riot topped the charts in 1983 with the first #1 heavy metal album (Metal Health) which sold over 10 million copies worldwide, and paved the way for successful metal bands like Mötley Crüe, Poison and Bon Jovi turning the '80s into the decade of heavy metal hair rock.

An unlikely and surprisingly personal narrative to conquer the loss of a friend emerges from an odyssey about the rise, fall and resurrection of an '80s metal band. The career of Frankie Banali, drummer of Quiet Riot, took a major sideswipe when his singer and best friend Kevin DuBrow died in 2007. In 2010 and at a cross roads in his life, Banali has to forge ahead and make a new life for himself and his daughter. At times both utterly tragic, and downright hilarious, the film follows him going through the emotional feat of trying to fill the void left by Kevin and get the band back together one more time.

The 105-minute character-driven documentary goes beyond the guts and glory of the common getting the band back together tale. Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back reveals an unforgettable man who uses ambition, adaptability, relentless determination and principle to navigate through a business, and a series of obstacles that are attempting to control his fate.