R.I.P.

Kevin DuBrow

1955 – 2007

I realize that I've already completed my NaBloPoMo obligation for today, however Celebrity Deaths are not subject to the rules and time lines of NaBloPoMo.

So it is with a heavy heart that I report the death of Quiet Riot front man, Kevin DuBrow, found dead on Sunday in his Las Vegas home.

DuBrow and the rest of the QR boys, shot up the charts with their 1983 hit "Cum on Feel the Noize", a cover of Slade's 1973 hit. Quiet Riot was a staple on MTV during the music channel's infancy, and mine for that matter. Given my current age, I can now see how infantile I was at 18.

Details surrounding DuBrow's demise are scant. Reports indicate that he died of "unknown causes." I guess that rules out an attack by wild hogs. Damn. One so seldom gets to report something like that.

Autopsy results are pending.

Update - December 11, 2007

Autopsy results report that DuBrow died from an overdose of cocaine. Just another Rock 'n Roll OD story.

Comments

[jeremy]

i'm actually a little broken up about this. because of kevin, i always kind of wanted a slick black cadillac.

you know, with solid gold hub-caps...