QUIET RIOT Frontman Says He Would Never Disrespect RANDY RHOADS

May 5, 2007

QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow has dismissed as "inaccurate" reports that he has disrespected his former friend and QUIET RIOT bandmate Randy Rhoads by refusing to participate in an upcoming documentary about Rhoads' life.

The director of the as-yet-untitled Rhoads film, Peter Margolis, told Guitar World magazine in a recent interview that DuBrow had originally agreed to be interviewed for the documentary, and even provided private photos and videos.

"Four days after this great conversation in which he was enthusiastic and funny, I get this e-mail that was almost like a form letter," Margolis told Guitar World. "And it reads, 'Thank you for offering to have me in the movie, but I am going to have to decline to participate. I wish you and the Rhoads family the best of luck.' It was so impersonal. I really don't know what made him change his mind."

In a short statement released to BLABBERMOUTH.NET earlier today (May 5),DuBrow said, "The reports regarding myself and the Randy Rhoads film are so inaccurate that if they were true, 'asshole' wouldn't even begin to describe me.

"I will put out a press release next week.

"I have endured 30 years of being bad-mouthed that I myself caused. But dissing Randy? Never.

"I am pissed beyond words.

"Try to keep an open mind. Just because you may not like doesn’t mean I'm a liar.

"'Till next week…"

A number of photos taken at Randy Rhoads's gravesite at the Mountain View Cemetery in San Bernardino, CA on March 19, 2007 to mark the 25th anniversary of Randy's passing have been posted online at this location.

With the blessings of the family of late OZZY OSBOURNE/QUIET RIOT guitarist Randy Rhoads, Dakota Pictures and director Peter Margolis began filming the "Randy Rhoads Documentary" on March 19 at the Mountain View Cemetery. In hopes to fully capture the significance of the 25th anniversary of Randy's passing, the filmmakers interviewed as many of Randy's fans as possible.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/randyrhoadsfilm.

In 1982, Rhoads, the then-lead guitarist for OZZY OSBOURNE, and two others were killed at Flying Baron Estates, just outside Leesburg, Florida, when their small plane struck Osbourne's tour bus, then crashed into a mansion.

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