Hollywood Cowboys Explained

Hollywood Cowboys
Type:	studio
Artist:	Quiet Riot
Cover:	QRiot HCowboys.jpg
Released:	November 8, 2019
Recorded:	April 2019
Genre:	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length:	44:52
Label:	Frontiers
Producer:	Frankie Banali
Prev Title:	Road Rage
Prev Year:	2017

Hollywood Cowboys is the fourteenth studio album by the Rock band Quiet Riot. The album was released on Frontiers Records on November 8, 2019, and was produced by drummer Frankie Banali.^[1] This is the last album to feature Banali before his death in 2020 from pancreatic cancer (to which he was diagnosed with not long before its release),^[2] and also their last to feature vocalist James Durbin and bassist Chuck Wright before their departures in 2019 and 2021 respectively.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Reception

Hollywood Cowboys received average reviews. Reviewer Aaron Badgley of The Spill Magazine said "band who knows what they do, and they do it well" but the album overall was average and contained "no mystery" and is "exactly what you would expect from Quiet Riot".

Track listing

Source:^[6]

Personnel

Quiet Riot

• James Durbin – lead and background vocals
• Alex Grossi – guitars
• Chuck Wright – electric and upright bass
• Frankie Banali – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• August Young – additional vocals, lyrics on "Roll On"
• Jacob Bunton – additional vocals, lyrics on "Don't Call It Love", "In the Blood", "Heartbreak City", and "The Devil That You Know"
• Neil Turbin – additional vocals, lyrics on "Change or Die" and "Insanity"
• Neil Citron – additional guitar on "Change Or Die", dobro, organ, piano on "Roll On"

Notes and References

1. Web site: QUIET RIOT To Release 'Hollywood Cowboys' Album In November. July 16, 2019. Blabbermouth.net.
2. Web site: QUIET RIOT Drummer FRANKIE BANALI Diagnosed With Stage Four Pancreatic Cancer. October 21, 2019. Blabbermouth.net.
3. Web site: FRANKIE BANALI Says JAMES DURBIN 'Quit' QUIET RIOT 'To Follow His Own Path'. September 9, 2019. Blabbermouth.net.
4. Web site: QUIET RIOT Parts Ways With Singer JAMES DURBIN, Welcomes Back JIZZY PEARL. September 8, 2019. Blabbermouth.net.
5. Web site: RUDY SARZO Announces Return To QUIET RIOT: 'I Am Going Home'. August 2, 2021. Blabbermouth.net.
6. Web site: All Music - Hollywood Cowboys - Overview. August 4, 2021.