THE SUN NEVER SETS
FOR SOULS ON THE RUN
QR III
(or Quiet Riot III)
is the fifth
studio album by
American heavy metal band
Released in
July 1986,
it departs from
the heavy metal
of the band's
previous two albums
for a more
melodic glam metal
and hard rock sound.
There are also
AOR elements
and keyboards,
courtesy of
John Purdell.
Background
Following the
massive success of
Metal Health
and the more
modest success of
Condition Critical,
sales of
QR III
were lower,
reaching only No. 31
on the US charts
and not achieving
any certification.
It marked Quiet Riot's
fall from stardom
as only one more
of the band's
following releases
entered the charts at all
QR III
is the first
Quiet Riot album to
feature
Chuck Wright,
formerly of Giuffria,
on bass
as an
official member.
He previously played bass
on 2 tracks from
Metal Health.
He departed soon after,
but rejoined the band
on an on/off basis
over for years.
The accompanying video
for lead single,
"The Wild and the Young,"
painted an
Orwellian picture
of the future,
where totalitarian militarists
fought to wipe out
rock and roll
a reference to
the Senate hearings
concerning explicit language
in metal songs.
The video received
active rotation on
MTV.
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