The group’s follow-up, Condition Critical , was released on July 27

The group’s follow-up, Condition Critical , was released on July 27, 1984. Though successful in its own right, it failed to match the critical and commercial success of its predecessor, selling 1 million units and reaching only No. 15 on the Billboard album chart. This release included another Slade cover ” Mama Weer All Crazee Now “, which was released as a single alongside a video that was played in heavy rotation on MTV. Frustrated over the album’s failure to duplicate the success of its predecessor, DuBrow began expressing his opinion in the heavy metal press that many bands in the Los Angeles metal scene owed their success to what he saw as the doors opened for them by Quiet Riot. At one point, he even compared his band to the Beatles . DuBrow’s verbal assaults angered many of Quiet Riot’s musical contemporaries and alienated fans.