Quiet Riot II

Quiet Riot II
Studio album by Quiet Riot
Released	December 2, 1978 [1] [2]
Recorded	August–November 1978
Studio	The Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre	Hard rock glam rock [3]
Length	41:13
Label	CBS Sony
Producer	Warren Entner, Lee De Carlo
Quiet Riot chronology
Quiet Riot (1978) Quiet Riot II (1978) Metal Health (1983)

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AllMusic	[4]

Quiet Riot II is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot, released exclusively in Japan on December 2, 1978. ^{[1] [2]} It's the last Quiet Riot album to feature guitarist Randy Rhoads, who departed the following year to play for Ozzy Osbourne's solo career.

Overview

Although bassist Rudy Sarzo is credited and pictured on the album cover, Quiet Riot II was recorded before he joined the band, and the work of bassist Kelly Garni is featured on the album. Tensions between Garni and vocalist Kevin DuBrow boiled over during the album's recording, with Garni hatching a plan to shoot and kill DuBrow at the studio. Garni was arrested and immediately fired from Quiet Riot. ^[5]

The track Afterglow (Of Your Love) is a cover of a song by The Small Faces, composed by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. The album's opening track, "Slick Black Cadillac", was re-recorded by Quiet Riot for their 1983 breakthrough album Metal Health .

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Slick Black Cadillac"	Kevin DuBrow Randy Rhoads	5:10
2.	"You Drive Me Crazy"	DuBrow Rhoads	4:17
3.	"Afterglow (Of Your Love)" (Small Faces cover)	Steve Marriott Ronnie Lane	3:37
4.	"Eye for an Eye"	DuBrow Rhoads Ron Sobol	4:02
5.	"Trouble"	DuBrow Rhoads	5:10
6.	"Killer Girls"	DuBrow Rhoads Sobol	4:50
7.	"Face to Face"	DuBrow Rhoads	4:38
8.	"Inside You"	DuBrow	4:49
9.	"We've Got the Magic"	Rhoads	4:40

Personnel

Quiet Riot

• Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals
• Randy Rhoads – guitars, organ, backing vocals
• Drew Forsyth – drums, syndrum, backing vocals
• Rudy Sarzo – bass (credited as band member but does not play on album)

Additional musicians

• Kelly Garni – bass, backing vocals (uncredited)
• The Killer Bees – backing vocals

Production

• Warren Entner – producer, manager
• Lee De Carlo – producer

References

1. "Quiet Riot : Quiet Riot II". www.spirit-of-metal.com. December 2, 1978. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
2. "Quiet Riot II". QUIET RIOT UNOFFICIAL DATABASE (in Japanese). December 2, 1978. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
3. "Ozzy Osbourne - Tribute". Invisible Oranges . March 18, 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
4. Quiet Riot II at AllMusic
5. "Quiet Riot's Kelly Garni Said He Once Tried to Kill Kevin DuBrow". ultimateclassicrock.com. March 5, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.