by Josh Grossberg Mon. 26 Nov 2007 02:36:17 PM PST
Quiet Riot is marking a moment of silence for its fallen frontman. Kevin DuBrow the zebra-pantsed singer for the hit-making heavy metalheads was found dead in his domiciliate in Las Vegas Sunday. He was 52. News of DuBrow's death was announced on Riot drummer Frankie Banali's Website."I can't change surface sight words to say," he wrote. "Please respect my privacy as I grieve the passing and honor the memory of my dearest friend. Kevin DuBrow."Police and paramedics were alerted by a concerned dwell Sunday afternoon."We got a call to do a welfare check," a Las Vegas Metro Police spokeswoman told E! Online adding that there were no signs of foul play. The rocker was pronounced dead at approximately 5:20 p m. The create of death has not been announced. The Clark County coroner will conduct an autopsy and toxicology tests this week but the official results won't be known for several weeks. In a statement posted online. Quiet rampage bassist Kelly Garni asked fans to reserve judgment until the coroner issues a inform."I ask that no one here furnish any speculation or opinions theories or other things that could be construed as contradict or and I'm sorry for this even sympathetic right at this immediate time," Garni wrote on a tribute Website dedicated to rampage cofounder Randy Rhoads."I am already within hours of this having to deal with untrue rumors and speculation and that only adds fuel to that. There is a tendency for the affect of Kevin to cause flames on every board and now is not the time for that. I will explain to everyone here the facts and the truth in the next 24 to 48 hours as I realize this will alter us all. So please until then be patient."According to MTV com. DuBrow appeared to be in good health and was in New Orleans just before Halloween to celebrate his birthday. With DuBrow on vocals. Quiet Riot became the first hair metal band to advance a Top 5 hit with its cover of Slade's "Cum On Feel the Noize" off the monster 1983 LP Metal Health thanks to heavy video airplay on MTV. The album itself made history as the first metal channel to top the Billboard album charts supplanting the Police's Synchronicity. Quiet Riot was formed by Rhoads and Garni in the mid-1970s with DuBrow and drummer Drew Forsyth. The band broke up when Rhoads left to play guitar for Ozzy Osbourne in 1979. After Rhoads died in a 1982 cut crash. DuBrow relaunched Quiet Riot without any.
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