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| Picture sleeve from "Cum On Feel The Noize" single |
In the fall of 1983, Quiet Riot became the first heavy metal band to score a Top 5 single on the Billboard Hot 100. "Cum On Feel The Noize" was played heavily on MTV, helping it peak on the charts at #5 in November.
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| British glam rockers Slade. Odd looking bunch, eh? |
The song was not a Quiet Riot original, however; British rockers Slade took the song to #1 in England 10 years earlier. The song continued Slade's tradition of intentionally misspelling titles, joining "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" (which Quiet Riot would also cover), "Coz I Luv You" and "Look Wot You Dun" in Slade's discography. Despite Slade's huge success in England, their only substantial US chart success came in 1984, when "Run Runaway" cracked the Top 20.
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| Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads |
Although "Cum On Feel The Noize" was Quiet Riot's chart debut, they were hardly newcomers to the music world. Guitarist Randy Rhoads founded the band in 1973. Rhoads achieved greater fame as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist, co-authoring Ozzy's signature song "Crazy Train". Rhoads was killed in a plane crash in 1982.
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