William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Metal Health ; Year: 1982; Genre: Metal/Hard Rock Haven't picked one from Quiet Riot in a long time now: nearly 13 years to be exact, so another one is very overdue. Metal Health is one of their biggest hits that most have probably heard at some point in their lives. It's actually held up pretty good over the years and to my ears is very slightly dated sounding. Hear Metal Health (Bang Your Head) on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Traffic - Smiling Phases My song pick 2 years ago today: Van der Graaf Generator - The Emperor In His War Room My song pick 3 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - Feel the Thunder My song pick 4 years ago today: The Temptations - War My song pick 5 years ago today: Eric Stuart Band - Lipstick & Barbed Wire My song pick 6 years ago today: Band of Horses - A Little Biblical My song pick 7 years ago today: Kansas - Portrait (He Knew) My song pick 8 years ago today: Nightwish - Passion and the Opera My song p...

A couple of months ago I picked the original version of this song by Slade, however I am picking this song today because yesterday I found out that the lead singer of Quiet Riot, Kevin DuBrow, died. At this time it is unknown what he died of, however speculation at this time is that it was a drug overdose. Be praying for his family and friends. I have always liked this song especially the vocals and drums, however I have never really been a hardcore fan of the band. I like most of what I have heard from them and this is one of my favourites. This track would have probably been picked later on but I believe that it needed to be picked today. Here is the studio version on YouTube. Here is the music video on YouTube. +