Product Description

89' Live in Japan was filmed during a tumultuous period for Quiet Riot. With Paul Shortino at the helm, the band quickly displayed their versatility and resilience, and rocked crowds the world over. This footage serves as a glimpse into an interesting c

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63126 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-11-16
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Enhanced, Live, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 50 minutes

Customer Reviews

Good Little Show!!!
Very short concert and only 3 songs from the DuBrow era, but Banali and Cavazo are great, the sound is good, the quality image it's ok, I don't believe the review of the stupid above from my review, Quiet Riot it's a great band and he is the worst reviewer in amazon.

truncated . . .
When vocalist Kevin Dubrow was booted from Quiet Riot, he was replaced by Rough Cutt's Paul Shortino. The band then included guitarist Carlos Cavazo, Frankie Banali on drums, and bassist Sean McNabb. Along with keyboard ace Jimmy Waldo (Alcatrazz), the new lineup recorded the album QR. The music retained the emphasis on keyboards that was prominent on QR III, but had a more bluesy sound, that was more in harmony with Shortino's singing style.

This video was filmed in Japan, and features the band in support of the QR album. The performance appears to have been edited to primarily feature, songs from the Shortino era. The truncated concert runs only 46 minutes, with six songs coming from QR, and just three from the Dubrow period. A couple of crude edits indicate where material has probably been cut.

With big hair and leather pants, a sweaty and mostly shirtless, Quiet Riot rock hard in true 80's fashion. The video and sound quality is decent, and features a variety of camera angles. The athletic Shortino, does an excellent job working the crowd. On slow numbers like Stay With Me Tonight, he brings sexy emotion, and on rockers like King of the Hill, manic energy. The rhythm section of Banali and McNabb is solid. With Waldo's keyboards playing rhythm lines and fills, Cavazo's guitar gives the band a fuller sound.

If you are a big time fan of the band, the QR album, or Paul Shortino, you may not mind paying full price for an abbreviated performance of mostly Shortino material. For others, a better choice might be Quiet Riot Live! In the 21st Century, a full length concert that features the classic lineup from Metal Heath (Dubrow/Cavazo/Bananli/Rudy Sarzo).

As Shortino's time in the group was brief, this DVD is an odd snapshot in the history of the band. He recorded just the one album with Quiet Riot, and went on to work on various projects including a reformed Rough Cutt. Kevin DuBrow rejoined Quiet Riot, and together with Frankie Banali, continued on with the band thorough the 90's and beyond, until his untimely death in 2007 at the age of 52.

Who cut the Cheese???
This reaks!! Of all the concert DVD's I've seen, this is the worst! The video and audio are great, but the performance is so cheesy, it make's me glad to know the 80's are over!!! Quiet Riot were never a popular band, they more-or-less had 15 minutes of fame with the release of Metal Health in 1983. 6 years later, Kevin DuBrow had left, so did Rudy Sarzo, and in comes Paul Shortino on vocals. Now, the Metal Health -era QR was cheesy enough, and those guys couldn't write a hit single no matter what, but this is absolutely bad! The lyrics to the new album, the sound of the new album (keyboards!!!), and Paul Shortino doing the worst ever David Coverdale imitation ever on stage, it's a dreadful 50 minutes to sit through. I love the 80's, I loved Poison, Firehouse, Slaughter, Skid Row, Winger, Tesla, but to see this, makes me feel like I am glad the 80's are over. A better bet would be to purchase the other Quiet Riot DVD Amazon.com sells called Alive in the 21st Century. That has the Metal Health-era live in concert from a couple of years ago and is far superior than this DVD release.