QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has sent BW&BK the following studio update:

"I can't say what the style of the songs that Kevin (Dubrow - vocals) and GLENN HUGHES (ex-BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE - bass/vocals) will be working on will be like. Glenn is immensely talented, so whatever he and Kevin come up with I will like. I know that Glenn will be witting the lyrics for a song that I wrote with guitarist Neil Citron. The additional songs that Neil and I wrote are very much influenced by British 70's rock music which I love. Three of these songs are already earmarked to be included on the record. I also have another eight songs that will be completed and submitted for consideration to the band. Kevin and Alex (Grossi - guitar) have also been busy witting songs as well which they have been doing all along, and Kevin and Bill Leverty (FIREHOUSE guitarist) started working on a song while we were on the Rock Never Stops tour this summer and they continue working on that song as well.

The bottom line is that we are not making a new record with expectations of radio play or mass appeal because the music industry is so different now than it was twenty years ago and we are certainly not part of the current taste in music. The detractors of the band, the usual suspects, will knock it no matter what we do. Knowing this, we are going to make a record that we like. If anyone else likes it, it's a gift. Those who don't like it really make no difference."

October
6 - Fredricton, NB at Aitken University Cntr
9 - Sault Ste. Marie, ON at Kewadin Casino (with DOKKEN, SKID ROW)

November
11 - Riverside, CA at Voodoo Lounge
19 - Jackson, MI at Michigan Theater