On July 14, 2026, it was announced Jizzy Pearl would be departing the band after fulfilling the band’s 2026 tour dates. The band also announced they are searching for a new vocalist.
In September 2023, Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy told AXS TV that only a small number of bands had “really kickstarted things” on the Sunset Strip, naming Roxx Regime (later Stryper ), Dante Fox (later Great White ), W.A.S.P. , Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe , and Ratt as the core group.
On August 2, 2021, Quiet Riot announced that former bassist Rudy Sarzo would rejoin the band in early 2022, once again replacing Chuck Wright . However, Sarzo played his first show with the band in nearly two decades at The Groove Music Hall in Woodford, Virginia on November 6, 2021.…
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On August 20, 2020, Banali died from pancreatic cancer, which he had been diagnosed with sixteen months earlier, leaving him as the second member of the Metal Health -era lineup to die, following DuBrow in 2007.
On September 9, 2020, Quiet Riot announced on their Facebook page that would continue on without Banali, who had wished that they keep the music and legacy of the band alive. He was replaced by Johnny Kelly , who had filled in for Banali on the band’s 2019 and 2020…
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Banali was forced to sit out several Quiet Riot shows throughout 2019 as he was receiving treatment for stage-IV pancreatic cancer , though he did not reveal his diagnosis until October of that year. He was replaced by either former Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly or former W.A.S.P. drummer…
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Vocalist Jizzy Pearl departed the band at the end of 2016 to concentrate on his solo career, and was replaced by former Adler’s Appetite and Icon vocalist Seann Nicols, formerly known as Sheldon Tarsha . On February 13, 2017, the band announced that they would release a new album Road…
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A Quiet Riot documentary movie, titled ” Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back ” (named after a lyric in the band’s hit song “Bang Your Head (Metal Health)”) and directed and produced by Banali’s fiancee Regina Russell , was completed around this time. It premiered at the Newport…
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In December 2013, Frankie Banali was interviewed by Loudwire , during which he discussed the future of Quiet Riot as well as their upcoming album. He revealed that the album would feature six new songs recorded in the studio, with former bassist Rudy Sarzo and Rehab session bassist Tony Franklin…
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In November 2013, it was announced that Scott Vokoun had amicably parted ways with Quiet Riot, and that his replacement was Love/Hate vocalist Jizzy Pearl , who played his first show with the band on December 31 in Flagstaff, Arizona. The band then were reported to be in the recording…
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