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Quiet Riot will carry on touring following the death of drummer Frankie Banali, the group’s strongest thread back to its chart-topping heyday.

The band, which now features former Type O Negative and Danzig drummer Johnny Kelly behind the kit, intends to play a couple of shows next month and a smattering of dates beginning in spring next year. “It was Frankie Banali’s wish that the band continue and we keep the music and the legacy alive,” the group wrote on Facebook.

Banali died in August after a months-long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Frankie Banali, the drummer for Sunset Strip legends Quiet Riot, died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday. He was 68 and his death was announced by his family.

Banali was a public presence on his disease’s progress since his initial diagnosis in April 2019. Although he missed several shows during treatment, he was active on social media. A GoFundMe page was created to assist Banali with his battle, raising more than $47,000.

A statement from his family said that Banali “put up an inspiringly brave and courageous 16-month battle to the end, and continued playing live as long as he could. Standard chemotherapy stopped working, and a series of strokes made the continuation on a clinical trial impossible. He ultimately lost the fight at 7:18 Pm on Aug. 20 in Los Angeles, surrounded by his wife and daughter.”

Katherine Turman, the co-author of Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal, remembered Banali as “always energetic,...

Frankie Banali, who played drums on Quiet Riot’s best-selling albums and kept the band going for nearly four decades, died Thursday at the age of 68. He had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer last April. The band’s agent, Mark Hyman, confirmed the news to Rolling Stone.

Banali joined Quiet Riot in 1982, one year before the band released its blockbuster breakthrough album, Metal Health. The singles “Cum On Feel the Noize” and “Metal Health (Bang Your Head)” featured Banali’s hard-hitting drumming, and the group’s mixture of...

Tony Sokol Jun 26, 2019

Investigation Discovery's limited series Serial Killer: Devil Unchained explores the dark regions of Todd Kohlhepp's mind.

Todd Kohlhepp was an avid Amazon reviewer who wrote more than 140 recomendations for guns, knives, and gear between 2014 and 2016. He lauded a folding shovel for its usefulness "when you have to hide the bodies and left your full size shovel at home." Kohlhepp was serving seven consecutive life sentences without parole when he told investigators they would find two more people buried near Interstate 26 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He had already pled guilty to seven murders. In Investigation Discovery's upcoming Serial Killers: Devil Unchained, filmmaker and investigative journalist Maria Awes sets out on a "dark journey to uncover the truth behind his crimes." The three-part limited series premieres Monday, July 22 from 9 to 11 p.m.

Awes is joined by former FBI profiler John Douglas and Kohlhepp’s biographer Gary Garrett. The...

Serial killer Todd Kohlhepp, who is serving seven consecutive life sentences in prison for murdering seven people, claims he has more victims — but is declining to give any specifics.

In an eight-page letter on Nov. 28 to the Herald-Journal, Kohlepp implied that he has killed many others and not just in South Carolina.

“Yes there is more than seven,” he wrote in the letter, claiming. “I tried to tell investigators and I did tell FBI, but it was blown off.”

“It’s not an addition problem, it’s an multiplication problem,” he continued. “Leaves the state and leaves the country. Thank you private pilot’s license.